A Little Bumpdate

I believe the last time I posted I was almost 14 weeks pregnant, and now I am 23 weeks! Crazy how fast that time has gone by.  Baby Van Leeuwen is a GIRL!! My intuition was right and I was not one bit surprised when the ultrasound technician casually said "you're having a girl".  She said it so calmly it took us all by surprise-she actually had to repeat herself ;) Thankfully this pregnancy has been relatively easy so far, although now my hips and back are starting to feel the extra weight-especially at nighttime when I am trying to sleep.  Since I have an anterior placenta, I didn't feel little babies pokes or anything until 19 weeks and even then it was every so often.  At 22 weeks, she woke up kicking and has been kicking everyday since then.  It is the weirdest/coolest/strangest/amazing/surreal feeling in the world having someone hitting you from the inside.  She even kicks hard enough for her daddy to feel it, and I am pretty sure she saves the hardest ones for him.  I love this little girl so much already and hope these 118 days go by fast! (but not too fast-I still have lots of preparing to do ;) )

 

Baby girl being shy in 3D and her profile in 2D at 20 weeks!