May 14?

So, at the "20" week ultrasound Baby Boy was measuring a due date of May 14th, 2 whole weeks earlier than the original due date that the 1st ultrasound calculated (I think I was like 7 weeks along at that point). The nurse said that the doctor would look at the ultrasounds and decide whether or not to move the due date up. Apparently the earlier ultrasound is more accurate, so they don't normally change anything, but because there was more than a ten day difference they decided to switch it. So, I go in on Friday for a check up and low and behold my due date has CHANGED! The new date is May 14th instead of May 29th. The craziest part is that makes me 30 WEEKS this weekend! I thought I was going to be 28 weeks, I can't believe that I just skipped two whole weeks in the blink of an eye!
I already felt like this pregnancy was whizzing by, probably because I'm in classes and working. Something about school does that to you. Now the pregnancy feels even shorter. I'm well into my THIRD trimester already! Whoa. As long as I finish second semester (end of April) and as long as Jayce has taken the MCAT (May 7) then he can come anytime as far as we're concerned. Jayce is pretty much putting me on bed rest after second semester lets out so that there is no chance of having the baby before he takes the MCAT, haha. We'll see how well that works because I'll still be teaching ballet and working at the MTC Travel Office. aka- I'll still be all over the place, just not on campus (unless I still think that I can squeeze in that swimsuit making class...) Hmm..maybe we'll have to rethink some of that. Anyways, I'm sending good vibes down to baby though...he promised not to come too early. ;-)
Granted, I'm probably more likely to deliver late rather than early. Most firsties deliver after their due date, however my sister and mom were lucky to be early. I'm just expecting that sometime mid-end of May our wee babe will arrive. We're getting really excited about it. :-) It still doesn't seem completely real. This has been the story of my life though. Looking back I think I've said that about almost every big event in my life: during rehearsals for my last big ballet with my studio in high school, at my high school graduation, the end of my freshmen year of college, my wedding, and the list goes on. Things like this never seem real until they're on the porch knocking at the door.

This doesn't mean I'm not thinking about it though! Every time I see a newborn or remember looking at my sister and sister-in-laws with their newborns I get excited. I can't wait to hold such a tiny little baby that struggles to even open his eyes up to my face and run my nose along his cheek. I can't wait to look at fingers so tiny and so fragile and wonder how he'll ever grow up to be my size. I can't wait to see what a mixture of mine and Jayce's DNA looks like, or to find out what his personality is going to be like. I can't wait to see Jayce's face when he's holding our baby boy and stepping into the shoes of a father. I can't wait to hold him in my arms and think about all of the intricate and amazing things happening in his body to keep him breathing and his heart beating, how his tiny organs are learning how to function properly, how his bones will start solidifying to make him stronger, and how his muscles will slowly learn how to help him function in daily life. There are just so many things to be amazed by when looking at a newborn child and I can't even imagine how much more magnified that will feel knowing that it is my own child that Jayce and I made together. It's all just so unfathomable to me right now, I can hardly wait to experience it all! It's impossible for me to look at a child and not know of a surety that God exists and that His hand is forever and always in our lives. What a peaceful feeling.

Here are two pics of what is now week 30! The first one was the night before the second one, but I look a lot bigger in the second one for some reason. I feel better about being so huge now that I can say I'm 30 weeks instead of 28 though, haha.