26 weeks!

1. How far along?: 26 weeks.
2. How big is baby?: The network of nerves in your baby's ears is better developed and more sensitive than before. He may now be able to hear both your voice and your partner's as you chat with each other. He's inhaling and exhaling small amounts of amniotic fluid, which is essential for the development of his lungs. These so-called breathing movements are also good practice for when he's born and takes that first gulp of air. And he's continuing to put on baby fat. He now weighs about a pound and two-thirds and measures 14 inches (an English hothouse cucumber) from head to heel. If you're having a boy, his testicles are beginning to descend into his scrotum — a trip that will take two to three days.
3. Weight gain?: -4 lbs.
4. Stretch marks?: None yet. 
5. Maternity clothes?: I'm wearing my maternity pants and maternity shirts. 
   
6. Best moment last week?: Cara got to take her second trip to Arizona (we were there when I was 5/6 weeks).
7. Food cravings?: Fresh fruit (strawberries, peaches, melon) (still!)  
8. Symptoms?:  Still having contractions every now and then.  I've been getting tired in the afternoons.
9. Gender?: Baby Girl!! Cara Joyce.
10. Movement?:   I feel her everyday!
11. Belly button?: Still in, not too much longer till it's flat/out. 
12. What I miss?: Nothing.
13. Labor signs?: I was/am having some contractions.  I got checked out and everything seems to be going fine (no preterm labor).
14. What I'm looking forward to?: Getting her crib and getting her nursery done.