merry christmas!

how far along?  28 weeks

development:  we are in the third and final trimester! putting on layers of fat and growing his little body, the boy now weighs 1.5 to 2.5 pounds and measures 13.6 to 14.8 inches, about the size of an eggplant. from this week on, boys are generally a bit heavier than girls. with the addition of some extra fat, his skin is smoothing and his proportions are evening out. his cartilage is slowly becoming bone, but his skull will remain soft to make birth easier (thank goodness) and will then harden later.

from thebump.com

so, i went into the doctor last friday for the gestational diabetes screening and as far as i know now, everything is seeming to go as it should with my body - i didn't get immediate results that day. the office said that if i didn't hear anything by monday, which i didn't, that the results were good. otherwise, they'd call with further actions if i needed to change anything. let's just hope that they would have called my cell phone (since we're traveling) as i requested before i left the doctor's office on friday, instead of the house like they usually do. minus feeling a bit ill in the first hour as the sugar shocked my system and leaving with a slightly bruised pin cushion arm, the drink, the blood draws and waiting weren't all that bad. i saw the doctor briefly and got to hear the babe's heartbeat, too. next appointment, january 20th.

i'm gonna cut it a little short this week and go celebrate with family… from our growing family to yours, merry christmas!