Ellie Fawn T.

In the next few weeks baby will double (his) weight and add inches to (his) length. Baby is about 5 inches long and 3.5 to 4 ounces. Toenails have even started to grow. There's a lot happening inside as well. For example, the heart is now pumping about 25 quarts of blood each day, and this amount will continue to increase as baby continues to develop. "Soooo Big!"

This is baby's first collection of stuffed animals. Alice gave us the yellow elephant. After seeing our blog, she put some thought into it and decided that if it's a girl we should name her "Ellie Fawn T." No, of course we wouldn't, but quite an original thought! The brown puppy is from Gwen (Mommy was cuddling with it this morning). Thank you both.

The chenille teal throw is my mom's from her bed as a teenager. I was looking in the closet for a blanket to throw over the rocker when I came across this. It's the perfect color to go with the baby's room and is really beautiful. We discussed the possibility of incorporating this fabric into a blanket for Baby T.; that would be quite a special piece to hand down to our child. The rocker was my Grandma Martha's. I'm not sure if it will stay in our room or the baby's, but it's sure nice to have.