Yesterday was such a great day, it was so nice to spend it with my family and enjoy everything there is about being a Mom. First thing in the morning we woke up and I made my coffee, and while I was drinking it Deacon brought me a card. It was precious, Scott had helped him write Love You Mom on the inside, and there was also a check made out to Legacy Boxer Rescue! Scott and I have been fostering a sweet puppy named Sake, you may remember him from previous posts, he's the little white boy with a brown spot on his head. I have wanted to keep him since the day he was born and I was lucky enough to help deliver him, but it wasn't until yesterday that Scott agreed to make him a part of our family. I cannot even describe how exciting it has been to welcome him to the Hensley clan! His litter was called the Wasabi's, but since we have a tree theme I decided to change his name to Bonsai. Love him! :)
We went to brunch yesterday with Scott's family and then looked at a few houses with our realtor in the afternoon. Scott was offered a new job last week which has been SO exciting, I am so happy for him and couldn't be more proud. Now that we know where we are going to be long term, we decided it was time to settle down and get a place to call our own where we can raise our boys so we've started the house hunting process. With Scott being a more passive yet analytical player in the process and me being more picky and emotional, it's been interesting to say the least. Every house he walks into he says, "Ok this is pretty nice, it would work." Of course then he gets the stink eye from me and I right off the bat list 10 things that I don't like about it, haha! I know this is our first home and it's not going to be enormous or top of the line, but there are certain things I need for it to have! I'm home all day, I want to at least be able to enjoy the house and it needs to be functional for our family or it's just not going to work. We are going this afternoon to look at another home that I have been really looking forward to seeing, I hope it lives up to everything that I want it to! I'll keep y'all posted on how things are coming along with the search, no worries.
Yesterday marked the 21 week point in my pregnancy, here is what is going on this week with Baby Bennett!
"Chances are good you're feeling someone performing a round-off back handspring in your uterus by now. Is there any other feeling this cool? Other highlights this week:
By now your baby looks like a mini-version of what she'll look like when she's born. All her facial features are formed and hair is growing on her head. She's even acting like a baby and will occasionally suck her thumb or yawn. Aww ...
Baby's heartbeat is getting stronger and can be heard using a good old-fashioned stethoscope. Ask for a listen at your next prenatal visit! By 21 weeks, fetal bone marrow starts making blood cells—previously done by the liver and spleen. This may not sound that exciting, but it's good news.
The amniotic fluid that has been cushioning your little bean now serves another purpose: Your baby uses it to "practice" chowing down. Yes, it sounds gross (as many aspects of pregnancy do), but it's an important step for your baby toward being able to chow down in the real world. Your baby has been swallowing amniotic fluid for a while now, but now the intestines are finally developed enough that she's absorbing small amounts of sugars from it. And let's face it, being able to effectively digest sugar is important at every stage of life.
Your baby now weighs between 10 and 11 ounces and is approximately 7 inches long—the size of a delicious, cold, frothy bottle of root beer. Float anyone?"
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