Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Picture update and week 23

Here's the baby development for week 23 ( I think I skipped week 22, sorry!)

At this point you’ve pretty much adjusted to the fact you’ve got a moving little gymnast inside of you, but now they’re going to kick up the party a notch because they can hear and react to sounds from the outside world. Sounds from your alarm clock, a thunder roll, or that darned car honking at you across the intersection can actually jar their little ears enough to elicit a kick or violent bout of squirming. Of course this also means that their little ears are picking up the sounds of your voice and those near you. So go ahead, sing a lullaby to your little angel—if they start kicking, it’s likely they just want you to stop… or maybe it was a kick of approval? You decide. Your baby's tiny taste buds are still growing and their bones are continuing to ossify (harden), their tiny veins are visible through their translucent yet wrinkly skin. (Think of it this way: they’ve been swimming in the equivalent of a long hot bath for the past 23 weeks, so you can’t blame them for being a little prune-like.)

And here are some pictures from our Ithaca vacation of the family:

Tim and Reilly:

Baby Molly:



Ithaca is Gorges:


Adina, me and Reilly:



Reilly and Zoe:

Annual Sherman family tree picture (we've been taking tree pictures since before I was born!):
"It started with a kiss and it ended like this" tank top from my brother in law Ian (Nina's husband, not Hannah's) :

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