Baby Frueh's First Road Trip

At midnight tonight, Eric and I will leave on our Christmas Eve sojourn to Pittsburgh and arrive just in time for breakfast and presents. Eric has to work until midnight, but I'm headed to bed at 4pm for a good 8 hours of shut-eye before we leave. I'm not worried at all about being able to sleep...I seem to have developed a knack lately for being able to sleep anytime, anywhere. I am a bit worried about the trip though. I've prepared a huge bag of my favorite nausea-defeating snacks (saltines, ginger snaps, lemon heads, string cheese, and almonds) and a thermos of ginger tea. Now the only trouble is making sure I don't have to pee every hour:-)

I wish all of you safe travels and good times of joy and fellowship with friends and family this Christmas.

Here's a little glimpse into what our little bambino is up to this Christmas, courtesy of babycenter.com:

You're 8 weeks pregnant - 224 days to go!

Your baby is now 5/8 of an inch long, about the size of a kidney bean. New this week: Webbed fingers and toes are poking out from your baby's hands and feet, his eyelids practically cover his eyes, breathing tubes extend from his throat to the branches of his developing lungs, and his "tail" is just about gone. His arms have lengthened, too, and his hands are now flexed at the wrist and meet over his heart. His knee joints have formed, and his feet may be long enough to meet in front of his body. In his brain, nerve cells are branching out to connect with one another, forming primitive neural pathways.

There's our little alien. Thankfully Baby Frueh will grow to be much cuter in the next 32 weeks!