Holidays make me tardy

Sorry for the late update, I know I missed last week, but it was Christmas! Jason and I both got sick the friday before Christmas, and we're still suffering from it. Luckily now it's down to a cough and runny nose, but it's still not fun.

Christmas was great, and we got to spend time with both our families. We also spent some additional time afterwards with our own families, which was nice to do. We got such lovely and thoughtful presents this year! I guess everyone is excited as we are for the first grandchild/great-grandchild in the families! Anyway, I need to go scrounge some food (sadly I'm still struggling with bits of morning sickness) and go grocery shopping, and run some other errands. I'd like to get the house cleaned up and the Christmas tree taken down too, but that may be asking too much!

We have our first Ultrasound tomorrow, and we're sooooo excited! Be thinking of us tomorrow at 9:45....

And here's what's been going on the last few weeks:
Week 10-
Your baby is now about an inch long and weighs five grams, or one-sixth of an ounce, roughly the size of a garden beetle. This end of the two-month mark is a landmark date for your baby. It's looking more human all the time. If you could look inside, you'd see a thumb tip-size translucent creature that's unmistakably human. Kidneys, lungs, genitals, and the gastrointestinal tract are all present, though far from fully formed. Your baby's bones begin to form in his limbs, a process called ossification. The floor plan for your baby's structure has been laid down, and the next thirty weeks will be about expanding and developing on this blueprint. If your baby is a boy, his testes are already producing testosterone. A Doppler handheld device can usually detect a fetal heartbeat by this point. Once the heartbeat is detectable, your chances of miscarrying in the first trimester are immediately lower: between five and ten percent.

Week 11-
Your baby is about 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches long and weighs about a third of an ounce, the size of a peanut. This is a big week for your baby's growth—she'll double in height. At the end of the week, her head and body will be roughly equal in length. This week also starts an active phase for her - she can turn somersaults, roll over, flex her fingers, hiccup, and stretch. You won't be able to feel her movement for another month and a half. She's floating in lots of amniotic fluid. Her limbs are developing from webbed paddles into arms and legs that have well-defined fingers and toes. Fingernails, toenails, and hair follicles are also beginning to form. Your baby's testes or ovaries have developed, though the sex probably won't be visible on a sonogram for at least another month. Intestines have developed at the place where the umbilical cord meets your baby's body. The intestines are now able to make constricting movements, though there won't be anything to digest until later.