36 weeks

Four weeks to go! Khloe should be as big as a crenshaw melon this week (like I really know what that is). She should be about 6 pounds and 18 1/2 inches long. At the end of this week, she can be considered "full-term." Time is really going by quickly.

People often have been asking me how have I been feeling...well, I feel pretty pregnant, but not too bad I guess. I am sure people have felt worse at this point. I have been pretty tired, but I suppose that is normal. I am trying to work a little bit still. I am also getting more and more excited and impatient. Eric and his brother have started working in Khloe's room to fix some of the bad texture places on the walls, and I have all the base boards painted. As soon as Eric is off work again, we hope to get the room ready enough to where we can move in furniture.

I think I definitely have nesting syndrome...Tuesday night I slept horribly, and had Braxton-Hicks contraction for more than 6 hours straight. They were almost consistently six minutes apart. I was not convinced, but considered the possibility that she could come sooner than expected. So around 4 in the morning when Eric was getting up to go to work, I was worrying about my whole family not have any clothes to wear, since we have a big fat pile of dirty laundry. My clothes and Eric had piled up, and I have not washed Khloe's yet because I don't have any where to put them yet. Needless to say, Wednesday saw a lot of laundry getting done and a lot of house cleaning. Good things came out my craziness!

35 weeks

Here is my little honeydew melon baby! Khloe should be about 5 1/4 pounds and 18 inches long. She should weigh as much as a honeydew melon. This is also the first time I have actually had on hand the fruit or veggie for comparison purposes. I have a honeydew in the fridge right now waiting to be sliced up so I really feel her approximate weight. (Like I am not already caring it!)

Her kidneys are fully developed now and her liver is able to process waste. She just need to keep gaining weight and fattening up.

I don't have a doctor's appointment this week, but I start the birthing class tomorrow. Eric is on nights still, so he will miss it, but my mom can go and be my partner so I won't be alone. Time is zipping by.

I'll end this post with a quote from a classic movie...

"To me it's like a lullaby... I'm just flying by... Oh so high... like a kite... tied to a skate..."

Who can name it?

I knew sleeping late was good for me...

3 Smart Things About Sleeping Late

By Daniel Dumas 12.22.08

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1 // You may need more sleep than you think.
Research by Henry Ford Hospital Sleep Disorders Center found that people who slept eight hours and then claimed they were "well rested" actually performed better and were more alert if they slept another two hours. That figures. Until the invention of the lightbulb (damn you, Edison!), the average person slumbered 10 hours a night.

2 // Night owls are more creative.
Artists, writers, and coders typically fire on all cylinders by crashing near dawn and awakening at the crack of noon. In one study, "evening people" almost universally slam-dunked a standardized creativity test. Their early-bird brethren struggled for passing scores.

3 // Rising early is stressful.
The stress hormone cortisol peaks in your blood around 7 am. So if you get up then, you may experience tension. Grab some extra Zs! You'll wake up feeling less like Bert, more like Ernie.

34 Weeks

Here we are, another week down, and only 6 to go. Today at the doctor Khloe weighed about 4 pounds and 11 ounces. She is about as heavy as an average cantaloupe. She is still getting fat under her skin to help her fill out and she is still working final touches to be ready, like lung development.

Here are some pictures of me from today...sorry about the crazy hair, but I was going to work on clearing out her room when I got distracted by the camera and posting pictures.

The ultrasound picture is of her face. (Most times it is easier to see if you already know what to look for!)

Time is flying by.

Happy Festivus!

Frank Costanza: Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way.

Cosmo Kramer: What happened to the doll?

Frank Costanza: It was destroyed. But out of that a new holiday was born: a Festivus for the rest of us!

Happy Festivus Everyone! Today is the day to Air your Grievances and compete in the Feats of Strength. If you are lucky (or maybe a little bit unlucky), you might even get a Festivus Miracle this year too!

Also, a donation has been made in your name to the Human Fund; Money for People.