The final Months

I am now at 7 1/2 months. According to the emails that are sent to me my baby now weighs about 3 lbs and is about 16 inches long.
I can definitely feel her touching both sides of my stomach several times per day, and I think she mostly lays sideways and kicks my left side... a lot. I think I would most definitely be a good candidate for the show "I didn't know I was pregnant" ...if I were naive, but I'm not.

I haven't had any weird cravings up until this week. I have never particularly liked chicken and I would never willingly go to KFC to get food if I got super hungry running errands, but on Tuesday I saw a picture of fried chicken and I knew I NEEDED some. I went to KFC and it was the BEST thing I've ever tasted in my entire life. I ate 3 pieces of chicken. It was completely satisfying. Today I was hungry and I thought about the wonderful chicken I had 2 days ago. I got in my car and went to KFC again and was very disappointed that I still dislike chicken. Total letdown. I guess I just really needed the chicken that day.

I had a wonderful time at the baby shower I had with my family. Baby Nikole received so many things she needed. I love all the homemade blankets, bibs, burp cloths, washcloths. It makes things more personal. I hope she chooses one as her favorite and appreciates the hands that made it. I know I have kept several of my own baby blankets that people made for me and I love those blankets dearly and still use them on my bed occasionally. My mother has tried many times (unsuccessfully) to throw them all away during my life. I don't even want to remember how many times I climbed in garbage dumpsters to retrieve them. Homemade things are important to me.
One thing I got that I would never have asked for and I would have never bought for myself, because I have always thought it was a frivolous thing, but I really wanted one so badly is the Diaper Genie! It is like jewelry dangling off my earlobes that cost way too much money, but I admire from afar, or like eating anything regular fat when I know that the stupid fat free kind is the one I should only dare eat! It was the first thing I put together when I got home! What a wonderful gift!

I know she got a lot of great things, and I am so thankful that I have people who care about her well-being. I tried to upload pictures, but this work computer isn't letting me connect my camera for some reason.