Wishlist

Some things I'm wishing for, for this little girl:

 

 

SO SO fun!  The stroller and carseat are mine. ;-)  And that pack and play up there? See the little part on the top? That detaches and hooks to the side of the bed, so it's kind of like co-sleeping but not as scary. ;-)   I am going to have so much fun shopping for this little girl! 

But we still have no leads on a name.  It's so weird! Usually the name is set in stone by now.  There are lots and lots of nice names, but none of them are The One.  I could settle for any of them, but that feels weird after having a name jump out at us as The One with each of the others.  Ah, well.  I still have 20 weeks to figure it out. :-D

Keep the Names A'Coming

Cuz we're having a baby girl!

Here's the deal with me and names... I have a couple criteria.

1) Must be gender specific- no unisex names for us
2) Must have a good meaning.  Even if I like the name, if it has a negative or dumb meaning I won't use it.
3) Not TOTALLY mandatory, but I really am aiming for a name that no one else in our church/family has.

That last one knocks out quite a few names that were suggested.  Even though I do love some of them, I really like it that Kate, Christian and Owen are the only ones with those names in our extended West Coast church family.  Well, there are some Kathryns/Katies but no Kates. ;-)

Anyway, I'm loving the suggestions you guys are giving me, so keep them coming! :-D

Now I get to go shop for tiny pink, girly things! HOORAY!!

What is your name, little one??

So I am having a heck of a time naming this little bean! Well, that's not completely true.  We have a perfect boy name picked out... but are stuck on a girls name!  I find out on Thursday what the gender is and I can't wait!!

We've thought of lots of girl names that are okay... Emma, Sophia, Eleanor, Juliet, Abigail, Lydia, Elyse, etc... But none of them are jumping out as The One.  With all the other kids (and even the boy name this time) as soon as we've talked about a name, it's been clear that is The Name.

But we're just going in circles this time with a girl name!

Any suggestions? Obviously we like very gender-specific, classic names.  Any and All ideas are welcome! If you help us name the baby and it's a girl, I'll send you a little treat. :)

What?? What is your name, little one??

It's the little things...

*Stronger baby movements; more kicks and pokes as opposed to flutters

*Taking Kate's too-anatomically-correct-for-my-comfort gingerbread man:

And turning it into a more modest Hawaiin girl, complete with painted toes ;-)

 

*Seeing the pride shining on Christian's face when he shows me the picture he drew, or when he successfully reads the word "Flavors" on the cereal box. (!!)

*Owen asking me to put my face down near him, only to have him plant a big ol' kiss on my cheek and then happily skip off.

*A husband who notices my feet are cold, goes and gets me a pair of socks and then proceeds to give me a foot massage before putting said socks on my cold feet.

*Oranges, avocados and the ready availability of anything else I might be craving. And healthy cravings!

*Mike&Ikes.  New-found love, right there.

*Tiny baby clothes.

*Cheery painted toes.

*A hot cup of coffee (that doesn't make me sick!!) and a slice of healthy blueberry coffeecake not made by me.

*Burt's Bees Chapstick.  I need to buy stock in them.

*Friends and Family who make me smile every day.

Musings

I wonder...

*do animals get morning sickness? I've never seen them stumbling around yakking up their food, or anxiously trying to find the clover they are craving.  Do they get cravings??

*The shortest gestation period is 13 days, for some kind of opossum.  The longest is almost 2 YEARS!!! Poor African elephants have to be pregnant for a short eternity!

*I can not figure out if I want a boy or girl more.  This is a good problem, no? :)

*I am stumped on girl names.  So any and all suggestions are welcome! The only caveat is that the meaning has to be something nice, good or positive. 

*Baby movement is probably one of the most amazing feelings ever.

*Is it wrong that I want to spend my Christmas money on baby stuff???

*I have never been involved in a food fight.

*My right eye has been twitching for 3 days and is still going strong.

*I am addicted to Pinterest and have SO MANY inspirational pictures pinned.  I can't wait to start implementing some of them in my home.

*Josh gets to take off the week between Christmas and New Years and I'm hoping to rope him into doing some of my Pinterest projects. :-D

*I love the cartoon Arthur. I may or may not be caught watching it all by myself.

*I can drink coffee again!!!!!!!!!!!!

*I need to start using my new camera more.  And I need to find the cord so I can download pics to the computer.

*The kids are starting to mutiny, so I best go referee.

Catch Up

Its been a while since I've posted here.  I blog much more regularly on my other blog.

The Skinny Turtle

It used to be my weight loss blog, but now it's turned into my pregnancy blog. ;-)

In other news, here's a glimpse of what's been going on around here.

*Josh has been Super Dad/Husband and has picked up soooo much of my slack since I've been pregnant and sick. That man deserves a medal, a long vacation and a beer.

*Owen melts my heart.  Every day when we drop Kate off at school he asks me to open his window so he can yell out, "Bye, Love!" to her.

*All 3 kids are trying to figure out what we should name the new baby. Mostly it's names of kids they go to school with.  We have a boy name picked out for sure (Josh and I do, that is) but we're still working on a girl name.

*I am starting to look pregnant, even though I'm only 14 weeks.  I'll have Josh or my sister take a picture and I'll post it soon.

*I have NO IDEA how or when I'm going to finish my Christmas shopping.

*I discovered a new, "healthy-ish" scone recipe and it's super good.  I'll post the recipe soon.

*My brother is getting married next month and I have nothing to wear.  I'm afraid to buy something now in case I totally balloon up in the next 4 weeks.

*My aversion to coffee that came along with this pregnancy is FINALLY starting to abate.  I got an iced coffee from my fave coffee joint today and it was DELICIOUS.

*I miss my friends.  I basically have to do next to nothing in order to stay out of the hospital and off IV fluids.  I got to hang out with Jen last week (??) but haven't seen hardly anyone for SO long. 

*I am so super excited for Jan 19th when I find out what we're having!! Then the shopping will begin! Since it's been so long since I had a baby I got rid of all my baby stuff, so as far as clothes go I get to buy new stuff! :-D

*I also get to get a new stroller, which I am unreasonably excited about! I am addicted to strollers!

*I'm going to try to go all natural this time.  This will most likely be my last baby, and I want to have the natural experience at least once. I had epidurals with all of my other 3.  I've bought a HypnoBabies course to help me prepare and I'm excited!!

*Josh doesn't think I can do it and still had me find out how much epidurals cost and what our portion will be. :-P

*This pregnancy is starting to go by a bit faster.  In the beginning it was d-r-a-g-g-i-n-g but now I'm busy with other things, and I can feel the baby moving so much, that the time is going faster.  Plus, it'll be Christmas, then my Ultrasound, then my brother's wedding, and probably Christian's eye surgery so I have lots of things to look forward to and keep me occupied.

*3 of my sister-in-laws are pregnant too! We're all due within 3 months of each other, too.

*I had a dream that my 4th sister in law (that's YOU, Jen!!) got pregnant too. ;-D

*I love Arthur.  My kids are all sitting quietly, totally enraptured with the episode where DW gets ear tubes.  I asked the kids if we should name OUR baby Dora Winifred and they all yelled, "NO MOM!!" :)

*I'll try to post here more regularly!

Genius Idea

Have you guys heard of Pinterest? It's an amazing site; although it can be QUITE addicting. *ahem*

Anyway, these past few days I really haven't felt well at all, so I've been perusing Pinterest. I think I've pinned probably 15 recipes. At least.  And lots of other things.

One of the things that caught my eye totally made me go, "DOH!", smack my forehead and wonder why I never thought of it myself!!!

Self Serve Snack Stations. 

I made one for the fridge and one for the cupboard.

 

For the fridge I put cheese sticks, baggies of grapes, baggies of sliced apples and tubs of peanut butter in a tupperware and set the whole thing on the bottom shelf where everyone can reach it. For the cupboard I have granola bars, baggies of pretzels, animal crackers and Cheez-Its.

Now when the kids say they are hungry, I can direct them to either of these tubs!  My only concern is that they are going to eat it all up in one day. ;-)  So I'll have to monitor that, but I must say I'm excited to try it out!