Blessed By A Miracle From Above: 24 weeks

Hi all!!!

Well, today marks 24 weeks!!! According to what I've read that if the baby was born now, he would have some chance of survival. However, I plan to keep him in for for another 16 weeks or so. :-) Once again, there has been nothing too eventful this week other than my feet are still swelling. They are swelling soooooooooooo bad that I had to buy new shoes. BUMMY! :-( Other than that, I've been great. I have two more gifts to buy and then I'm done Christmas shopping. YEA!!! Speaking of Christmas, I feel awful but I didn't even do Christmas cards this year. Chris and I decided that we should save the money for the nursery, which has painted walls and the bead board/chair rail is going up today!!!! SO EXCITING!!!! In addition, I'm doing Christmas at my house this year for the first time! I can't wait to cook for the 9 of us and use my fine china for the first time! HEHE! MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

Here's what's going on with "Nemo"

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.