Week 9! These weeks are creeping by!

Here we are at week 9! Some people may be thinking... Already? And I'm thinking... That's it? Everyone talks about how fast this time will go by, but I am not feeling that yet. Maybe it's because we are still in that nervous, waiting period where we aren't comfortable telling EVERYBODY yet... or maybe it's becasue this is the not so fun part while I'm tired and sick all the time and just feel a little chubbier than usual... or maybe it's the anticipation and excitement of it all! Whatever it is, I feel like the weeks are creeping by very slowly. My main point in saying all this is because in 7 months, I know I'll be saying "Where did all the time go?" And I want to remember all these feelings from the very beginning.

Baby's size: GRAPE; almost a full inch; weighs just a fraction of an ounce
Eating habits/cravings: Still pretty hungry in the mornings... I eat about 4 times before lunch. After I eat lunch, I'm usually good until dinner time. It's not even that I'm hungry, I just have to eat something every hour to keep the nausea away. Things that were delicious this week: Beagle Bagel chicken salad on honey whole wheat bagel... this was the #1 spot hitter of the week. Also, I loooove chicken fingers and french fries. If I'm not hungry for anything else, I can count on this to get me through.
Mood/Energy: This past week was the worst yet as far as nausea and vomiting but things are looking up b/c I've been feeling better over the weekend. I'm still very tired but I've actually started to get things done again. YAY!
Things to look forward to: Our next visit is November 29. We will be 11 weeks, 1 day.
Major development this week: She or he is starting to look more and more human. All the essential body parts are accounted for, though they'll go through plenty of fine-tuning in the coming months. Your baby's heart finishes dividing into four chambers, and the valves start to form - as do his or her tiny teeth. The embryonic "tail" is completely gone. Your baby's organs, muscles, and nerves are kicking into gear. The external sex organs are there but won't be distinguishable as male or female for another few weeks. They eyes are fully formed, but the eyelids are fused shut and won't open until 27 weeks. Your baby has tiny earlobes, and the mouth, nose, and nostrils are more distinct. Now that your baby's basic physiology is in place, he or she is poised for rapid weight gain.
Baby pump picture: This might be coming soon b/c I have a feeling mama will be showing any week now. Right now I'm in the not-so-pretty stage of "gaining a few pounds so none of my clothes fit right" but not quite to the "Are you pregnant?" stage.
Funny emotional moment of the week: On Saturday morning, Michael was naming different foods to see what I wanted for breakfast... Pancakes, hashbrowns, oatmeal, he went on and on. None of those things sounded great. In fact, they all sounded terrible! And so, I told him the thought of those foods was making me sick. A little later that morning, he made a joke about one of our neighbors and so, I told him again, he was making me sick. He then went on to say to me (his pregnant, emotional wife): "Everything makes you sick!" I immediately started to cry, uncontrollably, like a b-a-b-y. It hurt my feelings so bad. This is the moment that I realized I was not myself. Normally, this would not have bothered me... I probably would have made a joke back and gave him a nice soft punch. But not that day and probably not for the next 7 months. :) As I was crying, I told him that I know I'm miserable to be around and that I'm not fun anymore and nothing like the person that he fell in love with. Poor guy felt so bad... and then I felt bad because this wasn't his fault... Needless to say, it's very funny now. Just thought we'd share that with yall.