27 Weeks!

This Thursday will mark 27 weeks, which leaves me only one week until I officially enter that 3rd trimester...unbelievable! When I think back to just one year ago today, I was putting the finishing touches on my wedding plans, scrambling around to get the details of the reception tied up and getting ready to start my marriage with Kyle. Now, here I am, almost a full year into that marriage and preparing for yet another of life's grand adventures :)
We are working through the Great Name Hunt right now, finding it much easier to come up with the list of names we don't want, but I'd guess that's pretty normal. I'm confident we'll come up with the perfect name for our little guy!
Baby is moving and shaking in there! Kyle was finally able to feel the movement this weekend, it was the best look on his face when he realized what he was feeling under his hand :) Over the past few weeks Baby has developed a habit of moving around quite a bit in the mornings (between 9 and 11), the afternoons (from about 1 to 3) and then seemingly nonstop at night, from about 8:00 all the way through the night. I'll wake up sometimes at night and just be able to lay there and feel him kicking, punching, flipping, and whatever else he has going on in there.
Last night I woke up during the middle of the night and it just hit me out of nowhere "I'm going to have a baby in this house in just a few months!" This is just such a major thing, sometimes I lose sight of just how "big" this is because I'm so excited about everything. I'm working hard to appreciate and enjoy these last few months of "couple time" for Kyle and I, everyone I talk to says to make the most of this time. I try to make sure we have at least one lazy morning each weekend together. I usually wake up before him on the weekends, so I use the time to read my book and enjoy the silence. I make breakfast so that the smells wake him up (although he does tend to wake up as soon as he hears the dishes moving around in the kitchen!) and then we eat a lazy breakfast together and just hang on the couch for an hour or so watching some silly movie or whatever. I figure it is going to be a loooong time before we'll get to do this again once Baby is here!
According to the books and websites, my uterus is the size of a basketball now. That blows my mind!!! The thought of an entire basketball inside my belly...basketballs are BIG, well, so is my belly, so I guess it all adds up, but still, for some reason a basketball just seems huge! Baby is around 2 pounds and 15 inches long from head to foot now. He can hear me when I talk, and will begin to recognize my voice and Kyle's voice soon. His eyes are open now and he can see light, so they say if I shine a flashlight on my tummy then Baby will respond with a kick or something. I tried it once to see if it would help Kyle feel Baby move, but I don't really like the idea of bugging Baby with bright lights, he moves plenty now and Kyle has for sure felt those kicks, so I think we'll let Baby rest in his cozy home without the nuisance of bright lights.
One fun thing, when I read my books (which, as we know, is always!) I have found myself resting the book on my belly. Inevitably, Baby pushes, shoves, and/or kicks where the book is, and he is strong enough to where you can actually see the book jump. Guess I better be careful about resting any hot chocolate or anything on there! ;)