Grandson Update!!

Thursdays have become big around the Dunnevant house. That’s the day when we get the latest status update on our grandson’s development. Kaitlin is subscribed to this super cool website called The Bump that gives her new info every Thursday including, but not limited to, the approximate size of the little guy. Unfortunately, the creators of this website  are under the mistaken impression that we are familiar with the sizes of obscure fruits and vegetables. For example, this morning Kaitlin informed us that the little buddy is now the size of a…mango. A couple of weeks ago it was a kiwi. Before that it was a plum. Do these people know that we’re Americans? If they want to help us visualize how big the kiddo is wouldn’t they be better served by using something more familiar? How about, “Congratulations! At the 19 week mark your baby is now the size of a pack of Twinkies. Next week he will be almost the exact size as a Poptart.” Instead, I have to Google…mango…size of, where I find a bunch of confusing data. Apparently these things vary in size depending on what continent they come from, time of year, weather conditions. I’m no closer to knowing how big my grandson is now than I was before this new information! This would not be a problem if they told me that he was as big as a package of peanut M&M’s. Nobody would be left Googling the size of a pack of M&M’s because we all know exactly how big it is. I mean they might as well tell me that my grandson is now the size of a pomegranate harvested from the plains of Uruguay after an unusually dry winter.

But I suppose I should be thankful that he’s growing like a weed…and soon will be the size of a overripe Carambola!