Week 9

This is Baby Schoff at almost 8 weeks...
As of today, I am 9 weeks along! We are expecting the arrival of our first baby on August 25, 2010. The early weeks of pregnancy were NOT easy for me!! I had morning sickness almost every day, and nausea every day - all day long. When I woke up this Monday morning, I was happily surprised that most of those symptoms have disappeared. Whew! Here are some interesting facts about my ever-changing appetite:

Food Aversions

Boudin - can't smell it, look at it, and don't even think about cooking it anywhere around me!

Chick-fil-A - can't explain it, but can't stomach it

Super sweet tea - yuck!

Cravings

Chicken patties (Tyson - of course)

Mac n cheese, please!

fruit roll-ups, strawberry only

Pop Tarts, strawberry only as well!

Mamaw's fruit salad

*If you ask me, I seem to be craving everything I loved as a child?!! go figure*

My sweet Steve surprised me last week by registering himself to a baby website, and now he calls me whenever he get's an update on our baby's development. I love that he is getting so involved, it makes me and Baby Schoff really happy. So here is the update for today:

"Your new resident is nearly an inch long — about the size of a grape — and weighs just a fraction of an ounce. She's starting to look more and more human. Her essential body parts are accounted for, though they'll go through plenty of fine-tuning in the coming months. Other changes abound: Your baby's heart finishes dividing into four chambers, and the valves start to form — as do 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. Her eyes are fully formed, but her eyelids are fused shut and won't open until 27 weeks. She has tiny earlobes, and her mouth, nose, and nostrils are more distinct. The placenta is developed enough now to take over most of the critical job of producing hormones. Now that your baby's basic physiology is in place, she's poised for rapid weight gain." - courtesy of babycenter.com