Week 16

    Be careful what you say!  This is the week that the little one can now pick up our voices (and perhaps the melodious sounds of the nearby rifle range).  I suppose we should start playing Beethoven or something complex, in order to ensure the child comes forth from the womb with a well-developed sense of musical taste. This may also mean I have to stop playing the piano for the next 24 weeks!

  Taste buds are also forming this week.  As I have mentioned earlier, God is much better at planning than I am.  What possible use could taste buds be now?  If the ultrasound on May 10 shows the child sitting down to a steak dinner, then I suppose there could be a purpose, but otherwise, couldn't those things have waited a bit longer?

  It took until week 8 for the child to grow to .6 inches long.  This past week, the child has grown .6 inches, so that it is now around 4.6 inches long...  amazing.  That means it is about the size of an avocado.