29 weeks!

29 weeks

Baby is the size of a butternut squash

Baby Velasco has been very active. He has added creepy, alien-like rolling motions to his movement repertoire. He also seems to be an octopus; his cross-belly  punches (punching on both sides,  high and low) make my whole belly jiggle like a bowl of jelly (that is, when my stomach is not lopsided and rock hard).  The other day we were watching TV, and every time I looked down, my baby lump was sticking out in a different area.

We had a great time at our “How Not to Kill a Baby” class. This last week we got to play with creepy, germ-infested baby dolls. We were given a tub of baby paraphernalia that included diapers, booger-suckers, clothing, and a blanket. Then we got to strap on the diaper and clothing and attempt to swaddle our plastic children.  When the instructors asked, “Has anyone here never changed a diaper?” guess whose hand was the only one to go up (it wasn’t Jorge’s). Here are some shots of us giggling and not paying attention as we snap pictures:

This was right before he attempted to shove it in its mouth

He’s a pro

Mothering instincts kicking in

I’ve been having a swell time setting up my Target/Amazon baby registry–translation: baby crap is expensive, and half the time product reviewers swear the product flung their infant into air, snapped them in half, or set them on fire.

We got to visit Jorge’s friends Dave and Stacey and their little one, Ryder, in San Diego. Belly paparazzi made another appearance.

Belly Paparazzi

Here are some outtakes of the 29 week shoot. Next week–30 weeks!!!

26 Weeks!

26 weeks, baby socks from Kristina and Matt

The size references aren’t so great anymore…went from squash, to corn, to eggplant, to lettuce…

Some stats. Kickboxer is :

• 1  2/3 pounds
• 14 inches long

and my belly is 40 inches around! My bellybutton is starting to look like the closed slit of an eye and I get kicked every time I pee.

My last week of the second trimester! Today I had to take my glucose test to check for gestational diabetes. The test consists of chugging a super-concentrated Gatorade-like substance in five minutes and then getting blood drawn.

Hummingbird nectar drink for pregnant people

It was gross but not as bad as I had heard. Last week we started our “How to Birth a Baby and then Not Kill It” class, which was pretty fun. Mostly they just talked about random do’s and don’ts that I already knew, but we did get to watch a great Bill Cosby clip about giving birth. We also did a pain-threshold test involving holding ice with a clenched fist for as long as possible–which I rocked, btw.

Little guy is still rocking and rolling and partying it up in there, and both families have started a “When Will She Pop?” pool.  Other than that, real ‘cited about starting the third trimester tomorrow!

I’m sure most of you have seen this, but just in case…