26 Weeks

26 weeks today! AKA, 98 days left as well as this being the LAST week of second trimester! It's getting real now!

Baby's eyes are now open and able to see and his brain is developing a lot this week. He's now about or just over 2 lbs. He's also starting to get squished in there - something that is becoming apparent to me from how he's moving so roughly!

After having a silly panic the other day about baby not moving enough (even though he had moved like crazy all day and then by night was sleepy) I've been really relishing in baby's movements everytime. I think it was just a wake up call to remember to be so grateful for everything, because this pregnancy - even through the constant aches and pains - has gone by so smoothly and baby is wonderfully healthy.

I can't seem to get full today. Watching Masterchef probably isn't helping, but wow, no matter what I eat I'm still hungry right after. I had a plate of chicken stir fry, a granola bar, a large chicken and peppers fajita, and been drowning myself with water all in the last two hours. Still not enough. I'm now thinking of grabbing a bowl of cereal and hoping the hunger passes because I'm running out of food I can warm up! After cooking a huge amount of stir fry yesterday and chicken fajitas, I'm in no mood to do much cooking today, especially since I'm still finishing up cleaning the kitchen.

There's quite a difference in this week's belly picture. Now that baby flipped, my belly looks so much smaller. Well, maybe not smaller, but more up and down instead of straight out. Which is pretty funny, as to me, my belly looks bigger than ever, but in the pictures it looks smaller than the last three weeks or so.

And to compare some of second trimester:

or the whole thing: