9 weeks

Today makes 9 weeks! The embryo is now a fetus according to the medical world. They say he or she has little arms and legs and muscles and is moving limbs like crazy, but I'm unable to feel them for another few weeks. I am doing pretty well. I had a cold/allergies or something going on earlier in the week which meant I ended up sleeping a lot! Currently, I feel tired and naseous most of the day, and recently I have what I'd describe as a dry mouth, but water doesn't sound good. Not sure what that means, and I try to drink water during the day regardless.

Ah, it feels so good to have our families in on the big news. At my parents, we gave them a card that started out: "Dear Grandma and Grandpa, Aunt Kayla and Uncle John..." my mom looked at me and says "did you mean to...?" and once she saw me smiling and nodding the tears came and we all hugged! They are absolutely thrilled to be grandparents. Kayla and Steve were there and were happy for us too. We called John to give him the news, it's too bad he wasn't there too. We just couldn't find a time that all siblings were together! Now I get checked in on with how I'm feeling - which is nice because C.T. has to deal with lots of pregnancy mood swings and I'm guessing he knows I don't feel well, but not exactly how I'm feeling. With my mom she can say "oh yes I know that feeling, and here, try these things to make yourself feel better."

My mom's been reminding me to eat well too, which I've slacked on because I'm tired after work and not in the mood to cook a nice healthy dinner. Also, I'm never sure what I'd like to eat. I know I need food so I just snack on things throughout the day and try to ignore the naueous feeling. I have been meaning to go to the store for groceries, but here it is Thursday and I haven't made it there. I'm making chili for the football crowd on Saturday, so at that point I'll try to pick up some fruit & veggies. Speaking of, I'm looking forward to the chili because I'm making 2 batches: one turkey chili that's spicy and more saucy then your typical chili, and another in the crock pot in the more traditional style.

We announced the baby news to C.T.'s mom and brothers over dinner on Labor day. His mom got a bit teary and the brothers reactions were: "sweet. here we go" :) They are excited for us and to be uncles.

Next Tuesday is our first prenatal visit with the OB doctor. I'm really looking forward to meeting the staff and having an outlet for questions. And of course, to make sure everything is progressing nicely.

I've been really in the mood to go apple picking. I don't think it's as big of a thing down here. But I love it. The weather is cool now and I could go for some Honeycrisp!

One thing I was thinking about: I thought our heart and other things like breathing were controlled subconsiously by our brains. How does it work, then, that the baby's heart develops first and is beating before the brain is formed?
Coming up: Iowa v Iowa State game hosted at our house with 2 kinds of chili and maybe some ginger cookies? First prenatal visit next Tuesday.