28 Weeks

So we're officially in the third trimester (as of last week)!!  It's really the homestretch now, and I can't believe how fast time has flown!  Overall, I'm feeling pretty good.  I'm definitely hitting the aches and pains part of pregnancy, but I will take it!  She is moving and kicking constantly now.  It's fun to watch the kicks from the outside and feel her head or bottom (I can't tell which it is). 

We went and interviewed a couple of day cares today, and we have one more to visit tomorrow.  Bray won't be starting until August (when she's about 6 months old), but waiting lists around here are insane!  We want to make sure she gets on a list somewhere we are happy and comfortable.  Now I have to start looking for pediatricians...so much to do!!

Here's what's happening with our little girl this week:


Are you dreaming about your baby? At 28 weeks pregnant, 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. Of course, it's still best if a baby doesn't check out of that uterine hotel just yet — there's still a lot of growing and maturing to do over the next 12 weeks.