current weight: 184
current mood: :snail: (a bit sluggish)
baby stats: In these last few weeks before delivery, billions of your baby’s brain cells are helping him to learn about his environment. These cells help him to listen, feel, and even see. In fact, this is another important week for visual development. By now, your baby may now be able to experience his surroundings visually, since the pupils of his eye can now detect some light. His pupils are constricting and dilating to allow him to see dim shapes.

Your baby now weighs about 4.4 pounds! (Babies gain a good deal of their weight in the final few weeks before birth.) He is about 16.4 inches long from head to toe.

Other developments this week include:

- Baby’s head size will increase about 3/8 of an inch in circumference this week.

- Baby is now sleeping much of the time.

- Baby’s lungs are continuing to mature.

- Fat will continue to be added on to Baby’s body for protection and warmth.

- The testicles of most boys have by now moved into the scrotum.
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the move has officially been made. i haven’t noticed any major differences in speed yet, but time will tell! we are still on the same host, but they upgraded to faster, more updated servers. i’m sure it will be worth the effort (it didn’t cost us any extra, so that’s good!). and yes, in case you didn’t notice, there’s another new layout!! jerry just asked me why i needed another new one…welllll i get bored easily…besides, the last one was thanksgiving-y. i have been wanting to use this verse and also this pic for a while, so why not now? what do you think?
all the posts anyone made since jerry posted that message (about not posting) have been lost in the transfer. along with my thanksgiving post. i hope everyone had a blessed thanksgiving.
thanksgiving day was kind of lonely and depressing for me. i made a big deal about it not mattering to me what day we celebrate on, about it being the thought behind it that matters, but i was very sad on thursday. not to mention hormonal, but it just felt very strange to have ham and beans when i knew everyone else was having turkey and stuffing!
we celebrated with the whole family yesterday at mom’s house. i was having a horribly hormonal day. i was feeling bad from the moment i woke up. i was tired, achy, sore, and just plain MOODY. i wanted to cry or yell about everything. i tried not to ruin everyone else’s day, but i’m afraid i may have. :rolleyes: we came home early and i slept for 4 hours. when i awoke i felt a lot better.
today church was nice. we had a pitch-in after as well. i passed out thank-you cards to the ladies who were actually there today…many were sick. seems to be the time of the year for that!
going backwards a bit now, on wednesday i had my dr’s appt. i was 33 fundal height (so he’s measuring about half a week ahead), my bp was great, as usual, and his heartrate was in the 140s again. it was funny for him to stick the dopplar on and immediately get a loud, strong heartbeat. usually he searches for a second or two first.
well i have a new preggo pic up! taken today!
i know there were other things i wanted to post about, but with my preggo brain being the way it is….need i say more??? :confused:
i just wanted to say that i am SOOOO thankful for my precious baby, i am SOOOO thankful for my wonderful hubby :inlove:, i’m SOOOO thankful for my family, and i’m SOOO thankful for my friends.
huggles!!

well i have been one busy preggo lady!! the church shower was really really nice on saturday. there was a great outpouring of love!! i love my church. they are all wonderful. since it was so early for me to be up, i was very ill but felt better after a while. we stayed quite a while, talking and having fun.
jerry and i went to matrix3 last night. not worth it. it was just as bad as the last one, if not worse, considering it was supposed to be the END! sigh.
i was in the nursery at church today. let me just say, i PRAY my son is better behaved than the ones who were in there. :rolleyes: the girls, on the other hand, were angelic. sigh. not that i don’t want a boy now - it’s always been a dream of mine. i KNOW my son will not behave like that…i just don’t get it.
anyway, went out to walmart with my friend traci after church…bought gum and new prenatals since i’m almost out. the traffic there is unbelievable. i guess we are usually done with our Christmas shopping by this time so we tend to avoid walmart at all costs. it is unbelievable…
anyway, colts won! :partyhatcheezy:
not much else to report. doing well, feeling very very pregnant, feeling blessed, feeling happy.
love to you all!!

papa worked overtime last night, so kc and i were sooooo lonely for him. but then he came home and we were sooooo happy! i’m glad the night wasn’t too hard on him. he was in a good mood when he came home. but he was very tired this morning when he left!!
yesterday my friend telina, who was unable to attend the shower because she was working, stopped by. i hadn’t seen her since before pregnancy! we had a nice little talk. it’s so wonderful to know how many people are thrilled that we are pregnant, because they know how long i’ve wanted to have a child.
i am working on a page about lofty plans we have for jeremiah. things that i’ve wanted to do with/for my baby for a longggg time (long before i was pregnant).
i have been feeling a little better. the medicine worked. i haven’t vomited in two days! yay! but i have still been SOOOOO tired…like exhausted. i have major problems getting to sleep at night. i toss, turn, itch, get up at least once every hour to pee, and just can’t get comfy in general. so then in the morning, i sleep in until about 10!! it’s driving me nuts! does that change? or will my sleeping only get worse?
well, i’m almost 32 weeks, and i was told that’s when the growth spurt comes. i’m kind of looking forward to it, just to know that he is growing properly. i am a bit bigger than the last time i posted a belly photo, but not much. i will have to get a pic soon…even though everyone saw pics of me from the shower. i know you couldn’t really see my belly. lol. New pics up!
i ordered pics through ofoto from my camera. i hope to get them soon, and i hope they look good. i want to start working on jeremiah’s scrapbook soon!

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added on friday….
tomorrow is the church shower! today jerry and i went grocery shopping and had fun. yeah, i have no life. LOL. got the ofoto pics today. they look great!
hugs! see ya later!

well i have new graphics and a new layout up and now a new song as well. don’t know what i think yet…but it’s cute. you have to love anne geddes.
what do ya’ll think?
not much else to post about right now.
hugs and blessings!
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my mood improved as soon as my mom came over. it’s funny how sometimes, no matter how old you are, your mom can make you feel better.
the shower was wonderful. we are beyond blessed. everyone went a little overboard. jeremiah is so incredibly blessed, as are we to know such wonderful, giving people.
see pix?
i am sooo tired. after the shower, the hostesses, my old youth paster and i went out for pizza and hung out. it was almost like old times…except we aren’t teens anymore.
i am tired so i’ll see ya tomorrow!
blessings!

i am having a horribly hormonal day. :no: not only that, but my grampa is being a total jerk over something that we can’t even control. jerry was also being a little rude this morning. i swear, anything at this shower is going to make me cry. i have no doubt. it’s just one of those days.
on top of that i have been feeling really sick all day. like icky icky sick. so that isn’t helping my mood at all.
please pray for me…friends will be arriving soon and i just want to go hide in my room, under my covers….

well i’m sick. i have been throwing up off and on all week because of congestion and a cough (my gag reflex works overtime anyway, but when i’m sick it’s HORRIBLE! ) at the dr appt yesterday he prescribed something for me. hopefully it kicks in soon.
also, i am up half a pound since the last appt. i figured with my throwing up i’d have lost weight, but i’m glad i at least gained that half a pound. he seemed pleased too. i measured 31 (what’s it called, fundal height?). he said that was great. and jeremiah’s heartrate was 142. he said for my next appt, he is giving me my flu shot. whoopie.
at the class we learned all about the epidural, all about c-sections (just in case), about inductions, and we went on the tour. that was the best part. the rooms are really nice. there’s the triage room (for when you come in before you’re actually in labor), the LDR (labor and delivery room), and the post-partum room (i loved it!). we also saw the nicu, oh the tiny babies were so adorable!!
all in all, my favorite class session so far.
i really hope i am feeling a bit better tomorrow. we still have no idea how many people will be at the shower. i’m so glad to know that my friend zhou is coming though. she is unable to attend the church shower, so she’s coming to this one. i’m sure we’ll have fun no matter how many people are there. it’s not until 3 tomorrow, so it will be tomorrow night when i update about it. i will be able to post pix almost immediately because i have my camera all batteried up, and have new ones just in case!!!
well i need to go do email, so i’ll see ya’ll soon.
huggles!

was nice and interesting. the teacher was wonderful! there were a few things that i didn’t know, and jerry got a lot out of it too. though he wasn’t at all as clueless as some of the guys who were there. he was glad we went. he HAD been complaining about it, that it would be a waste of time, as he thinks the expectant parents class is. so i’m glad the teacher changed his mind.
today i have a dr’s appt. and then tonight is the third expectant parents class. we get to go on the tour, which i’m very excited about!
well i need to get a few things done around here.
huggles all!!

i keep seeing you as this adorable chubby baby. not a newborn, but closer to a toddler’s age. i can hardly wait to go through every little step of your life with you. you are such a precious miracle, sweet jeremiah. i am looking forward to meeting you soooo much!!!!
i love you precious boy!!!
love,
your mama

:D:loveeyes::kiss: my sweet love added the smilies! and my name now appears at the bottom as posted by. yayay papa:bear:!!
tonight is the newborn care class. jerry is not looking forward to it. i’m not looking forward to the LENGTH of it, but i would like to see if they say anything i don’t know already. not to sound stuck up, but i do know a lot about kids and babies.
that’s it for now!!