24 weeks: starting month 6

this baby is going to be here before we know it!

not too much has been happening—baby has been kicking up a storm. she's still fairly small only over 1lb, I just wonder how these kicks are going to feel when she's 5x the size! the best way to describe a kick is you feel a quick pound whether it the front or back but then it kinda vibrates throughout your abdomen. very unique feeling. I need to start counting her kicks but usually I'll feel about 10 in a row, when she's active, in about 5 mins. she's a squiggler. :o)

we leave for our mini-weekend getaway tomorrow and can't wait to get away for a couple days! I'm not bringing my laptop, so I'm praying nothing goes up in flames friday :)—need to free myself from the day-to-day sitting at a computer regimen and enjoy the beautiful outdoors and sites with my husband and friends.

my 25-week pic will be taken by the ocean! LOVE.

(size of an ear of corn,
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cravings: I crave nothing—it's annoying trying to find something to eat.

aversions: ? greasy food—just don't like it right now.

what's baby up to?

baby's growing steadily, having gained about 4 ounces since last week. that puts her at just over a pound. since she's almost a foot long, she cuts a pretty lean figure at this point, but her body is filling out proportionally and she'll soon start to plump up. her brain is also growing quickly now, and taste buds are continuing to develop. her lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" as well as cells that produce surfactant, a substance that will help her air sacs inflate once she hits the outside world. baby's skin is still thin and translucent, but that will start to change soon.