90% Nursery!

Harper's nursery is about 90% done.... I still have a few things to straighten up/put away, a few projects in the works (her butterfly mobile) a few things to acquire (hopefully through one of my upcoming showers) like a changing pad (to go on her changing table/dresser in her closet.) but it is done enough to give all of you a little sneak peak : )

Enjoy

29.5 weeks!

Whew... 29.5 weeks down... cant believe it sometimes... "only" 10.5 left to go... are you ready? : )

Weeks 27-30

Week 27 - Rutabaga 

• She's practicing inhaling and exhaling with her rapidly developing lungs.
• It's official: Baby's showing brain activity! And her brain will keep on getting more complex.
• she is waking and sleeping in regular intervals, opening and closing her eyes and sucking on her fingers.

Week 28 - Eggplant

• She's starting to develop more fat, so her wrinkly skin will start to get smoother.
• Her lungs are mature enough that she'd probably survive if she was born now. Wow!
• she is now blinking her eyes which now sport eyelashes.
• her eyesight is developed and she can see the light that filters through your belly.

Week 29 - Acorn Squash

• She's getting a little cramped in there, since she's growing so fast. But you probably already realize that, since you're getting all those jabs and kicks.
• She's growing white fat deposits under her skin, and her energy is surging because of it.
• Feel a subtle twitch? It might be baby hiccupping.
• Muscles and lungs are continuing to mature, and her head is getting bigger to make room for her developing brain.

Week 30 - Cucumber 

• Her skin is getting smoother.
• But her brain is getting wrinklier -- to make way for all that essential brain tissue.
• She's now strong enough to grasp a finger!
• She is living in a pint and a half of amniotic fluid.

23-26 weeks

Way behind... Heres the highlights....

23 - She's forming little nipples (yeah, really!) Her face is fully formed now -- she just needs a little extra fat to fill it out. Turn on the radio and sway to the music. With her sense of movement well developed by now, your baby can feel you dance. And now that she's more than 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound (about as much as a large mango), you may be able to see her squirm underneath your clothes. Blood vessels in her lungs are developing to prepare for breathing, and the sounds that your baby's increasingly keen ears pick up are preparing her for entry into the outside world. Loud noises that become familiar now — such as your dog barking or the roar of the vacuum cleaner — probably won't faze her when she hears them outside the womb.

24 - Her see-through skin is gradually becoming more opaque. And it's got a new pink glow, thanks to the small capillaries that have recently formed. Your baby's growing steadily, having gained about 4 ounces since last week. That puts him at just over a pound. Since he's almost a foot long (picture an ear of corn), he cuts a pretty lean figure at this point, but his body is filling out proportionally and he'll soon start to plump up. His brain is also growing quickly now, and his taste buds are continuing to develop. His lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" as well as cells that produce surfactant, a substance that will help his air sacs inflate once he hits the outside world. His skin is still thin and translucent, but that will start to change soon.

25- She's enjoying her new sense of equilibrium -- she now knows which way is up and which is down. Head to heels, your baby now measures about 13 1/2 inches. Her weight — a pound and a half — isn't much more than an average rutabaga, but she's beginning to exchange her long, lean look for some baby fat. As she does, her wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and she'll start to look more and more like a newborn. She's also growing more hair — and if you could see it, you'd now be able to discern its color and texture.

26 - Her eyes are forming, and his eyes will soon start to open. And her eyelashes are now grown, too. She's getting her immune system ready for life on the outside by soaking up your antibodies.She's taking breaths, too. They're of amniotic fluid, not air, but it's still good practice. The network of nerves in your baby's ears is better developed and more sensitive than before. He may now be able to hear both your voice and your partner's as you chat with each other. He's inhaling and exhaling small amounts of amniotic fluid, which is essential for the development of his lungs. These so-called breathing movements are also good practice for when he's born and takes that first gulp of air. And he's continuing to put on baby fat. He now weighs about a pound and two-thirds and measures 14 inches (an English hothouse cucumber) from head to heel.

Texas!!

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