Cause I got an Easy Button. :-)

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How your baby’s growing: Congratulations — your baby is full term! This means that if your baby arrives now, her lungs should be fully mature and ready to adjust to life outside the womb, even though your due date is still three weeks away.
Your baby weighs 6 1/3 pounds and measures a bit over 19 inches, head to heel (like a stalk of Swiss chard). Many babies have a full head of hair at birth, with locks from 1/2 inch to 1 1/2 inches long. But don’t be surprised if your baby’s hair isn’t the same color as yours. Dark-haired couples are sometimes thrown for a loop when their children come out as blonds or redheads, and fair-haired couples have been surprised by Elvis look-alikes. And then, of course, some babies sport only peach fuzz.
The suitcase is packed, the car seat is installed, and the nursery is ready. The only thing left is our childbirth class next Saturday. We’ve been watching a lot of NFL channel lately. Wouldn’t it be funny if she came on Superbowl Sunday? Her first word could be, “Playoffs?!”

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A plate full of flaky biscuits, donuts, jumbo muffins and watching Superbowl Highlights on NFL HD.

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Got Sushi Bar seats tonight for dinner.

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Between working 10-11 hour days and all this crappy weather and rain, I don’t think I’ve seen the sun in a few days.

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It’s raining diapers, yay! My wonderful coworkers threw us another shower and we got lots of diapers and other goodies, plus we had a great time playing games and trying not to give away the sex of the baby (my boss wants to be surprised). Thanks everybody! You guys are the best!

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Today Donna went to the hospital for a minor check-up on something, and she had a full Ultrasound done. So we got the chance to get another view of Baby “O”.

At first, you might be all “Aww… how cute. She’s all curled up in a widdle ball. With her head on the right and her there’s her widdle arms….” Oh… But when you change the orientation, now you can actually see the real image.

Now I bet you’re all… ZOMG! :-)

Only ~4 weeks till we really see what she looks like. Oh, and everything is totally fine. No worries.

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I got a craving for Mandarin Chicken the other day and asked Shaun to order us some while I was on my way home. When he started looking at all our take out menus he couldn’t find it. It turns out none of the Chinese places here make it. After a little more research he found out that the Mandarin Chicken that we’re used to is indigenous to the New Orleans area. Can you believe it? I can understand muffalettas, king cake, beignets and the like, but Mandarin Chicken? Seriously? So now I know what I want next time we come to visit.

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Your baby is gaining about an ounce a day. She now weighs almost 6 pounds (like a crenshaw melon) and is more than 18 1/2 inches long. She’s shedding most of the downy hair that covered her body, as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy substance that protected her skin during her nine-month amniotic bath. Next week, your baby will be considered full-term. Most likely she’s in a head-down position, but if she isn’t, your practitioner may suggest scheduling an external cephalic version, where she’ll try to turn your baby by manipulating her from the outside of your belly.
That’s all we get this week. I’m okay if the baby stops growing now and just uses the next 4 weeks to get in position. Six pounds sound big enough to me. Anybody know what a crenshaw melon is anyway?

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Had some crawfish etouffee at the Rajin Cajun today. Yummmm yum.

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