29 Weeks!

Time is FLYING! It seems to be going so much quicker than before. Maybe because THE DAY is getting closer and closer! eeeek!

Your baby now weighs about 2 1/2 pounds (like a butternut squash) and is a tad over 15 inches long from head to heel. His muscles and lungs are continuing to mature, and his head is growing bigger to make room for his developing brain. To meet his increasing nutritional demands, you'll need plenty of protein, vitamins C, folic acid, and iron. And because his bones are soaking up lots of calcium, be sure to drink your milk (or find another good source of calcium, such as cheese, yogurt, or enriched orange juice). This trimester, about 250 milligrams of calcium are deposited in your baby's hardening skeleton each day.

OK, there goes the FOOD comparison again. Butternut squash? Really? Maybe it's their way of telling all the pregnant women out there to eat healthier.

I think I'm going to try and do the headphones thing where you put headphones around your belly and let your baby listen to music. Although, my headphones are not like the headband kind. I have the ones that come with your Ipod. So I guess I just have to hold it there. On the other hand, I'm not so sure you need to really place headphones up to your belly b/c I'm pretty sure she can hear outside noices anyway. She gets really active during American Idol and when I listen to certain CD's in my car.

The back aches are a little more consistent now... yay. But I guess that had to be expected right? It's getting a little harder to get out of bed too. There's so much weight on top (girls included) that I can barely push myself to sit up! Speaking of the girls... I remember early on that they seemed to be outgrowing my belly. I remember that it was to the point where bra shopping was a little too regular. WELL... that has changed. I've forgotten about the growing girls because the BELLY is seriously outgrowing them. A lot of people get excited that I'm showing, but they still think I'm not that big. Which is weird b/c I feel HUGE. It's scary that I'll be even bigger than this. It just doesn't seem possible. I'm trying to learn how to stand the right way. I find myself often standing with my back arched to where my belly sticks out more. I guess in support somehow but really it just makes the back aches worse. But then sometimes I find myself slumping. That hurts too. So I'm trying to remember to stand straight which is so hard when you've gained so much weight all in one spot!

Oh, so I've had yet ANOTHER dream of being at a water park. I don't know what the deal is. That is at least 3 times during this pregnancy. But atleast in this dream I was actually pregnant. I wasn't in the other ones. OK, but crazy dream from last night. I'm pregnant but in high school. Except I don't feel like a teenager or anything. I feel like I do now... 29. Well anyway, I'm in high school and I forget that I'm late for my English class. So I go, except that I forget how to get there b/c the school is so large and confusing and I get lost. This obviously was not at my old high school. It was, however, my old English teacher in my senior year, Ms. Warren. haha! Anyway, So I finally get there but have to leave to do something. I can't remember what. And when is it ever ok for you to just leave class in high school when you please. It's not college. But whatever it is, I forget to go back to class until it is long over. So I panic b/c I've just missed a whole class and apparently have been b/c I'm so forgetful these days. So when I go back, Ms. Warren gives me a lecturing. hahaha! Now is that WEIRD or what? My analysis on that? My absentmindedness has me anxious. But atleast I didn't forget to do my weekly update this time! That counts right?

Junior and I had dinner with his aunt and uncle today so that was cool. I'm really craving parentals right now. I don't know what it is. I'm sure it has to do with the whole pregnancy thing. I want to share my every experience and then ask about theirs but there are no parentals around. :( So being with Junior's aunt and uncle, who he always considers like second parents to him, was nice. We don't see them very often. And even though we didn't talk too much about experiences it was nice to just hang out with them. Damn I miss my parents. Delivery day will be one hell of an emotional rollercoaster!