35 Weeks
35 Weeks
Baby girl now weighs about 4 3/4 pounds (like your average cantaloupe) and is almost 18 inches long. Her fat layers — which will help regulate her body temperature once she's born — are filling her out, making her rounder. Her skin is also smoother than ever. Her central nervous system is maturing and her lungs are continuing to mature as well. Her adrenal glands are continuing to grow and produce corticoid hormones. Her skull bones are still quite pliable and not completely fused together at the top of her head yet.
How Am I Doing?
This past weekend Ray and I got away to Williamsburg, VA for a few days. We had a really great time. We got to visit Jamestown and Yorktown and tour Colonial Williamsburg. Here's a few pictures from our weekend...
Governor's Palace in Colonial Williamsburg
Me in a an front of the womens quarters in Yorktown.
Ray inside the captains quarters in Yorktown.
We got to see a small re-enactment...
...and a firing demonstration.
Between the heat and all the walking we did this weekend, it was a quick reminder that I am 35 weeks pregnant and I can no longer be as active as I am used to being. The swelling in my ankles and feet got so bad. I can still feel every move that baby girl makes. When I stand up it feels like she's headbutting me in the bladder. When I sit, I can feel her push against my back or against my ribs. And when I lay down, she twists and turns all over.
We are still waiting to set a closing date for the house we are buying and as baby girls arrival gets closer and closer, we decided to go ahead and set up a room at our current house for her. We were trying to wait to do this, hoping that we'd be in the new house before she comes. There's still a possibility that we will move before her arrival, but in the case that we don't...we're all set where we are. We aren't buying her bedroom furniture until we move, so we set up the awesome pack and play that my Aunt's bought for baby girl. The pack and play came with a bassinet and changing table accessory that go on the top.
We are still waiting to set a closing date for the house we are buying and as baby girls arrival gets closer and closer, we decided to go ahead and set up a room at our current house for her. We were trying to wait to do this, hoping that we'd be in the new house before she comes. There's still a possibility that we will move before her arrival, but in the case that we don't...we're all set where we are. We aren't buying her bedroom furniture until we move, so we set up the awesome pack and play that my Aunt's bought for baby girl. The pack and play came with a bassinet and changing table accessory that go on the top.
Me in front of the pack and play (hubby tried to chop my head off!)
Organizing the gifts we got for baby girl...My dad is coming to visit this weekend...I'm looking forward to seeing him. And next Sunday is our maternity photo shoot! It's going to be a full weekend, but I plan to still take it easy...
We keep getting closer and closer to baby girls arrival...I can't believe she'll be here so soon! Hope you all are getting as excited as we are!
Until next week...
Blessings,
Ray, Summer & Baby Girl
1 comment:
So fun! Almost there!! You look adorable :)
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