31 weeks

All five of baby's senses are fully developed and he is getting so strong. His grip is now strong enough to grasp a finger. His elbow scrapes, kicks, and punches are out of control sometimes, but he mostly likes to wiggle. I can feel him all the time now as he has less room to hide from me. It's getting really cramped in there. I've been having a reoccurring nightmare about my baby bursting through my belly - yikes!

I just spent the last week in Florida visiting my family. It was so great to see how excited my parents were to see me and my belly. I can't wait to introduce them to the little guy when he finally gets here.

My mom threw me a surprise baby shower while I was in town and I got to see some really wonderful old friends. Here are some pictures from the shower.

















I had another dr. appointment yesterday. Everything is still a-ok, just still gaining weight like no other. I gained 7lbs in 3 weeks! Too much Halloween candy!

29 weeks!

11 more to go! Baby is the size of a squash these days. His energy is surging as he's gaining fat and growing fast (weight will triple by birth). Things are getting kind of cramped in there.

fatty mcbutterpants!

I had my 28 week check up today. Everything is still fine. The baby was making the dr. crack up because he kept kicking the doppler thingy and wouldn't stay still long enough to get his heartbeat. She got it eventually and it was strong. He's such a spaz already....I'm scared!

I'm weighing in at a whopping 140lbs, which my dr. thinks is too much - 25-30lbs of weight gain total. But I don't think she's taking into consideration that I was actually, what could be considered under-weight before I got pregnant. I wouldn't be concerned, except she said the more weight I gain, the more weight baby gains and if I keep this up I'm going to have a 9-10lb baby. YIKES! Exercise routine begins tomorrow!

Maternity pictures coming soon!

28 weeks!

We've made it to the 3rd trimester...the final stretch (literally)! Only 12 more weeks to go! The baby's lungs are mature enough at this point that he could come any day and would be fine. I've had a feeling for weeks that he's going to come early. Maybe it's wishful thinking, maybe I'm paranoid. Probably both, but you just never know. Baby is about 2.5 lbs and almost 15 inches and will be packing on the pounds (from fat mostly) over the next 2-3 months.

We've been trying to get the nursery (as well as the rest of the house) put together asap. I'd like to have it all done in 2 weeks since I'll be gone for a week in Florida. Thanks to my wonderful sister-in-law, Genny, the nursery has been painted. I went on a shopping spree yesterday (THANK YOU MOM & BILL!!) and got lots of nursery essentials. Those cute little godzilla and domo plush arrived last week (so cute!!). We have a really great crib that a family friend gave us which my wonderful husband should have refinished by the end of the week. Things are finally coming together!