The Ma Family

Holy cow, I’m in my seventh month already!  I have a feeling the time will continue to fly until January hits.  Then, as usual, the last four - six weeks will drag along.  I’m hoping it’s more like six weeks this time.  As nice as it is to deliver a little baby (Rylee was 5lbs [...]

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Today was Rylee’s 18 month Well Baby Visit.  It was about as much fun as we expected it to be.  She cried from the moment the nurse said hello to her till she was back in her car seat.  She remembers the nurses voices because they are the ones who administer the shots.
Rylee doesn’t like [...]

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This is representative of weeks 21-24. Squirt is as big as a papaya…

Watch what you say — the Squirt is now able to hear outside noise from down in the womb. Studies show that Squirt finds gentle music and my own voice most soothing. Nipples are starting to sprout, and that little face is [...]

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GIRL!
Rylee is going to have a little sister in February.

Bill and I are pretty excited.  We realize we should probably start saving for proms and weddings now though.  We hope the bathroom they will share will be big enough for two girls to get ready for school at the same time.
I don’t have a sister [...]

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and Squirt is as big as a mango….

Vernix caseosa, a greasy white substance made of lanugo, oil and dead skin cells (yum) now coats Squirt’s skin, shielding it from the amniotic fluid. (Picture yourself after a nine-month bath, and the need for protection makes sense.) We might actually get to see the vernix at birth, especially [...]

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