T Minus Thirteen Hours (Week 14)

Yep folks, in thirteen hours Stephen and I get to see our baby. Basically we are talking about a quick date with a black and white ultrasound machine and the nicest OB/GYN on the planet. We can't wait!! Whoo hoo for technology! We'll report back tomorrow with the results.

In the meantime, here's the Week 14 update from BabyCenter.com...

"This week's big developments: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around him — a process he'll keep up until birth. He can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch him sucking his thumb.In other news: Your baby's stretching out. From head to bottom, he measures 3 1/2 inches — about the size of a lemon — and he weighs 1 1/2 ounces. His body's growing faster than his head, which now sits upon a more distinct neck. By the end of this week, his arms will have grown to a length that's in proportion to the rest of his body. (His legs still have some lengthening to do.) He's starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair, called lanugo, all over his body. Your baby's liver starts making bile this week — a sign that it's doing its job right — and his spleen starts helping in the production of red blood cells. Though you can't feel his tiny punches and kicks yet, your little pugilist's hands and feet (which now measure about 1/2 inch long) are more flexible and active."

Tomorrow the doctor will measure our baby and we'll have a better idea if our baby has the Baldwin growth gene or the Horn one ... we're rooting for the Baldwin growth gene and average height (well, length at this point). We'll keep you posted!

Oh and thanks for all the comments! Muah! Love to all!