happy bday addy

Addy turned 1 year old on the weekend. She's such a good pup.

Feeling: Starting to feel ginormous. The midwife said that the baby has 'engaged' so now it feels like I've got a baseball in my pelvis.
Movement?: Not as many big movements anymore, but he still squiggles around all the time.
Cravings: Pineapple and anything home baked.... cookies, brownies, cake...
Wishing for: Looks like I got my wish for a white Christmas! There was a big storm last week, which was nice because it meant Jeremy got to stay home for the day.
Movies: more Christmas movies... Charlie Brown, Garfield, It's a Wonderful Life
Current Project: wrapping up all my projects at work so I can hand them off before I leave. We've got most of the Christmas shopping and wrapping done, just some baking left to do. We assembled the dresser to use as a change table in the baby's room - now we just need to add accents like art and curtains.

Your baby's skull isn't the only soft structure in his or her little body. Most of your baby's bones and cartilage are quite soft as well (they'll harden over the first few years of life). At 36 weeks pregnant, the skull bones are also not fused together yet so that the head can easily maneuver through the birth canal.

He is now about six pounds in weight and measures slightly more than 20 inches in length. Growth will experience a slowdown now, both so your baby will be able to fit the narrow passageway to the outside and also so he or she can store up all the energy needed for delivery.

By now, many of your baby's systems are pretty mature, at least in baby terms — and just about ready for life on the outside. Blood circulation, for instance, has been perfected and your baby's immune system has matured enough to protect him or her from infections outside the womb. Other systems, however, still need a few finishing touches. Once such notable example: digestion — which actually won't be fully mature until sometime after birth. Why's that? Inside his or her little gestational cocoon, your baby has relied on the umbilical cord for nutrition, meaning that the digestive system — though developed — hasn't been operational. So your baby will take the first year or two to bring that system up to speed.