27 Week Baby Stats! Pete turns 29 :)

Yesterday the HUBS turned the big 29--- his last year of 20's. . . . .:) Definitely a time of reflections for his years of being in the 20's- haha!  Pete and I were talking about all the things we have accomplished so far in our 20's and the one thing he remembered the most was " Babe ever since we met you have been talking about us having a baby. . ..can't believe we made that happen this year" That is true. . .we have been together since 2005 and I definitely remember us talking about how many kids we wanted, names we liked, how old we wanted to be. . . .I told him we just knew we would be together and started planning the future early on. I think we both feel that we got to experience alot of our goals in the right order: Graduate college, get great jobs, buy our 1st home each, travel to lots of great places ( NYC, Philly, ATL, Paris, Holland, NOLA, Plenty of work sponsored reward trips, Mexico, CA. . . . .) find the right Church in Charlotte, get engaged, get married, be married for at least a yr, and then BABY!!  We made it just shy of our 1st married anniversary, so way to go Baby M!!

We had a really good day and got to start the morning together with a doctors appointment for the little bun.  With all the early contractions that have been happening they wanted to do a total check up to make sure that he isn't trying to come way too early.  I passed the glucose and iron test, had to get an internal check ( no dilating so that is good), heard the heartbeat in the 140's, and all the other normal stuff.  He is already head down, but needs to know he has to bake in there for a while longer- 12 more weeks or so.  Our doctor was happy though and said everything is moving on and I am now starting the 3rd trimester, so I am in the home stretch.
We left the doctors appointment feeling ok about the contractions because my doctor honestly thought that he probably flipped on Saturday morning and that is what brought on the 3 hour contraction episode.  Now that he is head down, she was thinking it might just be a one time deal and I could expect to have some Braxton Hicks, which are no big deal, and maybe some round ligament pain as the uterus continues to get bigger along with the baby.
Ummm. . .not so much! Last night we were at dinner for Pete's birthday with a group of his friends, and all the sudden the same hard, long, tight contractions started.  I thought maybe they would only last for a few minutes, but that turned into a solid 2 hours.  Poor Pete has already had to bust out the contraction timer on his IPAD-- he should be a pro by the end. 
This is really a mystery to me and the other strange thing is everything usually always happens at night. . . . . .

Here is the 27 week scoop!!

How Far Along: 27 Weeks & 4 days

Size of Baby M:  He is about 2 lbs, the size of a head of cauliflower, and 14 1/2 inches long


Symptoms: Just contraction pain, and getting a little more tired

Movement: He is all over the place

Gender: Boy!

Cravings: Cereal for Dinner

Sleep: Is going pretty good this week. ..sleeping only on my side is still a slight challenge but I am getting used to it.

Best Moment of the Week: Pete's Birthday. Since he is an avid Yankee fan, I got him some cute accessories to watch his first game with his new little son.  He definitely got some other presents, but I am thinking this was his favorite. 

            Look how excited he is- we gotta hope lil guy is a baseball lover like Pete & Dad