28 Weeks

Your baby can blink his eyes, which now sport lashes. With his eyesight developing, he may be able to see the light that filters in through your womb.

Only 12 weeks to go! Wow.

Unfortunately we're still experiencing the hottest Summer ever in Austin, but there is something promising on the horizon: less than 2 weeks until college football! Our favorite time of the year. And this year, we'll have a little guy named William to hold during a few games - can't believe it! I hope that the next 12 weeks go by quickly; I'm just so excited. This is probably impossible - everyone tells me that the third trimester feels like it's the longest.

But still, feeling good!

I've posted a few pictures of our finishing touches on the nursery (if you haven't seen them on Facebook).

27 weeks

Here "we" are, at 27 weeks. Yay!

This week, your baby weighs almost 2 pounds and is about 14 1/2 inches long with his legs extended. He's sleeping and waking at regular intervals, opening and closing his eyes, and perhaps even sucking his fingers. With more brain tissue developing, your baby's brain is very active now. While his lungs are still immature, they would be capable of functioning — with a lot of medical help — if he were to be born now. Chalk up any tiny rhythmic movements you may be feeling to a case of baby hiccups, which may be common from now on.

3 months to go

Though the weekly updates are usually on Tuesdays, when I hit the next week - today deserves its own mention.

August 17th - exactly 3 months until William's due date.

AND it's the "official" start to the 3rd trimester - 26 weeks, 6 days is two thirds of 40 weeks.

Can't believe I'm in the last trimester. I can already tell that it will feel like the longest.

We're so excited!

The picture is from this weekend - Kyra came to Austin for a wedding, so we met for brunch and some requisite trying-on of cowboy boots. It was great to see her! We'll see if Esch lets William wear the Red Sox onesie she gave us - just kidding. It's so cute that the team name doesn't matter :)

98 days...

26 weeks! We're now in DOUBLE DIGIT days until William is here! Can't believe it. We had a fun weekend with Jeff and Barb visiting us in Austin. It was very hot (obviously), but we stayed cool with a trip to Barton Springs, a comedy show and movie in air conditioning, some very yummy dinners out, and had a little get-together with friends at our house, too. Thank you for coming all the way to TX to see us! The weekend went by really quickly, and now we can't believe that the next time we see you, William will be here (or arriving any day). The photo above is of Barb during our little cookout party. For probably the first time in a month, we had a few sprinkles - of course on the day that we had our deck all set up for the party. We stuck it out, and it felt pretty good after all.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Barb this week! - and Andrew's was this past Thursday.

I wanted to give a special hello to my Gran, who I know reads the blog from sunny Florida.

We love and miss everyone!

Happy 2nd Anniversary, Esch!

August 4th, 2007 was the happiest day of my life - and to think that soon, there will be a new most exciting day in both of our lives: November 17th (or around there!) is amazing. I can't believe how quickly those 2 years have gone by, and how they've been even better than I could have hoped!

We moved to Austin, bought our first house, bought our first new car... and obviously, most importantly, we are going to be Mommy and Daddy to our baby boy this year.

Tonight we have reservations at Uchi in Austin, which we've both been waiting forever to try! Very excited.

William must be growing up a storm, because I am feeling bigger and bigger movements - a few times it's felt like my entire belly flipped/rolled over. He must be doing somersaults!

The update for this week (he's the length of a large eggplant) told us to try having Esch listen for the baby's heartbeat (which is pretty amazing!)... as SOON as Esch put his ear down, William kicked him, RIGHT in the ear. It was pretty funny. Esch said he could hear the thump. We'll have to keep trying to find his little heartbeat.

Let your spouse put an ear to your belly -- he might be able to pick up baby's heartbeat (no stethoscope required). Inside the womb, the formation of tiny capillaries is giving baby a healthy pink glow. Baby's also soaking up your antibodies, getting the immune system ready for life outside the womb.

Wanted to thank our family and friends for being a part of our beautiful wedding day 2 years ago today! Can't wait for all the rest that's to come.