26 Weeks!

This week really flew by.  I'm super busy at work which means a very stressed out momma :(.  Bad thing is, its going to only get worse from now on out until the baby is born as we enter into "busy season".  I've been feeling the baby a bit more and she is making some pretty big movements.  At times it feels like she is just going to burst out because she is pressing against my stomach so hard!  You can actually see a lump which is pretty neat, Brett is freaked out by it ha!  We finally started painting the babies room, maybe next week I'll have a picture of that!

26 week update - Eggplant again?? according to the bump I guess so :)
The network of nerves in your baby's ears is better developed and more sensitive than before. He may now be able to hear both your voice and your partner's as you chat with each other. He's inhaling and exhaling small amounts of amniotic fluid, which is essential for the development of his lungs. These so-called breathing movements are also good practice for when he's born and takes that first gulp of air. And he's continuing to put on baby fat. He now weighs about a pound and two-thirds and measures 14 inches (an English hothouse cucumber) from head to heel.

25 Weeks!

Wowza, 25 weeks! That means only 15 weeks left!!  That's a little daunting when I think of all the things we have left to do to get ready for a baby...like paint the nursery, get curtains, put together the crib,etc. etc.!  I know everything will work out but these next 8 weeks or so are going to fly by with Thanksgiving and Christmas.  I've been feeling really good, feeling baby move more and more.  She still like to sleep during the day and kick at night so I feel a lot of her when I wake up to switch sides at night (which by the way is getting really annoying!).  I do feel really big movement, which I have to assume are flips that make my stomach wiggle :)  Oh and my stomach is definitely growing, I'm scared to think about how much bigger its going to get in the last 15 weeks!

25 week update - Eggplant!

Head to heels, your baby now measures about 13 1/2 inches. Her weight — a pound and a half — isn't much more than an average rutabaga, but she's beginning to exchange her long, lean look for some baby fat. As she does, her wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and she'll start to look more and more like a newborn. She's also growing more hair — and if you could see it, you'd now be able to discern its color and texture.

24 Weeks!

VIVA LAS VEGAS!  I had a work conference this week in Las Vegas that I attended.  I'm sorry to report that I did not win that million dollars I had hoped for, nor did I even break even! haha  I didn't have any issues with the trip besides the flights.  I had a layover in MN but then a 3 hour flight to Las Vegas during which I had excruciating sciatic pain and flying in a packed coach section didn't provide for me to really get up a stretch a whole lot.  I don't have issues with walking or anything like that yet so walking around to different sessions in the gigantic Ceaser's hotel or downtown to different casinos was fine.  We tried to see the Bellagio fountains/light show on our free night Friday but it was so cold/rainy/windy that after 10 min of waiting we just left to get in the warm car :)

24 week update - Ear of Corn!
Your baby's growing steadily, having gained about 4 ounces since last week. That puts him at just over a pound. Since he's almost a foot long (picture an ear of corn), he cuts a pretty lean figure at this point, but his body is filling out proportionally and he'll soon start to plump up. His brain is also growing quickly now, and his taste buds are continuing to develop. His lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" as well as cells that produce surfactant, a substance that will help his air sacs inflate once he hits the outside world. His skin is still thin and translucent, but that will start to change soon.