Twenty-Five Weeks.

Little one,

Wow! Only 2 or 3 weeks, depending on which source you use, until we've reached the third trimester! I can't believe how quickly these last few months have flown, and I know time will just speed up faster now and even faster once you're here. As comforting as it is to know that if you decided to come now, your chance of survival would be pretty good, I'd still rather prefer if you waited for about 15 more weeks until you join us, Daddy and I still have a lot more work to do to get ready for you.

Your Grandpa Crane asks us each week how big you are now, and you should be about 14 inches long! And around 1.5 pounds, the weight of a rutabaga, which I can't say I've ever felt. When I look at my belly I don't know where you fit, let alone where all my other organs fit! It's truly a miracle to be growing you little one! If I could look inside right now, I should be able to tell the color and texture of your hair! I'm secretly hoping that you have red hair, since Daddy's beard is reddish, but I know my hair doesn't have a red tint at all. My great Aunt Jane did have red hair there, so we do have it in our family. As for the texture, I'm going assume that it should be curly. Daddy and I both have curly hair, so unless there's some crazy recessive straight hair gene, you should have curly hair. In fact, no one in either family has bone straight hair, so I don't even know where that would come from! Your nostrils are also opening up and your vocal cords are forming, although they won't be used for a few more months.

Pictures are coming, but Daddy and I were playing Monopoly with your Uncle Billy yesterday and completely forgot to take pictures. After Monopoly we went to see your great Grandma Crane and chatted with her for a little bit, I love talking to her and she is just so incredibly excited for you to arrive!

I've been sleeping pretty well, up a couple times a night to go to the bathroom, but it's never gotten worse since I got pregnant. Some nights I'll wake up and starting thinking and then I can't go back to sleep for a few hours, but I think that's my body just preparing itself to be up with you a bunch at night! My weight is still on track, I'm really closing in on that 20 pound mark, but I know that it's all necessary to grow you! I'm not worried about getting back to my pre-pregnancy body, I'm sure it's going to take some time, but I'll have you, and it'll all be worth it.

My eating has been okay. I had to make a cake on Saturday because I was really hungry for it! I know I should watch the sweets, but it's so hard! I've been trying to really increase the amounts of fruit and veggies I eat, still eating my smoothies every day. I've been slacking on some exercise, too. I walked 1 day last week, and did yoga 2 days, I think.

I've had a few mood swings, and some issues with my body. I had a mini-breakdown about how uncomfortable I am, all the while knowing that you have a lot more to grow and my belly's going to get a lot bigger. I don't have a lot to complain about, although I thought I saw some stretch marks forming around my belly button. I asked Daddy and Grammy about them, but they both think that I'm just imagining it. We'll see. I know that I should view stretch marks as a battle scar of mommy-hood, but it's so hard to not get wrapped up in our culture of having the perfect body. I'm definitely going to work on that myself, because I don't want you to get wrapped up in that. You're already perfect in my eyes, and you always will be.

Baby related progress this week include getting the rest of the wallpaper off our bedroom wall, although we still have to get the glue off. We've also got our registry finalized (I think) and our shower date set, both of which are posts of their own. We were going to get your stroller/car seat this weekend, but we had some iffy weather and Grammy didn't want to risk driving to Babies R Us. Maybe next weekend. I don't know where we'd put it anyway! I still love seeing your crib all together and in our room, I just imagine walking around with you at night and putting you down to sleep. I get super excited for you and can't wait for you to get here, although I appreciate every day and feeling you move each day.

Keep growing!

Love,
Mommy

Tell me:
What's one thing you'd be most excited for/or where you the most excited for?