I just got my 27 week e-mail update from Baby Center. It says:

Your baby is really starting to fill up your uterus. This week he weighs almost 2 pounds and is about 14.4 inches long with his legs extended. He can now open and close his eyes, and he sleeps and wakes at regular intervals. He may suck his fingers, and although his lungs are still ( Read more... )

Thanksgiving has already come and gone, and now we're staring down the end of the month and the arrival of *gasp* December. Holy Shopping-Madness ( Read more... )

As a congratulations for my new job, Mike bought Michael and I some cd's with classical music on them. So I downloaded a few pieces onto the Nike Player and played them to the baby through earphones the other night before going to sleep. He freaked out at first (I may have had the volume up too high) but once the Nutcracker Suite came on, he ( Read more... )

Michael B. and I made the drive out to Richmond yesterday for what was supposed to be my Glucose test. Dr. Shaban saw me while the nurse was weighing me and taking my blood pressure, so he scooted me into an examination room to do another ultra sound. Little Michael was asleep, as usual, cradling his head in his arms like he was sleeping with his ( Read more... )

that you're pregnant when you get teary eyed over a Sylvan Learning Center commercial!

Not that it can be helped. The girl DOES love math now afterall. *sniffle*

So, who do you think Michael B. will most resemble? Daddy or Mommy?


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This whole nesting thing is cracking me up. I've turned into a psychopath around the house. I swear I sweep the floors 10 times a day and think about doing it another 20. I've gotten on this huge "I want the nursery done, like yesterday" kick which resulted in me dragging Mike to register for the baby at Target and the Baby Depot ( Read more... )

Everything's going really really well with little Michael Benjamin. I had ( Read more... )