Week 24

This week Baby Sonny is about 8.5 inches from head to rump and weighs about 1.5 pounds.  He is roughly the size of an ear of corn.  His beautiful face is already fully formed.  Around this time he can tell upside down from rightside up.  His brain is growing quickly and his taste buds are continuing to develop.  His lungs are starting to develop the branches of his respiratory tree and he continues to produce surfactant that will help him breath in the outside world.  His skin is still very thin and translucent.  Right now he is working on fattening up ;)

No real excitement this past week.  On Saturday, Jeff, Jack and I went to the West Hartford Reservoirs for a long walk.  The land preserve contains 3000 acres, 6 reservoirs, and 30 miles of paved or gravel walking trails.  Jeff and I had a nice time and the dog loved sniffing around the trails and meeting new dogs.  We look forward to more walks there, in the near future and when Baby Sonny arrives.

On Saturday night all three of us went to my parent's house for dinner.  While my mom was cooking Baby Sonny was very active, so my mom got to feel Baby Sonny kick AND she could see him move around!  It was great that Baby Sonny was so cooperative and entertaining.  On Sunday Jeff's parents stopped by on their drive from Kiawah to Rye.  We had a quick dinner together before they were on their way again.

I am also a bit jealous of Jeff (ok, super jealous).  He has the entire week off for Thanksgiving!  Lucky Duck!  He works hard studying every week and still manages to care for me by cooking dinner and cleaning, so he definitely deserves a nice break.