8 weeks

Well, we've reached the 8th week mark. Jennifer is doing well, but is tired and a little nauscious. The baby is growing into a little person now. According to BabyCenter our baby's fingers and toes are growing longer, her eyelids are pracitcally covering her eyes, and her embryonic tail is just about gone. The baby is about the size of a kidney bean, or roughly a half inch in length. We won't be able to tell the sex of the baby for several more weeks, but the BabyCenter site says that "many moms-to-be say they have an inkling early on - and often they're right!" Right now Jennifer's inkling is that the baby is a boy. Believe it or not, a boy would actually be a little more complicated. We both want a little girl, but will shout for joy either way. I will save the details of the complicated issues that boys bring in Brazil for another post.