10 Weeks...

Well I am a few days late with my weekly update, but as of Sunday we made it to the 10 week mark! I cannot believe I have less than two weeks left in my first trimester. I do hope that means there is an end in sight to this nasty sickness. I have tried to adjust different things in order to ease it some, but there just doesn't seem to be much I can do about it. This has definitely been a lesson for me in many ways because I am somewhat of a control freak. I do not like not being in control of my own body but I am trying to just keep on going after 10 weeks of it.

My momma came to visit me yesterday. I so needed that "Momma Time" and it really did make me feel better. Being here everyday by myself has been great in some respects because I can rest as I need to, but it isn't always good for the emotions when you just need to talk. My mom has been great to listen to me whine and cry whenever I need to but yesterday was more about laughing and enjoying each other. I really enjoyed the laughs and the few tears were helpful as well. Moms are great like that. I cannot wait to be that mom someday when my kiddo are grown. They really do become your best friend because they know everything about you and they still love you. She teaches me everyday what being a great mom is all about. I love her so much!!

I was surprised to read the babycenter.com update this week and see how much baby has changed. I cannot wait to hear that heartbeat in a few weeks. What a miracle all this is!

How your baby's growing:

Though he's barely the size of a kumquat — a little over an inch or so long, crown to bottom — and weighs less than a quarter of an ounce, your baby has now completed the most critical portion of his development. This is the beginning of the so-called fetal period, a time when the tissues and organs in his body rapidly grow and mature.

He's swallowing fluid and kicking up a storm. Vital organs — including his kidneys, intestines, brain, and liver (now making red blood cells in place of the disappearing yolk sac) — are in place and starting to function, though they'll continue to develop throughout your pregnancy.

If you could take a peek inside your womb, you'd spot minute details, like tiny nails forming on fingers and toes (no more webbing) and peach-fuzz hair beginning to grow on tender skin.

In other developments: Your baby's limbs can bend now. His hands are flexed at the wrist and meet over his heart, and his feet may be long enough to meet in front of his body. The outline of his spine is clearly visible through translucent skin, and spinal nerves are beginning to stretch out from his spinal cord. Your baby's forehead temporarily bulges with his developing brain and sits very high on his head, which measures half the length of his body. From crown to rump, he's about 1 1/4 inches long. In the coming weeks, your baby will again double in size — to nearly 3 inches.