23 Weeks

So.... I noticed I hadn't posted anything in the past few weeks. Things have been very busy in the Bruns' household.

In regards to baby news, our little girl is kicking more and more! I can tell the difference now between kicks, turning around, and hiccuping. It's so wonderful to be able to feel her moving around inside! I continue to be amazed at the whole pregnancy/birth process that God designed. He is forming our little girl right there in my belly!

I have gained a little more weight now for a total of about 7 pounds. The belly (although it has a lot more to grow) already feels very big to me! It's harder to get up from the sofa and bed. And it gets in the way of being able to prop my legs up to shave. I also am having pain on the right side a lot when I sleep at night. So I keep playing around with pillows trying to figure out what will work best and make me the most comfortable.

We have done our registries. Our main one is at Babies R Us since my big shower will be back home in Virginia Beach where they have this store. There is just a lot more options there. We have also done a somewhat duplicate registry at Target for people in Lynchburg that don't have access to a Babies R Us. I'm still working on editing it a bit but for the most part it's completed.

We ordered the crib and dresser for the baby's room this past weekend. It should be here the 2nd week in August. You can check the crib out at: http://www4.jcpenney.com/jcp/X6.aspx?DeptID=42249&CatID=42332&GrpTyp=STY&ItemID=11c1ba1&attrtype=&attrvalue=&CmCatId=405254233142332. The picture shown is in a white finish but ours will actually be in the honey finish.

I am also trying to decide on bedding. It is down to two. The first one is at Babies R Us: http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2415206&cp=&pg=2&f=Taxonomy%2FTRUS%2F2255957&sr=1&origkw=alphabet+soup&kw=alphabet+soup&parentPage=search. The second one (which I think I am leaning more towards) is at Baby Depot: http://www.burlingtoncoatfactory.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Section_Id=45144&pcount=&pn=1&Product_Id=462752&SearchedProduct=t.

I can hardly believe that there is only about 4 more months until our little girl is here. I just fall in love with her more and more everyday even though I haven't even seen her yet! We have still been working on a name and I think we finally have decided on what hers will be. It is going to be a surprise though for when she is born.

I think that about covers the past few weeks. I go for another appointment on Tuesday morning. They will be doing another ultrasound, blood glucose test, and the normal visit with the doctor. I will post afterwards to let everyone know how that went. As always, continue to pray for our little baby girl. She is in our prayers everyday that God would protect her and keep her healthy.

Fireworks

Just a funny happening for the week... Matt and I went to see the fireworks at Liberty last night. They, of course, are very loud plus with the echo coming from the mountains it was even louder. Well it definitely woke our little girl up in there! She was kicking up a storm during the fireworks - probably wondering what's going on out there!