24 weeks

24 weeks! Cool! I am still feeling pretty darn good! Sleeping is the hardest. I sleep ok - but changing positions, or moving Geoffrey back to his bed, is quite painful. Geoffrey has been making a few visits into our room nightly... I FEEL huge, like my belly is way big, but my weight gain seems to be average according to the calculators I have tried... Our baby is becoming more active, and I can see the movement from outside of my belly sometimes, although it is still pretty low!

This week...

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.

 

Just this morning

Geoffrey and I sit in the upstairs hallway. Belle dog shakes down stairs. "I hear Belle-dog. Is she downstairs? Oh! She is coming upstairs now. She is going into my living room." (What he calls the playroom right now) "Oh! Where did she go? Oh! THere she is, on her bed. Maybe she wants to play with my trains!"

He went pee pee on his elmo potty. I said, "Wow! look at all of those pee pees!" He replies, "Is that a lot of them in there?" Very proud of himself. THen he looks at the tivo remote. "Look, the yellow button is for pausing it!" (The tv, not his pee pees)

Geoff had a snotty nose and a bit of a cough all day yesterday and last night. The snot is mostly clear and he seems to feel ok. This is such a rare occurrence for him. He sounds so funny trying to talk with a stuffy nose!

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Geoffrey wrapped his blanket around his waist and said, "Look, I have a dress just like Cori has a dress!"

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Thank goodness for prenatal yoga. It's about the only thing that makes me feel better lately!!!

Geoff's new phrase is "oh dear!" who says "oh dear?" he sounds like piglet!

Geoff came in with a string cheese. I said, "you must be hungry!" he said, "yeah, I hungry, my tummy hurt all the way to my butt!"

Wow, that was fun. Geoff cried his way through the dental exam. Even screamed a few times, too. I love his office staff. They are very sweet, supportive, and understanding!

I guess geoff had his share of public transportation. He is flying his airplane around the room, passing over little people saying, "sorry, you have to wait for the next one! Sorry, you have to wait for the next one!"

Now Geoffrey is looking for the moon but can't find it. Normally he says, "it must be behind the clouds," but since there are no clouds tonight, he said, "the moon must be on the other side of the world!" he is cracking me up! He gets this stuff from uncle danny. He is like a sponge!

Geoffrey just got into his Cosy coupe and said, "I am going to Taco Bell, see you!" Then he drove to the other side of the front post and said, "I would like a cheesy roll up and a taco please, thank you!"

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Cars 2 - geoff's first movie!

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Geoffrey's Potty Training

We started potty training this week. The first day he had about as many hits then misses - but since then, he's done well. He is learning to hold it for longer periods of time. He doesn't like big boy underwear which we currently only use when we're outside playing (inside he's a naked boy!) but today we went to the park for 45 minutes in big boy underwear and he came home dry! He holds his poop until nap or bedtime to go in his diaper. He is getting good about taking himself to his potty. Currently his potty is in the family room, or follows us from room to room. After a few more days of success, we'll try moving the potty to the bathroom!  We told him he could have candy when he pees, but he's usually so excited about peeing (and our positive feedback and praise) that he forgets to ask for the candy!

22 weeks

22 weeks and I feel huge! I have the pregnancy waddle going on often, because my hips hurt so dang bad! I am trying to do yoga, and sometimes it seems to help - at other times, I fear it makes it worse! But I am trying to keep at it to keep my muscles strong.  Really, the hip/lower back pain is my biggest complaint right now - it can be pretty bad when getting up from bed or the ground.

My tummy issues have pretty much subsided, and I rarely have indigestion too bad. In fact, I really need to start taking calcium again because I am not getting enough through the tums! I haven't taken more then two since I've been home.

I feel the baby move everyday now, and often from the outside, too, but still pretty low. Only Grant has felt the movement also so far.

How your baby's growing:

At 11 inches (the length of a spaghetti squash) and almost 1 pound, your baby is starting to look like a miniature newborn. His lips, eyelids, and eyebrows are becoming more distinct, and he's even developing tiny tooth buds beneath his gums. His eyes have formed, but his irises (the colored part of the eye) still lack pigment. If you could see inside your womb, you'd be able to spot the fine hair (lanugo) that covers his body and the deep wrinkles on his skin, which he'll sport until he adds a padding of fat to fill them in. Inside his belly, his pancreas — essential for the production of some important hormones — is developing steadily.