4th of July Weekend

The 4th of July weekend marked the beginning of week 24! Again, I have no idea where the time has gone! As he grows I am starting to have some lower back pain. He seems to be carrying very low which is what I am assuming is causing the pain as my lower back works to support him. I am feeling him move on a daily basis now, some days much more than others but from what I have read, that seems to be normal for this time in the pregnancy. Of course I worry myself to death on days that I dont feel him quite as often. I go back tomorrow for a sonogram to double check his kidneys and make sure they are now where they should be for 24 weeks. When we went at 20 weeks, they were just above the margins set for that point in his growth. So prayers please for a healthy check up tomorrow :) Here are some pics from our busy weekend.The weekend started with a shower for Kendra, she is 7 weeks ahead of me:

We then celebrated at the annual West family July 4th party, which is always a great time!

On Sunday we headed to the lake to enjoy the beautiful day, ride around on the boat, and grill out.

On Monday we went to the lake, but thunderstorms set in so we headed home and had a productive evening. Kyte got our crib put together and I finished washing all the clothes I have collected so far and hung most of them up. (Please excuse the mess in the room and closet. We seem to be buying baby stuff and piling it in the baby room but not cleaning out the stuff that was already in the bedroom, haha!)

Thank goodness for friends with kids already!! Our friend Robert gave us the beautiful crib, which happen to be the exact one I wanted, and another friend, Tammy, has given me a lot of the clothes :)