Full Term Baby!!

We had a great weekend in Houston seeing my family and our friends for the last time before the big day!! It was an exciting weekend filled with activity but boy are we glad to be home! The nesting bug bit today and I have been arranging things in the baby's room, getting the car washed and prepped to put the baby seat when JT gets home tonight and my bag is packed and ready!

Here is an "official" update of where we are in the pregnancy - today is the official 37th week, which means Baby Boy Tinker is fully cooked.

Your pregnancy: 37 weeks
How your baby's growing: Congratulations — your baby is full term! This means that if your baby arrives now, his lungs should be fully mature and ready to adjust to life outside the womb, even though your due date is still three weeks away.Your baby weighs 6 1/3 pounds and measures a bit over 19 inches, head to heel (like a stalk of Swiss chard). Many babies have a full head of hair at birth, with locks from 1/2 inch to 1 1/2 inches long. But don't be surprised if your baby's hair isn't the same color as yours. Dark-haired couples are sometimes thrown for a loop when their children come out as blonds or redheads, and fair-haired couples have been surprised by Elvis look-alikes. And then, of course, some babies sport only peach fuzz. Every baby develops a little differently — even in the womb. Our information is designed to give you a general idea of your baby's development.

We have our weekly appointment tomorrow morning and they will perform an ultrasound at 7:30 AM before we meet with the doctor to check everything out. They will mainly be looking at his size, position in the womb, and the amount of amniotic fluid still surrounding him.

I will update you after the appointment and post some pictures from the weekend later this week. And be on the lookout for a text or e-mail in the next 3 weeks that says we are headed to the hospital!