Week 29

This week Baby Sonny is about 15 inches head to toe and weighs about 2.5 pounds.  He is roughly the size of a butternut squash.  Baby Sonny is busy depositing white fat under his skin.  Before now he has mostly been storing brown fat, which is necessary for body temperature regulation.  White fat (the kind of fat we have) serves as an energy source.  There's not much more room for my belly to grow, so Baby Sonny might start to feel a little cramped in the near future.

This past week has been a lot of fun.  I had a great time in Kiawah with Jeff, Hannah, Baby Girl T, Matt, and Suzanne.  Every day I tried to do a mild form of physical activity.  One day I went for a bike ride; this proved a little difficult because I felt that my tummy rammed into my chest and it was difficult to expand my diaphragm.  I also did water aerobics, Zumba, and went for plenty of walks.  And no vacation is complete without tons of over eating on delicious food!

On Christmas Eve I flew back to Hartford and both of my parents met me at the airport.  We went home, had yummy steaks, and then opened all of our presents!  Baby Sonny is not even here yet and he got spoiled.  He got some clothes, a huge polar bear (our college mascot), and a super cute rocking horse.  The horse even makes sounds like galloping and neighing.  On Christmas we visited cousins in Massachusetts and yesterday was a much needed day of rest.  Today was my first day at work in 10 days, boy is it hard returning to work after vacation!

The biggest downside of being back in Connecticut is that Jeff is still on vacation in South Carolina.  I have Jack for company, but I'm lonely :(  I'm happy that Jeff gets to enjoy spending more time with his family and a much needed break from school, but Baby Sonny and I can't wait until Jeff returns on Saturday.