Apples and Oranges

I wanted to jot down a couple of things about this pregnancy that I want to remember. Each week I received two e-mails (from babycenter.com and american pregnancy association) telling me how Colton was growing inside of me and what new miraculous thing he could do. Growing eyelashes, sucking his thumb, brain development...etc. It's so amazing! I read Psalm 139 this morning and just thought how blessed I am to be carrying this little boy inside of me. And to think God knows him even better than I do is just too cool for words.

Psalm 139 (NLT)
1 O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me.

2 You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I’m far away.

3 You see me when I travel and when I rest at home. You know everything I do.

4 You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord.

5 You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head.

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand!
7 I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence!

8 If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the grave, you are there.

9 If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans,

10 even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me.

11 I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night—

12 but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you.

13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb.

14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.

15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.

16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.

17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God. They cannot be numbered!

18 I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me!

19 O God, if only you would destroy the wicked! Get out of my life, you murderers!

20 They blaspheme you; your enemies misuse your name.

21 O Lord, shouldn’t I hate those who hate you? Shouldn’t I despise those who oppose you?

22 Yes, I hate them with total hatred, for your enemies are my enemies.

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.

24 Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.

Each e-mail would also compare the size of Colton or my womb to a random object - usually a fruit. I thought this was pretty funny and compiled a list of all the fruit stages we've been compared to throughout this pregnancy...

My uterus:

Weeks 1-8 - Pear sized (about normal)

Weeks 8-13 - Grapefruit/Softball

Weeks 18 - Cantaloupe

Week 25 - Soccer Ball

Week 40 - Watermelon/5 lb. Sack of Sugar (Yikes!)

Our bouncing baby boy:

Week 3 - Pin Head (0.006 inches long)

Week 5 - BB Pellet (1/2 inch)

Week 6 - Pinto Bean

Week 7 - Medium Green Olive

Week 8 - Plum

Week 9 - Large Lime

Week 11 - Peach

Week 12 - Adult Fist

Week 13 - Softball

Week 15 - Hand Spread Open Wide

Week 19 - Banana

Week 21 - Small Doll

Week 25 - (2 lbs) No more fruit comparisons from this point on...

Week 30 - (4 lbs)

Week 35 - (6 1/2 lbs)

Week 38 - (7 1/2 lbs) We hope this is where he stays :)

So there you have it... Isn't it amazing that our little "peanut" was once the size of a pin head and in just 38 weeks has grown into a 7 1/2 lb baby!