Eggplant Baby

Who decided the corresponding fruits and veggies for the weeks of pregnancy?  A durian fruit is coming up.  What the heck is that, anyway?  Can I buy it at my local grocery store?  No, I cannot.

But this week, Baby Cakes is a little eggplant, somewhere between 13.5 and 14.8 inches and 1.5 to 2.2 pounds.  And he or she is kicking me like no other.  In the middle of the night, during the day, while I'm walking, while I'm sitting... pretty much all the time.  I love it.  And people can feel and SEE my stomach jerk and move.  Pretty trippy man.  Hubby and I decided to watch Prometheus and the Alien trilogy movies lately too... so familiar to me!

We are also officially in the third trimester.  With 84 days left until the due date.  Everything just seems to be flying by so quickly.  Every time I look at the calendar, it seems I have even less time to prepare for our little arrival.

And even with time flying by, it also seems to be crawling.  I visualize our birth at least once a day, and I just can't wait to see our baby, hold our baby, and just meet our baby.  I am so excited to be a mom.  And I can't believe I will be in three months or less.

95 Days and Counting...

Patrick and I both have countdown timers on our phones to Baby Cake's due date, January 4th.  As of today, we have 95 days left.  Basically three months before we get to meet our little boy or girl.

Last weekend, we went to Chattanooga for our Babymoon getaway.  The Chattanooga Choo Choo put us up in Hotel 3, with a beautiful outdoor pool that was colder than ice water, so we hit up the indoor pool at Hotel 1 when the mood hit us.

Chattanooga is one of our favorite places to getaway.  So much to do, all within trolley or walking distance.  We hit the zoo, the aquarium, Northshore shops, glass blowing, IMax, and sleeping.  I loved the sleeping in a big hotel bed with HGTV playing in the background.  We don't have cable at home, so watching television is almost a vacation in itself!  Plus, the food in Chattanooga is amazing.  Lupi's Pizza, Purple Daisy Barbecue, Good Dog Hot Dogs, Aretha Frankenstein's, Blue Plate...  the list goes on and on.  I don't recommend the food at the hotel, unless you are starving and in a pinch.

This Friday, the 6th, is the start of our 7th month and the third trimester.  Insane.  I can't believe how quickly this has all flown by.  Next week we start visiting our midwife every two weeks instead of once a month.

I really can't wait until our due date gets closer, and the baby gets here.  Then we can reveal names.  But two baby showers are coming up in a month, and that will hold me over for awhile!  Thanks to both sides of my loving family for throwing them for me.