These last few weeks have flown by! I can't believe how quickly Monday's come, and that is just fine with me. Two weeks ago I had both my baby showers and both were super fun. My Blue Cross co-workers threw the first one, a Dr. Suess themed party, and Cynthia Steinberg threw me a big huge book-themed shower the following day. Pre-baby and especially pre-third trimester it was hard for me to understand why pregnant ladies a)hid out b)couldn't talk about anything but their pregnancy and c)were so boring. Now I get it. You hide out because doing much else aside from sitting on your couch at just the right angle with just the right pillow is just not as comfortable. You talk about your pregnancy so much because it is a completely unique state both physically and mentally, and it's hard to think about much else. And you are boring because of point A and point B combined. You can't do much and what's the point of talking about the weather when there is a fetus rolling around in your tummy? Anyway, the point of this is to say that the showers were a welcome celebration of this life that's growing, and it felt like a huge week-end long hug. While I feel more and more detached from my old life and from life outside my body these days, the showers were exactly what I needed. Friends, food, and games. I love games!
Baby is pretty much huge now. He is the size of a melon, over 5 lbs. and 18 inches long. His organs are developed and his main job now is just to get fat. He gets hiccups at least once a day and to say that he is a gymnast is an understatement. At my last appointment he measured one week behind, so he was at 32 weeks while I was at 33. But all that means, says my doctor, is that he is smaller and will be easier to push out. Yesssssssssssss! I was 7 something lbs., 21 inches and Chad was 7 something lbs., 22 inches, so we were both relatively small babies. Here's hoping Junior follows in our footsteps. He will be full term next week, but really he could come any time and be totally fine. (hint, hint) I have this feeling that he's going to come late, but let's pretend that I don't have that feeling.
His nursery is almost done and I love it so much I sit in it sometimes and just look around at all the stuff, wrapped and unwrapped with love, from all his friends and relatives who are so excited to meet him. Reason number 3530 why I can't think about much else these days. I am about to meet my SON! There is nothing more exciting than that!
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