19 Week Belly Pics and Update on Madison

Here we are at 19 weeks already! It's amazing how fast it seems some days, and other days I feel like "What?! I'm only this far along?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!" Madison can be quite the little mover some days. She's either going to be a gymnast or a swimmer because she feels like she's been flipping all over today! I can live with either of those two. Two sports where she can still be girly just like Mommy! :-) Here's the update on the little squirt for this week:

"Your baby weighs about 8 1/2 ounces, and he measures 6 inches, head to bottom — about the size of a large heirloom tomato. His arms and legs are in the right proportions to each other and the rest of his body now. His kidneys continue to make urine, and the hair on his scalp is sprouting. This is a crucial time for sensory development: Your baby's brain is designating specialized areas for smell, taste, hearing, vision, and touch. If your baby is a girl, she has an astonishing 6 million eggs in her ovaries. They'll dwindle to fewer than two million by the time she's born." "Your unborn baby's organs continue to grow. His body is covered with lanugo—soft hairs and a sticky protective coating that keeps his skin from drying out in the amniotic fluid. Your baby is moving frequently, and by now you should be able to feel those movements. Your physician can hear your baby-to-be's heartbeat with a stethoscope placed on your abdomen.
Baby is covered in vernix, a white, cheesy "cream" that protects her skin from the long bath in amniotic fluid. Preemies are covered in vernix at birth—"posties" have almost none. "

And last but certainly not least...the update on the little squirt's home for the next 21 weeks...