15 weeks

Week 15: Little Baby C is the size of an apple. 

Week 15 milestones:

He/She can move all of his/her limbs now and sense light. Also, Baby C is forming taste buds and has developed enough to tell what the gender is. 

We will be finding out sometime before Thanksgiving and sharing the wonderful news. After keeping the secret through some nasty morning sickness I am very sick of secrets. 'haha no pun intended' 

I am also planning a fun way to share the news. 

Pintrest has so many great ideas on it, and I am exited to pick one and plan it out. 

At this point, my little baby can squint, frown, grimace, and possibly suck his/her thumb! Baby C has been moving quite a bit, even though I can't feel the movements yet. I got to watch him/her in action during an ultrasound, all sorts of movement. Waving, stretching out his/her legs, opening and closing his/her mouth and flipping and rotating. It was amazing to see it all! I think my favorite part was when the little legs were stretched out all the way as if to get comfy and then go back to sleep. 

Baby C has fingerprints! A personal set of them that no one else on earth has! And all this before he/she is even the size of an apple. Another incredible thing is, if Baby C is a girl, she has 2 million eggs in her ovaries already! Of course, so much more has happened in the development of Baby C, but those are some of my favorites. 

I am going to be honest. I think it's going to be a boy. So from now on I will save myself a dash and just say him and he. But know this, we have not discovered the gender yet. So I may be right or wrong. I will be ultimately happy if I am right or wrong though. 

I grew up with 4 older brothers, and big brothers are awesome. I really like the idea of a big brother. And I hear boys are easier as the first child also. So I really like the idea of a boy. 

BUT......

If Baby C is a girl... I will have so much fun! I have been dreaming of a daughter since before I met my husband. I would be so ecstatic and I would have so much fun making all sorts of super girly things for my baby and I would have so much fun dressing her and being girly. I know it sounds like I am talking about a doll, but I do realize that those are not the only amazing things about girls. Having a best friend around to teach and help grow is priceless and beyond words.

These are just a few things in the grand endless scale of things. 

There are so many things to think about being pregnant. And then dealing with a changing body on top of that. It is a fantastic experience. Even though most of it so far has been in bed and bent over the toilet, it's already one of the best things that has happened to me! 

Thank you, Jesus for this blessing. 

Until next time.