23 weeks

We have now reached 23 weeks.  We are well into the second trimester and a lot has happened with me and the baby.  I have starting feeling her kick for the last two and a half weeks and have really enjoyed each kick and punch!  I have started growing a real belly and have learned a lot about what is to come.  Up until this point I was learning what to do and not to do while pregnant and what I should expect as the pregnancy continues.  Now we have shifted our focus on creating a comforting nursery, preparing what to have on hand to bring her home and learning how to handle this new person once she arrives!

As for the baby, babycenter.com says it better than I:

Turn on the radio and sway to the music. With her sense of movement well developed by now, your baby can feel you dance. And now that she's more than 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound (about a large mango), you may be able to see her squirm underneath your clothes. Blood vessels in her lungs are developing to prepare for breathing, and the sounds that your baby's increasingly keen ears pick up are preparing her for entry into the outside world. Loud noises that become familiar now — such as your dog barking or the roar of the vacuum cleaner — probably won't faze her when she hears them outside the womb.