9 weeks - woohoo it's a fetus!

Congratulations! Your amazing growing baby has been accepted into to the fetus-club, a very exclusive and exiting new stage in their prenatal development. Basically, this means the little sweet pea has graduated from swimming embryo creature to a recognizable human being! This week in particular, the irises of their little eyes can function, but (frustratingly for them?) their eyelids remain fused shut for a while yet. Their external ears are formed and their inner ears are now filled with fluid—so your little one is already developing their sense of balance. Your baby's little swimmer legs are still relatively, although other bodily developments are going forward at a nice pace: their kidney is actually functioning now, which means they’ve started urinating (this might seem charming now but wait till you have to start buying diapers!).

In other news....despite having some idiot back into us in our truck and me completely flipping out at the lady, we had a good weekend. We were able to share the news with our families, which was a lot of fun. Ryan kept wanting to really surprise everyone, but was disappointed that no one was too shocked.