Week 24...and 25 (ooops!)

Because of our fabulous beach vacation last week, I also took a vacation from blogging. I was just too relaxed to be creative. :-) Here is a picture right at about 24.5 weeks:

Lately, I have noticed the following things:
-I pee my pants when I sneeze.
-I can no longer paint my own toenails.
-I fall asleep at 9pm.
-I have a very active little boy growing in this belly- especially around 6am.
-I still cannot give up the french fries.
-I have completely given up the idea of exercise until after the baby is born. (It just doesn't interest me right now.) :-)
-I can eat my weight in crab legs.
-I actually feel pretty great besides the normal heartburn and "stretching" pains that I get every now and then.
-I have been craving sweets like crazy.

Here's what's going on with Little Man Johnson (who, no, still does not have a name yet!):
His brain is growing quickly now, and his taste buds are continuing to develop. His lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" as well as cells that produce surfactant, a substance that will help his air sacs inflate once he hits the outside world. His skin is still thin and translucent, but that will start to change soon. Head to heels, your baby now measures about 13 1/2 inches (longer than an ear of corn). His weight — a pound and a half — isn't much more than an average rutabaga, but he's beginning to exchange his long, lean look for some baby fat. As he does, his wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and he'll start to look more and more like a newborn. He's also growing more hair — and if you could see it, you'd now be able to discern its color and texture.

And not to leave her out, Brooklyn has said the following cute things this week:
"Mommy, I don't want you or Daddy or me to brush my hair." (Me: Well, who's gonna do it then?) "God."
"Mommy, I remember I was so happy when I was growing in your belly."