Week 26!

Month 6 (Weeks 23-27)

OK..ok...I know some of you are tired of opening our blog and not seeing any new postings. I apologize. I promise I'll try to do better. I am now 26 weeks along on this journey. I'm still feeling great, except I'm not sleeping all that great. The baby is so active at night, that it makes it hard for me to relax and fall asleep. I know he has grown significantly this past week, because my tummy has expanded tremendously in just one week. Also, I've been hungrier than usual. My problem is that crave sugar, which is not the best thing to be eating alot of right now. I try to reach for fruit as often as I can, but sometimes, I just have to have chocolate. I'll get my glucose test at my next docs appt (in about 3 weeks). Unfortunately, I won't have any more ultrasounds. I'm not happy about that. I really wanted to see my baby again, but my doctor says the only way I'd have another ultrasound, is if there was reason to be concerned about his (and my) health. So I'm not going to complain, because I'm happy that this pregnancy is healthy. Our baby is growing by leaps and bounds, he's 9 inches and weighs 2 pounds. His eyes are already beginning to open and he responds to noise (we tested and confirmed that fact at the new Batman movie and Mama Mia!) He responds to his Daddy's voice, too. Sometimes he'll throw a punch at his Dad when Danny calls his name (We're not telling the final name choices, til we're 100% sure, so it will be a surprise...sorry..) Anyway, I can expect to keep growing throughout next week, cause by week 27, he'll already be 15 inches...That's alot of growing in one week...
We've come a long way on the nursery, and I can't wait to post pics. I want to wait til we're completely finished before posting those. The theme we chose is a baby safari theme. We've also gotten several decorative items from IKEA to add even more fun to the room. Our cat, Pumpkin is enjoying all the new stuff. He likes the stuffed animals with the rattles in their tail. Boy is he in for a surprise, when our new arrival gets here. The room will no longer be his..lol.
Gotta go for now. Hope you like the new pics. The pic on top is from month 4-5. The bottom pic is month 6.