28 Weeks

...only 12 to go! 3dpregnancy.com has our status for this week:

As the Big Day nears, your baby is getting ready to go towards the light at the end of the tunnel (the tunnel being the birth canal, the light being the one the doctor is shining directly into it so she can see what the heck she's doing). Other highlights this week:

Your baby's eyes are partially open now and can blink. Truly superior babies can actually wink. (OK, there is no way to prove that, but it's fun to imagine, no?) Your baby can also now become a shiny, happy person as he has begun having rapid eye movement (Get it? REM? Shiny, happy person?? We'll be here all week.)

His eyes have color now, too. It may not be the color he ultimately ends up with, especially if they're light gray or blue. The eyes typically don't settle on a final hue until nine months after baby is born. So when your mother-in-law says that the baby has her eyes, you can politely inform her that they'll most likely change soon. Sorry.

Your babe is downright chubby compared to a few weeks ago. He is about 15 inches long, about the length of an amusement park cinnamon-sugar-coated churro (yum!), and weighs 2 to 3 pounds.

This week also marks the official beginning of the third trimester. Estimated weight gain for this trimester is 10-15 pounds, so bring on the donuts and cookies. I know, I know...it shouldn't be *me* gaining all that wait, but since he's only going to come out at 8 or 9 pounds, I get to gain some of it! ;)

Even though each week is passing pretty quickly, and we're down to the last 12, it feels like March is never going to get here. I'm very impatient (clearly) and it's torture to wait to meet our son. But I'm going to keep my head down and push forward, and hopefully time will pass pretty quickly.