Baby Update--Week 24

Where's our baby at for Week 24? Well, "at a weight of 1 1/2 pounds and a length of about 8 1/2 inches, our baby has outgrown the fruit references and is now the size of a standard letter (but would take a lot more than a standard stamp to mail). Baby's weekly weight gain is now about 6 ounces...much of that weight is coming from accumulating baby fat, as well as from growing organs, bones, and muscle. By now, our baby's tiny face is almost fully formed, and achingly adorable--complete with a full set of eyelashes and eyebrows and a good sprinkling of hair on her head (which is currently snow white, since there's no pigment in her hair just yet)."
It's been fun to day dream about what she'll look like when she comes--likely a blondie, but will she have Travis' or my eyes? And whose nose? And will she be a bitty thing like all her little cousins? Well, we'll know for sure in just 3 1/2 more months!
And to build off of what I said in my last picture update, our little girl continues to kick--a lot. I think she might have had the hiccups the other day too, because it felt like she was both kicking and punching at the same time, in really close intervals, for several minutes yesterday morning. (I was bummed that Travis had already left for school, because there was NO WAY that he could have missed any of these little movements!)
In other baby news, we recently recieved some super cute baby clothes from my mom and our friend Shantyl--thanks guys!--and are thus (already) slowly beginning to build a little wardrobe for our little one (she's going to need her own dresser drawer soon!). (Sorry, no pictures, so you'll just have to come visit us to see them!)
And, for my mom, here is a picture of me at 5 1/2 months (the last one was at 5). Both Travis and Shantyl remarked to me the other day that there's no doubting that I'm pregnant now--I've got a definite baby belly (and after you see these pictures, you'll probably agree)! It's also starting to FEEL like a bonafide baby belly too!

(I couldn't decide which picture showed off the belly better, so I posted both! Thanks Travis for taking these for me!)

Well, there you have it for now. =) We go to the Dr. again on February 9th, so I'll have some more "official" updates for you then!