Our little kumquat!

Babycenter.com has great information and gives us a weekly update on the baby's development. Here is what the site had to say about our baby as we begin week 10:

Your baby is no longer an embryo! Though she's barely the size of a kumquat — just an inch or so long, crown to bottom — and weighs less than a quarter of an ounce, she now has completed the most critical portion of her development. This is the beginning of the so-called fetal period, a time when the tissues and organs in her body rapidly grow and mature. Her vital organs — the liver, kidney, intestines, brain, and lungs — are now in place and starting to function (although they'll continue to develop throughout your pregnancy). Her liver continues to make blood cells, and the yolk sac, which previously supplied these cells, is no longer needed and begins to disappear.During the next three weeks, your baby's length will more than double to nearly 3 inches. Her head is proportionately smaller now than it was a few weeks ago, but it's still almost half the length of her entire body. Her forehead temporarily bulges with her developing brain and sits high on her head; it will later recede to give her a more human appearance. Each day, more minute details — including tiny fingernails, toenails, and peach-fuzz hair — start to appear on her body. Her fingers are now completely separated; her arms bend at the elbow and curve slightly; her hands are flexed at the wrist and meet over her heart; her legs are lengthening; and her feet may be long enough to meet in front of her body. She is busily swallowing amniotic fluid and kicking her legs.If you could take a peek at your baby this week, you'd be able to clearly see the outline of her spine through her parchment-thin skin. Spinal nerves are beginning to stretch out from her spinal cord.

I find the information that I read on the development of the baby so amazing. God is pretty amazing in His design of life. He knows exactly what he is doing at each intregal part of our growth. Jennifer and I love talking about how for 6 weeks the only beings who knew that our baby exsisted were God and our baby. Now the only beings who know if our baby is a boy or a girl are God and our baby. I love thinking that there is already a relationship between our Lord and our baby. I pray every night that the Lord would grow this baby and bless him with health and that he would grow to know and honor the Lord.

I think that the word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah in Jeremiah 1:5 is more powerful to me now than it ever has been. "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart..." Powerful stuff! I know that the Lord knows and is blessing our little kumquat.