23 weeks and the beginning of the sixth month! The baby boy is a pound or more this week and between 9-11 inches long. This week Danny put his ear to my belly and heard the swooshing sound of fluid as our little guy did his nightly acrobatics and them bam! He got kicked in the face...too funny! "Welcome to my world" I told him, be glad it wasn't your liver or some other internal organ. I official feel very pregnant and awkward and I know it's only down hill from here ; ). To combat the sadness over losing the ability to bend at the waist I bought a fetal monitor and nightly listen to the baby kick and swim around. I'm not sure what I'm listening to. It mainly just sounds like thumps and swishes but hey it's a wonderful thump and swish to hear!

22 weeks today, the end of the 5th month! This week our baby boy has finished developing fingernails and eyebrows and tastebuds are forming on the baby's tongue. Right now he is able to swallow small amounts of amniotic fluid to help practice breathing and to recieve some nutrients...pretty gross!

Our baby boy is now roughy 1 pound and about the length of a banana and boy can I feel it. Right now he sleeps about half the day, between 12-14 hours, and his waking moments are very active. I can tell this is Daniel's son because his favorite time to kick and move is mom's bedtime (Daniel is the night owl, not me). Last night we saw my stomache change shape from the baby moving. IT WAS CRAZY! I could feel him moving from one side of the womb to the other so I lifted up my shirt to see if we could watch it happen. Sure enough it was very obvious what the little guy was doing, too cool! That's all that's new this week. Daniel is very excited about having a boy but I think we are both just excited to know the gender in general. Well I'm off to a big day of shopping. This little guy is going to need some clothes to wear in 4 months!

So we found out today that we are having ..... A BOY!!! He's 12 ounces and very active. Pictures will come soon!

20 weeks(the middle of the fifth month). This week the baby was kicking me so I lifted up my shirt and tried to see if I could see the kick on the outside. Sure enough this little bump on my belly rose and fell with each kick. Really strange to see happening to yourself! I felt like a cast member of Alien. Then when the kicks had stopped for awhile I put my hand where the kicking had been happening and poked in a little just as the baby was kicking again. It kicked my fingers! I let out a little yelp from being both excited and freaked out. I mean my baby and I just made some kind of contact and I was hoping I hadn't poked its eye out or something. The dog picked his head up from the couch and looked at me like I was crazy. I now have a look with my eyes only approach to enjoying the baby's kicks!

The Baby is moving. Danny felt the baby move for the first time tonight. I was feeling some small kicks or jabs and thought I would tell Danny. He came over and sat beside me with his hand on my belly and he felt it. It was the strongest movement I had felt yet and I'm glad he was around to feel it. His reaction was "WHOA!!!" It was a neat bonding moment.

16 week check-up. Dr.'s appt. today. Went well, mom and baby are doing good. Danny came and heard the heartbeat for the first time. He said it was pretty cool. I'm sixteen weeks and 4 days now. I'll officially be 4 months this weekend. I'm feeling so much better than I did just weeks ago and finally can keep food down. I've been craving spicy foods and salsa all the time! Our next doctor's appt. is for the 30th of September. We have our gender ultrasound that day and can't wait to know if the jelly bean in my belly is a girl or a boy.