6 Months and Counting

Well I'm officially in my 6th month! :-) Exciting things that are happening this month:

-I am almost 115 pounds.

-Izzy's movements are getting a lot stonger! I can rest a book on my belly to read it, and when she kicks, the whole book moves!!!! Maybe she'll be a soccer player.

-She is also begining to form "memories". It's called Habituation. This is where she recognizes familiar sounds and they don't startle her as much. For example, the amtrack in florida. It will startle her the first few times she hears it, but like the rest of us, she will now be able to remember it and it won't bother her. (In other words her "selective hearing" is begining!!!!)

-Her lungs are also getting a fatty substance built up on them so it is easier fo rthem to expand and contract after she is born.

-By the end of this month, she'll be around 2 1/2 pounds and begin eating and sleeping at regular intervals. (Although I think she does already. She's up at night and sleeping during the day...)

-Her eyes are about to open for the first time too. (Even though the irises still don't have any pigment.)

-Teeth are forming.

-My uterus will be a little bigger than a soccer ball. (I guess that's why people are telling me i look like I swallowed a basketball!)

Other updates are: I'm leaving for Chicago on Saturday. My mom and I are driving up there in the afternoon and spending some time with my friend Nikki Saturday and Sunday. Monday morning, Nikki is taking me to the airport for my florida trip!! YEA!!! This will be Izzy's first plane ride. But I'm sure she'll do okay. While in Florida, Velma and Brittany are throwing me a baby shower! I'm so excited. I can't wait to see everyone down there and have two full weeks of R & R. :-) No homework, no work, no nothin! I'm sure I'll be bored after a few days but that's okay. I'm going to drive up to Port St. Lucie while I'm down there to visit with Jessica too! Since I'm going to have all this free time, everyone needs to keep an eye on this blog because I'm sure I'll be updating it almost daily!!! :-) Till then, Adios!!! :-)

Oh By the way....

I Forgot to tell ya.... My mom felt Izzy move for the first time last night. We were sitting on the couch watching VH1's top 100 songs of the 80's and Izzy was jammin out. I sat next to my mom to see if she would be able to feel it yet and she could! Then Dave came over to feel but I guess she decided to take a nap right then cuz as soon as Dave put his hand on my belly, she stopped moving and was still untill bedtime! What a little booger baby already!!! :-)

All Booked and ready to Roll!!!

Well I booked my flight for Florida!!! YEA!! I'll be heading up to Chicago for a weekend up there with my mom and Nicky on the 28th. Then I'll be in Florida on the 30th untill the 13th!!! :-) I'm so excited. I also in preparation for this trip got myself registered for my baby shower down there. That was so much fun! Sara went with my last thursday after work to register me at target. Then we went to dinner and Flat Top Grill (I had to, I saw a billboard for it!!) Then Friday I went to walmart and finished up registering after my "before baby comes" water aerobics class.... Which was interesting!!!! I have another class with the usualy teacher tomorrow so hopefully it will be a little better than last weeks!! :-) This week I have been spending my itme moving myself back upstairs to my room and am almost done. The plan is to have me moved all back upstairs before I leave for Florida so that when I get back, I can work on Izzy's room and get her room in order. I don't wanna be rushing to get everything done, I wanna have it done early because my mom is the only wierd person I know that went all the way to her due date... everyone else's kids like to pop out early. I gotta be prepared for that!!! LOL!!!!!

It's a....

This is the side profile of my baby Now she is smiling for her "first" picture! GIRL!!!!!!!!!!! Which means we will have an Izellah Mae Byrd running around in a few months!!! :-)