Life has been absolutely crazy lately. Honestly, 2010 has been very difficult and challenging . I was telling Anna today that it seems like just when things settle down a bit and we start to get things "picked-up and in order" something else blows up in our faces and we are overwhelmed once again. This past week has been such a whirlwind since Anna's dad passed away. The funeral services were nice and I think helped bring some closure for Anna and her brother. We now have to make several financial decisions that are not easy to make. Things seem unsettled in other areas of my (our) life as well. Also, I've started a summer semester of classes that will be a pretty intense workload until the beginning of August. Of course in the middle of all of this we are BLESSED to be pregnant! It's amazing and very interesting to me that the Lord would choose for us to bring another life into the world near the end of what has proven to be a very difficult year so far. I'm realizing just now that this also relates to the spiritual significance of the boy name we have in mind.
“These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”
John 16:33
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Here's an update on the development of the baby from parentsconnect.com
This week your baby starts bulking up and packing on the grossly named "brown fat" he'll need to keep warm when he gets evicted from his comfortable uterine home. Other highlights this week:
Vernix, a milky white coating that protects your baby's skin, appears all over your baby's body to keep his skin from getting pickled in the amniotic fluid. Think of it as if your baby has been dipped in yogurt, like those delicious but fake-healthy yogurt-covered raisins and pretzels. Ooh, we feel another craving comin' on. ... Under the vernix, a fuzzy layer of hair called lanugo now covers baby's body. Don't worry, your Mini won't look like Cousin It when he's born. Most of the fuzz will fall off before baby makes his grand entrance.
Good news: Your baby's kidneys are fully functioning and producing urine this week. Bad news: That means there will be lots of diapers in your future. But so far you're safe—at the moment the pee just passes into the amniotic fluid. He or she now weighs about 8½ ounces and measures 6 inches.
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That’s about all for now. We have some exciting things coming up though. Next week Anna is 20 weeks and that’s when they typically can tell if the baby is a boy or girl. We will have an ultrasound on June 15th and if the little one isn’t too shy we should know, or at least have a pretty good idea. Stay tuned!
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