Ninth Week and Needing Prayers

Time has passed so fast. I can't believe today is Crackerjack's 9th week. This time for us is bittersweet. We are so happy to have Crackerjack, but we are still so brokenhearted for our Peanut. We are staying in prayer that God will comfort our hearts that ache every day for our baby, that He will keep our faith strong to get through this week, and that it is His will that Crackerjack continues to grow strong and healthy.


We have a doctor's appointment Wednesday for a check-up. Please pray that everything will go well and that our little Crackerjack is okay. 

9th Week of Pregnancy

Hormones Shifting Gear

Baby's Growth and Development at 9 Weeks Pregnant

When you're 9 weeks pregnant, your baby's body parts and proportions continue to develop and change quickly:

• During the 9th week of your pregnancy, your baby grows to about one inch, or about the length of an olive.
• By your 9th week of pregnancy, your baby's skeleton begins to harden. Hardening of the bones (ossification) begins with the formation of cartilage.
• Her fingers, toes, knees, and elbows develop.
• Nipples and hair follicles form.
• Her intestinal system — pancreas, bile ducts, gallbladder, and anus — forms. Herintestines elongate.
• Your baby's reproductive organs begin to develop internally when you're 9 weeks pregnant.
• Muscles develop and your baby may start to move — you may feel her movements in several more weeks.

1 Peter 5:7

Let Him have all your worries and cares, for He is always thinking about you and watching everything that concerns you.

Philippians 4:6-7

Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything; tell God your needs, and don't forget to thank Him for His answers. If you do this, you will experience God's peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will keep your thoughts and your hearts quiet and at rest as you trust in Christ.