Week 26

Countdown to the arrival of Baby Sonny: 98 days! Pretty wild! He is about 9 inches from head to rump, 14 inches head to toe, and weighs about 1.75 pounds.  He is roughly the size of an eggplant.

His eyes, which have been fused shut until now are beginning to open. Sadly my uterus doesn't have a great view of anything. The most exciting thing I read is that this week his brain-wave activity is increasing. At this point he can not only hear sounds but he is learning to respond to them! He will learn to recognize our voices and respond with an increased heart rate or increased activity. Isn't that amazing?!?

We've had lots to celebrate this week. On Thursday we celebrated Henry's birthday over a delicious dinner at Union League Cafe in New Haven. On Saturday Nana and PopPop celebrated 70 years of marriage! They are an inspiration to us all! And on Sunday we celebrated my father's birthday with take out, Rummy King (really fun thinking game), and Jeff rescuing my parent's laptop from a virus. He's such a gem.

My parents had an amazing surprise for Baby Sonny. A few years ago they bought several young Christmas trees and planted them in the woods. They plan to have my dad and Baby Sonny cut one down for Christmas each year when he is old enough.  What an original idea and a great way to create lasting memories!

On Monday we looked at the day care center at SFH. The director is amazing but it's sad to think about practical issues so early before Baby Sonny is even here.  We're going to tour a few more daycare centers next week and add our name to the wait list.  Finding infant care is difficult.

Today I had some spare time at work, and asked one of the residents to ultrasound my belly.  It's been 6 weeks since I've had a good peak at Baby Sonny.  He looked pretty content, moving around, and kicking.  At one point we even caught him with his hand by his face, on closer inspection we could see that he was sucking his thumb!  He's already a cutie patootie in my book :)

Hope everyone else is doing well!