22 weeks...and HE'S KICKING!!!

I have been waiting for these kicks for a while now! I have friends who say they felt their babies early and late, but right around 21 weeks I started feeling tiny little kicks. I felt some fluttering around the 20 week mark, but no actual kicks. Well,...this week he's running a marathon in there. I can actually see my stomach jump a tiny bit in places where I feel the kicking. He's extremely active, which I guess I am thankful for! I may not be so thankful when I'm 30 weeks and trying to sleep:). But for now at least, it's the most precious feeling in the world.

The baby this week is around 11 inches long and weights right at a pound. We've come a long way! I can't imagine him being so big...but of course, we have a while to go. It is deathly hot in Atlanta, but I'm not yet obscenely uncomfortable. Luckily I'm not huge yet. My belly is growing a little more each week (or my husband would say each DAY!). Taylor is still a bit weirded out by how hard the belly is. I keep reminding him there's a baby in there. He got to feel the kicks a few nights ago and hear the heart beat on the prenatal heartbeat listener. He is still getting onto me about all the baby clothes I'm already getting! Baby Boy Lutz will be well dressed!:) My mom is already addicted to buying baby clothes with Ella, so now she just has to venture to the baby boy side too! It's just too fun to buy those sweet little clothes.

Everything seems to be going quite well with the pregnancy! We are thankful he's healthy and growing on schedule. My next appointment is July 9th - the glucose screening. I have no idea what this means, but I'll let you know the results! Hopefully I will get some more belly pics up before then to show the progress!

20 weeks...HALF WAY THERE!!!!

We just barely made it with the 20 week prego pics! Tomorrow is 21 weeks, so I wanted to update with the progress. This belly is GROWING! Baby Boy Lutz (still unnamed) is 6 and 1/2 inches long and almost weighs a whole pound:). He's the length of a banana apparently! I'm sure he's the most precious thing in the world too. I can't beleive he is so big! Still no kicks that I can feel due to the placement of the placenta, but I can certainly feel him moving and bouncing around...and I still feel the fluttering which I love.

I'm allowed soft drinks if I space them out, but I still try to limit them. Lately though, if I allow myself one, I feel the baby moving like CRAZY! I will try to keep myself from overdoing the soft drinks just so I can feel him.

So here are the latest pics...the belly is HUGE!

IT'S A BOY!!!!!!!!!!!

So we are a little late posting:)...but it's a beautiful baby boy! We found out last Wednesday and have been yelling the news ever since. We are so blessed to be having this baby, and Taylor is absolutely thrilled that we are having a boy. This will be a whole new journey for me seeing as how we are a family of GIRLS!!! But how exciting! Now we get to start picking names...which we do NOT agree on whatsoever...it's just too hard to a pick a name your child will have the rest of his life!

I am posting some pictures to prove he's all boy! We got to see every little bone and organ growing and developing in his body...and everything looks perfect. He's growing right on schedule. He likes to hold his arms up at his face like he's stretching, and he's ACTIVE!!! She said once I start feeling those kicks...they may be brutal! He's just absolutely precious already, and I can't wait to meet him in October! Thank you all for your support, love, and prayers! We love him so much already...and know he will be surrounded by so much love when he's finally here!!!

BOY or GIRL?????

We find out tomorrow. Wow I can't believe we've come this far already! 20 weeks and we are halfway there! I'm feeling really good and haven't gotten too big yet thankfully. I just wanted to post a quick update with a few 18 week pictures that were late and say tomorrow is the big day! We find out at 10:30 AM and will keep everyone updated!

And a few of my beautiful niece's visit!!!