28 weeks

In my third trimester!

Nathan is almost 15 inches long and about 2 1/4lbs, about the size of a chinese cabbage. He can blink his eyes and has little eyelashes. They say it is more of a reflex. He may also be able to see the light filtering in through my belly. His brain is developing millions of neurons. He's also adding more fat layers to his skinny little body.

I can't believe I'm in the 3rd trimester. While sometimes time doesn't seem to be going that quickly, I don't know where the first two trimesters went. I keep saying this is the good part of pregnancy and I'm not in a rush, but at the same time I'm still anxious about his arrival. I try to picture him and cannot wait to hold his tiny little body in my arms.

I have been feeling pretty good. I don't sleep through the night, but I am getting used to that. My back aches and my hips do too (usually during the night). I'm also getting nerve pain in my buttocks again, this time in the left cheek. But all of this is worth it when I feel him move around. The jabbing and poking and dancing around is getting more frequent and much stronger. Some nights when I'm reading in bed I think he's going to knock the book right out of my hands. Sometimes I can feel where he is too. I'm not feeling bony edges yet, but sometimes there are places that are much harder than others. I feel like I'm going to the bathroom constantly. And some days I'm super hungry while others I'm not.

Sometimes it's hard to be alone while pregnant. I get so excited about seeing my belly roll around with his movements. I tell the dogs to look but they don't seem to care at all! I even make them sniff my belly. They probably think I've lost my mind. But his movements keep me entertained and will stop me whenever I'm doing something because I want to feel every movement and absorb it all in. Such an incredible experience.