Fetal Development Week 21

Baby Chuck started dreaming this week! Wonder what he is dreaming about! Synonyms, antonyms, context clues, and summarizing....... maybe not.

Fetal development in pregnancy week 21:fetus in fifth month Your beautiful little miracle-gro baby will be putting on a full ounce and a half this week (and weighing up to 16.5 ounces), but that’s just the beginning! Within the next five weeks, they’ll really be packin’ it on! For now, we’re pleased to report the addition of rapid eye movement (REM) a key component to any healthy baby’s sleep schedule. While in the dermatology department: their thin soft skin is very red, rather translucent, and a bit wrinkled. Not to worry, it’s not a premature aging disease. It's just their clever little body setting them up with extra space that will smooth out once your little one starts packing on the baby-fat. That won’t be for a few more weeks, though. So for the time being, your munchkin is still a little lean mean growing machine! The beginnings of what is commonly called “brown fat” is just starting to fill in to help your baby retain some body heat, which is crucial as they’re not yet capable of regulating their own body temperature.

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And the belly picture.... week 21 day 4.

Snow Day

It has been quite chilly in Mississippi! Why can't it snow during the week?

Two more weeks until Chirstmas Break! I am working on my lesson plans right now. My goal is to have the rest of the lesson plans for the year written by the time break is over. ( Only have ten more to write!) I don't want to leave on maternity leave and have other people trying to do my work. Not their fault I am pregnant, right!?! Also, I want my classroom to run smoothly for Mrs. Lorthridge during the end of the school year.

Life is still normal here in Jackson Town. All of our Christmas parties are next weekend. We are planning on driving to Texarkana on December 24th and we will probably drive back to Jackson the afternoon of the 27th. Some point after that ( probably the 29th) we will make our way for a night in Mobile. Then we will return to work!

I thought my Spring Break was the week before Baby Chuck's due date but in fact it is not. Which is actually nice to have a week break in my 8/9 month of pregnancy! I do have a little Easter Break the week before he is due so who knows, we might have a little Easter surprise. Do I think he is going to come early? If you had talked to me last week, I was about to call everyone and make sure their bags were packed so they could get on the road to Jackson. I just feel so big. I think Baby Chuck will have Weber genes when it comes to size.

Still no real symptoms. My back is starting to hurt if I sit on the couch for too long and when I wake up in the morning. I think I might need a cane for the morning. A month from now, I have no idea how I am going to get myself out of the bed. I am already dreading month 8 and 9! Luckily I am standing all day at school so my back doesn't bother me during the day. Just am starting to have to get my students to pick up things for me.

Other than that, things are just the same ol' same ol'. Dr. is on OB this month so has not really been working. He is in the OB in the ER and there are enough residents that he just sits there all day. He would rather be at home studying.

We have decided that Samer has no domesticated cat in him. He is first generation domesticated. Although we said this about Molly to and she is just a sweetheart.... an obese sweetheart. Samer is just overwhelmed with hormones these days and is now your typical 5 or 6 year old. He has successfully undecorated our tree. He found our pickle ornament before I even could figure out where Dr. hid it. He is averaging 4 ornaments a day, but has yet to break anything. We just bought something to spray the tree with so he will not feel the need to keep on chewing it. Samer does have a little appointment with the doctor on the 17th so come the new year, we should have a newly behaved little orange cat. We will start the diets January 1st for the kitties. I am getting tired of rolling Molly back over when she gets stuck on her back!

Yesterday I went next door to Ginger's house to decorate gingerbread houses. She had three other ladies over so we sat around the table for two hours talking and decorating. It was ladies that I am already friends with but it was fun getting to talk to them other than out in the street. I also picked up a couple of pseudo grandmothers for those days Baby Chuck is feeling under the weather and Dr. and I have no way of staying home. Our next door neighbor was there and it turns out the doctor wants her baby out on Wednesday so we will have a new little girl next door come Wednesday night!

Well, I must go. My toes and Baby Chuck's toes are freezing so we are going to take a nice warm bath ( which unfortunately Samer has decided he likes to do now.) Samer gets in the tub and lays on my legs so his head is still above water. Looks like a wet rat when he gets out but I think he likes the warm water just as much as his mom does. He can hear the tub running from half a mile away. If you can't find him, you turn on the tub water and he will come running!

Hope your not dreading Monday as much as I am!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I am so thankful for a wonderful friends and such large and loving family! And I am so thankful I get to spend the rest of my life with my extraordinary husband and that we have a very active and perfect baby boy on his way!

Dr. is working hard saving Jackson one child at a time in the PEDs ER today. Baby Chuck and I are fearing the kitchen because of the large lizard sitting on the counter. ( Why is it still sitting there when we have two cats????? ) We will enjoy our second Thanksgiving meal with my parents tomorrow on Dr.'s day off!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Still Window Shopping

You will be happy to know that I have not bought anything at all! Still just window shopping. Of course I haven't been at this all day. I have vacuumed the house, scrubbed the bathrooms, cooked a pure deliciousness egg nog pound cake.

These are some of the things I have come across. You don't have to look, this is mainly a way for me to be able to find this stuff when I want to look at it again. Of course you can look if you can't resist pure cuteness.

Seersucker Shortall ( i mean imagine this monogrammed)

Smocked Shortall

And I love bubbles for the little boys

I know Baby Chuck will be comfortable enough with his masculinity that he will wear smocked outfits with pride!

Ladybugs?

Could it be that I actually just found a little boys outfit with a ladybug on it? Unbelievable! Tis true my friends. You know what I am buying next!

Ladybug outfit for boy

Bringing back the south one outfit at a time!

Tacky

The only reason why I was hoping I wasn't going to have a boy is because of the clothes. Now I know why I think the clothes are so bad! Thank you Miss Penny for opening my eyes! Growing up in Mobile I am used to smocked outfits, rompers, and day gowns. I may just have to bring back the old south. Now I just have to convince Dr. that baby Chuck wearing a "gay gown".... i mean "day gown" would be adorable..... I think my chances are slim though. I may just be able to get by with the romper.

Romper

Day Gown

Smock

Applique

I will try and keep my brain ramblings to a minimum or maybe I will start a post in the morning and add on to it through out the day so I will post it at night. Then many of you will not get an email with a post every 5 minutes.

All this brain craziness is making me tired. I am going to lay down for a few minutes.