31 weeks (and 5 days)

Merry Christmas! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend. We spent both Christmas Eve and Christmas with friends, having a great time each night. Although he is not here yet, Baby Boy Lewallen already received a few gifts including a toy, a hooded towel and a TCU Super Frog costume from his mom & dad. Side note, the costume is for a 24 month old, so it will be at least two Halloweens/football seasons before we will see him in it!

30 week ultrasound

This morning was our 30 week ultrasound to check to growth of the baby and whether or not my placenta previa had corrected itself. Got great news on both, the placenta is now out of the way and the baby is growing just fine. In fact, we were told he is almost 4lbs, which is on the high end for his age!

Excerpt from Babycenter.com's 30 week page:

How your baby's growing:
Your baby's about 15.7 inches long now, and she weighs almost 3 pounds (like a head of cabbage). A pint and a half of amniotic fluid surrounds her, but that volume will decrease as she gets bigger and takes up more room in your uterus. Her eyesight continues to develop, though it's not very keen; even after she's born, she'll keep her eyes closed for a good part of the day. When she does open them, she'll respond to changes in light but will have 20/400 vision — which means she can only make out objects a few inches from her face. (Normal adult vision is 20/20.) http://www.babycenter.com/

Now when people feel the need to tell me I am too small, I will have to let them know that I am all baby and baby is a big one!

We didn't get any profile shots but we did get one of his face; check out those chubby cheeks!

29 weeks (and 5 days)

This is after the holiday party we attended this weekend. Baby and I actually lasted out past midnight! When we got home we tested out our new tripod with a pre-baby family photo in front of our really big Christmas tree. :-) I do not think Ike liked it....

28 weeks (and 4 days)

This week was a busy one. I was assigned coordinating a Holiday open house for all UPS employees in the Greater Seattle Area. With the help of a great team, we were able to pull it off in 5 day! Above is a picture of Santa and I from today's event. In addition to this party, Jimmie and I had a small one for my employees last night, tonight is a holiday dance performance for one of our friends, next week is a larger UPS party and the following Tuesday is Eddie Bauer's party. Whew...it is going to be a busy next couple of weeks for baby, Jimmie and I! Needless to say we are looking forward to a relaxing Sunday watching football and decorating the house.