Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! Can you believe it's here already?! The car is all packed and ready to go, I'm just waiting for Kyle to get off work so we can head to Sunriver... we can't wait to get there! I'm sure I'll have lots of great pics to share when we get back. :) I wanted to let everyone that I won't be seeing this Christmas know that I'm thinking about you, and miss you and love you.

My doctor's appointment went well last week, everything looks good. You can start to see her moving through my belly, which has been really entertaining to watch! I'm assuming I passed my glucose test because I haven't heard anything, and from what I understand they usually call you right away if it comes back abnormal, so that's great... bring on the Christmas cookies and candy! Just kidding everyone... :)

28 and 29 weeks:

Baby can blink her eyes, which now sport lashes. With her eyesight developing, she may be able to see light that filters in through my uterus. She's also developing billions of neurons in her growing brain and putting on lots of baby fat! She is about 15 inches long from head to heel, and almost three pounds. About 250 mg of calcium are being deposited into the baby's skeleton everyday, which is starting to harden. Her muscles and lungs are continuing to mature!

Unfortunately, starting my third trimester has also brought with it some of the discomforts of pregnancy. I've been pretty lucky thus far though! I get short of breath really easily, sometimes when I'm just sitting because all my organs are beginning to push up on my diaphragm. I also have heartburn after I eat certain foods, which I've never had before... didn't realize how uncomfortable it is! I occasionally get these really bad cramps in my left leg (just that one leg, I don't know why), and they usually only occur at night and are bad enough to wake me up and want to cry! Kyle's great though, he usually just rolls over and starts massaging my calf and then it feels fine... I'm lucky to have such a good hubby, he's been really great with all of my new changes and demands! :)

We're going to be in Sunriver until Sunday, and are so looking to forward to relaxing and hanging out with the Halls (and the Hays!) Everyone's going skiing and snowboarding on Saturday, so I'm going to bring a good book and curl up by the fire at the lodge with a hot cocoa! On Sunday, Kyle and I are hopefully going to get together with his good friend Tom and his fiance Crystal to have some lunch and catch up. Then it's back to the real world... until New Year's that is! :)

I'll definitely post lots of pictures, hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!