Of most importance this week is that the baby is visibly becoming a girl or a boy. We all know how I feel about that. The most critical parts of the development are now over, but there’s still of course a lot to go.

The baby can now move and kick, and is exploring the new world.  The uterus is still cathedral-large to the fetus, so it’s not able to be felt.  It probably doesn’t echo either.  Some places note that the fetus begins at this point to explore the fact that it has a mouth with it’s hands.

The ears are moving up to where they belong.  This is important, as they need to be in place for quality music to start getting pumped in. No, I’m not joking.

It will start developing a swallow reflex as well, and continues to develop the taste buds.  Some people believe this is the first time period in which the sense of flavors are developed.  As I write this, I think back to last night when Jolene ate peanut butter flavored snack mix.  It’s either going to love or hate that stuff.  We’ll see.

Morning sickness seems to be gone for the most part, but super-human smelling ability isn’t.  I swear, the woman can smell the fact that I’ve had onions for lunch before she hits the driveway.