29 Weeks

Dear Wyatt,

You are the size of a squash!

You are measuring in at 15.2 - 16.7 inches and weighing in at about 2.5 - 3.8 lbs! Big boy! And can you believe it but you are going to TRIPLE in weight by birth??! .... (Sorry, I just had a mini stroke imagining trying to push out that squash through my vajajay...)

You are growing really fast now, and you are running out of space in there. I'm feeling you move pretty much all the time now. You are also getting white fat under your skin, and your energy levels are high because of it! (Gee, couldn't tell...).

Momma has pretty much gotten over the sciatica, and turns out the chiropractor is kind of a money-grubber. I told her last week I wasn't in any pain anymore and she still had me make an appointment for this coming week. At $50 a pop, no way, Jose! I'm going to cancel it and only call back in an emergency situation.

Insomnia is becoming pretty common, and people can't tell me enough how it's getting me ready to get up with baby. My boobs are leaking at night already, leaving attractive stains on my shirt. I'm pretty much chewing Tums like candy every night before bed. I can't lay flat on my back much because I start to feel dizzy and woozy - I pretty much have to stick to side-lying. No worries though, Wyatt. Nothing momma can't handle.

On Sunday AJ and I put a decoration in your room:

AJ stuck the monkey on the window sill

Nothing is more attractive to me than when your daddy becomes invested in making your nursery absolutely perfect for your arrival. When we hung your name letters on the wall he measured everything out perfectly so that they were spaced equally on the wall. Same with this tree. And when he went to pick up the recliner I was still at work and when I got home he had placed it where he felt it would be most functional and showed me in detail why that positioning in the room was best. Very cute.

This past weekend he and I went to Fulton and we ate at a Chinese buffet with Momma T. I stuffed myself while we discussed baby shower dates and then we went back to her house to visit. She turned her heater on and I sat myself in front of it on the couch and let the warm air blow on me while she shared pictures and photo albums with us. AJ grabbed us Blizzards from Dairy Queen for dessert (bastards were out of cookie dough!) and I fell asleep on the couch.

The next morning AJ and I slept in til 10 AM. It's great when we stay at my dad's - we sleep in the finished basement and it is completely dark. Dad babysits the pups because he enjoys taking them on runs out in the pasture so without the light or puppies barking we actually got to sleep in very late for us. It made me laugh thinking about how that is NEVER going to happen once you are here! :)

Love,