Spring has finally sprung....or has it?

Hope everyone is doing well! Sorry, once again its been so long since we've posted anything. Its been nuts around our house!

Jessica started her new position April 1st as Director of Residency at Our House Memory Care, so she's been rather busy trying to learn the ins and outs of that. A lot of it is similar to when we owned the group home, but there's still more to learn since its a corporation rather then a small business.

I'm still at the Vision Clinic, and its going fairly well. Some small kinks here and there, but overall I'm enjoying it.

The kids are growing quickly, and are getting more and more excited to finally get outside and enjoy the nice weather! Colton & Hayden turned 3 (yes, its hard for you to believe, imagine how we feel!) on March 21st. They'll be moving into "big kid" beds once the weather is nicer and we can shampoo the carpets and open windows, etc. Its been decided that since we dont want Hayden to wake the baby up, or vice versa, that Colton & Hayden will be sharing a room again once the baby arrives. It was completely out of the question for Teagan to have a roommate, since she never has. Afterall, she is our baby!

My Aunt brought up a good, and valid point to Jessica and I: we have designer birthdays for 3 of our 4 children. Colton & Hayden were born on the 21st, and now this baby will be born on July 21st. Therefore, we'll have some rather interesting years ahead of us when they hit 21! I told Jessica we should start saving our pennies now for bail money since their Golden Birthdays will land on the 21st....kind of corny, I know.

Here's a little about where baby is at right now:

 

It's another week full of exciting developments for your magical growing baby!

Just take a look at the checklist for this week: 1) ears: done; 2) fingernails: done; 3) (if you have a boy) testicles: taking their 3-4 day trip from the abdominal wall to the scrotum; and 4) lungs walls: secreting “surfactant”.



~length11.8 in | 30 cm

~weight1.3 lbs | 590 g



What’s surfactant? It's basically what it sounds like: a surface-activated fat that helps your baby's little lungs inflate (where inflate = fill with air not get more expensive for no understandable reason).

In the meantime, your submerged baby is still breathing in their amniotic fluid (and a bit of pee), preparing and rehearsing their lungs for an oxygen-filled life outside the womb.

By the end of this week, your wee womb-squatter will be weighing in at a whopping 2 lbs and 14 inches long.

All this new weight means your tiny baby is actually starting to fill out their skin, but they're not anywhere near their adorable fat-baby potential.

Most of the fetal “filling out” is coming up in that long awaited (and slightly dreaded?) third trimester. Woo-hoo! Get ready!

Jessica had an appointment on the 5th of April, and everything was good. Baby's heartrate was 153, and she is growing like she should be. Next time: gestational diabetes testing. Jessica is so excited about this, she could barely contain her enthusiasm as the nurse told her about it.

I'm still working on getting her to allow me to take baby bump pictures, whether it happens, I honestly dont know. Although, it wouldnt be a true "baby blog" if she doesn't let me!

Hope all is well in everyone's life!

Until next time,

Jess (who is typing this from work) and Jessica (who is at work also)