week 26

average size: 13.6 to 14.8 inches, 1.5 to 2.2 lbs.
what's going on with baby: "At week 26, baby may be interfering with your sleep, messing with your brain (forget much?), and even be giving you a stress headache or two. It’s normal to be experiencing some mild swelling, but around this week, it’s important to watch out for swelling severe or sudden -- it could be the sign of a dangerous condition called preeclampsia. Her eyes are forming, and will soon start to open. Eyelashes are now grown, too. She's getting her immune system ready for life on the outside by soaking up your antibodies. She's taking breaths, too. They're of amniotic fluid, not air, but it's still good practice."


well, she's definitely still more active at night than during the day, but she isn't kicking too hard yet to interfere with my sleep haha...but then again, i'm a pretty sound sleeper. oh, and the "pregnancy brain" seems better now than it did in 1st trimester lol...either that, or i'm just getting used to it! i did catch myself saying, "you have to get the thing for the thing" on saturday to erik though hahaha...so maybe it really is just as bad as 1st tri. he at least knew what i was talking about! psychic husband!

oh! and erik felt her kick on tuesday!!! we were laying in bed, and i felt her kicking a bunch in a specific spot so i said, "give me your hand", and placed it where she was kicking. 5 seconds later *KICK!* and i asked, "did you feel that?" and he said, "...YEAH. WHOA. that was her??? that was strong! i felt it right in the middle of my palm!" SO YAY! FINALLY GOT THE TIMING RIGHT! hahaha...so at least now he knows there is actually a baby in there, and i'm not like secretly hoarding chocolate into my mouth or something. she still kicks all over the place, but she really seems to like kicking my far right side lately. feels strange since it's so far to the right!

in other news, i think i'm done with the rug that i've been working on in the nursery! well, mostly done. i got to a good stopping point (one of the balls of yarn had just run out, and i was at the end of a crocheting row), and  basically just decided to lay it out in the room to see if it was good enough hahaha...

i originally wanted it flipped the other way, so i would have about 3 more feet left to crochet (and so it would cover much more of the room), but you know what? i think this is pretty darn good haha...it's 5'9"x7'9" right now, so it's pretty big, and still covers a good amount of the room for when we want to play with her on it. we can just move that ottoman, and there is even MORE room to play, too. so, i think i'm done with it! i left it this way in the room for a couple of days so i could go back and look at it to see if i still like the size, and i do. so now, i just have to CUTCUTCUT all those loops to turn them into "grass blades" which will still take a while to do, but at least the crocheting part is over. 

also, i don't want to jinx myself, but my pubic bone pain seems to be doing a little bit better! it's still pretty achy sometimes when i go to stand up, or switch sides in the middle of the night, but overall, it feels a little better. i'm not sure if it's done all of it's widening, and so my body is adjusting, or what, but it just seems better than it was, and that makes me happy! i've found that what seems to help most is heat. BUT! i never wanted to put a heating pad directly on the area (don't want to heat up baby too much because it's bad for her), so i started taking warm showers sometimes 3 times a day lol....just quick little 5 minute or so warm showers, and this seems to be helping. i'm sure a bath would help even more, but i dont want to immerse myself in that kind of heat for a long period of time. hopefully i can keep it under control! 

OH! and we're officially in double digits for the countdown!!! only 98 more days to go til our due date!