Week 25, Big Boy room, music, mowing, brunch with Brad, date with Lizzie, soccer class

Week 25: Baby Bluey is an Eggplant!

Size: 13.6 inches
Weight: 1.5 lbsBaby Bluey


Baby Tyler

...so yes, I missed week 24.... we've been very busy.   The baby is continuing to move like crazy.  Lots of kicks, especially if I eat garlic...my favorite! I can't believe I'm already 25 weeks.  Where did the time go? This has gone so much faster than with Tyler.  

Tyler moved into his big boy sports room on Thursday night.  So far, we've had 2 good naps and 1 good night sleep in his big boy bed.  Not a bad start.  Here are some pictures from his big boy room.  We haven't finished with the decorations, but we'll get there. 

 

Here are my sweet sleepy boys after we brought Tyler into our room one morning.  I guess my boys were pretty tired...

We started Tyler in another Music Together class (his 3rd round) after taking a break for a few months to do other things.  He absolutely loves it. 

The digger at the bottom of my parents street.  Thanks for taking me on it Buh Puh!! I love driving diggers!

Playing Lacrosse with Daddy

 Mowing the lawn with daddy.  Like father like son....

Here's pics from brunch at Cava (YUM!) with Brad (J.D.'s very first friend from Tot Tot Tot -preschool).  

Check out my cool shades.  Hanging with my Uncle Ryan!

 

 Reading a Thomas book with Mommy

 Loving on mommy!

J.D.-not so happy at my picture taking.

Doing stickers with Brad

 Snuggling with Uncle Ryan and Ana Marie

 I love you Pops!

  

We have an Orioles fan on our hands....and an Albert Pujols fan.  Here is a video of Tyler singing the Orioles Magic song.

Here's Tyler and Lizzie on a date

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 Tyler trying on Daddy's roller blades. 
 

Here are some more pictures from Tyler's sports class.  The sport of the day is soccer. 

 Here are video's of Tyler's "first soccer game" and of Tyler dribbling the ball. 

Welcome to Week 25: Baby Bluey is an Eggplant!

What's happening this coming week:
Head to heels, your baby now measures about 13 1/2 inches. Her weight — a pound and a half — isn't much more than an average rutabaga, but she's beginning to exchange her long, lean look for some baby fat. As she does, her wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and she'll start to look more and more like a newborn. She's also growing more hair — and if you could see it, you'd now be able to discern its color and texture.

• The structures of the spine begin to form -- joints, ligaments and rings. These will protect the all important spinal cord which serves as the information transmitter for your child's body.
• Blood vessels of the lungs develop.
• Your baby's nostrils begin to open. There is a study out of Belfast that suggests babies at this stage have the capability of scent preferences!
• The nerves around the mouth and lip area are showing more sensitivity now. When baby is rooting for food later on, these will be valuable!
• His swallowing reflexes are developing.
• Dexterity is improving. Your baby can make a fist and would clasp objects placed in palm.
• Your child has now obtained an approximate length of 13.6 inches (34.6cm) and weighs 1.46 pound (660gm).

• Bones are becoming solid, hands are now fully developed.
• The brain is growing rapidly, the brain cells are starting to mature.
• The sexual organs are fully developed.

Baby is now pretty well built portion wise even though it still has little body fat and its skin is thin. The structures of the spine begin to form -- All 33 rings, 150 joints and 1000 ligaments. The tiny brain is growing rapidly, and the baby is starting to fill the space in your uterus. The uterus is now about the size of a soccer ball and mom looks pregnant.

Your baby's hands are now fully developed, although some of the nerve connections to the hands have a long way to go. Dexterity is improving. Your baby can make a fist and clasp objects placed in palm. Exploring the structures inside your uterus may have become baby's prime entertainment. Fascinated by the amount of tactile stimulation a fetus gives itself; it touches a hand to the face, one hand to the other hand, clasps its feet, touches its foot to its leg, its hand to its umbilical cord.

Blood vessels of the lungs develop. Your baby's nostrils begin to open. The nerves around the mouth and lip area are showing more sensitivity now. Their swallowing reflexes are developing. Baby can hear sounds outside the womb and the brain cells are starting to mature also. Already it can learn and remember and can recognise its mother and fathers voice.