23 Weeks

We have made it to our 23rd week! Only 17 more weeks until our little Cole man joins the world!

This week the baby is the size of a grapefruit and the inner ear is fully formed so he can hear everything that I hear. He has his sense of movement well developed so if I dance around the house he can feel the dancing!

Our baby boy is one active little man! He likes to kick and do flips all day long! It's nice that he calms down a lot at night but sometimes he can be really distracting during the day!

Last week and this week we have had a TON of snow and this picture does no justice to how beautiful our backyard was! Josh has been working late every night and he even worked 17 hours straight from Monday night until Tuesday afternoon this week. I love that he is working so hard to provide for us and that we will have some extra money to stash away before the baby gets here! Ranger and I on the other hand have spent a lot of time sitting in the living room watching Grey's Anatomy! My work cancelled one day last week and one day this week! That's never happened in the 5 years I've been here but it was sure nice to enjoy the days off!

When Josh got home Tuesday after work Cole got really excited and started kicking so I laid down with Josh before he fell asleep and let him feel his son kicking. I love it when Josh can feel the baby kick, it is such a bonding time for the two of them.

I wasn't feeling too well one day so I layed down in bed and Ranger came and propped his leg up on my stomach like this as if he was saying "Don't worry mom, I'll protect this baby." It was really sweet!

Josh bought our little guy a nice camo tux onesie that he can't wait for him to wear. It's a 12 month onesie that he thinks the baby will fit into as soon as he's born. I'm really hoping and praying our baby isn't the size of a 12 month old when he's born!

We bought this adorable stuffed animal for the baby while we were in D.C. and he flew home with us in my purse. I set it on the kitchen table when we got home and the next morning Ranger spotted him and started jumping straight up and down so he could see him and started barking like he wanted the stuffed animal to come down and play. I had to have a stern talking with Ranger about the fact that this is NOT his toy!