Half Way There

I can't believe it. There are only 20 weeks left until Baby Bailey is born! The nursery is a mess. Most of the girls toys are still in there so of course they have been playing in there making a huge mess. I have been really really exhausted lately and feeling very heavy and weighed down. Some days I don't think I'm going to make it to the end.

Your baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now. He's also around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom and about 10 inches from head to heel — the length of a banana. (For the first 20 weeks, when a baby's legs are curled up against his torso and hard to measure, measurements are taken from the top of his head to his bottom — the "crown to rump" measurement. After 20 weeks, he's measured from head to toe.)
He's swallowing more these days, which is good practice for his digestive system. He's also producing meconium, a black, sticky by-product of digestion. This gooey substance will accumulate in his bowels, and you'll see it in his first soiled diaper (some babies pass meconium in the womb or during delivery).

Happy Mother's Day

Today was a great day! I got to sleep in until 9 and took a long well needed nap. Plus Alyssa gave me a homemade (well, really school made) card and read me a cute little poem. All of which Micah took credit for too. I really loved the poem. So, here it is:
Hats Off To Mother
My mother's job is sometimes hard, and I have hear her say,
'The hours are long, and if I could, I'd like to change the pay.'
Her profession has variety, and I will tell you now
About the many hats she wears-and why and when and how.
1. My mommy's a nurse who fixes and patches
All of my hurts and my sores and my scratches.
2. My mother's a chef who fixes each dinner
Fit for a king-a blue-ribbon winner!
3. My mom's a chauffeur who drives pretty slow
But gets me to places where I need to go.
4. My mom's a detective, and no one is greater
At getting the truth from me sooner or later.
5. My mommy's a gardener and works really hard.
Planting and weeding and grooming out yard.
6. My mother's a maid-at least that's what she said-
'Cause she cleans up the house and makes everyone's bed.
7. My mother's an angel-a queen in disguise-
Who teaches me with love in her eyes.
Today take these hats off, and please wear no other.
Let me do your work, to show I LOVE YOU MOTHER!
After that cute poem with all the cute little cut-out hats on sticks, I asked if Alyssa was really going to wear all my hats today. She replied with silence, but Micah said that she'd wear my hats. I don't think she really understood what I was asking.