I didn't put up weekly development on Sunday. It's very much the same from week to week now. Baby is growing bigger and all of his organs are continuing to mature. Mommy is getting huge. Mommy's back hurts and she can't breathe. Pretty much right on target!!

Hard to believe we've finished 30 weeks already! Less than 9 weeks to go now until the official estimated date. Wow. Childbirth classes start on Monday night, and I'm excited. I've started piling things in the bassinet that will be going into the hospital bag, and I have a list. Since Darrell is so convinced that Ethan should make an appearance early, I intend to have everything ready in advance, or close to it.

Something interesting I read is that baby now spends most of his waking time with his eyes open. He can apparently see light when it's light out. I wonder if he can see it through my clothes as well?

I have really started to be a whine-bag over the last week. I should probably curb that a little since I suspect it's only going to get worse not better. Nichola called me the other night and one of the first things she said when she got on the phone was "are you having trouble breathing?" I have to admit, at that moment I was trying very hard to get comfortable so that I could actually talk to her, and I thought she could hear it in my voice. But actually, she's just been having as much trouble or more being able to breathe. The baby is getting higher and higher, and as he does, he's giving my lungs less and less room to expand. It's especially difficult since I sit most of the day at work.

I guess it's normal that more and more my thoughts are consumed with this baby. How he's going to get here, what it's going to be like when he does. It's what I think about as I fall asleep and the first thing I think of when I wake up. (After wishing horrible deaths upon the alarm clock, of course.) I have about 4 books lying around at any given moment, three about birth and one about breastfeeding. That way I can read about exactly what I'm thinking about at the moment.

My online classes started this week. So far nothing looks too demanding... I'm going to start in on the work this evening and hopefully I'll be able to get a few weeks ahead and stay that way in case anything happens early. I'm excited about taking classes again, although these are the typical "welcome to school" type classes that consist of talking about learning instead of really delving into a real subject. It's okay though... I might not have the mental energy for too much more.