23 weeks...

Our baby girl's sense of movement is well developed by now! And now that she's more than 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound, about as much as a large mango, we have been able to see her squirm underneath Julie's clothes. So cool! Blood vessels in her lungs are developing to prepare for breathing, and the sounds that our baby's increasingly keen ears pick up are preparing her for entry into the outside world. Loud noises that are becoming familiar now — such as the roar of the vacuum cleaner — probably won't faze her when she hears them outside the womb. We know she hears the buzz of the alarm clock because as soon as that thing goes off in the morning she is kicking Julie so hard...saying "Time to get up Mommy!" ha ha ha

23 week baby bump!