26 weeks.

week: 26

baby stats: bebe is the size of a head of lettuce or an english cucumber...er, about 14 inches and 1.5-2 lbs.  s/he has eyelashes now and is taking practice breaths of amniotic fluid.  man, i love pregnancy. 

aversions/cravings: sweets this week.  definitely indulged in an orea milkshake the night of the presidential debate. 

bump: growing right along.  i am noticing all the other pregnant women in the universe and i am continually amazed by how differently-shaped everyone's bellies are.  the old wives would have you believe there are two types of bellies - the "everywhere" belly and the "basketball" belly.  i have neither of those this time, but i think most women have something else, too.  

worries: most of my stress/worries this week are around life things, not bebe things, which is good/bad, depending on how you look at it.  our dishwasher (or maybe our sink/garbage disposal?) is leaking water; our tenants need some work to be done; justin's car wouldn't start this morning; i don't know whether we should send our children to public/private school (which somehow feels like a decision i have to make SOON, even though my oldest is not yet 2 and my second has not yet been born...).  anyway.  i am practicing some deep breathing, but i am not the best at handling uncertainty.  control issues, much? 

looking forward to: halloween!  i have started slowly working on her costume and i'm really excited about it.  i think she's going to "get" trick or treating this year, so that will be a blast. 

boy or girl?: boy, still.  

missing the most: not much.  sleeping on my stomach, maybe. 

pregnancy milestone: still rocking some sweet heartburn, especially when i eat meat, which is weird. other than that, i have really been feeling great.  the headaches seem to have subsided a bit (thank goodness) and i haven't been dealing with sciatic pain or swelling or any of those other fun things that start cropping up right about now.  depending on who you ask, next week or the week after begins the third trimester.  how the heck did that happen??