Week 26 Update

Pregnancy Highlights:
How Far Along: 26 weeks

Baby Stats: 

The network of nerves in baby's ears is better developed and more sensitive than before. He may now be able to hear both Dave and I's voice as we chat with each other. He's inhaling and exhaling small amounts of amniotic fluid, which is essential for the development of his lungs. These so-called breathing movements are also good practice for when he's born and takes that first gulp of air. And he's continuing to put on baby fat. He now weighs about a pound and two-thirds and measures 14 inches (an English hothouse cucumber) from head to heel.

**info. from www.babycenter.com**

Maternity Clothes: still in pretty much all maternity clothes, however my gym clothes are getting more and more uncomfortable

Movement: a little unpredictable

Sleep: getting harder to sleep through the night, up for the bathroom a lot and having knee, hip, and shoulder pain

Symptoms: some back pain at the end of the day (this makes me a little nervous with school starting soon)

What I Miss: sleeping through the night but I guess my body is getting me ready for the first months of being a mom!

Cravings: chocolate this week

Best Moment of the Week: Had a check-up on Tuesday, hearing the baby's heartbeat never gets old! Doc said "you have a strong, healthy baby in there" :) It was also nice that I was in and out of the office in under 25 minutes!!! Usually it is over an hour! I'm sure it will go back to a long wait time once school starts and I have to go in the evenings again!
Also, Dave started painting the nursery this week!!!Ever since we found out we were expecting, he has expressed that he wanted to do a wall of different colored squares in the nursery. It just so happens that the bedding we picked does have parts with a square pattern so this fits perfectly! He finished painting the squares tonight and is going to outline each square with trim (will look similar to the wall in the picture of the bedding). Here is a sneak peek of what we have so far:

Each color will still need one more coat after tonight :)

The other three walls will have a white chair rail with the same color blue on the bottom half of the wall. I think all of this will look great with the chocolate brown carpet that is already in the room and our white and espresso nursery furniture! I can't wait to see it all together! :)

The squares will be trimmed like the ones above the crib in this picture.