Our Perfect Son

Ahh, the sigh of relief and the ecstasy of the joy in learning that our son is perfect! He is developing exactly as he should be, his head is perfect, his face is too, he doesn't have a cleft lip or cleft palate, his heart is good, spine is good, his body is good, hands, legs, and everything! They couldn't see his heart really well, just enough to see the four chambers, but not the ventricles or anything because he was hiding behind some scar tissue of mine from previous surgeries. Apparently you can't see through scar tissue with an ultrasound. Hmmm...you learn something new every day! The doctor isn't worried about his heart, but we will repeat the ultrasound in four weeks, just to look at his heart again. Oh bother...another ultrasound, what a hardship. Hehe!

Anyway, we are on cloud nine. He was moving around during the ultrasound and of course, turned to face the ultrasound wand so we have more pictures of his face. He's just amazing!

Today is the last day of Week 17 and the fourth month. Here's what Baby Z's been doing this week (from BabyCenter.com)...

Your baby weighs 5 ounces now (about as much as a turnip), and he's around 5 inches long. The umbilical cord, his lifeline to the placenta, is growing stronger and thicker. Your baby can move his joints, and his skeleton — until now, rubbery cartilage — is starting to harden into bone. Some of it will remain cartilage for years after he's born. A newborn's skeleton has 300 parts (a combination of bone and cartilage). As your child grows, some of these parts harden and fuse together. By the time your baby reaches adulthood, he'll have just 206 bones.

Love to all and remember we are thinking about all of you and want you to be safe, healthy and happy!

Love,
Kim, Stephen & Zachary

P.S. We have new pictures of Zachary from today's ultrasound and will try to post them later this weekend.