Happy Memorial Day, and thank you to the men and
women who serve our country! While I
didn’t have today off, I worked from home which was nice, and I was able to
squeeze in a short visit to the pool.
Best moment
of the week: My boss agreed that I
can work part-time from home once Little Man arrives! I’m so excited. I don’t want to miss a minute with my sweet
baby, and this option might let me have the best of both worlds.
Baby bump
status: I’m starting to feel the heaviness
of my belly, and I can’t see my feet when I stand up straight. Here’s the 28 week picture; this bump is getting
serious!
Maternity
clothes: I’m beginning to feel
uncomfortable in pants, even the stretchy PJ bottoms I wear around the
house. The elastic waist is just too
constricting. I can definitely see me
moving towards dresses as the summer goes on.
Baby weighs as much as: A Chinese cabbage.
Total weight gain: 17.4 pounds (change from last week: +1.8 –
YIKES!)
Days until due date: 83
New this
week: I passed my last glucose test,
so no more of those until we have baby #2.
Hooray!
Symptoms: I feel like my feet are getting
wider. I’m not particularly swelling
anywhere; my feet just seem a bit wider to me sometimes. My thighs also keep expanding. Ugh, cellulite! My belly button is getting shallow, and, as
usual, I’m tired and my back gets sore easily.
Baby’s
movement: Little Man still practices
his dance moves pretty regularly, and I can tell he’s getting longer because he
can now kick me way over on the side above my hip. I can now distinguish his hiccups from his
other movements; I’ve been feeling them for several weeks, but because they
occur so rapidly, I wasn’t sure they could be hiccups.
Looking forward to: We received an
invite in the mail to our local shower hosted by my sister and my good friend
Stephanie. They have been planning for MONTHS, and we are so excited to
celebrate Little Man in late June.
Gifts this
week: My sister was shopping
again! Here are the cute items she
bought this week:
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| Look at those adorable Bama booties |
Purchases
this week: Baby D’s dresser came
in. Now, all that’s left to do for the
nursery is buy a toy box and hang a few pictures.
We took advantage of the Memorial Day sale at
Babies R Us and bought him some more stuff:
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| I think Himal chose the toy more for himself than for Baby D. Ha ha! |
Dissertation
update: I was able to figure out the
collinearity macro, and I updated my methods for the IRB. I also reviewed some of my class notes to
prepare for model building, which I plan to start this week, and I expect to
submit my amendment to the IRB this week.
