17 weeks

I'm officially 17 weeks pregnant as of yesterday. Everything seems to be going well these days. I've had a few days that I felt a little off balance but that's because my body is changing and my center of gravity is different with my growing belly. My mom came over Tuesday night and helped me begin the process of cleaning the soon to be baby's room. Currently that room is a mess and I've been calling it the junk room that holds my college and high school stuff. We seperated the stacks of boxes and containers by things I'm going to keep and things that will go to yard sale. I almost feel like we made it a bigger mess but hopefully once Keith moves all the yard sales boxes out of the room it'll look a little cleaner. It was a big help having my mom come over and help me as I start to organize the baby room. I hope she'll be able to come over more during the next few months. My appetite really seemed to pick up yesterday...In fact I thought my belly grew 5 inches because I ate so much. I got on the scale this morning though and I haven't gained a pound since my last appointment so not sure why my belly looked so big yesterday.

I copied and pasted this from my babycenter weekly newsletter - How my baby's growing this week: Your baby's skeleton is changing from soft cartilage to bone, and the umbilical cord — the lifeline to the placenta — is growing stronger and thicker. Your baby weighs 5 ounces now (about as much as a turnip), and it's around 5 inches long from head to bottom. The baby can move it's joints, and the sweat glands are starting to develop.

I'm really excited about my ultrasound that is scheduled next Thursday, August 20th. Will it be a girl or a boy? What do you think???

I'm going to post some baby bump pictures in a few days.

Today's Mood - Happy that's it Friday!