28 Weeks

Bad news: our camera broke.  We took it with us when we went to visit our brand-new niece and nephew (!!!), but when we pulled it out, it wasn't working.  We had brand-new batteries with us, but thought they were defective.  But we bought new batteries this week, and they don't work either.  And the camera lens isn't working.  :(

We will definitely be getting a new camera by May, before Kekoa comes.  But in the meantime, I didn't want to *not* document the third trimester, so we experimented with our webcam last night.  Which led to this:

 
And many, many other videos and random snapshots.

Oh, and this:

Unfortunately, the webcam can't get my head in the shot too...but oh well.  You'll just have to trust that it's me.

Some other random Kekoa facts:

-the average baby is around 2 pounds (think the size of a Chinese cabbage) at this point.  Up to this point, most of the focus has been on development, but by now most of his major body functions are working and he's putting on fat to protect his organs.  His brain and lungs still have a way to go, though.

-his eyes are open and he can now blink.

-at 28 weeks, he'll be considered full-term in just 9 weeks and is due in 12 weeks.

-with his ravenous appetite, he has single-handedly managed to increase Mom's likelihood of making impulse buys at the grocery store by 6.5%  However, he has increased Dad's likelihood of making impulse buys at the grocery store by 19.6%.  He has also decreased the statistical likelihood of leftovers to close to 0%.

-Daddy enjoys feeling him kick, but he tends to behave much more when Dad's around (unless Dad has cold hands).

And that's the start of the third trimester!