How big is Baby D-Lish??

It's a melon!!



from thebump.com:
Baby’s senses are continuing to improve -- when light peeks in through your (extremely) stretched belly, those tiny eyelids and irises blink and dilate. And, baby can now recognize and react to simple songs… time to start practicing your lullabies! Growth (at least inside your womb) is starting to slow, and you may notice baby descend into your pelvis at the end of this month.

Belly Pics - 32 weeks

Third Trimester Fatigue has hit.

I am zonked. Every night I come home, hoping to cross something off the to-do list. But as soon as I get in, let the dogs out, feed them, and feed myself, my eyelids are hovering halfway over the eyeballs... it's not quite like first trimester, when I would really probably be able to sleep standing up, but it is pretty bad. I guess I saved enough energy to help my dad, and then it was all gone!

I wish I were so tired I could stay asleep all night. But I either have to get up to go to the bathroom (no matter how little I drink before bed) or I have to switch positions for sleeping. It feels a little like being a bug or turtle that gets stuck on its back - it really is difficult to roll over or climb out of bed now!

On the to-do list for home: take pictures of nursery; read up on both birthing and parenting; put together my baby's life book (long story that I'll share once it's finished); call daycares; call pediatricians; order crib mattress; schedule a pedicure and possible massage?; clean house.

Oh boy. Not much hope for this, as I plan on spending the weekend in the office, grading assessments... (sorry honey, I know you're coming home, so I'll try real hard to get as much done Saturday as I can!)

Update to husband's blog

Read all about Gian's misadventures in Italy here.

20/400 - just like Mom!

I found this interesting, from BabyCenter.com, especially the part about the vision. MY vision NOW without contacts is the same as it was when I was born, apparently:

Your baby'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. 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.)

Alien Belly

So, I know the files are long, but you really only need to watch the first ten seconds or so to see the effect!



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Raise a Baby or Play this Every Day?

Coming in September!!

I'm sorry, but I love the Beatles, and Rock Band has added the feature that there will be THREE people singing???? That's madness - and I love it!! I love the Beatles, and singing happy Beatles songs makes me happy!

(It won't take priority over the baby, I promise!!)

I'm slacking, I know.

So, I just looked at my little blog tracker, and it says that I posted 5 things in May. Awesome.

Until I saw that I posted 14 things in February!!!

My apologies. I will try to find new and exciting things to share with you all. In the beginning it was easier - everything was new and cool!! Now, it's like, more of the same.

I am trying to record my belly moving on video so you can see it. It's pretty wild... hopefully little Baby D-Lish is not camera-shy and will perform when I need him/her to!