Adventures in Calgary

I've just finished my first trimester of pregnancy with baby number two. This is one of the photos from our 12-week ultrasound. The first 3 months have been really up and down. I've been tired...but not as tired as I was with Molly. I've been nauseous on and off. But mostly I've been really, really emotional. I can't even count the days I've been reduced to a blubbering mess while Noel just stands by trying to offer some sort of support. I'm also quite large already. They say that happens with second babies but I didn't realize how big I'd get so soon. Last time I don't think I started wearing maternity clothes until month 5 or so. This time I barely made it to 8 weeks before I broke out the elastic pants. The other major difference is that this time I'm really, really craving junk food most of the time. Ice cream, chips, chocolate, pudding, fish'n chips. If only I still lived near Chess's.

We've been talking about the pregnancy around Molly but haven't really talked to her directly about it yet. We're thinking of waiting until after our 18 week ultrasound so that when we do talk to her it will be specifically about her new brother or sister and we can even start using a proper name.

That being said, she woke up this morning talking about her baby sister and when we asked her what her name was she said "Kelp". I don't think she'll be getting a vote when it comes to new baby's name.