Baby Names

So we are having a difficult time picking out a name for our little baby girl. But while we were looking at all the options for names we came upon some real jewels.

Here are my favorites:

Unknown

Asma

Emagine

Damhnait (is that pronounced dominate?)

These are right up there with my favorites told to us by our friend who is a pediatric doctor.

ABCD (prounounced obesity of a- bee-cee-dee)

Erotica Morehead (even after learning the meaning of the first name the mother still went with it)

La-a (pronounced Ladasha; "the dash don't be silent") With that technique maybe my name should be Am&a

Sorry, to those of you who thought that we were going to list our real favorite names... No hints on what we are going to name our little Strawberry Marvelle until she is born.

We're having a girl

Today at our ultrasound we were able to see that we have a healthy baby girl. She is developing normally. We even got to see an 3D image of her face. We are so excited, but now we have to start thinking of girl names.

The 3D image of her face.

Side profile with her hand up around her face.

A foot with 5 toes

What will it be?

On Monday the 20th we go in for our midway ultrasound. During the ultrasound we will get to see if the baby is developing well; we will also get to find out the sex (if the baby is in the correct position).

Any guesses?

Half-way

I am 20 weeks pregnant today - half-way through the pregnancy. It seems so weird to be half way through, and I can't believe how much more I have to do before he/she gets here!

We have been looking into buying a new car because our 15 year old Blazer with 190,000 miles (while it runs great) maybe a little too unreliable for a new born.
We've been looking into day cares. The plan is that I will stay at home for 6 months or so and look to start a job next summer... but we still need to start putting our names on waiting lists so we can have a good spot at a place where we feel comfortable.
We still need to set up the baby's room! We need to register, buy furniture and start getting the house ready!
And finally I need to graduate. Wow. I can't believe I've been in school for over 5 years, and I am still not done. 2 papers under my belt with so much more to do! I was looking at the calendar today made me realize that if I want to graduate before the baby comes then I need to to get some major work done in the next 3 months!


As far as how I've been feeling. My back was aching a little last week, but that seemed to have tapered off after going to the pool twice. I have been sneezing a lot and wake up a stuffy nose. I've started to forget a few things. For instance today I couldn't remember my social security number or a website I visit all the time... But after reading horror stories, I've been very thankful at my lack of symptoms. Hopefully the second half of my pregnancy will be just as smooth as the first.

Belly Pics!

So, I'm a little embarrassed to show these, but oh well, this is what I look like. We went to the pool yesterday and I just felt fat, not round and beautifully pregnant. Even though I've only gained 9 pounds, I feel like I look 30lbs heavier!

Here it is in all its glory for all of those who have asked. Pictures from the beginning.