One heck of a week...

Wow, it has been a heck of a week! As you read last week, we took a trip up to Washington and Oregon. Originally it was a trip planned to celebrate Chris's grandmother's 80th birthday. The party was set for Saturday. Unfortunately it turned into more of a sad occasion as Monday morning we found out Chris's other grandmother had passed and her funeral was set for Friday afternoon.

The funeral was tasteful and classy, just like Chris's Grandma Jo was. After the funeral the family got together and had a meal in honor of her. We spent a last few minutes with Chris's Grandpa Jack and headed out on the road to hit Washington . . . a three hour drive to our destination.

About two hours into the drive I start feeling a little iffy and ask Chris to pull over ASAP. Needless to say, we had to stop for about an hour total . . . I had lost it . . . lost it all! Still a whole hour away from our destination. We finally hit the road again and made it to our destination with only one more incident. A bed never looked so good in my life! (Just want to add a quick thank you to Chris, Jen and Brian for putting up with me for all of that—yuck!)

Anyway I am feeling much better now and the birthday party the next day was a lot of fun! The Grau clan can be very interesting and fun to be around. The ride back home from the party was interesting, to say the least! (No I didn't get sick again.) We hit a freak snow storm on our way home . . . with only a rental car, which had no tire chains, snow tires or four-wheel drive. Chris drove very carefully and slowly back to Grandma's house. We passed several cars that had slid off the road, and the 40 minute drive took a bit longer than usual, but we made it back safely and without any further incidents.

We left to come home on Sunday afternoon. With only a slight delay in our flight, we landed back in San Diego round 7 PM on Sunday night.

Onto another subject. I had a pre-natal appointment on Tuesday and Chris and I got to hear Baby G's heart beat for the first time!!! Oh what a beautiful sound it was! I was measuring right on schedule so Baby G is developing right on target!

Update on Baby G
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Your baby measures about 3.7 to 4.1 inches (about 9.3 to 10.3cm) from crown to rump and weighs about 1.75 ounces (50g). And is the size of a large lemon. Your baby's bones still consist of soft cartilage but they are now beginning to harden and the development of the bones and the marrow continues. Her ears are developing into a more recognizable shape and any hair already on the head and brows will become thicker. If her hair will be dark, the follicles will start to generate pigment to color her hair. Your baby is moving more now and is becoming increasingly flexible. She can bend her arms at the elbows and wrists and she can make tiny fists with her hands. Her skin is thin and translucent and all her blood vessels can be seen through it. Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, facial muscles are getting a workout as her tiny features form one expression after another. She can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch her sucking her thumb.