english hothouse cucumber...where do they get the comparisons?

Your pregnancy: 26 weeks

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How your baby's growing:

The network of nerves in your baby's ears is better developed and more sensitive than before. He may now be able to hear both your voice and your partner's as you chat with each other. He's inhaling and exhaling small amounts of amniotic fluid, which is essential for the development of his lungs. These so-called breathing movements are also good practice for when he's born and takes that first gulp of air. And he's continuing to put on baby fat. He now weighs about a pound and two-thirds and measures 14 inches (an English hothouse cucumber) from head to heel. If you're having a boy, his testicles are beginning to descend into his scrotum — a trip that will take about two to three days.

belly shots 6 months 3 days

dominic was out of town the day we hit 6 months but we took pictures are few days later...here you go...
i am losing my belly button literally by the day...i think ill have to change my belly ring out soon for the new one we got a couple weeks ago...haaaaaaa

baby room

well we don't have all the things we have ordered for the baby's room...the changing table/dresser is on back order and won't be here until mid-june...but we have our crib and the decorations on the walls....here are some pics...
the changing table will go here...

over a foot long...

Your pregnancy: 25 weeks

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How your baby's growing

Head to heels, your baby now measures about 13 1/2 inches. Her weight — a pound and a half — isn't much more than an average rutabaga, but she's beginning to exchange her long, lean look for some baby fat. As she does, her wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and she'll start to look more and more like a newborn. She's also growing more hair — and if you could see it, you'd now be able to discern its color and texture.

all as it should be...

today we had our appt. with the genetic dr. and the fetal echocardiogram to take a look at the baby's heart and make sure there was nothing wrong (having a cleft lip can be connected with heart defects)...but much to our relief everything with our little guy's heart is normal...all the parts are there and doing what they should be doing...thanks for the thoughts and prayers...

alien...

i worked at dan's place thurs, fri, and sat this past week...we had live music on thurs and sat...our little guy was moving like crazy while the live music was playing...i got home last night and laid on my back and watched my stomach...it was the first time that i have been able to see my stomach move from his movements....it was so amazing and a little creepy...haaaaaaaa
here is what is happening during this upcoming week of growth...

Your pregnancy: 24 weeks

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How your baby's growing:

Your baby's growing steadily, having gained about 4 ounces since last week. That puts him at just over a pound. Since he's almost a foot long (picture an ear of corn), he cuts a pretty lean figure at this point, but his body is filling out proportionally and he'll soon start to plump up. His brain is also growing quickly now, and his taste buds are continuing to develop. His lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" as well as cells that produce surfactant, a substance that will help his air sacs inflate once he hits the outside world. His skin is still thin and translucent, but that will start to change soon.

mother's day weekend

this weekend has been great...i came home thursday to a dozen mixed color roses from dominic's dad and step-moim with a card that said happy mother's day for the mom-to-be...saturday had dom and i doing yard work in the morning...dom mowed the lawn (i tried but i think the noise of the mower was upsetting the little guy because he was really kicking me) so i moved down to a garden that we have in the backyard...the previous owners planted tulips in this garden...
this garden had black plastic edging that surrounded it...it was in bad shape and looked tacky so dom tore it out for me...he has been collecting small rocks and boulders from around our property for me to use as a border....so i put the new rock boulder edging in place, weeded the garden and cleaned it up...here are some pics of what it looks like now...
this next picture is of the herb garden part of the garden...
the weekend has ended with my grandma rene's buttermilk pancakes with bacon, a couple of naps, mom-to-be card from shelly and richard, and phone calls filled with happy mother's day wishes....thank you to everyone

my biggest wish for mother's day was to be able to feel our little guy moving with my hands....while watching tom and jerry this morning in bed with my hands on my belly i felt him a couple of times...dom got to feel it too....i almost started to cry...thank you little guy for the movement!!

dancing with mom now...

Your pregnancy: 23 weeks

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How your baby's growing:

Turn on the radio and sway to the music. With her sense of movement well developed by now, your baby can feel you dance. And now that she's more than 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound (about as much as a large mango), you may be able to see her squirm underneath your clothes. Blood vessels in her lungs are developing to prepare for breathing, and the sounds that your baby's increasingly keen ears pick up are preparing her for entry into the outside world. Loud noises that become familiar now — such as your dog barking or the roar of the vacuum cleaner — probably won't faze her

length of a spaghetti squash...almost 1lb

Your pregnancy: 22 weeks

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How your baby's growing:

At 11 inches (the length of a spaghetti squash) and almost 1 pound, your baby is starting to look like a miniature newborn. His lips, eyelids, and eyebrows are becoming more distinct, and he's even developing tiny tooth buds beneath his gums. His eyes have formed, but his irises (the colored part of the eye) still lack pigment. If you could see inside your womb, you'd be able to spot the fine hair (lanugo) that covers his body and the deep wrinkles on his skin, which he'll sport until he adds a padding of fat to fill them in. Inside his belly, his pancreas — essential for the production of some important hormones — is developing steadily.