24 weeks

Baby Abelson is now about 11.81 inches crown to heel!!!

Baby's growing steadily, gaining about a quarter of a pound since last week, when she was just over a pound. Since she's almost a foot long and about 1.32 pounds she has a pretty lean figure, but her body is filling out proportionally and she'll soon put on more baby fat. Baby's skin is thin, translucent, and wrinkled, her brain is growing rapidly, and her taste buds are developing. Her lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" and cells that produce surfactant, a substance that helps the air sacs inflate easily.

It's also time for Spring Cleaning at the Abelson household! We have been doing a thorough dusting and cleaning. We had painters in today to fix up any chipping paint in the apartment and most importantly...they PAINTED BABY'S ROOM!!!

More later,
Alissa and Steve