Head of a cabbage in Chicago!

Blog Post by Kati:

Week 30!!!!!

Your baby's about 15.7 inches long now, and she weighs almost 3 pounds (like a head of cabbage). A pint and a half of amniotic fluid surrounds her, but that volume will decrease as she gets bigger and takes up more room in your uterus. Her eyesight continues to develop, though it's not very keen; even after she's born, she'll keep her eyes closed for a good part of the day. When she does open them, she'll respond to changes in light but will have 20/400 vision — which means she can only make out objects a few inches from her face. (Normal adult vision is 20/20.)We made it to Chicago last night! We were delayed by about an hour and 40 minutes but managed to arrive only a little over an hour late. Sounds like we were lucky ones since most flights were delayed at least two hours on average last night (apparently the vice president was in town along with construction on the runways and the "inclement" weather as the flight attendant called it). Laura met us at the airport and we took the train and then a cab back to her place. We got here around 11:30pm or so. Now it is 7:47am and I'm of course up and awake and Chris and Laura are still asleep. :)

Hard to believe we are in the 30s in terms of pregnancy weeks. Just 10 to go. That is crazy. It is also crazy that that means only 10 weeks until Christmas! How in the world is it already the middle of October? I knew that the fall was going to fly by, but this seems like serious time-warping. :) But I'm glad because the more Baby Goose moves around (she was doing some serious acrobatics in the middle of the night!) the more excited I am for her arrival!!!!!!!!!

Have a great weekend everybody! We'll be doing lots of fun and touristy things in Chicago and will post pictures, etc., when we get a chance!