32 Weeks Today ~

By now, your baby is just shy of 4 pounds and is nearly 17 inches long, taking up a lot of space in there. You're gaining about a pound a week and roughly half of that goes right to your baby. In fact, he'll gain a third to half of her birth weight during the next 7 weeks as he fattens up for survival outside the womb. He now has toenails, fingernails, and real hair (or at least respectable peach fuzz). His skin is becoming soft and smooth as he plumps up in preparation for birth.
In the latest womb reports, your amazing baby has now developed sensitivity to temperature! This means you’ll probably get a swift kick if you put a hot pad on your belly. For the Elton John lovers out there-- yes, baby’s got blue eyes. At this point, all babies do, although depending on their chromosomal disposition, this could easily change after birth (or even between now and labor), but for the time being, blue it is. Thanks to their recently matured lungs and a remarkably strong immune system, over 90% of babies born in their 32nd week, survive premature births. So it’s pretty much a done deal. Even if your little monkey’s planning on heading out early, their survival odds are in everyone’s favor.

Let's see, Jared and his friend Bill moved the big stuff out of the nursery this week. Now the room is empty and ready for paint. It will be Costa Rica Blue. I have all of the clothes seperated into laundry piles. I also started reading to him this week. I went to the library today and got a few books. I have some from when I was little and there are some Disney books about the movies. He seemed to enjoy it. He was moving around while I was reading to him last night.