A Name, A Name, What's in a Name?

OK. Names. Totally stumped. Really. Here's the problem... I had a girl name that I love. Crap. Can't call the little man by a girl name! ( Brynna
Here's the other problem.... Raegan is a GREAT name! But it hinders us from using many of the boy names we already like... For example, we love the name Rowen... But Raegan and Rowen?? I don't think so. We also like Duncan... Raegan and Duncan... still no go.
SO.. I am on the hunt. I need great Boy names.. original names, not weird names. I tend to like Irish/Scottish sounding names, but then again, Rowan is Austrailian.. and Bishop ( another name I like, but am not sure about) is what... British?
Davinie suggested Grady.. which has definately gone on my "Ooh I Like" list. It is not common, but it is not weird.. and it doesn't have any ugly knick names that I can think of. Here's some of the names we have previously considered, just so you know what we tend to like:

Kael ( Kay-L)
Griffyn
Balin ( Bay-Lin)
Bishop
Ashe
Wyatte
Lief ( Leaf)
Aspen
Duncan
Rowan

So, some were discarded because I tend to like 2 syllable names. Some will go out because of the similarities to Raegans name. But you get the idea.....

ANYHOO... Any and all input will be welcomed!

Guess Who...

We had our BIG ularasound today.....
We have decided that we won't TELL people who we're having, we're going to make them guess. I bet you can't guess!! Can you Guess? I'll give you ONE guess... and if you're RIGHT... well you will have guessed right and can sleep soundly knowing how astute you are!

Little Guy is sucking his thumb.. AWWWW 

Of BOYS and GIRLS

OK, so THIS is the nursery set I have fallen in LOVE with... and of course, it is Pottery Barn Kids, so it is WAY out of our league. I think I will take inspiration from this set and make something that gives the same feel.... It could easily be made more boy or girl, and I am just totally in LOVE with the whole farm theme.... I mean, you look at all the other ones I've picked out.. ALL farm. I think it's because I'm nervous about the possibility of BOY... and I don't like trucks, sports, dinosaurs, bla bla bla. Farm can be BOY easily... and I like it too! Of course, if I can just be patient for a few more days, the possibility of BOY will either be confirmed or denied, so all over-thinking on my part can stop.. but have you MET me?? I over think everything. So for now I will obsess. It's what I do.

Why the stress about BOY?? Who knows. I wasn't at all nervous when learning about Ragan and about mothering her... but that could be because I had no idea what parenting was... what mothering really WAS... so there was really no starting point FOR nervousness. NOW, however, I have mothered. I have kissed, hugged, loved, diapered, cleaned, dressed.... GIRL. I know what to do with GIRL. I am familiar with GIRL. Comfortable with GIRL... so the thought of BOY... is scary. Will BOY be as great as GIRL? Will I love mothering BOY as much as I love mothering GIRL? I mean, I don't know anything about BOYs!! What if I mess up? Make a wrong decision? Yes, I KNOW Matt will be here too.. and he is BOY so duh... will have more clue then I.. but I will be spending 24 a day, 7 days a week.... the rest of my LIFE being Mother to BOY... which is a BIG job! No bigger a job then Mother to GIRL... but once again, I KNOW girl ( seeing as I am one).

And yet.. I meet these mothers of BOY... and they wouldn't change BOY for the world. They are, in fact, nervous about GIRL... Now isn't that odd?

But a part of me, a small quiet part of me... would absolutely LOVE a mini Matt. It's a good thing, either way. And it is perfectly OK to be nervous about that. Normal, I'm told. In just a few more days, we find out. Hopefully.... all I really want are 10 fingers, 10 toes, great heartrate, no 3rd arm ...that kind of thing. What happens below the belt stays below the belt... I mean after all..... That's just the place you put a diaper. Mothering, no matter if it is BOY or GIRL... is hard, stressful, rewarding, life altering work.

Bring It On.

She SO loves her baths! 

Hands Up!!! She does this when she wants me to tickle her.... silly girl.. ( note all the TEETH!!) 

Boy, Girl, or either?? 

Why we will no longer watch Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

A movie she has seen dozens of times before. She likes the songs, she likes the dancing.... but today, what she DOESN"T like.... what she is in fact terrified of.... the CHILD CATCHER. Bloody murder scream.. running into kitchen clutching her blankie... I pick her up, wondering what is wrong??? and she peeks out from under her blankie to stare at the TV.... lower lip pokes out... tears well up.. and another little whimper.

Worst .Mother. Ever.

Papa visits... 

For Aunt Alyca : 15months 2 weeks

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