My Pregnancy: Week 23

Baby's now the size of a large mango!

Baby's little face is fully formed...minus the baby fat, of course.  The next task at hand for baby: sprouting two teeny-tiny nipples!  Swollen from head to toe?  Increased blood flow, by now an old friend, is to blame. Consider a trip to the shoe store because loosening ligaments will cause your feet to expand even more in the weeks to come.

Turn on the radio and sway to the music.  With her sense of movement well developed by now, your baby can feel you dance.  And...you may be able see her squirm underneath your clothes.  Blood vessels in her lungs are developing to prepare for breathing, and the sounds that your baby's increasingly keen ears pick up are preparing her for entry into the outside world.  Loud noises that become familiar now--such as your dag barking or the roar of the vacuum cleaner--probably won't faze her when she hears them outside the womb.

These weeks really are just flying by!  In just four months I will have a little baby around the house again!  I don't think that Leila fully grasps that there's a baby inside me, since sometimes when we ask her where baby sister is she'll point to her own stomach, but she is still really sweet about giving my stomach kisses every night before she goes to bed.  We have also been having her try out our name possibilities and she says them all really cute.  Right now it is looking like Ellie is our top first name contender.

I have been feeling more pregnancy-uncomfortable this week.  More so than I ever remember being with Leila, at least this early on.  My skin is so tight most of the time and there are already times when however she is positioned makes it difficult to take a deep breath.  Thankfully the discomfort isn't constant.  It's all worth it in the end, right?

July Randomness

July 11-I took Leila to the car wash and she decided that it was "too loud" for her so she sat with her ears covered the whole time.  She certainly loved playing in the play car wash afterwards though!

After the car wash, Ashley texted to see if Leila and I wanted to meet up with her for lunch at Chick-fil-A.  It was Cow Appreciation Day so if we dressed up like cows, we got a free meal.  Since we were out and about, Ashley was nice enough to provide us all with some cow spots.  Leila was a little confused by all of the "cows" around us and kept mooing.  She made a pretty cute cow herself!

July 21-This little busy body is ALWAYS exploring everything around her.  Even things that aren't new or different, like her toy dresser.  She was playing back in her room when I suddenly hear a distressed "Mama!"  I go back there to find her like this, sitting in second drawer with the top drawer pulled out.  She simply said, "I stuck."  No clue how she managed to get in there in the first place, let alone how she could have gotten out on her own.  Such a cute goober!

My Pregnancy: Week 22

Baby's now the size of a papaya!

Baby's settling into sleep cycles, snoozing about 12 to 14 hours a day.  It shouldn't be hard to figure out when--just pay attention to those kicks as they start and stop.  Real estate within your belly is getting tight, with growing baby leaving little room for your lungs to...well...breathe.  Expect the huffing and puffing to start soon.  There's not much room for your belly button either--it'll pop out any day now.

Since I was late writing last week, there's not much new to report on this week.  I've mostly just been recovering from our camping excursion.  Baby has stretched out a few more times this week, but it hasn't been nearly as uncomfortable as last week.  Thank goodness!