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So, either last Thursday or last Sunday marked the beginning of Week 18. Because of the difference between my charting, the obstetrician's charting, and the size of baby on early ultrasound, we have very different dates. Anyway, it's easier for me to remember Sundays as the start of the week, so we'll go with that.
Head to little baby butt, our baby is about 5 1/2 inches long and he or she weighs almost 7 ounces. This is roughly the size of a bell pepper. Baby Center tells us that baby is busy flexing and stretching arms and legs and these movements will get more noticeable. I definitely think I'm feeling some stirrings now, though it hasn't really been that obvious unless I stop to focus on it. Last night, however, I woke up at 1am wondering if baby was doing calisthenics in there! Myelin, a protective sheath, is forming around the nerves, a process that will continue until baby celebrates his or her first birthday. Blood vessels are visible through baby's thin, translucent skin. Also, the skeletal system is beginning to harden from cartilage to bone.
I've been feeling great! My sister-in-law, Julie, tells me she can't stand happy pregnant people (she had two rough pregnancies), so sorry Julie, for rubbing it in. The weather has been a little more bearable - down from the triple-digit heat indexes and back into the high 80s and low 90s. David and I are staying pretty busy around here with work, visiting with friends, and crossing "places to visit" off our list. Here's one more:
Last weekend, we visited Stillwater, MN for their annual Lumberjack Days Festival. The town is quite cute with a variety of shops and restaurants and good small-town charm. Lumberjack Days celebrates their forestry heritage and features several related events and wares. You get your typical vendors and food tents, though since we were just across the St. Croix River from Wisconsin, there was an unusually large selection of fried cheese curds. In addition, they had several lumberjack exhibitions and some special events for contest: chainsaw wood carving, log rolling, axe-throwing, log-chopping, tree climbing, and tree sawing events. It was interesting to me that men and women compete around the world for these titles. None of it looked easy. In fact, I don't think any of the events looked like something I'd want to try, for fear of losing a limb or having to remove a very, very, very long splinter (has anyone seen the splinters that come off those spurs they use for climbing)?! Yikes!
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Last weekend, we visited Stillwater, MN for their annual Lumberjack Days Festival. The town is quite cute with a variety of shops and restaurants and good small-town charm. Lumberjack Days celebrates their forestry heritage and features several related events and wares. You get your typical vendors and food tents, though since we were just across the St. Croix River from Wisconsin, there was an unusually large selection of fried cheese curds. In addition, they had several lumberjack exhibitions and some special events for contest: chainsaw wood carving, log rolling, axe-throwing, log-chopping, tree climbing, and tree sawing events. It was interesting to me that men and women compete around the world for these titles. None of it looked easy. In fact, I don't think any of the events looked like something I'd want to try, for fear of losing a limb or having to remove a very, very, very long splinter (has anyone seen the splinters that come off those spurs they use for climbing)?! Yikes!
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