How Our Baby's Growing

The big news this week:
Hands and feet are emerging from our little one's developing arms and legs! Our baby has doubled in size since last week (Wow!) and now measures half an inch long! If I could see inside my womb, I'd spot eyelid folds partially covering his/her peepers, which already have some color, as well as the tip of the baby's nose. Both hemispheres of our baby's brain are growing (I'm sure he/she will be smart :), and it's liver is churning out red blood cells. The baby also has an appendix and a pancreas! A loop in our baby's growing intestines is bulging into it's umbilical cord, which now has distinct blood vessels to carry oxygen and nutrients to and from it's tiny body. It's crazy to think that my body is providing the nutrients that our baby needs to live off of!

How my life is changing:
My uterus has doubled in size in the past five weeks, and eating is feeling like a chore thanks to my nauseousness that last all day long. Nothing appeals to me and I find myself eating things that I don't even like just to be healthy. I figure I might as well eat something that I don't like since nothing is appealing to me anyway! :) My blood volume has increased and the extra fluid is being processed through my kidneys making restroom trips more frequent. By now, I already have about 10 percent more blood than I did before I was pregnant. Brandon and I were not able to make it to church last night because we had to deliver some jet skis to Hyco and pick up a pontoon for him to power wash. I had planned on helping him with all of this, but he decided to drop me off at home when we had to go by there to pick up something. I went inside with full intentions of exercising and cleaning. I sat down to look through the mail, and after looking through a magazine, I fell asleep for an hour and a half! I've found that if I stop -- I can't help but fall asleep!

I know it may sound silly, but as I drove into work this morning, I was singing "Jesus Loves You" to the baby. As I sang the words to that song, they hit me like they never have before.
"Little ones to him belong ... they are weak ... but He is strong!"
Wow! Tears welled up in my eyes. I praise God that even though our baby is so weak and fragile right now, God has his hand of protection on our baby and He is strong enough and able to give our baby everything that it needs!