23 weeks

23 weeks- BOOM!

And who has officially met the 24-week weight goal, with a full week to spare?  This girl!

That's right.  Today's weight 195.7 (fully expecting to cross the scary 200 mark in the next week-- two weeks max).  Weight gain: 36.7 lbs.  Booyah!  My magic spreadsheet turned green today in celebration.  Next weight goal is 54 pounds at 28 weeks.  What once sounded impossible now seems reasonable.  Just have to gain 3-4 lbs./week to get there.  No problem, right? 

I'll admit I get a bit of a kick out of telling people that I drink half a gallon of milk and eat two eggs, nearly a pound of meat, and a slew of other stuff every day.  It's still gross, but it's more fun when I get to gross other people out too.

I'm wearing a cutesy triplet shirt today (to be revealed here at a later date), so I got my first stranger comment of: "There's THREE in there???"  Made me laugh.  In general, there have been lots of comments about the belly this week.  I think I look full-term to just about everyone at this point.  Then they look at me with shock and sympathy when I say I'm due in November.

I feel good, though.  Pretty worn out by the end of the day, but still thanking my lucky stars for how non-dramatic this pregnancy has been so far.

Babycenter says:

How your baby's growing:

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 the size of 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.

http://www.babycenter.com/6_your-pregnancy-23-weeks_1112.bc

That reminds me that when we went to see "A Chorus Line" the other night, the babies all LOVED it.  They were rockin' out in there-- lots and lots of kicks and turns and tumbles.  Future dancers?  Musical theater lovers?  That's my influence.  :)  This is what the babies were doing (jump to 0:37):

I can occasionally see kicks, but I have to be looking the right place at the right time.  More to come, I'm sure.

That's it for now.  Next week: a new growth scan at Dr. Haeri's office.  Can't wait to see these big babies!