Alien Baby.

Dave saw my belly physically move this morning. I've seen it a couple of times, and when I set books on my belly they have certainly bumped around a tad, but there were some serious waves of motion happening in my torso today. Whoa. Baby Cute also did some kind of stretching or readjusting movement that made me cuss it felt so weird. I've been calling him a busy baby, but he is well on his way to crazy alien baby these days!

Overall, I still feel great. I am sending my thanks to the Big Guy upstairs for a forecast of mid-70's and low-80's over the weekend. Hooray! I am looking forward to airing out the house and cleaning and perhaps garage sale-ing. :)

One of the fun things we did at my work shower was have everyone bring in a baby photo. Luckily, we have a video production team that is part of my department, so they put together a fun video of everyone's pictures. It was really cool. So now I have this lovely digital scan of myself at 7 months.

On the count of three... One, two, three, AWWWWWW!

Here are my 34 week updates. Six weeks to go. Wow.

BabyCenter: Your baby now weighs about 4 3/4 pounds and is almost 18 inches long. His fat layers — which will help regulate his body temperature once he's born — are filling him out, making him rounder. His skin is also smoother than ever. His central nervous system is maturing and his lungs are continuing to mature as well. If you've been nervous about preterm labor, you'll be happy to know that babies born between 34 and 37 weeks who have no other health problems generally do fine. They may need a short stay in the neonatal nursery and may have a few short-term health issues, but in the long run, they usually do as well as full-term babies.

BabyGaga: Your amazing baby is on the move! They’ve been riding fairly high in your stretched-out womb till now (while kindly compressing your poor internal organs), but now they’re planning on making the big move to your pelvis this week. If you haven’t noticed it already, you’ll be feeling the weight shift that signals that your baby is most likely out of breech position, with their head now resting on your pubic bone. In liver news: although not quite fully formed, your little miracle’s liver is now capable of processing a certain amount of waste. In general, most of your child’s prenatal physical development is pretty much up to snuff and ready for the outside world. Naturally, further weight gain is expected—so you’re still not at maximum capacity despite probably feeling like you definitely are maxed out.