week 27

Can't say I've ever heard of this week's veggie. I couldn't even find one at the grocery store this evening. But, nonetheless, our baby girl is now the size of a...

Um, ok.

What's Baby Up To?

• With more brain tissue developing, her little brain is very active! (Our little smartie pants! :) 
  
• She is hiccuping! 
  
• She is sleeping and waking at regular intervals. ( Her most active times are usually around 10am, 2pm, 6pm, and 9pm.)
  
• She has more taste buds now than she will have at birth (or ever again!) Which means she can taste all the different foods that I'm eating when she drinks in the amniotic fluid. 
  

How's Mama?
Symptoms: Not really any this week. Back pain and heartburn have gone away for now. Just been concentrating on trying to eat healthy and avoid sugars to win the war against gestational diabetes!

Cravings: None this week.

Weight Gain: I haven't weighed myself in several days, but probably around 12 or 13 pounds up from pre-baby weight. 

27 Week Bump Pic: 

This is my last week of my second trimester. Yay! The light at the end of the tunnel is nearing! Other than my little glucose test debacle, pregnancy has been a breeze so far! Every day she patiently sits through 4 class periods of math (as if she has a choice) and every night we look forward to her movements (which are becoming full on body rolls instead of just kicks).

Tonight, Daddy plans to read Dr. Seuss' "Wacky Wednesday" to her (a childhood favorite of his and Uncle Cameron's - generously gifted by Aunt Keisha and Uncle Cam) now that we know she is listening. :)

I never thought in a million years I would say this, but a tiny part of me might even miss being pregnant one day. But don't worry... I'm sure a shrunken waist line and a large glass of chardonnay will eventually bring me back down to Earth! :) Enjoying these moments for now though...

13 more weeks to go!