baby update

I've graduated to weekly doctor appointments now that I'm in the final month. At this last visit I also had another ultrasound to check on the baby's size. I'd post pictures, but but he's moved down so low and is so squished in there that honestly there isn't much to see. Now doubt it's a boy though. According to the measurements he's 7 lbs, which is 87th percentile, so a good sized baby. I was happy to find out that even though he's on the bigger side, his head is proportionate to his body. Kara had, and still has a big head for her size. The doctor also said at this visit that the baby is 90% effaced, and that my cervix is already soft and starting to dilate, so I should try and take it easy for the next couple weeks and keep him inside a little bit longer.

Sprinkler fun

One of the things we did to cope with the heat wave was escape to my Dad and Lisa's air conditioned house in Renton. Friday night we packed a change of clothes and headed over to spend the night, and hung out all day Saturday. We always enjoy visiting at Grandpa Bill and Grandma Lisa's, but the air conditioning was an added bonus this time. Kara especially liked playing in the yard, running around on the deck, climbing on the big toy, swinging on swings, and... running in the sprinkler! At first she just held out her hand to the water and kept her distance, but soon she was running back and forth, chasing the water as it moved across the yard and then running away again. Watching her brought back so many good memories of summer, and I love passing on these kinds of memories to her. Later that evening she went outside and ran over to where the sprinkle had been set up and said, "a water, a water, broken?" I told that no, the water wasn't broken, it was just turned off.

Maybe

she does understand... a couple nights ago I was changing the background on our blog and Kara climbed up in my lap. She saw the (almost 2 year old) picture of our family and said, " Mommy, Daddy", and then "baby". And when I told her yes, that was her as a baby she pointed at me and said, "tummy".