23 Weeks

•How far along are you? 23 Weeks

•How big is baby?:   He's more than 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound (about as much as a large mango).

•Maternity clothes: I've made the switch over to all maternity pants now.  I'm still able to wear a combo of maternity and non-maternity shirts though.

•Gender: BOY!! Evan Michael Baxter.

•Sleep?:I'm still sleeping pretty well. My pillow definitely seems to be helping even more as I get bigger.

•Best moment this week?: Date night with Shawn on Sat. night and seeing Shawn feel Evan kick for the first time.

•Movement?: Tons of movement - although it comes in spurts.  I'm starting to learn his sleep patterns.  Shawn finally was able to feel Evan kick!!!  He also kicks hard enough now that I can see my stomach move on the outside.

•Food cravings?: Bananas and because we have them in the house, Girl Scout cookies.  :)

•Food aversions?: Plain grilled chicken

•What I miss: Maybe just being able to easily get up and down on the floor to play with Em.  But other than that, just trying to enjoy this pregnancy!

•Symptoms: My back has started hurting when I'm on my feet for a while and carrying Emily has started to get more difficult because of my belly. 

•Milestone: My due date was exactly 4 months from this past Sunday!  Oh my!

We're making big progress on brother's room. We've almost got it cleaned out (with the exception of baby stuff) and we ordered baby brother's furniture on Saturday! I'm a bit disappointed though because we originally had ordered a curved top crib only to get a call today that it's been discontinued and there are none in stock in the color I want.  So unfortunatley, I had to go with the flat top crib.  While it's not my first choice, I'm still happy with it.  In addition to the crib we got a dresser and hutch, nightstand and the full bed conversion rails.  We also picked out paint for his room. We've decided to just paint it all 1 color (a pale blue), but I'm still debating whether or not I want Shawn to put up a chair rail or not.

In Emily news. . .we ordered her full size mattress this past weekend and also ordered a mirror to attach to her dresser (we spent a lot of money on furniture last weekend!!).  The mattress is in stock, so we're able to pick it up whenever.  However, I still need to get her bedding, so I'm thinking we may hold off just a little bit before picking up the mattress.  I need to be mentally prepared before we start the transition over to her big girl bed. 

Emily wanted to be part of the pictures again tonight.  So here are her belly pics.

 And then Shawn decided to play "airplane" with her.

She even let Daddy fly.