Little Baby Lump

My lovely friend, Amanda Gravel tagged me in a meme last night.  Basically, you grab the sixth photo on the sixth page of your Flickr photostream and write about it on your blog.  Unfortunately, the Little Baby Lump Flickr page only has a total of four pages so far, so I snatched a photo from my regular Flickr page, which you can find here.

James in the Park

The sixth picture on the sixth page of my photostream just so happens to be a pretty cute picture of Baby Lump’s dad (wearing my BU Terriers hat – thief!) sitting on a swing in the park across the street from my old apartment.  Something tells me the next time James and I will be visiting a park, it’ll be Baby Lump’s first time at one.  What a fun thought!

To keep the meme going, I am tagging Rebecca Corliss, Mike Volpe, Joe Cascio, Julia Roy, Shelley Greenberg and Yianni Garcia.  Have fun, guys!

Oven Timer: 34 weeks, 3 days

Well, I had my ultrasound on Monday after my doctor’s concern that my belly was measuring slightly smaller than normal, and I’m happy to report that everything is A-okay with Baby Lump.  I guess I must just hide it well, huh?

"Congratulations Pamela!!"

So Lump is estimated to currently weigh 5 pounds (though I think it’s hilarious that there is apparently a 13 oz. margin of error when determining weight via ultrasound).  (Raising a glass of sparkling cider)  Here’s to hoping he/she doesn’t have some crazy ridiculous growth spurt in the next several weeks before birth!

What’s also cool is the ultrasound technician was able to tell for sure that the baby’s head is down, which means Baby Lump is starting to gear up for a (hopefully) smooth landing.  Apparently it’s highly unlikely the baby’s position will change at this point, so it looks as though I won’t have to worry about Baby Lump being in a breech position.  Hurrah!

In other news, I wouldn’t be surprised if Baby Lump gained a whole pound of weight from my cake consumption alone today.  My wonderful colleagues at the Office of New Media at BU threw me an awesome little baby party today, where they all wished me “Happy Baby!”  (Because, seriously, what else are you supposed to say at baby parties?)  Check out the cake they got me – definitely not a Cake Wreck, that’s for sure!  Special thanks go to my boss, Pam, who made all of the arrangements for the little shindig.  I had a great time!

Check out the latest ultrasound pictures on the Sonograms page!

Oven Timer: 34 weeks, 2 days