8 Weeks

So I must say these past 2 weeks have probably been some of the worst ever! I have been sooo sick! And here I was thinking pregnancy was a piece of cake - wrong! I am just hoping and praying that this is a short phase I am going through and I will start feeling better soon! Please! Thanksgiving was this past week and I spent the entire day (and two days after) either in bed or huddled up next to the toilet while everyone else was enjoying the holiday. :(  No fun. In the past week, I have only been able to go to work on two days. They are definitely getting suspicious - I'm going to have to tell them all sooner than we had planned I think. Anywho...enough complaining - here are my updates!

How Far Along: 8 weeks!
Baby is the size of: A raspberry
Symptoms: oh so many! Full-time, non-stop, kill me now nausea! it has been soo brutal! Also, definitely some cramping/uterus growing pains, zero appetite, and completely exhausted! This first trimester business is no joke!
Have you told anyone? We had to spill the beans to Kevin's family earlier than we had planned due to the fact that we spent Thanksgiving at their house and I was super sick. They were so happy and it all went really well! We have not told my family or anyone else yet - we want to do it in person when we go visit in a few weeks. I might have to let my boss know sometime soon also since I've had to miss work lately.

Miss Anything? Feeling like a functioning human being! Not being sick all the time! Being able to enjoy all the holiday festive stuff! And actually enjoying my food.
Food Cravings: Absolutely NOTHING. I do not want to eat. ever. It sucks because if I don't eat, I get sick. But the idea of eating makes me feel sick too. I wish I could just have a feeding tube or something. Food is not my friend nowadays.
Anything making you sick/queasy? Everything pretty much. It's just nonstop. :/
Have you started to show yet? Not really - just a little bloat belly - mostly looking chubby but that's about it. I have actually lost a little bit of weight since the whole getting sick thing started so it's nothing anyone would notice.
Gender prediction: So, I read somewhere that when women are really sick with "Morning Sickness" (more like all the time sickness) they are more likely to be pregnant with a girl. So, in light of these past 2 weeks, I think I have now switched my prediction to a Girl. If it's not a girl...good lord I don't know if I could ever handle that!
Mood: a little depressed lately just because I have been feeling so yucky. I haven't had any crazy hormonal mood swings or anything - just tired of being sick.
Best Moment this week: As sad as this sounds, I don't know that I really had a best moment. But I think just knowing that I am that much closer to both seeing our baby and being done with the first trimester is somewhat comforting. And we only have one more week until our first doctor appointment where we can make sure everything is going well with the baby, so that is exciting!
Looking forward to: Our doctor appointment next week! I'm hoping we'll get to see/hear the heartbeat and maybe get an ultrasound! Also, the baby is now officially considered a fetus instead of an embryo so that is a fun milestone also :)