Lily

Well, in about 56 days my little our will be here. At times it feels like so far away, but more and more often lately I am realizing that in less than 2 months I will be holding my own little girl. At the last ultrasound (about 5 weeks ago), she was already growing hair on her head- it was so neat to see. She is still measuring small (she's in the 34th percentile), but my midwife said that given that neither Ryan or I are big people Lily will probably just be a small baby and the midwife is no longer concerned about any health problems.

She's a fiesty little thing- anytime her daddy talks to her she feels the need to kick at him. Ryan loves this! I love feeling her move though. At first it was really weird, but now I think I might even miss it after she is born. I've heard that from now on the baby can recognize her parents voices. She is able to "practice" breathing with the amniotic fluid and open and close her eyes. It is amazing how much she has grown in the last 32 weeks- from a single cell to a beautiful baby that could survive (with some assistance eating and breathing) if she were born today. I don't think I ever realized how amazing the development of a baby is until now.

We are going on vacation with my family (camping) next week and the day we get back from there we will be moving to our new apartment. I can't wait to be in our new place- I'll finally be able to get Lily's room ready. I feel like I have so much to do before her arrival, but with moving there really isn't much I can do yet. At least with waiting it will help to make the last month pass by more quickly.

Anyway, I know this was just a long ramble about my little girl, but right now she is on my mind more than most other things (as I said, she loves to make her presence known!).