Your baby has really plumped up. She weighs about 6.8 pounds (i'm pretty sure my girl is smaller than this!) and she's over 19 1/2 inches long (like a leek). She has a firm grasp, which you'll soon be able to test when you hold her hand for the first time! Her organs have matured and are ready for life outside the womb.
Wondering what color your baby's eyes will be? You may not be able to tell right away. If she's born with brown eyes, they'll likely stay brown. If she's born with steel gray or dark blue eyes, they may stay gray or blue or turn green, hazel, or brown by the time she'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 she's born, but they usually won't get "lighter" or more blue. (Green, hazel, and brown eyes have more pigment than gray or blue eyes.)
What's happening on the outside:
Not much new physically other than finally slowing down a bit. Dr. says it's time to start conserving energy and maybe not living the rock star life (was out last weekend both Friday and Saturday past midnight). :) So trying to slow down a bit. Here's a current photo from this week:
Mom was in town this weekend for a Baby Shower with some girl friends. She surprised me by giving me some of MY baby clothes (circa 1972), here's how stylish I was:
think this is a very large bib!! more like an apron!
Very thin yellow dress with some white stitching detailing that's hard to see in the photo. And a pink bow on the left top side.
super cute lace dress. Mom spent the weekend taking the buttons off the back and replaced with snaps for ease of use. Love the pockets for her "things" like chapstick, cell phone etc!! LOL
Very girly pink dress that comes with a SLIP for underneath as it's so sheer. We're thinking this might work for Shari's wedding in April. No sizes on any of the clothes back in '72, so we'll play it by ear!
the bottoms are huge as they were to cover the cloth diapers I wore :) Disposable diapers weren't for the masses yet! oh my. 
Dawn, how special! Love the clothes and hope to see Apple in all of them. Your mother is a woman who cares...you must have been overwhelmed when she gave them to you!
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