14w2d

**Baby Update - Mommy is 14 weeks and 2 days pregnant. Only 180 days left! Now that you are into your second trimester, you may be starting the best part of your pregnancy. You will probably start to feel more energetic and you may get the `pregnancy glow`. Your uterus is beginning to swell week by week and maternity clothes are probably necessary now. Baby's face is becoming more developed. The cheeks and bridge of his nose appear and the ears move from the sides of his neck to much higher on his head. The eyes continue to come closer together. A big development from this week onward is the development of lanugo. Lanugo is the fine hair that grows over almost your entire baby. The hairs grow in whirled patterns that follow the grain of his skin. These patterns later give way to your baby's fingerprints. The lanugo will be shed before birth and replaced by thicker, coarser hairs. Your baby's thyroid gland has matured and starts to produce hormones. If your baby is a boy, the prostate will appear and the ovaries descend from the abdomen into the pelvis in baby girls. **

I'm begining to hate Missouri weather! This heat is really, really starting to get to me. Just a few short minutes out in the sun and heat and I spend the next couple of hours sick! Today's heat index was 113. . . not an ideal day for a pregnant woman! I'm wishing for fall and 70 degree days! LOL.

Even with the heat and summer sun, I am still getting my weekly exercise by mowing the grass! LOL, I know. . . most of you are thinking that Jerry should be doing that. But really, I don't mind. I actually prefer to mow the grass and I only do it after the sun is down, which means after 8pm. Tonight after I mowed the grass and took the trash to the curb. . . Chloe and Jacob took turns spraying me with the garden hose. It was so refreashing and fun. . . we must have been a funny sight to see as the town folks drove by. . . to kids chasing mommy with the hose! I wish Jerry was here to take some pictures of the fun we had tonight.

Well not much else is happening here on the home front. I only have 2 days of work this week then I am on another 6 day vacation. Yay! I think Wednesday or Thursday we are going to Cole Camp to go on a boat ride with Grandpa. Friday is my next doctor's appointment so I am positive that next week will bring an exciting update! Let's hope this time they find the heartbeat and don't scare me into another ultrasound!

Until next time, happiness!!