18 Weeks!

Today is 18 weeks, and the short stranger is the size of a sweet pepper! I'm having a little trouble differentiating the sizes of peppers, avocados, and turnips in my head, but apparently, peppers are larger. In any case, what's even more interesting is that my uterus is the size of a cantaloupe.

According to babycenter:

Head to rump, your baby is about 5 1/2 inches long (about the length of a bell pepper) and he weighs almost 7 ounces. He's busy flexing his arms and legs — movements that you'll start noticing more and more in the weeks ahead. His blood vessels are visible through his thin skin, and his ears are now in their final position, although they're still standing out from his head a bit. A protective covering of myelin is beginning to form around his nerves, a process that will continue for a year after he's born. If you're having a girl, her uterus and fallopian tubes are formed and in place. If you're having a boy, his genitals are noticeable now, but he may hide them from you during an ultrasound.