Homegrown Tomatoes

"Homegrown tomatoes, homegrown tomatoes
What would life be without homegrown tomatoes?
Only two things that money can't buy...
That's true love and homegrown tomatoes."

Matt joined me on Wednesday for my 19 week ultrasound appointment and we learned that our little homegrown tomato is going to be... yes, we are having... A BABY GIRL!!! We are both truly blessed and so very excited!

At 19 weeks, Baby Girl Bailey is supposed to be around 6 inches long and should weigh around 8.5 ounces according to BabyCenter.com. During our ultrasound appointment the technician seemed to think our baby girl weighed around 11 ounces. I don't recall him telling us how long she is from crown to rump, but it looks like she has long legs in the ultrasound photo. It's a good thing I have a long torso... more room for our baby girl to stretch! Her heartbeat was around 140; she was sleeping. BabyCenter also says she is supposed to be the size of a large heirloom tomato.

This week, Baby Girl B's sensory development is supposed to take off. Her brain is working on designating areas for sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch. Kidneys continue to produce urine and the hair on top of her head is growing. Wonder if she'll be a baldy or come out with a full head of hair? Or maybe she'll be somewhere in between with hair growth. I also wonder if she will have Matt's black hair or my light brown hair? His blue eyes, my brown eyes? I pray she doesn't get his massive jaw line or his uni-brow! The eyebrows we can work with. Those can be shaped. But we can't do anything about the jaw line. I just hope some of my more feminine features will smooth out and soften Matt's very masculine/dominant features. Most interesting development this week: the vernix caseosa, a waxy protective coating, is forming on her skin to keep her from pickling in the amniotic fluid. Don't want a little raisin popping out, all wrinkly and all.

In other news, Matt and I have decided it would be best for our family if I stop working full-time so that I can stay home and raise our little one after she is born. We are very excited to be moving from California back to North Carolina this summer!

This week has been a very big week for us. We have very wonderful news to share about our baby girl! I am enjoying Friday off from work. Have errands to run, so I'm gonna take off for now. Later today I will post new ultrasound pictures and those belly shots I've been promising for months. Stay tuned...