27 Weeks

It has been a busy week… a lot of activity but not much accomplished! I know that sounds weird and almost contradicting but here is what I mean. So my Mom and Britt came down to Beaufort for my birthday (I think I mentioned that in a previous post). They got in late on Wednesday and so we went to get some dinner, had some cake (see the video in previous post), visited and went to bed. On Thursday we had grand plans to go to Charleston for Babies R Us. We had a coupon we were looking to use and believe it or not it is one of the closest locations to us.

Off we went on a 1 ½ hour car tip up there. We got there around 2:30 and as we pull up to the parking lot I noticed some cop cars and caution tape in from of the Target (night next door to Babies R Us. That’s when I noticed a huddle of purple shirts standing out in the parking lot. My first thought was; why that is strange… its cold outside they are not wearing any coats. So as we pull up to ask what is going on we are told that “there has been a threat to our neighbor (Target) and the police have asked us to evacuate our store”.

I am now determined to find things to do and return to the store at a later time because I am not making another trip up here. So we go to Home Depot and get the paint for Michael’s room, Kohl’s so I could spend my gift card, Party City to get baby shower stuff, Target for cabinet knobs and more baby shower stuff, and then finally back to Babies R Us. We didn’t spend much time in there as it was almost 6 and we wanted to get home to have dinner with Joe.

It was a long day out and I was so tired I could barely move. By the end of the day I had to hold Mikey up! We had french toast for dinner and it was yummy! Though I still have to teach Joe not to cook it with butter… it smokes up the place and adds extra calories… double whammy! Aria was not a fan of the smoke alarm… poor baby!

So Friday morning I woke up to a little bleeding… (maybe too much information but its my blog and I tell it like it is!) I called the Birth Center and after some questions they determined that it was probably due to the fact that I had a long day the day before so to just take it easy and monitor it, if it continued to let them know. Sounds easy enough right? Well taking it easy is not so easy. Especially when I have visitors, I want to entertain them! But I did my best. The bleeding pretty much stopped so that is good news. I was still trying to rest but unfortunately if I don’t do something, it will never get done so I was up and on my feet come Saturday with a dirty house ready to be cleaned. (It is Tuesday and it’s still not clean… ugh!) I try to take some time everyday to work on something but I get really crampy when I do to much… so a little at a time I guess.

This evening I went to take some photos of a Military Family Homecoming! I am anxious to get them edited and posted. I was surprised I did not cry, I figured for sure with these hormones I would have but I guess the camera kept my mind off of it!

As for the developments on Michael, this is the last week of the 2^nd trimester. I can’t believe we are about two thirds of the way through!

This week, Michael weighs almost 2 pounds (like a head of cauliflower) and is about 14 1/2 inches long with his legs extended. He's sleeping and waking at regular intervals, opening and closing his eyes, and perhaps even sucking his fingers. With more brain tissue developing, Michael's brain is very active now. While his lungs are still immature, they would be capable of functioning — with a lot of medical help — if he were to be born now. Any tiny rhythmic movements I may be feeling could be a case of baby hiccups, which may be common from now on. Each episode usually lasts only a few moments, and they don't bother him, so I can just relax and enjoy the tickle.