22 weeks

This week started out dreary and rainy here (in fact, we had six straight days of rain), but we've lucked out this weekend. It's your quintissential New England fall weekend -- bright sunshine, cool, and a crispness in the air. I love this time of year! Mike and I enjoyed a nice long walk around the neighborhood this afternoon, meandering down every side street so we could prolong our time out in the fresh air. Mike even "practiced" rolling an imaginary stroller around, trying to get a feel for what it would be like to have the little guy with us on our walks. He can barely wait for the baby's arrival. He already has all sorts of plans for things they'll do together, including attracting all sorts of babes when I'm not around, since babies are good for that! :-) One thing he's not as excited about is all this shopping we keep doing. Today, we hit the Baby Furniture Warehouse in Braintree. It was a good start to get us rolling, but we realized that we needed to come home and do some measuring before we could really begin to make decisions. However, we definitely have our eyes on a few contending furniture sets. Hopefully in the next few weeks, we'll decide all of that so that we can get everything ordered, as they have a 10 to 12 week shipping period.

As for the baby, this week, he's about one pound and about 11 inches long, or about the size of a spaghetti squash. He's beginning to get crowded inside there, which seems to have led to a little less flailing around. He's beginning to form tooth buds below his gums this week, and his lips, eyelids, and eyebrows are becoming more distinct. Apparently, he actually looks like a tiny baby now and less like a mutant alien or sea creature!