23 Week and Looking Prego!

I am now up to 23 weeks and feeling more pregnant each day. The last three weeks have gone by quickly and have also brought along some changes for me. I am feeling Baby Will move more and more each day and Jeremy actually has had the chance to feel a few kicks in the last weeks. That is the greatest feeling to share with him. On the down side I have not been sleeping so well. Serious pain in my hips during the night keep me tossing and turning and just this last week I have had some lower abdomen pains that I can't seem to kick. I really did not want to be the nagging new mom, but let's face it, if you know me...that is exactly who I am. So yes, I have called my doctors office 3 times in the last week! I know! Good thing is all of my pains and discomforts are part of this joyous process of making a baby, so I should not complain. We are currently working on getting the baby furniture ordered, baby bedding ordered, and updating our registry. We still have not decided on a name, set our date for child birth class, or talked to any child care providers. This list seems endless. I have about 2 more weeks of school left and I cannot wait for those last 2 weeks to get over! Our summer has been busy and I can't believe that we are in the middle of July already. It is as hot as I imagined it would be, but I have not been suffering too bad. No complaints yet.

Here is what is going on with Baby Will this week:
Turn on the radio and sway to the music. With his sense of movement well developed by now, Baby Will can feel you dance. And now that he's more than 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound (about as much as a large mango), you may be able to see him squirm underneath your clothes. Blood vessels in his lungs are developing to prepare for breathing, and the sounds that your baby's increasingly keen ears pick up are preparing him for entry into the outside world. Loud noises that become familiar now — such as your dog barking or the roar of the vacuum cleaner — probably won't faze him when he hears them outside the womb.

Well, I guess that is it for now! Look for more updates in a few weeks!