29 Weeks Today ~

If you’ve been feeling butterflies moving around in your belly, it’s not just your run-of-the-mill pre-birth performance anxiety. No, it’s your amazing baby with a case of the hiccups: a fairly common occurrence at this point resulting from practicing breathing for their big birthday. In addition, to getting a round of butterfly-like hiccups, your little swimmer has arduously managed to accumulate enough baby fat to account for nearly 3.5% of their overall body weight. Yeah, compared to we adults, it’s not a lot, but when they’re little like that—it’s certainly a healthy (and warming) accomplishment in its way. Another fantastic accomplishment: your baby's spleen is now in charge of hematopoiesis—the 10 dollar name for the process involved in building up certain important blood components. His muscles and lungs are continuing to mature, and his head is growing bigger to make room for his developing brain. To meet his increasing nutritional demands, you'll need plenty of protein, vitamins C, folic acid, and iron. And because his bones are soaking up lots of calcium, be sure to drink your milk (or find another good source of, such as cheese, yogurt, or enriched orange juice). This trimester, about 250 milligrams of calcium are deposited in your baby's hardening skeleton each day.

Let's see..this week we painted the living room and moved the furniture back in. It looks really nice. Now we just need to hang the drapes. We also registered, I thought Toys 'R Us would do it, but it didn't. We had to go to Target too. I had to keep telling myself that Toys 'R Us is nothing like Babies 'R Us. That ended up being an all day process. We got his crib delivered on Monday. There were two pieces that were damaged, so I called the manufacturer and they are sending two new pieces no questions asked.

I started teaching JA (Junior Achievement) again this semester. This time I have 3rd graders, they are totally different than 1st and 2nd graders. They seem to listen a lot less, or maybe it's just the class. This is the first time I have taught 3rd grade.