I got this from Carolyn's blog!

You Have a Choleric Temperament

You are a person of great enthusiasm - easily excited by many things. Unsatisfied by the ordinary, you are reaching for an epic, extraordinary life. You want the best. The best life. The best love. The best reputation. You posses a sharp and keen intellect. Your mind is your primary weapon. Strong willed, nothing can keep you down. Your energy can break down any wall. You're an instantly passionate person - and this passion gives you an intoxicating power over others. At your worst, you are a narcissist. Full of yourself and even proud of your faults. Stubborn and opinionated, you know what you think is right. End of discussion. A bit of a misanthrope, you often see others as weak, ignorant, and inferior.

This week my back was starting to hurt. I wasn't sure if I was going to need to go back to the chiropractor but it seems to be getting better. Last pregnancy I had bad sciatic nerve back problems around 10 weeks that only the chiro was able to fix. This week I worked out both Monday and Tuesday. Today I went right to bed after Joe got home and ate and slept until about 9pm and will go back to bed shortly. I think I got a slight cold after Joey this week. I'm coughing a congested cough and that's the only symptoms I'm having as of today. I'm still able to fit into most of my pants from before. My pregnancy pants are still way too big. I wore them today to work and swore they were falling off multiple times. I saw the OB for my first appt on Tuesday and was able to see the baby on the ultrasound. I saw two arms, two feet, the body and head and I saw the heart beating and both sides of the brain. It was amazing! The baby was moving all around on the ultrasound moving it's arms and kicking it's legs. The writeup below is pretty accurate based on the ultrasound I had! It's amazing.

Here is some info from www.pregnancylounge.com about the week 9 development from the baby:

This week of pregnancy your baby is about an inch in length (crown-to-rump) and weighs about a gram. Your baby’s rapid growth is phenomenal! All the major internal organs, muscles and nerves are now in place and will continue to grow and develop throughout your pregnancy. Your baby’s eyes are fully formed and covered by a thin membrane, which are the eyelids. The eyelids are fused shut, but will eventually open later on in your baby’s development (between 24-27 weeks along). Your baby is now beginning to straighten its body and blood vessels can be seen through his or her skin, because of its transparency.

By now, your baby is very active, although you can't feel your baby moving around or kicking yet, since he or she is still so small. Your baby can respond to touch at this point and your baby would move and turn away from the source.

If you were not pregnant, you would be having your second period this week. Some women have a small amount of light spotting at this time. You may notice some changes to your body shape by this stage and you may have gained a small amount of weight, although if you are still suffering from morning sickness, you may have lost a little instead. Your body has started preparing itself for the extra demands placed on it during your pregnancy. Your heart is beating faster than normal and your blood volume is increasing. The largest increase in blood volume will occur during the second trimester by about 50% or more.

Occasionally, some women may feel dizzy or light-headed if they stand up quickly or for too long. This is fairly common during pregnancy and often caused by low blood pressure (hypotension). It can also be caused by high or low blood sugar levels. Make sure you don’t skip meals and that you are eating regularly. Also, when you stand up, do it slowly to avoid feeling faint.

Here is baby Fisher! My new due date is September 4th. I really do believe this one was a girl. I was not wrong with Joey so I guess we will see in a few months.

See the photo above? You can see the head, the body and the arms. The legs are there but he just didn't print the really good photo with the legs and the arms for me. The little circle next to the baby is called a egg sack. This is a science lesson for you. It supplies all the nutrients the baby needs before the placenta is fully developed the 11th week, which it will disappear at that time. Isn't it cool? I measured 9 weeks and 3 days on Tuesday. The baby is about an inch long.

Whew...! Our carpeting is finally in. What a big project this was. We took almost everything downstairs and ripped everything in our closets out so all of our clothing and all was downstairs too.

So Saturday Jim came to install our carpet. Joe and I sat downstairs most of the morning watching our shows we taped on the dvr, and Joey was at my mothers. Finally about 2 or 3 pm all of the carpeting was in! Yay! I have some before and after photos below. We had some nasty wood flooring under the crappy carpet that the previous owner must have thrown down just to sell the house. The new carpeting is like spongy and all nice to walk on. I love it.

So anyhow, today is Sunday. Is snowed like crazy last night and the superbowl is in town. They have been wanting this 'winter wonderland' theme and I think they got it. We woke up to a foot of snow in the driveway. YUCK!! Not only did we wake up to that but we woke up to the power out too!! Now the power going out sucks anyhow but it's even worse when it's 31 degrees outside and it's getting colder INSIDE!! Just as we were getting ready to go out for lunch because we didn't want to cook without heat or electricity, the lights came out. We went out anyhow and just got Wendy's, but it was still good. I was so glad the heat and electricity was back on! yay!! I know the whole lower Michigan was out. I called my mother and she lives 30 minutes away and her power was out too. I hate big snow storms!

So anyhow, last night I wanted Joe to move Joey's crib to his new room so he can get used to sleeping in his old bed in a new place and then we were going to transition him to the toddler bed. Yeah, that didn't work. Joey's crib cracked in two places - the wheel cracked off it and a piece on it cracked, so we had no choice but to throw it out. Thank GOD I picked up a toddler bed about a year ago on freecycle. We had to pull it out. We weren't sure if Joey was ready for a new bed, especially since he's only just turned 2 but he's done well with it. The first night he got up about 4 times right at the beginning, but finally we told him, you need to go to bed and he did and slept all night. He took a nap in in today and did just fine and went to bed in it just fine tonight. My boy is growing up!!!

I know I haven't been blogging lately, actually I haven't really been online lately or using my camera but I did take some photos recently and I'm sharing them below.