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Your baby can make a fist and even suck his or her thumb this week—both skills that are über-cute during infancy ... and not so much at the age of 9. If you're really lucky, you might catch a glimpse of baby's thumb sucking on an ultrasound photo. That's a framer! Other exciting developments include:

Your baby's eyelids are fused shut to protect his eyes as they develop. His bones and skull are solidifying and soon itsy-bitsy ribs may appear. (Baby ribs! How cute is that?!) Baby's intestines are finally right where you want them—in his or her belly instead of poking out into the umbilical cord. Baby's tooth sockets are all loaded and ready to pop out baby teeth six or seven months after baby is born (causing baby a lot of pain and you a lot of lost sleep).

Who's that singing? Elton John? Could be your baby: His vocal cords and larynx are completed now. He won't be able to make any sound yet, however, because sound waves travel through air and baby is submerged in fluid.

Your baby-to-be now weighs about 20 grams and is nearly 3 inches long, or about the size of a Nutter Butter, covered in chocolate. OK, it doesn't have to be covered in chocolate, but isn't everything better that way?

Tuesday of this week we went in for our NT Scan which is basically a test to measure the fluid in the back of the baby's neck to see if there is a possibility of Down's syndrome. Even though we were low risk we figured it was worth finding out...plus it included a 20 minute ultrasound and if insurance is going to pay for it then why not do it. =) So here is a couple minutes of video from that...

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Then today we went in to Dr. Z to see what was going on with the blood clot and it is completely GONE!!! Finally, back to normal, pregnant lady again. =) We were so relieved and now it's back to all the things involved in a regular pregnancy and no bed rest!! During the two ultrasounds we had this week we realized how active this baby is...bouncing all over the place, I could watch it all day!! We have been spoiled by getting to see this little monkey every week and now we won't get to see it again until they do a gender scan(hopefully in about 4 weeks). I am still feeling well and have started to show a little but haven't gained any weight...yet. =) Roddy put the baby's crib and changing table together and once we get the armoire done I will put up some pictures of that. Until next time...