27 Weeks

Well I have not put a pregnancy update on here in quite a while, so I figured it was about time! We are now 27 weeks pregnant, and the baby is growing very rapidly. Everyone at work continues to give me a hard time about how much bigger I am than our average 27 week patient, and the twins joke is starting to get a little old :). Things are going very very well. The baby moves constantly now, and that is actually starting to become a little uncomfortable at times... I love that feeling, except when my bladder is full :).
Some new things....
...I have this new found love for Sonic (I am there almost every day)
...The baby does not like it when I use my belly as a shelf for things, and when I do it kicks until I move whatever was there.
...The dog is becoming more and more aware that something is different. The baby kicked him
the other day while he was laying on my belly, and he did not like that so much :)
...I am quickly growing out of my maternity clothes! (what exactly are you supposed to do when
that happens?!)
...The baby seems to like the hour of about 7:30 am when I am still trying to sleep
...Oh, and I definitely cannot bend over anymore...I keep trying and I keep reminding myself
that I must squat down to pick things up now. No more bending at the waist.
...And the thing I think I hate most is putting on my shoes. That is proving to be more and
more difficult as each day passes. It is definitely time for flip-flop weather!
...One of Jeremy and I's favorite things to do now is to just sit and watch my stomach move. It
is quite the active child!

I couldn't decide which picture was a better representation of my belly so I am posting two. That t-shirt I am wearing in the pictures used to be pretty big on me!
So a couple days ago at work I asked one of the Dr's to sono me so that we could do measurements of the baby and see how it is growing. Basically we found out that it is growing alright...maybe a little ahead of schedule. There are three measurements that you take when measuring a baby and then combine those three into one. They measure the head circumference, the abdomen circumference and the femur length. The day I had the sonogram I was 26 weeks and 5 days pregnant. This baby came out with an overall measurement of 29 weeks and 4 days...yes...three weeks ahead. Each part of the baby was measuring very consistently around that gestation. The sonogram said the baby weighs 3 pounds and 0 ounces. Now that weight is not totally accurate, but if this kid is anywhere around 3 pounds that is quite large. (Hopefully that all made sense to everyone). I am hoping that if the baby is really this big, then it just decides to go ahead and make its appearance a few weeks early! That would be perfectly fine with me. The sonogram put my due date at May 18th (that is not my actual due date, it is just what the computer thought it should be according to the measurements).

I think that is about all! I will try to be better about putting more frequent updates on here. Jeremy and I close on our new house this coming Wednesday, and then we have possession the following Saturday. We are really excited to get into our new place!! A week from this coming week is mom and dad's spring break, so we are going to be doing a lot of painting and moving during that week so that we can take advantage of their help :).

(This picture is the best picture we got out of the sonogram. The picture is from the knees down, and the baby has its ankles crossed)