20 weeks (a little late!)

Well this was a big week for Mango, he is halfway to his due date!! I can't believe how fast it's gone and we're starting to get pretty excited about meeting the little guy (but NOT yet Mango!!) Sorry for the delayed post, but if you aren't friends with my sister on facebook and don't follow her blog you probably have not heard of the excitement we've had this week. She is 33 weeks pregnant and her water broke on Wednesday, little Muffin as her baby is called is apparently trying to one up her siblings, who were born at 34 weeks. Katy and baby are both doing well and in the hospital, she has not actually gone into labor yet, so the doctors will let her wait up to one week before they need to induce (it's very risky for little Muffin to stay in too long without her amniotic fluid.) Right now it looks like she'll probably be born at 34 weeks like Paul and Amelia. Unfortunately this means she'll probably have to stay in the NICU for about 2 weeks, but the good news is we have living (and adorable) proof that babies who come out at 34 weeks grow up to be adorable and happy kids. So with all that going on I got distracted and forgot about my blog, so please keep Katy and her family in your thoughts this week and I will certainly update you when the little one is born.

As far as Mango, like I said we're just enjoying our time with the little man, he did a new trick yesterday (although Dad was unfortunately not home to see it.) He was doing some pretty big kicks so I looked down and I could actually see it a little from the outside! I can't wait for Mark to get to see it himself because it is pretty entertaining! Here's Mango's stats update for the week:

You're at the halfway mark — congratulations! Your baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now. He's also around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom and about 10 inches from head to heel. He's swallowing more these days, which is good practice for his digestive system. He's also producing meconium, a black, sticky by-product of digestion. This gooey substance will accumulate in his bowels, and you'll see it in his first soiled diaper (although some babies pass meconium in the womb or during delivery). This week he is the size of a: