Today we had a costume contest at work -- with a $250 prize! I was really excited to participate and I came up with a great costume idea for me and Baby G! I dressed up as a redneck and Baby G was my beer belly! No one could recognize me! It was hilarious!! I had a hairy chest, with armpit hair, a hairy belly, a mustache, a wig, with torn jeans and a flannel shirt...I went around the office rubbing my belly and telling my coworkers, "I know you want a piece of this!" Hahaha! It was so much fun! There were lots of really great costumes too! There was a girl in the shower -- that actually wore the shower! There was a priest, a gladiator, prisoners, bat girl, Amy Winehouse, a dead prom queen... so many good ones! And when the contest came around, I couldn't believe it!! I won!!!!!!!! I was soooooo excited, I couldn't believe it! Here's my winning photo! Baby G and I did good!:)
The prize money will definitely come in handy -- it's such a huge help with all the baby expenses we have coming! I am so thankful!!!!
Your baby's about 15.7 inches long now, and she weighs almost 3 pounds (like a head of cabbage). A pint and a half of amniotic fluid surrounds her, but that volume will decrease as she gets bigger and takes up more room in your uterus. Her eyesight continues to develop, though it's not very keen; even after she's born, she'll keep her eyes closed for a good part of the day. When she does open them, she'll respond to changes in light but will have 20/400 vision — which means she can only make out objects a few inches from her face. (Normal adult vision is 20/20.) 
Your baby is growing rapidly now. This week he weighs about 2 1/2 pounds (like a butternut squash) and is a tad over 15 inches long from head to heel. His muscles and lungs are continuing to mature, and his head is getting bigger to accommodate his growing brain — which is busy developing billions of neurons. Every day, about 200 milligrams of calcium is deposited in your baby's skeleton, which is now hardening. With this rapid growth, it's no surprise that your baby's nutritional needs reach their peak during this trimester.
By this week, your baby weighs two and a quarter pounds (like a Chinese cabbage) and measures 14.8 inches from the top of her head to her heels. She can open and close her eyes, which now sport lashes. This movement is more of a reflexive blink than a deliberate opening and closing, but it won't be long before she's batting those beauties at you.
