rainy days and tuesdays

since it's too rainy to play outside today--here's a picture of amelie from our park trip the other day (i can at least pretend it's sunny outside!). nothing is really new here aside from the fact that i've decided to start a new hobby--i'm going into the bow making business--maybe amelie will even wear them! i figure if i start putting headbands on baby weber when she is too little to do anything about it maybe i'll be able to keep them on as she gets bigger--gotta have something to decorate that sure to be bald head! so, i'm going to try to make some this week and i'll post pictures of my progress, i'm sure you're all desperately interested...hehe..
in other super exciting news amelie has invented a new game--it's called "spin the baby on the office chair." she thinks it's absolutely hilarious to get as dizzy as possible by being spun in circles on the desk chair...it's loads o fun...ha!
here is what m.v.w. is up to this week! time is certainly ticking away!

Sure, 37 weeks is the magic number -- that's when your baby is officially deemed full-term, even though pregnancy may go to 40 weeks or beyond! But this week is also an important one for early arrivals, since almost all babies born at this stage or later survive and go on to have very healthy, normal lives. By this time all of his major organs are fully functioning except the lungs, which need just a bit more time to mature completely. This week your baby will also start to shed that downy hair (lanugo) that's covered his body for the past few months. He'll lose most of this fuzzy coating by the time he's born, but you may spot some errant hairs on his back or shoulders.

At around 4 pounds, your baby's taking up a lot of space in your uterus now -- so much so that it's getting a bit crowded for kicking. So don't be alarmed if you don't feel him moving quite as much, though it's a good idea to count your baby's movements occasionally to make sure all's well in there (it's best if you can do this while you lie on your left side for a while). If you feel anything fewer than 10 kicks, rolls, flutters, etc., in two hours, call your doctor to double-check that everything's A-OK.