LRM Goes to Flagstaff and Mommy is Getting Large

LRM and Mommy were invited to hang out with some friends in Flagstaff. We had a wonderful time. We had our own private suite, there was a huge playroom for the six babies (ages 3 months to 3 years), horses to ride, and plenty of dirt to play in. The weather was a perfect 75 during the day. This morning we had a nice fire going while we ate our breakfast. We really hope to be invited back; it was very relaxing indeed! See the pictures at http://money.shutterfly.com/action/

Pregnancy Update
This week marks some major changes for your baby's eyes. Most notably, the iris in your baby's eyes will become pigmented. However, no matter what color eyes your baby is born with (most are born with dark blue-brown or blue-gray eyes) the color almost always changes after birth. In fact, your baby's true eye color won't appear for six to nine months after delivery, because the final eye pigmentation occurs in response to the strong light of the outside world.
By the end of this week, Baby will weigh about 3.5 pounds and will be about 14.5 inches long. From now on, your baby's weight gain will exceed her growth in length.

Each day brings new developments inside the womb:
Baby's eyes are now usually open during waking, and are closed at naptimes.
Baby's lungs and digestive tract are continuing to develop.

As you near the end of the second trimester, your baby will begin to settle head-down into your pelvis. However, some babies don't make this journey until late in the last trimester, and about four percent of babies don’t make the switch, remaining in a breech position at delivery.

LRM Goes Camping

We headed north to beat the heat this weekend and had a fabulous time in beautiful Sedona. It was our first time there and we were quite impressed. The landscape is amazing - makes you wonder how the settlers made it across this land in covered wagons. We think it's beautiful but I'm sure they thought it was a pain to travel.

We thought LRM would have trouble sleeping in the tent with us, since she doesn't ever sleep with us. But she barely napped on the way there and we kept her up late so when she was tired she just crashed. The four of us (P, me, LRM, and Dags) were cozy in our two-man tent. We hiked a little and played in the creek. LRM was not a fan of dirt on her hands but eventually she learned to wipe it off herself instead of just cry about it. On the way home we stopped at Slide Rock State Park, which was really neat. We couldn't bring Dags to the water so I stayed with him while P and LRM played. I have lots of pictures of our trip posted at Shutterfly. You can view even more of LRM's newest pictures on Shutterfly by clicking LRM Photos to the right of this post. There are pics from our recent trip to the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta as well as some new family portraits.

We can't believe we've been here a year and haven't camped before now. Shame on us. We're looking forward to more camping, especially visiting the Grand Canyon. We'll have to hurry though, because I'm growing quite large and I don't want to stray too far from medical care should I go into labor. Once baby arrives, though, we'll be back in the woods!