I Love Tuesdays!

Tuesdays mark the day I turn another month pregnant, so today I'm officially 22 weeks, or 5 1/2 months pregnant! I find myself looking forward to Tuesdays because of the new e-mails I get that tell me Katelyn(n?)'s new developments. Andrew and I e-mail each other and proudly say, she's a ______! (hence the blueberry situation). Well, she's moved through the produce isle, and we wondered what the next fruit or vegetable would be after a cantelope. . . I pasted the e-mail below to show you how fun the e-mails are! Thanks, Hilary for the suggestion! Or maybe the only people interested in these are me and Andrew, but i'm okay with that too!

Week 22 of Pregnancy: Baby's Hair Growth
Your baby has finally broken the one-pound mark. The eyelashes and eyebrows are well formed now — and even more hair is sprouting atop that cute little head. But hair at this stage of fetal development has no pigment, so it's bright white.
Guess what? At 22 weeks pregnant, your baby has finally broken the one-pound mark. How heavy is that? Hold a one-pound box of sugar in your hand the next time you're in the grocery story (and expect people to ask you why you're grinning from ear to ear). Is the box eight inches long? That's about the length your baby is too!

This week, your sweetie is making more sense of the world as he or she develops the sense of touch. In fact, your little one's grip is quite developed by now — and since there's nothing else to grab in utero, he or she may sometimes hold on tight to that umbilical cord (don't worry — it's tough enough to handle it). The sense of sight is also getting more developed. Your fetus can now perceive light and dark much better than before (even with those fused eyelids). But remember — unless you're shining a flashlight over your belly (which you can do, by the way), it'll be mostly dark for your baby inside that cozy womb of yours.

Moving up from the eyes, the eyelashes and eyebrows are well formed now — and even more hair is sprouting atop that cute little head. You'd be quite surprised, though, if you could see your little one up close and in color. Hair at this stage of fetal development has no pigment, so it's bright white.