Week 23 (April 16 - 22, 2015), Week 24 (April 23 - 29, 2015), Week 25 (April 30 - May 6)

Hey Sweet Boy,

This has been an insane few weeks, hence my lack of posts for the last three weeks.  I really want to talk with you weekly, but circumstances have prevented me from doing so.  Your Popa, my dad, has been gravely ill.  In fact, I am sorry to say, I don't think you will even get to meet him.  I have been driving and flying back and forth from Dallas to be with him, your grandma, your uncles, aunts and cousins.  I do feel like we are here to say goodbye, and that is very hard.  I don't even know that your sister will remember him, and let me tell you... your sister LOVES Popa.  It is a hard time for me right now, but feeling your kicks, hits and nudges actually calms me and gives me a sense of peace.

Week 23!!! 

Your baby is more than 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound, about the size of a large mango, you may be able to see him squirm underneath your clothes.

Week 24!!!

Your baby's growing steadily, having gained about 4 ounces since last week. That puts him at about 1 1/3 pounds. Since he's almost a foot long, about the size of an ear of corn, he cuts a pretty lean figure at this point, but his body is filling out proportionally and he'll soon start to plump up. 

Week 25!!!

Head to heels, your baby now measures about 13 1/2 inches. Her weight — 1 1/2 pounds — isn't much more than, about the size of a rutebaga, but she's beginning to exchange her long, lean look for some baby fat. As she does, her wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and she'll start to look more and more like a newborn. She's also growing more hair — and if you could see it, you'd now be able to discern its color and texture.

I sure do try to keep up with my little updates, but with all of the emotion of the last couple of weeks... well, it is all I can do.  I want you to know that you are moving so much right now... kicking me and elbowing me all the time.  I love how active you are, it brings me peace and comfort.  Know, my little man, that you are loved intensely, and your daddy and I cannot wait to hold you in 15 short weeks!!!

Love you, 

Mommy