Week 23: Field Trip!

So, we finally decided to get some fresh air for Tommi and went on a field trip this Friday. We debated between going to the beach and Balboa Park, but ultimately decided to go to Scripps Hospital and see some doctors instead. What fun!

The doctors had good news to report--our little claustrophobe appears to have given up on his escape attempt for the time being and is resting comfortably in his own urine, I mean amniotic fluid (no wonder he wants to get out). Everything remains status quo, which is good news for us. Tommi's OB hesitated to applaud ourselves too much till we get past the 28-week danger zone, but that's only 4 1/2 weeks away. So we are holding our breath till then!

One great thing about this stage of development--you can now see the lens of the eye in the ultrasound pictures. Something about this small development makes him look so much more like a baby and so much less like Skeletor (a HeMan reference from the old days). Here's a picture of the little guy looking at us. It's amazing that through all of this, he sits in the womb unaffected and seeminly unaware of all that is going on around him.

Till Week 24...