33 weeks :: Sophia is now the size of a pineapple!

This week your baby weighs a little over 4 pounds (heft a pineapple) and has passed the 17-inch mark. He's rapidly losing that wrinkled, alien look and his skeleton is hardening. The bones in his skull aren't fused together, which allows them to move and slightly overlap, thus making it easier for him to fit through the birth canal. (The pressure on the head during birth is so intense that many babies are born with a conehead-like appearance.) These bones don't entirely fuse until early adulthood, so they can grow as his brain and other tissue expands during infancy and childhood.

How far along?: 33 weeks today
How big is baby?: Approx 4 pounds!
Maternity clothes?: Oh yes...I'm starting to get to the point where my long & loose-fitting tops are no longer long enough to cover my whole belly.
Stretch marks?: Still none on the belly ::fingers crossed it stays this way::
Sleep?: Still pretty good besides getting up to pee every couple hours!
Best moment this week?: Has it seriously been another week? I shot an AWESOME wedding this weekend, it was a beautiful location and a beautiful couple.
Movement?: I think that I FINALLY felt hiccups, at least that's what I think it was. She's giving me great big kicks and jabs that you can see, it's crazy. I can feel lots of stretching and squirming too!
Food cravings?: Chocolate anything.
Labor signs?: Getting lots more Braxton Hicks.
Belly button in or out?: Still in!
What I miss: Being able to breath! I feel like she just sits in my throat all the day and it's actually very uncomfortable and sometimes painful.
What I'm looking forward to: 4th of July! I'm shooting a wedding in the afternoon but the evening will hopefully be spent relaxing with family.
Milestone: Getting my first "Oh my god!" comments, hee-hee. I got out of the car and a woman looked at me and literally said "whoa."

So, Miss Sophia is now the size of a pineapple...very fitting since I had to make a stop at Meijer on my way into work this morning for some pineapple and strawberries :)

It was another hectic weekend for me with an engagement session on Friday evening, a gorgeous wedding on Saturday and then editing most of the day on Sunday. I have one wedding left (4th of July) before Sophia arrives and then I am officially on maternity leave for my photography business. Hate to say it, but I am SO glad I'm getting a bit of a break...I'll also get this time to catch up on all of the editing that I'm so behind on. It just feels impossible to catch up on everything when I work a full-time job during the day. I'm really starting to slow down and the heat makes it more difficult. It's been in the 90's and humid everyday for the last week or so. Jordan and I did finally take some time to run a couple errands and go out to dinner. It was nice to finally just sit with him and talk about nothing.

My co-workers are throwing me a little baby shower today, which I'm really excited about! We're going to Bravo for lunch, one of my faves :)