23 Weeks and Counting

This is day number 165 and you're 23 weeks pregnant! You have 115 days or 16 weeks left, and are 58.9% of the way there. Baby's age since conception is 151 days or 21 weeks. You are due on 11/13/2010.

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 when she hears them outside the womb.

Your baby now has eyes that open and close, ears that can hear, and a thumb well worth sucking. If you notice feel your baby making regular, jerky movements, don't panic - your baby has the hiccups! The hiccups are harmless for baby but can be annoying for you if they last for a long period of time.

Jackson showing me the giant bucket....

Yesterday Jackson and I met up with my friend Heidi and her son Anthony at the Lake Erie Nature and Science Center.  We haven't been there since last year, so it was like brand new for Jackson.  He was so excited; squealing, doing his happy feet, and bouncing from one place to the next!  He had a blast!  He hasn't stopped talking about what his "favorite" things were- the log you can climb through, all of the silly turtles, the box of bugs (they have a working bee hive inside the center that has a tube leading to the outside so the bees can come and go as they please.  It really is very cool.)  But I think his favorite thing, along with many of the kids was watching the disgusting site of the vulture eating a dead fish.  He loved how the vulture was standing on the fish to hold it, "It is like how we hold food in our hands, right Mommy?"  He was glued to the cage, watching the bird eat his lunch.  All the kids agreed that it was gross but still so cool.  Another fun thing were the huge rake, watering can, bucket and the tomato with the caterpillar on top.  When Jackson saw these he said "Mommy, I could fit SO MANY rocks in here!!", pointing to the giant bucket.... Always thinking of his favorite past time!  It was such a fun way to spend the day, and we were both thrilled that our friends could join us in the fun.