Round ligament...

I'm starting to get what I think are round ligament pains.  I get a mild stretching sensation on either side of my abdomen fairly low down, and it feels a little painful, but nothing major.  I never got this with Sylvan really, which is sort of odd, but I feel like I can easily recognize them for what they are now.

I'm starting to feel emotionally a lot better about having another baby.  For the first couple weeks I felt a little overwhelmed and I had to work hard to see this as a positive thing.  It didn't help that I dealt with a flu in the middle of my miscarriage scare... when I'm not feeling well I feel like I'll NEVER feel well ever again, and my perspective on life is seriously skewed! Things are better now, and because of that I feel better about having another baby to take care of. I keep reminding myself that Sylvan will be older when this baby is born and he won't be as needy as he is now.

I've started one of the most fun aspects of pregnancy.... name-choosing.  My whole life I have dreamt up the "perfect" baby names for my imaginary children.  Now that I am actually having children of my own, the name game is all the more fun.  Everywhere I go I keep my ears open for names that appeal to me.  When we were expecting Sylvan, we had a girl's name picked out, no problem, but we had a lot of trouble coming up with a boy's name.  This time around we don't have any fixed favourites for a boy or a girl, but I feel less stressed out about picking the perfect name.  In the end kids seem to grow into their names anyway so it doesn't seem to matter all that much (unless you have the desire to name your child something terribly obscene...)

In two days Luke and I are going to California for three nights.  I am so thrilled.  I've never been to California and I've always wanted to go, so even though it's only for three nights I am ecstatic.  I'll probably spend a lot of my time in the hotel while Luke is busy doing what he's doing (I can't really say... in case this is public) but honestly, just the thought of being in California is exciting, and having the chance to sleep in 3 days in a row is utterly magical!  Sylvan will be with Kathy in Kincardine keeping her company while Steve is in El Salvador.

Well, I'm off to eat more sushi. (Not the raw fish kind, I promise)