Today has been especially wonderful, and here is why!
Our little boy is about a week ahead of his gestational size, measuring around the middle of week 28. Everything about him is perfectly healthy! This is great news because we were worried that he had a heart defect. The Dr. thinks that radiology either made an error with the measurements or there just needed to be a specialist there looking at the ultrasound in real time. I love this guys little profile, he has such pronounced lips! I think he will have lips like his daddy and Penelope.
I've gained about 11 pounds so far from my pre-pregnancy weight. I still have 3 months, and I'm gonna take an educated guess and say that I'll likely be gaining about 10 pounds a month from here on out. I gained about 30 pounds with each of the girls, but this little boy keeps me eating constantly and I haven't been walking like I did before. I would hardly say that Yoga is going to be a good substitute, but I guess we'll find out.
I took my ring off this morning. I took my ring off around this time with Penelope because I was worried that my fingers would swell and I'd have to cut it off. This time, I had to wait until the swelling in my fingers went down just to take it off. It's been unbearably hot this summer, and it sucks big time that we only have one room with an air conditioner. I'll be sleeping on the couch next to it from now on.
Penelope loved the fourth of July. We didn't see any fireworks like we had planned. She couldn't quite make it to 10pm. Instead, we went to Rotary Park and played on the swingset. The bouncy houses were crowded with kids so we decided to skip that part. Afterwards, we took her to Dairy Queen. She was one happy little kid, and she sat so good for us while we ate our ice cream too.
Beau, Jes, Katja, and Nikolai came over for Sunday dinner. It was very last minute, but I'm glad they did. We ate black bean and corn salsa chicken, watermelon, and snuggled a sweet little baby. Penelope has been very interested in holding Nikolai. I have to tell her not to poke his eyes, but she had a lot of fun pointing out all his facial features and telling me what they were (nose, ears, mouth, eyes are about what she knows right now).
Penelope found the halloween make up yesterday. Instead of completely destroying my bathroom with it all, she came and showed me what she found. As a reward for not getting into trouble, we had a little bit of fun with it. She thought the black lipstick was the funniest thing she had ever seen on me. Once I put some on her lips and took her to the mirror, she just about laughed herself silly. I love this goofy little thing of mine!
Here is from this morning. Daddy says we can't have blankets during breakfast anymore since she keeps dipping it in her milk. I agree, but I still give her a few minutes to sit there and snuggle while she wakes up.
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