Sunday 12 August 2012

i look pregnant today!  i think by the time we do 23 week pictures we'll finally be able to see a noticeable difference.  i'm excited about going back to the doctor to see how much i weigh because i might have finally surpassed my pre-pregnancy (pre-morning-sickness) weight and baby girl will grow so fast from here on out.  she's already 1 lb 1 oz according to the ultrasound, and her head and belly are measuring just a couple days behind, but unsurprisingly her femur is measuring over a week ahead.  she's going to be a gorgeous, leggy heartbreaker, we just know it already!  with colby's height and my figure, she'll be a victoria's secret model without a doubt :)

we were pretty much settled on a boy name because we were so sure that's what we'd have, but now we're back to square one on girl names.  i'm still stuck on mary because of my grandmas sharing that name, but i really want to use katherine or kathryn so that i can use all the nicknames like kate, kat, kitty, katy, etc.  we've already been calling her "kitten" so it just works.  colby really likes katherine but is resisting mary.  it means "bitter" and it is an admittedly boring name, but it has all the qualities we like in that it is traditional, easy to spell, and everyone knows it but no one has it.  colby likes amory and my grandpa's name was emery, so that's where we are right now: katherine emery... katherine amory... i'll have to toss those around and see how it feels in a few days.

in other news, i'm starting to put together some pretty solid ideas on what needs to be on our registries.  i've registered on babies r us and amazon.  we don't have room for a nursery, we're cloth diapering, breastfeeding, and not using pacifiers, plus we live on an island so our needs are going to be a little different from most people i think.  is it tacky to ask for gift cards?  does that take the fun out of it?

5 comments:

  1. Grandma approves of Kathryn Emery. Aunt Sandy mentioned that you have a great-great-great grandma named Katherine (Kurtenbach).

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  2. yeah i thought of katherine kurtenbach when we were talking about family names earlier. apparently, amory and emery are both male names that people are now turning female. what do you think about amory? colby suggested it, so i want to give it serious consideration even though i'm obviously leaning toward emery.

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  3. Well, obviously, I'm prejudiced towards Emery, but I would not object to Amory or anything else you want to call your baby girl. Grandma used to call us Kitten all the time when we were little cause she couldn't keep our names straight. You call her what ever you and Colby want. I'm going to call her Kitten or Pumpkin or Princess or Angel anyway. :)

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  4. Love love love reading all this. Makes me feel closer to my grand baby and you and Colby. I am so happy for you both living the life, but sure miss being close to be part of the pregnancy. this blog helps!! So excited we are having another grand daughter. She will be loved and spoiled by all of us.
    Her name definately your and Colby's choice. His grandmother on John's side was Mary Elizabeth and Elizabeth was also both of his great grandmother's name on my side. But I like Emery or Amory or whatever you choose. Like Jane, I am sure we will have our nickname for our baby. Right now it is Baby Colbie. Love you both.

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  5. my middle name is elizabeth! it was briefly considered as a first name for this kitten, but we hate all the nicknames (liz/beth). maybe we'll have another girl and name her mary elizabeth :)

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