24 Weeks

Energizer baby. Jumping and diving, rolling and kicking—your little one is having a great time training for the Baby Olympics. Just as you settle in for a good night's sleep, he starts his workout. Does it seem as if he's moving more than ever? He is: Babies are most active between 24 and 28 weeks. After that, there won't be enough room for him to perform the acrobatics he's so adept at now. Thin skinned. If your baby could look down at his chest, he'd get his first anatomy lesson. Because his skin is still thin and transparent, it's possible to see the blood vessels, bones, and organs beneath it. His skin will continue to thicken as the months pass, until it's opaque like yours. Eye spy. Even though your baby's eyes are still fused shut, all the parts of his eyes are present, including the retina, which completes its development over the next month. The iris, the colored part of the eye, still doesn't have any pigmentation. Your little one's eye color will fill in over the next few months, though their final shade won't be settled until after he's born. Measuring up. Your little gymnast weighs up to 1.3 pounds this week and measures 10 to 11 inches. Got Milk? Vernix is the white cheesy material that protects the baby's skin from the amniotic fluid. In this picture, it appears on the upper lip and nose and across the eyebrows and face.


Update: I am still feeling really well, I seem to get tired easily though. I wish I could take a nap everyday but unfortunately at my work they frown up on that:(
I am defiantly getting bigger and my hands are always swollen. I just thought when I got pregnant that my hands wouldn't change sizes but I was wrong on this one! My ring size is now a 9 as opposed to a 71/2 before. We are still working on her room. And this week I am going to try and organize underneath her bathroom sink and our closets. Both are long overdue!
We are planning on going to a breastfeeding class tomorrow night, I am hoping I learn a lot from it, especially since the idea of breastfeeding terrifies me, but it is something I really want to do for Emery! We only have 112 days till we meet you sweet pea and we couldn't be more excited! We keep talking about who you will be more like and who you will look like and if you are going to have hair or not! I feel you kick more and more each day and I love it!