Week 30

HOORAY FOR WEEK 30! Lisa finally got some new maternity clothes! We were able to make a trip to the US to spend time with family and hold a couple baby showers for Kai, and as an added bonus, Lisa could buy more clothes that fit. Therefore, in this picture, you see the new and improved prego Lisa! YAY!!

Kai is now about 15.7-16 inches long and weighs about 3 pounds, according to Baby Center, which is about the size of a head of lettuce or a squash. He is definitely getting bigger and running out of room fast! There is about a pint and a half of amniotic fluid around him, but that steadily gets smaller and smaller as he grows. His eyesight is developing, but will take some time for it to be developed completely. He will only have about 20/400 eyesight when born, meaning he can only see things a few inches from his face. Kinda funny that we are born with poor eyesight and many of us return to poor eyesight as we get older. =) He is also getting stronger and can now actually grasp a finger pretty firmly. Not sure how they would test that, I guess with a premie or something.

We go in 2 weeks to see him again and it seems like FOREVER since we last saw his little face. I miss seeing him and if I was rich like Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, I'd buy my own machine and hire a technician to do daily ultrasounds. Oh well....lifestyles of the rich and famous.

Lisa is now passing into the most uncomfortable time of pregnancy, in the third trimester. She has heartburn almost daily, which gets worse in the evening causing her not to sleep. She has to use the restroom about every 30-45 minutes, sometimes sooner, which also means she has to cut herself off from drinking at 6 pm. She doesn't sleep well, can't walk around much, etc. It really makes for a fun time! It is a very common occurrence for her to use the restroom right before we leave and then right as we go down the street from home I hear, "Ummm...I need to use the bathroom again." If that kid could leaver her bladder alone, life would be so much easier. =) I think this is all just preparation for actually having a child, because we have scoped out and know where all the bathrooms are in each department store, gas station, pharmacy, etc. Oh well, such is life.

Lisa also can't really do a whole lot of walking around, which we have noticed as we go shopping. We took a trip to Disney for our 3rd anniversary and after a couple hours of walking around, she overheated and got way too tired, which is understandable as it was like a million degrees outside. So, instead of leaving and cutting our anniversary celebration short, I got her a chair and pushed around the park. You know you have hit the hard stage of pregnancy when you gotta ride a wheelchair around a theme park. I think she may have felt a little embarrassed, but it actually made it easier for her and got us some special treatment at the park, something I was thankful for. =)

So, enough of week 30. Week 31 coming soon! Less than 70 days left!