Weeks 9 & 10

Well, it's been a little while since last I posted. Things have been a bit hectic and I've been exhausted and going to bed by 9:30 or 10:00. For those of you who don't know, I'm usually a 12:30 or 1:00 kinda girl when it comes to heading to bed. I don't remember being this exhausted with Jarrin, but then again, I am almost 10 years older this time around! I didn't get round to posting last week, so I will post what happened last week with what's going on this week for those of you curious about what the little bambino is up to right now. I will try and post again soon, though I cannot promise anything since this month is going to be crazy busy! Jarrin's birthday is Wednesday, but we won't be having his party until the 30th. This weekend I have to finish working on my kitchen and then next weekend Shawn and I are off to my 10 year class reunion! I can't believe it's been that long! We will also be celebrating our 2 year anniversary that falls on a Tuesday this year. And sometime around there I also have to make Jarrin's birthday cake. He wants a guitar this year. I welcome the challenge! So til I get around to some pics, here's what going on this week and last:

Prune.

By the end of Week 10, your baby graduates from embryo to fetus, which literally means "little one." It also translates to "I'm just going to keep getting bigger and bigger and so are you!"
Other highlights this week:
Your baby has finally morphed from a little tadpole into, well, a baby. Not only is the face more human-like, but that unflattering "tail" (really just the developing spinal cord) has disappeared, fusing into the spinal column.
Your baby now has discernible fingers and toes, which will explain the steady stream of kicks and punches you'll feel down the line.
Junior's skeleton is starting to grow and harden. The ears are beginning to take shape and the eyelids are no longer transparent. Tooth buds are forming, although your baby won't get any teeth until six or seven (or eight or nine or 10) months after birth.

Baby's brain will make an incredible 25,000 new neurons every minute this week.
If you're baby is a boy, he's started producing that macho hormone testosterone. And whether your baby is a boy or a girl, the kidneys are creating copious amounts of urine.

Baby weighs only 4 grams and measures 1½ inches, about the size of a mondo Brazil nut.

And last week:

Olive.

Big news! You may be able to hear the heartbeat this week with the help of a Doppler, an ultrasound device that captures the chug-a-chug sound of baby's heart. The first time you hear baby's heart, your own heart may skip a beat—it's the first real evidence that there's someone growing inside you! If you can't hear the heartbeat, no worries, your doc will just check again in a few weeks.

Other amazing developments this week:

Baby is beginning to move, but you won't be able to feel anything for some time.

Baby is growing nipples and hair follicles (although there's still a chance you'll be giving birth to a baldy!) His pancreas, gallbladder, bile ducts and anus are all in place, ready to poop and pee a dozen times a day when he's born. Your baby's head is half the size of his body and his little chin is tucked into his chest. His tiny tail is beginning to shrink away, giving Junior a more human and less amphibious look. Until now, all pre-babies look the same "down there." This week, however, your baby will begin to develop either male or female genitalia. While you won't be able to find out the gender of your baby for several more weeks, the version you'll give birth to is being developed right now. At this stage, your developing fetus is 1-inch in length, about the size of a martini olive and weighs a mere 2 grams—a little less than a penny.