27th week

Kate is weighing close to 2 pounds and is 12 inches in length...I think. It's getting quite cozy as she is growing, but the human body is an amazing thing. I look upon my sister's tummy and can't believe how once my skin stretched so far, shrunk back, and is stretching again. Mind you, your skin never feels as firm or taught as it used to. It looks and feels like a deflated balloon. Sad. I ponder plastic surgery, but I think that process could be more painful and stressful than labor itself (if you have an epidural).

Kate's beginning to open and close her eyes, may even start sucking her thumb and is starting to develop regular sleep cycles. She moves in the wee hours of the evening and in the mornings when Ellie comes to our room to wake us up. Apparantly, Ellie also wakes up Kate. And I was concerned it was going to be the other way around.