I am now 17 weeks pregnant with a sweet baby boy. According to my weekly emails and app, our baby is the size of a sweet potato, weighing 5 ounces and 5.5 inches long. We know that according to our ultrasound appointment from Wednesday that our baby boy is 7 ounces, so our baby boy is a little bigger that the average fetus at this time. {Basically, Michael and I are both tall, so our baby will also be a little bigger than average. I suppose we could start a poll for baby boy's birth weight, but I'll wait until we get further along.} Our baby boy's skill of the week is yawning! We were lucky enough to see this at our ultrasound this past week. Our ultrasound also showed his fetal movements that he has been busy practicing - twists, rolls, kicks and punches. I think I have already begun to feel some of his movements now that I know how active our little guy really is. Most women can feel movements as early as 16 weeks, but it's uncommon for someone with their first pregnancy. {I could be wishfully thinking!} Baby boy's nervous system is maturing rapidly. His nerves, now covered by a substance called myelin (which speeds messages from nerve cell to nerve cell), are forming more complex connections. The nerves in his brain are further specializing into the ones that serve the five senses. Baby boy's hearing is growing more acute, making him more conscious of sounds that come from inside my body. I guess he is bothered by my grumbling tummy just as much as I am now! :)
Michael and I are continuing to have daily conversations about the perfect name for our little guy. We had talks before, but now we know that we can focus on just the boy names. This helps out a lot! Nothing is definite yet, but we have quite a few family names that are really sticking with us. I learned from my mother-in-law to ALWAYS check the initials. When she was pregnant with Michael, my father-in-law tried to name him "Michael Vincent Patterson" or "Michael Victor Patterson," the initials - MVP. Perfect for my father-in-law, the baseball player!
We are preparing for our yearly week-long vacation to the Frio River. This year, it will be just the Pattersons and it will be the last time it is just Michael and I. Next year, our little family will include a 7 month old! What change! I have already begun to wonder what our little boy will look like. What color eyes will he have? Blue like his mommy or brown like his daddy? What color will his hair be? Blond like Mommy when she was little, or brown like Daddy's? Will he have Daddy's wonderful smile or Mommy's cute nose? What foods will he like? Will he want to play sports? Will he want to play a musical instrument? What will he want to be when he grows up? I'm sure these are all questions that every parent asks as they prepare for the birth of their child as well, so we aren't any different.
On a side note: As I have typed this post, Michael and his mom have been working on one of our baby boy's Winnie the Pooh blankets. I love how eager Michael was to just jump into this project while I typed about our little guy's development. He continues to talk about how excited he is and how ready he is to be a father. I know that he will be a fantastic father and that he truly is ready, even though neither one of us will really "be ready." Thanks for following!
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