34 weeks (almost)

So here we are, in the third trimester, with only about six weeks to go - and these are the first "belly pictures" that I've taken. Sad, but true. But here they are, nonetheless!

 

The strange thing is that my belly doesn't seem to go up or down, it just goes straight out. This is making clothing particularly vexing, because almost all of my shirts are now too small, but any maternity pants that don't come up over my tummy just fall off my hips. I have figured out a temporary solution to the pants problem, though - suspenders. David has a few pairs, and I just put them on before I put my shirt on and they work great. I do feel like a secret agent or a mobster with suspenders under my clothing, though, like I should have a gun under my arm and maybe a knife in my sock. I'm actually wearing the suspenders in the pictures above. And could you tell? No, of course not. Yes! :)

Baby's doing well, too. On Monday (when I'll be 34 weeks), she'll be almost five pounds and about 18 inches long. She is very squirmy, and since there's not a lot of room in there, it's probably just as uncomfortable for her as it is for me at this point.

I'm wondering when exactly the baby plans on making her debut. I'm 37 weeks the last week of December, and there seems to be about a six-week window in which she could come. I don't like the unpredictability of this whole operation. It's like waiting for a bomb to go off without being able to see the ominous red numbers counting down to zero. Oh well, I suppose there's nothing I can do about that, and it doesn't make any sense to stress about things I can't control.

Well, there you go! A baby update and pictures. Your day is now complete. :)