27 Weeks

I'm 29 weeks now, so 27 weeks was a few weeks back, and when I look at these pictures the bump is looking kind of small compared to how far it's come in a few weeks!

But I passed an urban pregnancy milestone the other day when someone on the "L" asked me if I was pregnant and then offered me their seat, so this bump is not to be underestimated.

Speaking of urban pregnancy, have you seen this book, Urban Babies Wear Black?

Hilarious.

A tongue-in-cheek board book all in good fun about the activities of urban babies like visiting museums and going to cafes.

The series also has books about eco-friendly babies, foodie babies, artsy babies, country babies, and more, all of which look equally funny so check them out!
(Uncle Ty, you need to go click on all these and read a few pages.  You will die.)
This could be such a fun little book for little mister's nursery shelf.

26 Weeks

26 weeks!

Now that there's more to see-- and the weather's getting warmer-- maybe I'll do better at snapping the bump pictures more regularly.

While this has been one of the worst (read: coldest, coldest!) springs since I've moved to Chicago, I haven't minded as much as I usually would since with this weather I can wear the handful of spring maternity clothes I've bought-- mixed with my regular winter wardrobe-- for longer.

When it gets hot and summery, I'll have to get serious about maternity clothes for that serious third trimester bump.

I'm back to not feeling quite so good lately-- somehow the nausea has snuck back up on me, and I've been discouraged with that this past week.

Why that again and why now, right?
Maybe I caught a bit of the flu bug that's going around, or maybe little mister is taking me through a phase, I don't know.

In better news, I started some reading about baby-- a book called "The Attachment Connection: Parenting a Secure and Confident Child Using the Science of Attachment Theory"-- by Ruth Newton.

The psychology nerd in me is absolutely eating up the combination of neuropsych, attachment theory research, and discussions about the formation of emotional/social intelligence.

And at the same time, the author is mindful to incorporate practical parenting implications of the research for stages prenatal-5 years old.

I'm loving it, to say the least.

Come on spring, and come on baby!