Time Flies...

This is day number 185 and you're 26 weeks pregnant!
You have 95 days or 14 weeks left, and are 66.1% of the way there.
Baby's age since conception is 171 days or 24 weeks.

Your baby weighs almost 2 pounds, measures around 14 inches from head to heel, and hears noises, responds to light, and is generally more aware of its surroundings. In the same way that you can see a flashlight if you hold it against your palm, your baby can see the light coming through your belly. You may notice increased activity when in brighter light and decreased activity in darkened rooms. Its hearing is fully developed, and as he or she reacts to sounds, its pulse increases. Your baby may even move in rhythm to music!

Care to know what I am noticing? It's getting really hard to sleep at night! I can't get comfortable, can't turn my brain off, starting to get a little reflux and/or nausea when I lay down, I'm too hot... and then all the other noises (Ray's breathing, or Maia's whining in her sleep as she dreams) just pile up. Not to mention work has been a little stressful of late.

Speaking of work, however, I did have some good news. We have a new HR person since the one there when Maia was born. I pitched my post-partum-return-to-work plan to him this week(which involves us NOT having to pay full time, 5-day-a-week daycare for 2 kids, but does involve me working 40 hours a week), and he was MUCH more receptive, helpful and encouraging than my last HR person. I am feeling quite encouraged that I might be able to accomplish my goal, and make it through the next two years (albeit living on pennies) and still keep my job, seniority, benefits and standing. Whew! Keeping my fingers crossed for the next step.

In the mean time, we're really, really, really struggling with names! I feel like I've looked at every name out there, and every name I like, someone close to us (family, friend, co-worker) has taken. And I'll just go on record and say I really hate it when people name their pets "people" names, and take even MORE good names away! Ha!