Your baby's sensory development is exploding! Her brain is designating specialized areas for smell, taste, hearing, vision, and touch. Some research suggests that she may be able to hear your voice now, so don't be shy about reading aloud, taking to her, or singing a happy tune if the mood strikes you.Your baby weighs about 8 1/2 ounces and measures 6 inches, head to bottom --about the size of a heirloom tomato. Her arms and legs are in the right proportions to each other and the rest of her body now. Her kidneys continue to make urine and the hair on her scalp is sprouting. A waxy protective coating called the vernix caseosa is forming on her skin to prevent it from pickling in the amniotic fluid.
Never let it be said that we aren't spontaneous. In direct violation of our midwife's suggestion to reduce stress (sorry Laura!) we have decided in the span of two weeks to buy a house. Two weeks ago we had dinner with Taylor's friend and collegue, Pam and her fabulous husband Jeff who were very convincing about the idea of purchasign a home in the current market. One week later we met with their mortgage person, Dianne just to discuss what that might look like for us and since there was a program we qualified for that closes 10/1 we thought that we would look at a couple places. We went to one open house that weekend and confirmed that we needed guidance. Our friend Ingrid hooked us up with our great realtor (who we totally recommend) Bonnie and we all (Ingrid included!) went to see a few places on Friday. We found a house that we absolutely love and put an offer in on Saturday, it was accepted on Sunday, and we have an inspection scheduled on Thursday. We will see what happens but we are optimistic. Okay, really we are just terrified and stressed about money but we are trying to think long term and enjoy the idea of our own home; for us and the baby.
I still haven't felt the baby move but have been having a lot of ligament pain as my uterus gets bigger. I have more of a tummy now but it is still not completely obvious I am pregnant. However, that doesn't stop everyone from work guessing...the guess seems to be a girl since I am not carrying in front but around...this is a nice way to say that my ass is expanding. We still like Embry for a name but are open to suggestions. :)
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yay for vernix. i talk about that in my class. so, with the new house and all will you have a new address by the time we visit? keep us posted and good luck!
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