Week 23: Lizard Skin

This past week reminded me a lot of my Freshman year at Texas Tech--not the fun stuff like Rush Week or football games or Chimy’s on Fridays after a killer test or Carol of Lights but getting used to the dry-as-a-bone desert climate. Now, I realize Houston is not a dry climate by any standards but my skin is so dry it looks like I took a dip in a vat of rubber cement and let it dry out in the sun. Okay, I'm exaggerating a little but it’s beyond parched people. Despite my moisture challenged epidermis, I have managed to find a cream that has thus far kept my bulging belly quenched and stretch mark free. It is Mustela Double Action Cream, not cheap but it’s worth every penny! As for the rest of my skin, I’m not sure anything short of Vaseline will help it now. As I head into the summer months, I’m coping with the fact that my usually shiny, bronzed summer skin now looks more like lizard skin.

My hair is a whole other issue! The other day my hair lady was going on and on and on about how dry my hair is and I just wanted to say “look lady there's not much I can do about it right now and my nose in Vogue Magazine means I don't really want to talk about my lack luster locks anymore!” But being the polite person that I am, I just nodded and smiled and tried to read up on the latest summer fashions.

The bottom line is Baby Rob is zapping my normally hydrated ecosystem of all its moisture for some reason! He’s worth it though : ) I’m sure I’ll have to sacrifice a lot more than shiny hair and skin for him once he’s here. Let my life of total servitude begin!!!!

Weekly Womb Workings:

This week, Baby Rob is eight inches long and slightly over 1 pound in weight; he’s roughly the size of a small doll (and just as cute, no doubt)! His weight in the next four weeks is expected to double – come on chubby cheeks!!!

Rob’s got a while to go before his lungs will be ready for air and he’s practicing his "breathing" on the amniotic fluid—sucking it in and out of his lungs, I actually felt him hiccup the other day! He’s starting to look more like a newborn as his skin becomes less see-through. His body is looking more proportional now, although his head is still kinda big compared to his cute little body.