11 weeks

 i've always heard that people show sooner with second pregnancies, and so on...
and i always thought it was one of those old wives tales.

but lately, my normal jeans are needing some extra room..

 and today i looked in the mirror to see this:

after doing a little bit of research.. i found out that it is a true tale.

so welcome tiny lime baby bump.
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in the 2.5 minutes it took me to take the above belly photo, mr. calvin single-handedly flooded our bathroom with an empty bottle and our tub facet.

(did i mention how he held my phone under this tub's running water a few days before.)

busted:

 he was not happy i took his bottle away.. and he looks slightly like an orphan in this picture:

i promise, i take care of him.
and check out those huge molars. he is a chewing monster.
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i never posted about my 8 week appointment.

to make a long story short.. the midwife i saw is very conservative -

 and i had a few issues with her during cal's pregnancy (she was stressed out about some labs - that were actually processed wrong and were really not an issue... possible tiny sch... blah blah blah. wanted me to switch the the mfm specialists... i chose not to, and at my next appointment she told me everything was perfect.)

anyways, she wanted me to go in for an early ultrasound because she couldn't find the heart beat on the ancient us machine that she really wasn't supposed to be using..  and most of the time you cant hear a heartbeat that early.

after some thought, i decided not to go in for the ultrasound.

if for some reason there really wasn't a heartbeat, my body will figure it out and i will miscarry.

i have still been feeling sick - throwing up most days more than once..

my belly is obviously growing, and i will go in next week.

i feel good with my decision, and hopefully she won't be mad at me for disobeying.