36 Weeks

We made it to 36 weeks! Addie was born at 35 weeks and 3 days, so we are in unchartered territory now! I had my last (unless a problem arises) growth ultrasound this morning to check and see how baby boy is doing. There is still plenty of fluid (13.6 when it needs to be at least 10) and he is measuring as if he is 35 weeks 5 days (only 2 days behind what I actually am, which is awesome). The past few weeks when the doctor has measured my belly, it hasn't been as big as it "should" have been, but they said that can be very inaccurate, which it obviously was since the baby is plenty big! We were told he weighs aproximately 5 lbs. 9 oz. today and should gain about a half a pound each week from here on out, so we should be holding a baby that is over 7 pounds in just over 3 weeks! As I mentioned before, we are scheduled for a c-setion on August 12, and if today is any indicator, there is no reason we should have to deliver before then (which is fine with us!). So, we will plan to meet-and introduce to everyone-our baby boy 3 weeks from this Thursday. A new blog is in the works as we don't want our little guy to think our daughter is the favorite, so be on the lookout for a new blog address coming soon. In the meantime, here is the best picture we got today. It is his body on the left and a profile of his face on the right-he has outgrown the possibility of taking pictures of his whole body and face at one time: