Check out the size of the bump this week with Baby Bluey:
My belly on week 17 with Ty
We have had a wonderful last week! The weather has been amazing here and I even convinced Tyler to go for a walk in the stroller so mommy could get a little exercise. (Thanks for touching up the picture Dad!)
On Wednesday Ty was sick with a cold, cough and low grade fever, so we snuggled in bed for almost 3 hours. While in bed, we read books, sang songs, and talked about the story of Purim. It was also Purim and they celebrated at Ty's school. Everyone wore a costume. They all made Purim crowns and groggers (noise makers). As most of you probably know, Tyler LOVES holidays! He was so excited by the story that later that day while we made a quick run to target, he starts yelling "BOOOOOO HAMEN" (the bad guy in the Purim story). I started cracking up! Check out the pictures from the Purim parade. All of the kids are marching to some music and shaking their groggers.Here's Ty's Costume:
Ty loves his friends at school. Check out Ty, Bobby, and Avery walking down the hall holding hands. Does it get cuter than that???
It was Ty's cousin Aaron's first birthday and we were thrilled to go to his party! Here are Ty, Gabe, and Aaron playing with Aaron's new music set.
The birthday boy: 
Ty admiring Gabe's coloring
Ty playing legos for the first time with his Gee Ga Jo!
My parents watched Ty today as J.D. and I had a big date day at....Ikea! (What a great date day! ) We packed the car full of stuff that we definitely "needed" while Ty played the day away. J.D. wanted to build the coffee table, so we decided to give Ty one of his birthday presents a little early: a tool set from Home Depot. This play tool set has a funny story behind it. When J.D. and I moved to Charlottesville for law school and grad school, my dad (a super duper handy man who's dad owned a hardware store) thought that J.D. could use some tools (and some lessons to go along with them) so he got J.D. this play tool set as a joke, quickly followed by a wonderful real set of tools which J.D. uses all the time. Ty loves his new tool set and he loved building the coffee table with his plastic screw driver and hammer! Love these pictures!
Another funny story from the week: Tyler is becoming increasingly independent and insists on doing everything himself (walking down the stairs, getting in his chair, brushing his teeth, etc.). Yesterday morning, the day started per usual. We snuggled for a while in our bed, finally got up, went potty, took off his jammies, and ran down the hall naked to his room to pick out his undies (this is very exciting as he has Thomas undies and Cars undies...a very hard choice). He was in his room for a while and it was a little too quiet so we went in to check on him. His room looked normal with the entire undies basket and socks basket dumped on the floor. When we walked in, he said "I dressed." He managed to put his shirt on part of the way. The undies are on backwards and both legs are in one leg hole. Pretty hysterical! He was so proud of himself!!!! (He did manage to put his crocs on by himself for the first time this morning.)
Here is the update from Week 17 of the pregnancy!Check out this link and click on the video of 15-20 weeks to see what the baby looks like and what's happening with his/her body! SO COOL!: http://www.babycenter.com/2_
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.
Seventeen weeks into your pregnancy, or 15 weeks after conception, fat stores begin to develop under your baby's skin. The fat will provide energy and help keep your baby warm after birth.
Your baby is almost certainly listening up by now. In fact, loud noises — the dog barking, the doorbell ringing — will actually startle your baby (and also get him or her used to such noises; for instance, fetuses who regularly hear a dog barking will become babies who sleep right through Fido's outbursts). Your baby's eyes (which have fortunately finished their migration to the front of his or her head) are making small side-to-side movements and can even perceive some light, though the eyelids are still sealed. And since practice makes perfect, your baby is sharpening his or her sucking and swallowing skills in preparation for that first (and second…and third) suckle at your breast or bottle. In fact, most of the survival reflexes that your baby will have at birth are being perfected in utero right now.
And here's some proof that your baby is truly one of a kind (as if you needed any!). Within the next week or so, the pads on your baby's fingertips and toes will become adorned with completely individual swirls and creases (aka fingerprints). 
- By week 17, your baby weighs about 4.97 ounces (140gm) and is 5.12 inches (13cm) long.
- He or she has a much more normal "human" appearance now. She holds her head more erect and her body and limbs are longer in proportion to her head.
- Pads are forming on his tiny fingertips and toes. Soon those individual swirls and whorls will be apparent.
- Her eyes are looking forward now, but they are still firmly closed.
- Meconium (composed of products of cell loss, digestive secretion and swallowed amniotic fluid), is accumulating in the bowel. This black gooey substance will become your baby's first poop!
- The umbilical cord is growing thicker and stronger and continues to rush blood and nutrients to your growing baby.
- If your child is male the prostate begins to develop.
- Her skeleton is transforming from cartilage to bone. The bones remain flexible to make the journey through the birth canal easier.
Many women report that their dream life shifts into high gear during pregnancy. Interestingly, during the second and third trimesters, you spend less sleep time in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, the cycle in which most dreams occur. Why, then, all those frequent and vivid dream memories?
It's probably at least in part because you may be interrupting a dream-filled cycle when you wake up to pee, cope with heartburn, leg cramps, restless legs, or a backache, or to shift to a more comfortable position. Waking up during REM sleep makes you more likely to remember your dreams.
It may also be in part that dreams seem so vivid during pregnancy because for most women pregnancy is a time of such heightened emotions — from joy to apprehension and everything in between — but no one really knows for sure.
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