Another Week "Squashed"

Dear Sweet Baby Kay,

You are now the length of a spaghetti squash.  I have never eaten one of these vegetables, but I hear they are pretty tasty!  You are getting closer to weighing one pound.  You will start to rapidly gain weight here in the next few weeks.  It is hard to believe the second trimester is over halfway over!  You are beginning to look like a miniature newborn, but you are not quite ready to meet the world yet.  You still have a lot of developing left to do.  Your lips, eyelids, and eyebrows are becoming more distinct, and you are even developing tiny tooth buds beneath your gums.  Your eyes have formed, but the irises (the colored part of the eye) still lack pigment.

If we were able to look at you, we would be able to spot the fine hair (lanugo) that covers your body and deep wrinkles on your skin, which you will sport until you add a padding of fat to fill them in.  Your pancreas — essential for the production of some important hormones — is developing steadily.

So what else is new?  Father's Day!  We had a very special Father's Day this year!  One of the greatest things that happened this Father's Day is your Dad was ordained as an elder in our church.  (He is standing next to Ms. Misty in this picture).

He will serve his three year term as an Elder in our church.  He will be a leader and will be part of a select group of members of the church who will be responsible for making many important decisions for the growth of the church.  He was selected to serve by a Elder Nominating Committee, voted on by the church to serve and had to go through hours and hours of training before his ordination day!

Part of the ordination service includes all Elders in the church to come forward and lay hands on the Elders who have never been ordained.  It was a very special day because your Grandmother and Grandfather (my Mom and Dad) and your Dad's Uncle Roy were able to come forward and lay hands on your Daddy as he begins this very important journey in his faith for the church.

What made this day even more special was the secret we had. We knew you were a baby girl at this point and the only other people who knew were Ms. Misty and my parents. It was a fun little secret to have. I gave your Dad a pink tie for his first Father's Day. He wore it with much pride knowing you were with him on this special day!

Me and your Grandpa celebrating Father's Day.

Your Mom, Dad and Grandpa.

We shared the slide show this weekend with your grandparents to tell them you are a beautiful baby girl.  It was a wonderful surprise filled with many tears of joy!  We all cannot wait to see you!

With all my love,

Mom