22 Weeks: I get a kick out of you

I actually can't remember much about the past week, except for Easter Sunday and Tyler's stomach virus. On Sunday, Tyler and I decided to go to a large Methodist church down the road. We had been meaning to try it out, but just hadn't gotten around to it. What better time than Easter! This particular church has 4 Sunday morning services: 2 contemporary and 2 traditional. We went to the one we could find the easiest (on the huge church campus) and that happened to be the contemporary. We sat at the top of the balcony. Yep, the balcony. I'm not good at gauging numbers, but Tyler and I guessed there were about 1,000 people at that one service. Call me old-fashioned, but I'm not crazy about attending church in an arena. Haha. 

After church, Tyler's stomach wasn't feeling well. We just figured the coffee had not been good on his stomach. But when he was at work, he came down with a horrible fever, so by the time he got home from work (11pm), he was burning up and had chills. Luckily, it was a 24 hour stomach virus, and by Monday afternoon, he was able to eat whatever he wanted fine. There have been so many people sick lately! Both Tyler's and my mom have been fighting something off in the past week, and my sister Jessica has also been sick. I hope everyone is back to 100% soon!

On to the pregnancy news! Mini is strong and active now, and she let's me know by kicking me all day long! It started in the past week, I think. But I wasn't sure it was her until she gave my bladder a good kick. There was no doubt then! She's actually kicking and wiggling away as I type. Tyler even felt her for the first time last night! He was surprised and said it felt like a little thump. I've been trying to get him to feel it for several days, but she always stopped the moment I got his hand on my stomach. 

Here's what Baby-Gaga.com says...

Congratulations! You’re now housing a human who weighs nearly a pound and measures nearly a foot in length!

Your wee babe's perfect little pancreas (a super-duper organ that produces hormones and aids in digestion) is now making its own hormones for your baby's body and brain!

If you were worried, you can finally stop that: your baby's future in the circus as a world-famous tight-rope-walker is secure now that their inner ear is developed to the point that they have their own sense of balance.

Luckily for your little womb-explorer, this new balance promotes physical dexterity, which has them actively feeling out their surroundings where skin, body parts, and the resident umbilical cord are the big sensory experiences.

Your sweet babe is sort of looking like an oversized red prune right now as more and more skin (and therefore wrinkles) are showing up each week.

Not to worry, all those wrinkles are just your baby's way of planning ahead for the time when they’ll start piling on all of that irresistible baby chub.

And on to some pictures....