28 Weeks

Yesterday was 28 weeks!  That means we have entered the last trimester!
Woohoo!!!

Here is what Evan is doing now:

As the Big Day nears, your baby is getting ready to go towards the light at the end of the tunnel (the tunnel being the birth canal, the light being the one the doctor is shining directly into it so she can see what the heck she's doing). 

Other highlights this week:

• Your baby's eyes are partially open now and can blink. Truly superior babies can actually wink. (OK, there is no way to prove that, but it's fun to imagine, no?) Your baby can also now become a shiny, happy person as she has begun having rapid eye movement (Get it? REM? Shiny, happy person?? We'll be here all week.)
• Her eyes have color now, too. It may not be the color she ultimately ends up with, especially if they're light gray or blue. The eyes typically don't settle on a final hue until nine months after baby is born. So when your mother-in-law says that the baby has her eyes, you can politely inform her that they'll most likely change soon. Sorry!
• Your babe is downright chubby compared to a few weeks ago. She is about 15 inches long, about the length of an amusement park cinnamon-sugar-coated churro (yum!), and weighs 2 to 3 pounds.

Speaking of Evan getting CHUNKY---we have scheduled another ultrasound for July 27th at Prenatal Peek.  We will be one day shy of 30 weeks, so she should be plenty chunky!  I hope she cooperates that day and lets us take some good pictures of her.  I can't wait to see how much she's changed!  :)

Here is the belly picture at 28 weeks (plus a few extras being silly---and a few bare-belly pics b/c my belly button is slowly disappearing):

I was just messin' and told him to take a picture with his hand on my belly--and it actually turned out pretty cool!  haha  :)

And here is a video from this afternoon....Evan had kicked or punched me several times, so I grabbed the camera to see if I could catch the action.  Sorry for it being blurry, but on the left side of the screen you can see the belly JUMP a few times.

I'm sure I'll be taking a few more of these videos in the next 12 weeks.  :)  She's getting pretty cramped in there, so I know she'll be pushing and kicking me around!  

We have a lot we're trying to get done by the end of July, so hopefully I can keep my posts up-to-date.  And hopefully we'll get some good pictures of her on July 27th!  Can't wait!  :)