15 Weeks to go...

...but who is counting? 15 weeks seems a lot shorter than 105 days, right? Our little guy is growing and a moving everyday. We have settled on a name (as some of you know) Peter Alec, and you will see that we refer to him as Pete.

Libby has taken it upon herself this week to be my shadow (again, after many months of ignoring me). Even after last week's kicking episode, she still likes to lay on my tummy. Pep will settle down on me, now that my stomach is almost level with the rest of my torso. They start purring, and Pete starts moving (most of the time). Though it may just be the pressure of something on my tummy that makes him move.

Tonight he was a kickin' and movin' about. Part of the reason I am up so late. As much as I really want to sleep, it is alluding me, thanks to an active baby and heartburn. Josh got to feel him last night, which was really neat. For a while there, everytime Josh put his hand on my stomach, Pete would stop moving.

We survived our last bout of severe weather (and our fence is still up much to our chargrin). Last night we were at Bible study, and the weather was so bad we had to move to the basement of the church. There were a lot of trees damaged in the area around the church.

As I am sitting here writing, Libby is on the armrest leaning against my arm. I wonder if she is going to do this for midnight feedings as well? She experienced a toddler for the first time in a very long time the other day. Her reaction was pretty much the same, glare, glare harder, feel threatened, hide, growl and repeat. I am hoping that with Pete, she get used to him as he grows and we have no problem. Otherwise, we may have to find her a new home, and I really don't want that.

As I go into week 25, here is what is happening with the baby (according the American Pregnacy Association site):

How big is the baby?

Your baby is now 13 inches long and weighs anywhere from 1½ to 1¾ pounds. (this is funny to me as when I was at one of my last appointments, the doctor estimated that the baby was 1 1/2 lbs then, and that was 3 weeks ago.)

What is happening with the baby?

While it does not appear that your baby is that big, he or she is slowly gaining some baby fat, making his/her appearance less wrinkled. If your baby has hair, the color and texture could be seen at this point. However, it can change after the baby is born.