17 Weeks!

We're at 17 weeks today, and the short stranger is the size of a. . . turnip? Or at least that's what babycenter.com tells us. Since I rarely eat turnips, I'm having a little trouble picturing this. But in any case, I am now at the stage that I *think* I can feel the baby moving--or at least I can feel something going on below my belly button. 

Babycenter.com states this about week 17:

Your baby's skeleton is changing from soft cartilage to bone, and the umbilical cord — her lifeline to the placenta — is growing stronger and thicker. Your baby weighs 5 ounces now (about as much as a turnip), and she's around 5 inches long from head to bottom. She can move her joints, and her sweat glands are starting to develop.

The short stranger will be able to sweat soon! Just in time for summer.