Baby is growing hair follicles, pancreas, and gallbladder. It's head is half the size of it's body and it will start to have a more human and less amphibious look.
While we won't be able to find out the gender of our baby for several more weeks, the version well give birth to is being developed right now. At this stage, the baby is about an inch in length, or about the size of a olive and weighs a mere 2 grams—a little less than a penny.
I bought a book that was recommended to a pregnant mother-to-be, it is called The Belly Book and is by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. The book is a sort of scrapbook for my growing belly. I am not so sure I needed the book itself as I think in many ways this blog will be my memory to be able to look back at this time, but it does help to give me topics and specific questions to answer. The book is separated into trimesters so you can follow along with the changes happening weekly. I haven't entered anything specifically about this book so far but most of the first questions I have already answered in the blog anyway; questions like who you told when and how you told them, info and pictures from your first doctor's appointments and ultrasound, and tracking wight and belly size and belly pics. Kris and I have been measuring my belly and taking pictures as consistently as we can, but I can say I am not the flattest abed person to begin with so I critically say I already look pregnant and really haven't grown at all... maybe they will look better up against some of the final pictures we taken when I am 9 months and due. One thing the book asks is even to document what music you are listening to and what some of the top news stories are, today's big news locally is the BCS game Ducks vs. Auburn Tigers. Ducks loose by 3 at 2 seconds on the clock. I am sure I could have found some happiness with a Duck win, something about the Pac 10 and being good for Oregon overall, but I was a bit happy to see an Auburn win. Also it snowed today. It only lasted maybe an hour and nothing stuck, but there were concerns about freezing rain coming in, I think it actually warmed up a bit and we are just headed for rain. Finally on a national scale the big news is the pointless shooting in Arizona where representative Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head and has survived. Several others were injured and I think 6 killed in this sad tragedy. What seems worse is that the suspect seems to have no real motive and to have had some prior incidents of "crazy" that went unchecked... I do understand there is a limit to what could have been done, like the college he was removed from could not pursue him further once he left campus. Anyway I know that is a downer to be part of the memory of my pregnancy, but it is the reality of the world we live in. Sometimes these sad events take place but it seems to sort of bring people together too, the memorial service was held today and more than 600 gathered.
As far as my overall feelings and disposition so far I have really been feeling good. When I have had some nausea it tends to be in the evening around dinner time which does not help with wanting to eat dinner or anything sounding good to me. I haven't really had any definite cravings or aversions yet. I have still been more tired than normal and right now I feel like I could go to bed and sleep soundly all night, and it is only 7:30, wait its 7:30?! That's almost late enough, maybe I could go to bed now...
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