Week 30 - My Cabbage

We are now in the home stretch! Nine weeks and counting. Can you believe it? I can't...

My belly’s increasing size is a definite clue that baby M is getting bigger every day. Baby M's about 15.7 inches long now, and she weighs almost 3 pounds (like a head of cabbage). A pint and a half of amniotic fluid surrounds her, but that volume will decrease as she gets bigger and takes up more room in your uterus. Also growing daily is her brain, which is actually starting to look like the real thing with those characteristic grooves and wrinkles. And now that my little genius can regulate her own body temperature and turn up the heat, she'll start shedding lanugo, the downy body hair that's been keeping her warm up until now.
Her eyesight continues to develop, though it's not very keen; even after she's born, she'll keep her eyes closed for a good part of the day. When she does open them, she'll respond to changes in light but will have 20/400 vision — which means she can only make out objects a few inches from her face. (Normal adult vision is 20/20.)

His First LSU Game

My little man decided he wanted to accompany Daddy on his trip to watch LSU play Alabama at Death Valley in Baton Rouge. He has been to LSU before but he has never witnessed the craziness that is LSU football. I got to stay home and do chores around the house. As much as I wanted to go I figured that yelling at my TV during the game was probably as much football as I could handle right now. I got two picture updates during the game. One of the little man and his Paran.

The other image I got was from around half time when i was informed that the little man had just woken up from a nap. My guy can sleep anywhere if he can take a nap in Death Valley during a game.

I haven't gotten a full report yet from my boys but I am hoping that they both had a great time!
Since LSU beat BAMA I am thinking that Daddy might want to take him to the games more often as a good luck charm.
Daddy said that they both had a good time! Maddox said he had fun so I see more guys trips to watch the Tigers play in their future.

Week 29 - My Fall Butternut Squash

Baby M now weighs about three pounds (like a butternut squash) and is a tad over 15 inches long from head to heel. Her muscles and lungs are continuing to mature, and her head is growing bigger to make room for her developing brain. To meet her increasing nutritional demands, Baby M needs plenty of protein, vitamins C, folic acid, and iron. And because her bones are soaking up lots of calcium, I have to be sure to drink my milk). This trimester, about 250 milligrams of calcium are deposited in Baby M's hardening skeleton each day. Baby M's energy is surging, thanks to white fat depositing beneath her skin. And since she's growing so fast (weight will triple by birth), things are getting kind of cramped in the womb. What all this means for you: Get ready for some more kicks and jabs to the ribs.

Appointment #7 (11-1-10)

Today was a super busy day. Last night I got a flat tire on my vehicle. Thankfully mom was in town from Halloween so we used hers almost all day long. Thanks Mom! First thing in the morning Maddox had a Dentist appointment. Happy to report that all is well on the teeth front. After I dropped him off at school, I headed to help Mom and Max clean up the old office. We worked on it for a couple of hours and I am happy to report that he is all moved out of the old office. Now he just has to get everything looking spiffy at the new office. The contractors were still working until atleast early evening finishing up projects that they hadn't been completed on the new office. Then mom and I hopped into the car for Baby M appointment #7. I didn't realize it but she had never been with me to an appointment before (not even with Maddox). At the appointment all looked really good. My blood pressure was good. Doctor said he would go ahead and schedule me for January 13th. So unless she decides to come earlier than that it will be a birthday of January 13th. He also said that as long as I know where all of the hospitals are on my route to Louisiana and I keep my feet up and get pampered the whole time I should be able to travel back home for the Holidays. After I talked to Dr. Mundy I got another ultrasound. She is head down which is good. Everything looked good. She had a nice strong heartbeat. Plenty of fluid surrounding her. She is measuring just a little ahead. She is about 3lbs 1oz currently. I have less than 72 days till she arrives. I know I am not ready yet but hopefully I will get there soon. So many things to do so little time.

My Finished Project

So here is a picture of my finished carrier. Someone liked it so much he wanted it back.



He is even pretending to suck his thumb cause he thinks all babies do that. LOL

Maddox This Week

It has been a crazy full week for our little man. One night he spent the evening with a low grade fever but never complained and it was down the by the next morning. He is such a tough guy.

He finished reciting Psalm 100 and got his treat box at school. Speaking of school today they had pumpkin day. He got to try out a few things made from pumpkin. He tried pumpkin seeds, pumpkin bread, pumpkin pie and something that he doesn't remember what it was. He really liked the pumpkin pie and the thing he doesn't remember. He said the pumpkin seeds were too salty. He got another prize this week for his memory verse.

On Thursday during Chapel they got to see Team Impact perform. He loved it so much he got his daddy to bring him back again for the night show. I think the boys had a blast. He came home with a book, T-shirt and a signed baseball bat. This morning he was showing off his muscles to I think it made an impact on him. If you would like to check out Team Impact their website is here.

TEAM IMPACT

Tonight the two of us went to the Ballunar Festival at NASA. We got there right as they were starting to blow up some of the balloons. We were right in front. Maddox took a few pictures of the balloons blowing up. He thought that was really cool. Then he decided he wasn't a fan of the fire and burried his head in my chest and proceeded to fall asleep. So I watched and took pics. It took me forever to wake him up.






And to top the week off we have been getting ready for Halloween. He can't wait to be Dark Vador (Darth Vador). Will post pictures of him in his costume soon.

Week 28 - The Chinese Cabbage

By this week, baby M weighs two and a quarter pounds (like a Chinese cabbage) and measures 14.8 inches from the top of her head to her heels. She can blink her eyes, which now sport lashes. With her eyesight developing, she may be able to see the light that filters in through your womb. She's also developing billions of neurons in her brain and adding more body fat in preparation for life in the outside world. Baby's lungs are mature enough that, if born right now, she has a pretty good chance of surviving (with help from medical technology). Her skin is still pretty wrinkly (one byproduct of living in amniotic fluid) but will smoothen as fat continues to deposit.