I can’t believe this is my last 2nd trimester week! I’m already feeling the anticipation starting to build up inside me.

Caleb can now open his eyes. I’ve heard that if you shine a flashlight on your belly the baby can see the light shining through. I’m not sure I want to put him through that. Think about spending your entire existence in darkness and then all of a sudden having a bright light blinding you for a few minutes. I can’t imagine that to be a pleasant experience. I’ll let the doctors be the first to do all those mean things to him at delivery.

He can also recognize Andy’s and my voice although it may be hard to hear with all that vernix and amniotic fluid in the way. His brain is very active, developing at a faster pace than before. He’s almost 2 pounds and about the size of a head of cauliflower.

I just got my glucose test results back and it looks like I’m diabetes-free!! Not that I was losing sleep over this, but I have a friend who has gestational diabetes with her second child but never had it with her first. She is also about my size and doesn’t’ eat junk all the time. So I guess it’s pretty random who gets it. Upon realizing that, I began to grow a little more worried. But alas! I’m free and clear for this pregnancy!

The hiccups are still a regular occurrence and even a bit stronger than before. My Mother-in-Law actually got to feel him in the middle of one of his bouts the other day. He’s doing weird things to my belly. If I ever get the chance, I need to make a video of the various contortions and spasms that go on in there.

He’s also got a pretty solid schedule down pat. As soon as I get up in the morning and start moving or talking, he wakes right up and starts jumping around. I think he’s going to be a morning person for sure. that’s his most active time of the day. At night, he’s a little more laid back until I lay down. For some reason he loves to roll around when I’m on my back. I guess he has more room in that position.

Our nursery furniture has arrived and is set up in the room. Although I love it, we can’t complete the nursery until we get a few more things (like a mattress and a rocker) so we can move stuff around to make sure it all fits. This one thing is driving me crazy. I even set up the crib skirt and bumper in a mattress-less crib just to try to see what it looks like, but it’s just not cutting it. I guess I need to have a little more patience until we can get everything in there.

I was looking through the weekly Michael’s ad when I saw Christmas decorations on sale. Christmas decorations! Gracious, it’s not even October and they’re already thinking about Christmas?! Every time I see, hear or even think anything christmas I am reminded that sometime around then, I will be going into labor and giving birth. That’s enough to put looking at christmas decorations into a whole new light for me.