34 Weeks & Moving Right Along!!!

Your baby now weighs about 4 3/4 pounds (like your average cantaloupe) and is almost 18 inches long. Her fat layers — which will help regulate her body temperature once she's born — are filling her out, making her rounder. Her skin is also smoother than ever. Her central nervous system is maturing and her lungs are continuing to mature as well. If you've been nervous about preterm labor, you'll be happy to know that babies born between 34 and 37 weeks who have no other health problems generally do fine. They may need a short stay in the neonatal nursery and may have a few short-term health issues, but in the long run, they usually do as well as full-term babies.


We have been super busy this past week trying to get Laiken's room all put together and the rest of the house ready for our first shower this weekend. I promise to get pictures of her room up very soon we are just putting some of the finishing touches up and I figured we might as well finish it before I put up pictures right?!? Roddy and I took some maternity this week as well but as I kept looking at them and comparing to a few other peoples I just wasn't happy with them so we are doing retakes this weekend. Here is one that I do like:



I will post more when I think they are more worthy of being posted. =) We went last minute right after work and it was hot in there and my hair had already gone flat and Roddy needed a haircut, it just wasn't ideal conditions for picture day so we are going in for a redo. Anyway, our appt. with our peri is tomorrow for the next NST/BPP so we will get to see little princess again and hopefully see how plump she is getting! I hate the reason behind it but we do love getting to see her every week, even if just for a few minutes. I will try to get lots of pictures up after this weekends festivities!!