The baby is now measuring about 6.5 inches from head to bum, and is steadily gaining weight. There is a whitish coat of a slick, fatty substance called vernix that is beginning to cover the baby, it protects the baby's skin during it's long immersion in amniotic fluid - it also eases delivery. The baby is also swallowing more this week, providing good practice for the digestive system. After taking in amniotic fluid, it's body will absorb the water in the liquid and move the rest into the large bowel.
We've made it to the halfway point, and the time has just flown by! I remember thinking when I was 6 weeks, that I was hardly pregnant at all, and now - not only am I visibly pregnant... but I'm HALFWAY to the finish line! In around 20 weeks, we'll be holding our little angel in our arms. Its a very calming thought!
We put up our Christmas tree the other day - what an ordeal that was! Neither Rob nor I have ever done it before, I've watched my dad though, so, I was able to TELL Rob how (lol). He finally got the tree straight, and brought into the house - it looks beautiful! I strung the lights up, and then realized that one string had a loose wire, so it only worked occasionally! I had to take the whole thing down, and start again - but I've finally got a perfect tree!
Rob put our first ornament up on the tree - it's shaped like a key and says "Our First Home, 2008", which obviously brought me to tears! I couldn't believe that we've got our own tree, in our own house - it's a very surreal moment when you're hit with that reality. That was followed with the ornament my dad bought for us "Our First Christmas" and then "Great Expectations" - an ornament with a proud dad and expecting wife. We made sure to put the dates on our ornaments, as always!
So I guess the season begins!
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