This week your baby weighs a little over 4 pounds (heft a pineapple) and has passed the 17-inch mark. He's rapidly losing that wrinkled, alien look and his skeleton is hardening. The bones in his skull aren't fused together, which allows them to move and slightly overlap, thus making it easier for him to fit through the birth canal. (The pressure on the head during birth is so intense that many babies are born with a conehead-like appearance.) These bones don't entirely fuse until early adulthood, so they can grow as his brain and other tissue expands during infancy and childhood.
Below are some updated pictures of the nursery (you may have already seen these on facebook - I just posted them a few minutes ago). We officially decided on the name Aubrey Grace! I was so excited that I went out and bought wooden letters, which I painted brown. I also bought wooden cut-outs of butterflies and flowers, which I hand painted and then glued on the letters to decorate her name. That's what you'll see above her crib below. We're loving how the nursery is coming together!
We have one last touch to add to the design, which involve wall lamps from Ikea. The Ikea in Round Rock is out of these, so Cindy (Jason's sister) was nice enough to go to the Ikea next to her to pick them up. So look for updated pictures next week!
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