38 Weeks 2 Days

Joshua is now 6 lbs. and 10 ounces! Eddie and I thought he might be coming on Monday of this week, but he was just having his own fun of tricking us. I had contractions for 17 hours straight and yet, still no progress. As anxious as we are for him to come, we are enjoying seeing him continue to grow.

Joshua is still very active every day. He loves to run his arm or leg back and forth across the top of my belly. Lately, he has his arms hanging out right where my belly button is and he loves to push out as much as he possibly can. I joke that he is trying to crawl out of my belly button. I have also noticed in the past few weeks that he sometimes has episodes of the hiccups. It is quite cute. At our doctor's appointment yesterday, he had the hiccups while she was checking his heart rate.

After our doctor's appointment we decided to visit the zoo. The weather was perfect, right in the low 70's with a breeze.

Here is a picture of me 38 weeks and 2 days in the Japanese Garden on the way to the giraffes:

 Cute little duck!

In the garden

Then we visited Joshua giraffe and his giraffe family:

 Joshua giraffe and his big sister

Close ups of Joshua giraffe eating 

 Joshua giraffe's sweet little face

Pandas!

We ended the trip with swirl ice cream cones, which I should have photographed because they were so very good! If you have never tried the swirl ice cream cones at the zoo, you should, because it is wonderful.