Week 9

Again, an excerpt from babyfit.com, my favorite website!

Your baby continues to grow to about the size of a ripe, juicy, and adorable grape-1 to 1.25 inches long. Baby's arms and legs are growing longer, and the shapes of the wrist and fingers are forming while the hands fold gently over his or her heart. Toes are starting to appear too!

Your baby's neck is also forming, so that the head is not slightly lifted from the chest. Eyes and ears are fully formed, but without eyelids. And, your baby is a small ball of energy as his or her limbs and body are starting to move (although you won't feel it just yet.)

Sounds wonderful, doesn't it? Hard to believe all that is going on in there silently and unnoticed. Isn't it wonderful how God made us with the power to create life in this amazing way? We truly are fearfully and wonderfully made! I am still blessed to not be having morning sickness per se, but I do have waves of nausea. Nothing I can't breathe through, but it's annoying. Especially yesterday, when we discovered that the bean is not a fan of the hickory burger! The mood swings are still happening, but have calmed down tremendously, which is a very good thing, as I was thinking I was going off the deep end there for a bit.

J is feeling quite a bit better, sleeping better, and his behavior has improved also. This is a relief to EVERYONE, as he had really been quite a capital butt head recently. I'm sure it was just a combination of cabin fever, being sick, and having a lot of changes going on in his life. He was a little unsure what to think of my mom moving to her new house. Yesterday we spent the morning over there and let him box up some of his toys and help carry the boxes to the car and into the new house and unpack them in his new bedroom. I hope this will help him understand the concept of what is happening and not be so flipped out by it. Pretty soon they will have moved enough to be staying at the new house full time while they continue to sort and pack and move the rest of thier things.

Work is going well, but is quite slow now. This is normal for it to slow down at this time, but it is aggrivating to leave my son, drive to town, sit around and do nothing for three hours. I am thinking of taking at least one day a week off for the rest of the season, if I can clear it with my boss.