Ellie Update: Week 31

Birthday Boy aka Jump Man

Happy Birthday, Rollin!  May and June are fun months for us because we get to celebrate both birthdays and our anniversary - 3 years as of May 24th!  I got Rollin some new tennis shoes and a sleep mask (yes, a sleep mask!).  We aren't going to get to spend a whole lot of time together today, though, because he is one busy guy!  He is at the movie set right now for Laughing at the Moon and then has rehearsal for Pinocchio tonight.  God has truly blessed Rollin's talent and is giving him many opportunities to shine!  Hopefully we'll get to celebrate birthday sometime this weekend!

As for things with Ellie, there isn't much change this week!  It is amazing, though, how hot you can get when you're pregnant!  I had heard about it, but these past few weeks have been my first real experiences with feeling crazy hot.  The AC and ceiling fans are my best friends right now!  I'm also thirsty like 80% of the time.  I had heard that you usually need to go to the bathroom a lot when you're pregnant, but I think I absorb most of what I drink!  Maybe that will change soon ...

Baby Gaga:

This week, your amazing growing baby is around 3 pounds and 17 inches tall. With each added layer of baby fat, your baby's wrinkly raisin skin starts to look more and more like it will when they're born. The heavy news: you can expect your miracle-gro muffin to gain about a half a pound of weight per week from now until about two weeks before birth. Your baby's developing immune system has made some serious gains over the past weeks getting them in full gear to face our disease-ridden world o’ wonders. Even so, a large majority of your child’s immune strength will need to come from your milk in the first year. Their cute little noggin’ (which could already be covered with luscious locks or just purty peach fuzz), is still soft because the skull bones have not yet fused together.
http://pregnancy.baby-gaga.com/