Beginning the 3rd Trimester!!

I'm in the home stretch now! As always, we begin with babycenter.com
By this week, your baby weighs two and a quarter pounds (like a Chinese cabbage) and measures 14.8 inches from the top of her head to her heels. She can blink her eyes, which now sport lashes. With her eyesight developing, she may be able to see the light that filters in through your womb. She's also developing billions of neurons in her brain and adding more body fat in preparation for life in the outside world. You're in the home stretch! The third and final trimester starts this week. If you're like most women, you'll gain about 11 pounds this trimester.

I can't believe I'm still gonna get bigger! I already feel very clumsy and awkward and now it's gonna get worse! Oh well, I'm sure I will get  used to it as the weeks progress.

I still find it humorous that some of my friends think that we are crazy for not finding out the gender of our baby before hand. They seem to think that it's impossible to wait to open a gift until the big day! I just have this wonderful vision in my head of us in the delivery room, baby is born, and through all the pain and crazyness, when the doctor says "it's a _____! " I'm just going to be the happiest person alive! Some also ask me if I have an idea of what the baby will be. I can say with all honestly say I don't know. I haven't had any sort of "feeling" like some expecting moms have. And I honestly could care less what he/she turns out to be. As long as he/she is healthy, I will be happy! So you all can keep guessing what he/she will turn out to be, just don't buy and color specific items just yet! :P

I don't remember if I posted this yet, but I don't mind saying it twice. God has shown his faithfulness to us this past week. We were wondering if we could afford to buy paint for the baby room, but just couldn't find it in the budget. One of my wonderful friends from church let me know that her husband has lots of extra paint from his job and would be willing to give us some. So we came home with 2 almost full gallons of paint last week! On top of that, I had another wonderful church friend offer to buy our paint for us!! I cannot believe that I ever doubted my Lord. Always when I'm at my point where I can't figure out what to do, He shows us that He will provide. Thank you to my two friends (you know who you are) and thank you again Lord for providing for us.

Thanks for reading and God Bless!