34 weeks: birthday, anniversary and showers... oh my!

it's going to be a great week—well at least a fun one :) baby momma is turning 27 wednesday... whoa. years are just flying by and this birthday just snuck up on me—must be because all I'm really thinking about is baby girl's birthday!

enough about just momma... mark and I's 1st anniversary is sunday. now that's a year that flew by! so much happened since last august, but overall I'm looking forward to celebrating with my wonderful husband and digging into delicious frozen 1-yr old cake... yum.

baby girl has been showered in love (and cute outfits) the past two weeks. mark walked into the closet last night and said she officially has more clothes than I do. :) he especially loves the tutus. thank you sue and carrie for the lovely shower last sunday and everyone else who came! also aubrey, tatum and amy for a fun girlfriends shower—always great getting everyone together! love all our family and friends so much for the advice, smiles and love. our girl is pretty lucky to have such wonderful people to grow up with. our last shower is this sunday and can't wait to see all my family :)

nursery update: painting didn't happen this weekend... but there was progress made. the room is at least cleared out now and prepped for painting. I would have loved for it to be done but won't complain since I'm not the one who has to take on the not fun job :) love you mark! mark plans on doing the ceiling tonight, walls another night and trim another night. then we should be all set to start putting her room together by the weekend. saturday we're celebrating our anniversary a day early (since the shower is sunday) so hopefully we'll be done by then so we could have a fun date together!

that's all for now! just trying to stay cool!

cravings: embarrassed to say this but t-bell... baja chicken chalupas to be exact. :)
aversions: —

what's baby up to?
our baby now weighs about 4 3/4 pounds (like your average cantaloupe) and is almost 18 inches long. her fat layers—which will help regulate her body temperature once she's born—are filling her out, making her rounder. her skin is also smoother than ever. her central nervous system is maturing and lungs are continuing to mature as well. good to know that preterm babies born between 34 and 37 weeks who have no other health problems generally do fine. they may need a short stay in the neonatal nursery and may have a few short-term health issues, but in the long run, they usually do as well as full-term babies.