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          27 weeks at Chianti grill, and 28 weeks at Afton Apple Orchard. Baby is doing well and growing fast.  While Baby Center tell me baby is the size of a large eggplant and should weigh around 2 lbs 4 oz right now, I know for a fact my child weighs more than that, as he/she was near that almost two weeks ago at our ultrasound!  Looks like I'm not destined for a 7 lb baby, but I can't say I ever expected I would be.  Baby can blink eyes, and perhaps even see the light that filters into the womb.  Also developing billions of neurons in his/her brain, which just sounds so miraculous and crazy.  I've reached the third trimester!  Most people agree that it starts at week 27, or 26.6 days for sure, but others say it starts at 28 weeks.  Regardless, I'm there.   Things are getting   really   real. A week ago I had my glucose screening.  For some reason, I was really...

Look!  It's not even the final week of the following month and I already have this done.  August was a good month.

It's true.  Not in the literal smelly sense, at least not yet, but rather the "stubborn/uncooperative/mischievous but-you-have-to-love-them" kind of way. This week we had another ultrasound.  We wouldn't normally have gotten the chance to see our baby again until birth, but I have marginal placenta previa, which means I need to be monitored more closely until/if it moves safely away from the cervix.  I can't say this doesn't have me terribly worried, as it could affect my last trimester and our plans for natural delivery, but I'm told and reassured that there is still plenty of time for it to improve.  All I can do is hope and pray. So, that aside, we were super excited to be able to see the baby again.  And this child of ours?  He/she is already full of antics that only prove that he/she is part of our family of well-known teasers and pranksters and well, little stinkers.  Grandpa Joe?  I'm thinking of you up there. ...

        25 weeks at Home Depot buying paint for the nursery, and 26 weeks on Madeline Island for a friend's wedding.  26 weeks...and going fast!  By this point, baby is nearing 2 pounds and compares to the length of a scallion .  His/her hearing is improving fast, and now starts hearing our voices as we talk.  Hi baby! Overall, things are going just fine.  Belly is growing, sleep is still mediocre, lots of kicking and movement going on...all fairly normal stuff.  One night last week I was experiencing some pain and discomfort.  I honestly felt like the baby was sitting so low that he/she could make an appearance with a wrong move.  Clearly I know this wasn't going to happen, but man, this kid could move a bit upwards.  The next morning, I fretted because I wasn't feeling the baby move as often as I usually feel in the mornings, and started to worry that the pain I had felt ear...