36 Weeks!

Wow...time has really flown since I stopped working last week. Tomorrow marks 36 weeks for this little monkey in my tummy.

Here's some info from our friends at 3dpregnancy.com:

Your baby continues to put on weight at about ½ pound each week. This layer of fat will help your baby regulate his body temperature after leaving your climate-controlled womb. In fact, your baby will be 15 percent fat at birth (and you ... well that's another story). Even in the womb, your baby can listen, feel, touch and see. The only thing separating him from living in the outside world is a little thing called the birth canal. Other highlights this week:

His gums are firm with ridges that look somewhat like teeth, though his actual pearly whites won't start breaking through until he's between three months and a year old.

Your baby has definite patterns of sleep and wakefulness—opening his eyes while awake and closing them while sleeping. Your baby will become alert and turn his head toward light and sound just as a newborn would—except when you put on that Celine Dion CD. Then the baby puts his hands up, turns away and gurgles, "Oh no you didn't!"

Your baby is now around 18½ inches long and nearly 6 pounds—just about as big as a breadbox!

All through this pregnancy so far, I feel like I've been showing bigger than how far along I am. But in the last two days, two different people have told me that I'm pretty small for 8 months pregnant. Of course, I disagree! I feel like a whale and it's getting harder and harder to walk around. Dan has to put my socks on for me, and I have to surround myself on the couch with anything I can think of that I could possibly need because it is a real chore to get myself up! I have to rock to get momentum, and it's just not a pretty sight.

However, this stay-at-home-mom thing is going pretty well for me! I'm not getting as much done as I thought I could - my mobility isn't what it used to and most things are so tiring that I have to take a nap afterward. Of course, I'm guessing adding a baby to the mix will make things a little trickier, but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.