Growing Baby and Growing Belly!

Fun things have happened since our big 20 week appointment. The little bambino is moving around a lot now. In the last week I have noticed that the kicks/punches have been stronger and I only anticipate that they will continue to do so. At the beginning of Februrary, at a few days passed 22 weeks, I felt baby kick me back. Of course baby was kicking and quite active and I just wanted to see if he/she would kick back, so I pushed in my belly a bit. It was quite exciting. Then on the following Saturday, Mark felt the baby kick. We were both so excited, and since then whenever baby is super active, we both try to feel baby move. It will be easier when baby gets a little bigger, but none-the-less, it is exciting!
In addition to baby getting bigger, the belly is growing. I no longer look like I had too much for dinner or gained a few too many holiday pounds.The baby seems to be sitting right in the middle of my midsection and hasn't spread out yet! In fact, I get excited because I can still see my obliques!
I'm still feeling really good. I had one bad week which was due to tight back muscles (sleeping on a bad bed at a mountain cabin), followed by a gastro bug, but with nothing but rest, I have since bounced back
Here is a series of pictures of the growing belly over the last few weeks.

21 Weeks (pic is a little from the side, I think I look bigger than I was ;)

23 Weeks

Eve of 25 Weeks (apologies for the white spots, my phone picked up some dust)