23 weeks, 118 days to go

As with all occasions in life, when you are hit with a change - music always speaks to you like never before. I listen to songs and dedicate them to the "little bean", as Adriene calls her. I recently uploaded all 3000 songs onto iTunes from my external hard drive. I sat for hours two days ago listening to music I haven't heard since I lived in Asheville. I made a playlist for her to listen to and I sat with the laptop on my belly and let her enjoy Songs:Ohia, Cinematic Orchestra, Bohren, Adam Faucett, Future Islands, Russian Circles, Thou, and some cheesy old school 80's love jams from a mix that was made for me (and lots n lots more).

"Turn on the radio and sway to the music. With her sense of movement well developed by now, your baby can feel you dance. And now that she's more than 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound (about as much as a large mango), you may be able to see her squirm underneath your clothes. Blood vessels in her lungs are developing to prepare for breathing, and the sounds that your baby's increasingly keen ears pick up are preparing her for entry into the outside world. Loud noises that become familiar now — such as your dog barking or the roar of the vacuum cleaner — probably won't faze her when she hears them outside the womb."