jordan-38 weeks

i'm posting this update a day or so early due to insomnia....figured i could go ahead and do this since i was up at TWO A.M. guess i'm really getting prepared for the sleepless nights!
enjoy the update.
i'll post again after today's doctor's appt. hoping for some progress!!

Your baby has really fattened up. He likely weighs between 6 and 7 1/2 pounds now (boys tend to be slightly heavier than girls), and he's probably between 19 and 20 inches long. He has a firm grasp, which you'll soon be able to test with your pinky! His organs are fully developed and in place, but his lungs and brain — though developed enough for him to function now — will continue to mature right through childhood.

Side note: Last week, Jordan measured 7 lbs. He could be up to 8 already as I'm measuring a week ahead!! WOW.

Wondering what color your baby's eyes will be? You may not be able to tell right away. If your baby is born with brown eyes, they'll likely stay brown. If he's born with steel gray or dark blue eyes, they may stay gray or blue or turn green, hazel, or brown by the time he's 9 months old. That's because a child's irises (the colored part of the eye) may gain more pigment in the months after he's born, but they won't get "lighter" or more blue. (Green, hazel, and brown eyes have more pigment than gray or blue eyes.)

side note: We are guessing jordan's eyes will be blue cause both of our eyes are blue and i remember from biology that blue is recessive, "bb" gene. So when you cross those you get a baby with blue eyes. Just a random fact for you. Funny what you remember from a 7th grade biology class.