Week 23 - What a rebel

I am happy to report that another week has flown by and I am now on week 23! Another milestone hit this week when I actually felt a HUGE kick from the outside of my belly. So far I have only felt her moving from the inside of course and I was waiting for her to get big enough to feel with my hand from the outside. I was laying watching TV with my hand on my belly and BOOM! It kind of scared me and there was no doubt it was her. I say that she is a rebel because it has happened several times since then but whenever her dad tries to feel for it....nothing...nada. It's like she knows he is waiting for her and I can just imagine her snickering in there, playing games. Oh well, she has to stay entertained somehow! Ryan mentioned something about how the baby is controlling my body now and I said, yeah that's ok, pretty soon she will be controlling you! It's so true, she is going to be a little daddy's girl I can just see it. This week also brought with it a major baby bump (ie belly) as well! I'll get another pic for you soon. Here is your week 23 update.

Turn on the radio and sway to the music. With her sense of movement well developed by now, your baby can feel you dance. And now that she'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 her squirm underneath your clothes. Blood vessels in her lungs are developing to prepare for breathing, and the sounds that your baby's increasingly keen ears pick up are preparing her 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 her when she hears them outside the womb.

This is a large mango incase you are wondering!