

Its a BOY!!!!
The biggest question of the anatomy scan- would baby show us the goods? Baby had no qualms showing us- and made it quite evident we will be welcoming a baby boy into the family!!! "They" say you shouldn't tell what you are naming your baby for people will criticize, etc. Well throwing 'caution' to the wind. Baby boy will be Stephen Michael Hudak III. I know hubs is excited to have a boy and a III to his Jr. Many women would not "allow" this but I can understand his reasoni


Mango- Week 19
This week you are the size of a mango- you are about 6 inches long and weigh about 8.5 oz. Your protective vernix caseosa is starting to form, it prevents you from being all wrinkly from 9 months in water. Your senses are also starting to develop, nerves for your taste, hearing, sight and smell are forming in your brain.
This week was President's Day on Monday and we had our mid-pregnancy anatomy scan. It was amazing to "see" you for the first time. You didn't want to co


Sweet Potato- Week 18
This week you are the size of a sweet potato- you are about 5.6 inches long and 6.7 ounces. You are growing rapidly, making mom very hungry all the time! You are not only rolling, punching and kicking but yawning, hiccuping, sucking and swallowing.
Not sure what happened at 18 weeks but hunger has kicked in! The boys at the high school understand, we were chatting about eating and always being hungry. I wake up every morning between 5 and 6 needing to go to the bathroom a


Onion- Week 17
This week you are the size of an onion- about 5.1 inches long and 5.9 ounces. You are growing a stronger umbilical cord and your bones are turning from cartilage to bone. You are starting to kick and move, enough that I can start to feel it. This week was a roller coaster of emotion! Bless every husband and partner who has to live with a pregnant woman. We really do not mean it, we are just ruled by our emotions. Remember that we love you and its all worth it :) Thankfully


Avocado- Week 16
This week you are the size of an avocado! You weight about 3.5 ounces and are about 4.6 inches long- you are growing a lot! You are growing hair, lashes and eyebrows and thanks to the tiny bones forming in your ears you can hear voices. We are also now able to hear your heartbeat with the fetoscope, even though it was faint. So nice to have the hubs back after his time TDY- distance does make the heart grow fonder :) After all the snow days last week we had 3 days of work a