Hooked On Friday.... the Name Game

Since we find out Baby's gender next week, we have been talking "Names" all week:) The list continues to grow and the discussion continues:) When we played the Name Game during our first pregnancy we discussed having a pattern to all our future kids' names. And so far we've followed the pattern... first name is biblical and the middle name is from the family!

The funny thing is that with both Anna and Christopher, we were solid with their names before we knew whether they were a boy or girl. On the way to the appt with Anna we were solid about naming her Anna and a little worried that we weren't sure of a boy name:) LOL... we were a little relieved that Anna was a girl since we liked her name soo much:) And our experience with Chris was the same!!


Lydia was a little different! We brainstormed names in the van with family members on the way to the appt and we all liked Lydia (not settled on a middle name though) and were still debating a boy's name.

So as we discuss names, I keep wondering if we are sure about names from one gender versus the other. Or are we talking about boys' names more versus girls' names???


So we are Hooked ON the name game... and probably will be until we find one we think we both like:)Oh, I really liked this site for baby names:)

Yes... Sisters can Corrupt!

Christopher is BIG into all sorts of boy stuff:) One new interest has been dinosaurs!!

One of our neighbors graciously gave us some of their grandchildren's toys... some of those being dinosaurs!! Christopher has really been playing with the remote control T-Rex... what boy doesn't like the T-Rex???

But poor Christopher is surrounded by sisters who have totally corrupted him to thinking that , yes, even the T-Rex could use a bottle to eat:)

I found his shelf this afternoon and thought it was too funny!!! Does show the "sister influence" on him!!!

Just one more reason Christopher is pulling for a little brother to balance out the "girls" during the day:)

*** And I should say that Christopher had definitely influenced the girls as well:) My little girlie Lydia can make " gun shooting" noises... lovely, I know! So it DOES go both ways with the corruption!! LOL

WW: Dinosaur !!!

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Almost 18 Weeks.... already!!!

Did you see the counter??? I'm in the 150's!! I know it's still a big number, but it's amazing that in less than 160 days we'll be meeting our new Baby:)

And we're getting closer and closer to that halfway point!!!

I finally dug through my winter and maternity clothes to see what I could find to wear... LOL!! I've never been a fashionable person, but I find that I struggle with clothes a LOT more when I'm pregnant...

So as I'm throwing clothes out of the attic I made two piles... those to keep and the "why did I ever save and wear this?" LOL But I do have a good start and plenty to wear .... for now :)

What is fun and super exciting is the development of Baby....According to amazingpregnancy.com,"About the size of an avocado now, your baby weighs about 6 ounces and is about 5 inches long!" Also during the 17th week Baby is starting to hear in the womb, just one reason we'd love to know his sex and have a name picked out. PLUS... Baby can start to hear her siblings:) It touches my heart how excited the kids are about Baby and that Baby will begin to connect with them while in the womb just by hearing them:)

And I've still been blessed with a easy pregnancy thus far! A little heartburn and lacking some energy are just a part of this sweet stage of life! And I finally found a generic prenatal vitamin that DOESN't make me nauseous... ahhh, nice:)

Tiny Talk Tuesday ; Boy or Girl

A week from today we will find out if we will be having a girl or boy!! I do find out the sex....

I just like knowing... it's easier to prepare for baby and I feel like I'm more connected to baby when I know their sex and name. Brian also likes finding out because it's a "middle of the pregnancy" surprise:)

With this pregnancy it's even more fun because Anna, Christopher and even Lydia can join in (although I'm not sure if Lydia is really grasping it all yet)!! We've been asking them what they would prefer: Girl or Boy? And what they would like Baby's name to be??


Anna (age 5): Anna thinks the baby is a girl and her name suggestion is "Nina".

Christopher (just turned 4): Christopher has been very consistently asking for a brother... cute:) He thinks baby's name should be Christopher or Diego:) LOL


Lydia (almost 3): Lydia goes back and forth about the gender of Baby... sometimes she wants a little brother and sometimes she wants a sister! When I asked her last night she said thought Baby was a boy and that his name should be "Sweety Pie"!! LOL... she's been naming everything Sweetie Pie:)

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While baking with Grandma on Saturday morning, Christopher stuck his WHOLE hand into the bowl filled with flour. I had the camera in hand and Grandma quickly wisked him to the sink. We asked him "Why?" he did it.


He shook his head and said, "I just didn't know the rules here." LOL!!

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One of my sweet children (will remain nameless today...lol) was sitting on the potty this morning and had a bit of "gas". They looked up at me and said, "Oh, my stinky just burped!"

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And I'd love to hear what your opinion is on Baby's Gender.... maybe I'll leave more wishes and "ole wives tale" guesses and then by next Tuesday we'll all be ready to be "surprised"!!