27 weeks!

How far along? 27 weeks, we are officially in our third trimester, and exactly 3 months from our due date!! Holy cow, this is going by so fast!

How big is Santos? As big as a head of cauliflower.

Development: "Are you dreaming about your baby? This week, your baby may be dreaming about you, too. Brain wave activity measured in a developing fetus shows different sleep cycles, including the rapid eye movement phase, the stage when dreaming occurs.

By now, your baby, who weighs in at about two and a half pounds and stands — or rather lies — at almost 16 inches (measured head to toe) has added blinking to his or her growing bag of tricks. (Outside in the real world, blinking is necessary to help keep foreign objects out of the eyes.) Other impressive new talents being added to your baby's roster in the womb include coughing, more intense sucking, and, perhaps most important, better breathing."

How big is mama? Some days I feel like an elephant. Especially when I’m trying to get up from laying down… not a pretty sight. I gained no weight since last week and my inches around stayed the same this week.

Sleep? Hah. I turn from left to right all night trying to alleviate whatever limb or hip that has fallen asleep and by the time I reach the other side, I’m awake from the effort it took. PLUS, Last night alone… I peed, no joke, 6 times. All the while daddy is snoring away. Lol lucky daddy. (not for long though… :)

Movement? Santos, Why are you so shy?? LOL don’t take after your mama with this one! Why is it when you hear new voices you stay perfectly still? But at home with no one but the cats and the birds and your daddy, you kick like you’re in tae kwon doe? Yesterday was hilarious... I just finished telling Gee that I was so full that it would be painful if he kicked, so what does daddy do? starts yelling at the belly "hey baby!! Hi!!" and of course baby got excited to hear his dad and started his kicks that hurt SOO bad. It's cute that he reacts to his daddy's voice though. Every day when he gets home from work he says hi to him and there's always a reaction from Santito.

Food? Slurpee, Icee, Slushie, whatever you want to call ‘em, that’s what I want right now. I’m sure it has a LOT to do with the overwhelming heat. I keep reminding myself, it’s only going to get worse as the summer goes on. My plan? Stay indoors at all costs, and hopefully go swimming a lot.

Milestones? A few this week: Mom and Dad were able to feel him a little bit. That was pretty cool. My body is changing in a way that I would prefer the whole baby shower not read about LOL so I’ll keep it to myself. And of course, we’ve transitioned into the third trimester, which is so awesome. We’re on our way baby boy! I can’t wait to meet you. I love you so much already.

What I miss? being able to get up with ease and without making a grunt...

Looking forward to next? Seeing Beckala at some point. Hopefully another sonogram is in our future, if not, I’ll be scheduling one the weekend of the shower. Also, I signed up for 2 classes. The first will be one Gee will come with me to, it's about childbirth and preparing. The other will be just for me, it's about breastfeeding and bonding with baby. I'm really excited about them!

-27weeks0daysandcounting