22 weeks & 8 years :)

Sunday marked 22 weeks. The pics above and below are from yesterday, so 22 weeks 2 days and definitely growing! I am now able to feel movement most of the time when he is awake. He tends to wake up around 10pm and I feel him most of time if I wake up in the middle of the night. He is usually moving around from the time I wake up until 10am or so when he goes back to sleep for the rest of the day. My sister was able to feel and see him move for the first time this past Saturday. We spent a weekend up in Gatlinburg at a cabin and when I woke up around 630am Saturday he was performing some gymnastics in there :) After Mate finally woke up he gave one more flip for her to feel and then settled down for a nap.

I am still feeling really good and thankfully sleeping well. I am having some minor lower back pain, but nothing major. Last week I splurged and purchased a "snoogle" pregnancy body pillow, it arrived yesterday and I can't wait to put it to use!

Yesterday, June 21, was mine and Kyte's 8 year anniversary. I am not real sure where 8 years has gone!! We enjoyed a delicious dinner downtown at Zambras. Even though I wasn't able to indulge in my favorite item on the menu, sesame encrusted scallops, it was still an amazing dinner.

Another amazing first...

Last night while laying down just before bed , I got out the heart monitor and began to listen to the little guys heartbeat. After finding him for a few seconds, I noticed my belly jump on the left side, then the heartbeat move, and then another jump. So I yelled for Kyte to come be able to see and feel him move for the first time. Well, this happened to also be the same time that Jason Aldean and Ludacris were performing on the CMA's, so of course after DJ Kyte finished watching that only then did he come to see what I was yelling about :) We were able to lay there for several minutes and watch him move!! Kyte was also able to hold his hand on my belly and feel him moving all around while I chased him with the heart monitor. Such an amazing expierence!! He seems to be very active around bedtime but settles down as I fall asleep and has yet to wake me up in the middle of the night, although I am sure those times aren't far away!

Halfway There and All the way Blessed :)

We had our 20 week (yay for halfway!!) sonogram today and we have a healthy, active, growing baby boy!! All the measurements were right in line with where they should be. His heartbeat was 147. His kidneys were just a little large for 20-weeks but Dr. Councell said that its very normal and 99 out of 100 times when they check them again in 4 weeks they will be normal. He said to just think of it as a good excuse to sneak one more ultra sound in, woohoo! He was moving around the whole time so some of the ultrasound pics are a tad blurry, as the nurse was trying to snap the pics she said "You have one happy baby" :) He is breech right now, but we hope that with plenty of time left he changes that! And we had one more pic to confirm that we definitely have a little man ;) I have been able to feel him moving around for the past few days now. I actually felt him for the first time the afternoon I sent out the previous blog post about not being able to feel him yet, ha! It is the most incredible feeling! I have seen my belly actually move twice while using the heart monitor to listen to his little heartbeat, of course Kyte wasn't looking directly at my stomach so he hasn't seen it just yet. As of my appointment I have gained 7lbs. Thank you all so much for your continued thoughts and prayers, we are so blessed to have a healthy baby on the way!

19 weeks & Memorial Day Weekend

For the memorial day weekend we were lucky enough to be able to go to the beach with the Hightowers. The weather was super nice, we had a little breeze so it didn't feel quite as hot as it really was during the day. I now have a visible baby bump that I made sure to keep lathered up with sunscreen :) On Sunday I was 19 weeks.

It is crazy how much more sensitive my skin is to the sun since I have been pregnant, I got plenty of sun even with 50 spf on! Kyte of course spent much of his time during the day making his famous drip sand castles, pretty soon he will have two more little hands helping him ;)

Our next doctor appt is on Monday at 2pm. We will be doing all the measurements to make sure this little guy is growing and developing as he should be. We appreciate all your continued thoughts and prayers for a healthy baby :) I am still anxiously waiting to be able to feel him move and know for sure that it's him. Most of my friends have said they were able to start feeling movement on a daily basis at 20 weeks, so hopefully this week or next I will feel him.