Not to be a tease or anything but we have finally come to a consensus on THE name for Princess Pancake. No, it is not Pancake.
And when I say 'we', I mean all three of us... well, I would say five because we even asked Santana and Lucy but you know they just have this sweet blank brown eyed stare however they did turn their little terrier heads to the side when we spoke with them so maybe that was a 'yes' from the dogs too?!
Matthew picked the name really. We gave him a choice of two that we liked and he picked this name.
When I say I am not trying to be a tease that means the name will be the ONE surprise about this baby. With Matthew, we left everyone in the dark from the name to the sex (including ourselves on the gender thing!)
I suppose part of the reason I do not want to tell the name has to do with the last time I shared names I had some negative feedback and I just want to avoid that entirely.
We like the name and that is really what is important, not that is overtly unusual or that ranks high or low in the Top 500 on the Social security list (it is in the Top 500... does that narrow it down for you???) and so forth... I am glad to have made a decision and if you ask Matthew he has no idea because we only asked him once and have not mentioned it since so he is fairly in the dark besides making the ultimate decision about a week ago.
The other reason I am holding back on sharing the name has to do with the fact I feel any name is subject to change (I am fickle like that ;) While Kevin denies this, we decided Matthew's name was going to be Ethan until about six weeks before he was born which would be about the time that I received the above mentioned negative feedback -- THAT SCARRED ME FOR LIFE --- er I mean when I freaked the f*** right out (seriously do not give negative feedback on potential baby names unless someone specifically asks you to do this and also not to a pregnant women in her 3rd trimester!)
So as we drove back from Indy back in 2005 from a trip to buy some much needed baby gear we decided on Matthew's name. That it would be Matthew and that he would have two middle names being his two grandpa's names. Randomly. In a fit of 'OMG our child shall be call Bull Schmidt the rest of his life' (sort of like Pancake only BULL SCHMIDT??!!? I mean come on that is JUST bad. It would totally land him in the Worst Names Ever book which by the way have you seen that book?? I have and it is sort of disturbing...)Also, I knew a girl named Cherry Pepsi and twin boys named Sunshine and Rainbow (this was NOT in California...)
I take this naming thing seriously. Names are important. They tell people who you are, a bit about yourself. I have been obsessed with names since I can remember, even as a kid. I liked to look up the origins of names and see how they could be spelled differently.
I went through a phase when I thought my name should be spelled with a 'Y' instead of an 'I' as in Chrystyna. Why? Because that is how the girl on Head of the Class spelled it. And I so wanted long red curly hair like her & to be THAT smart AND pretty. I am glad now that I am just Christina with regular old 'I's - I like my name and that is what is important! I hope this little girl grows up to like her name as much as I like mine!
Showing posts with label baby names. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baby names. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Rock A Bye Matthew...
I fell asleep last night at 20 minutes after 8. Even at my most exhausted moments, I do not fall sleep early. I just keep dragging myself from thing to thing that needs to be done. Last night, it just was not going to happen. It was like the 1st trimester all over again. I just laid my head on the pillows and was clicking between NCIS and American Idol and the next thing I knew I was greeted by people being berated on Hell's Kitchen and the bright dining room light shining in my eyes. It was 9:45p. I got up, stumbled to the kitchen, got a glass of water and got ready for bed. Kevin said Matthew was asking for me until after 9:00pm.
My son. Does anyone have any answer any longer about how to get a three year old to go to sleep in a timely manner??? We start his "bed time routine" about 7:15-7:30p every evening and seriously it is a hellish procedure from then until around 9:00-9:30p every night. We are convinced that the only reason he finally goes to sleep is that he is OMG actually tired and has just passed out.
He drives us batty through the process. He does not just play quietly in his room before going to sleep. No, no. He yells and cries. Whimpers and moans. He is a mad man. It is like bed time brings out the beastly beast in my son. For three years, we have been dealing with this and in ten-ish weeks or so, this process will seem even worse. I will not have the energy for a bit and my time will be taken up with - er - other things like providing nourishment to a newborn.
I have come to think of Matthew as one of those kids that is a bit of night owl BUT he is also a morning person. OMG, he is my dad...
Nothing works with him. We tried renaming bed time nap time because naps are such a breeze. You put him down for a nap and he kisses you sweetly and bang he is out. WHY OH WHY CAN THIS NOT BE OUR BED TIME ROUTINE? Not that I would want the nap thing to change to get his bed time down but still...
Really it comes down to feeling like a failure in this department. I was a huge wimp with him as a little guy. We gave into his whims because we wanted to hang with him. At one point when he was much younger he was staying up until 10-10:30p just because we did not say 'no'. We finally realized what a monster we were creating and OMG we were flipping tired it was mostly too late. I am grateful he goes in his room at around 8:30p & does not come out but even that makes me feel tired. I want to rest, decompress from work and life, watch the latest bad reality TV shows and maybe even go to sleep on time.
Random rant, I know but man I feel for Kevin who will have to take on this monstrous task in few short weeks because there will no longer be two sets of hands to deal with it.
On an unrelated note, we still have not come up with a baby name. We sort of think we know the middle name but only if it ends up going with the first name. Someone told me that the hospital will allow us to go three weeks without naming our baby. Do you think it will come to that???
My son. Does anyone have any answer any longer about how to get a three year old to go to sleep in a timely manner??? We start his "bed time routine" about 7:15-7:30p every evening and seriously it is a hellish procedure from then until around 9:00-9:30p every night. We are convinced that the only reason he finally goes to sleep is that he is OMG actually tired and has just passed out.
He drives us batty through the process. He does not just play quietly in his room before going to sleep. No, no. He yells and cries. Whimpers and moans. He is a mad man. It is like bed time brings out the beastly beast in my son. For three years, we have been dealing with this and in ten-ish weeks or so, this process will seem even worse. I will not have the energy for a bit and my time will be taken up with - er - other things like providing nourishment to a newborn.
I have come to think of Matthew as one of those kids that is a bit of night owl BUT he is also a morning person. OMG, he is my dad...
Nothing works with him. We tried renaming bed time nap time because naps are such a breeze. You put him down for a nap and he kisses you sweetly and bang he is out. WHY OH WHY CAN THIS NOT BE OUR BED TIME ROUTINE? Not that I would want the nap thing to change to get his bed time down but still...
Really it comes down to feeling like a failure in this department. I was a huge wimp with him as a little guy. We gave into his whims because we wanted to hang with him. At one point when he was much younger he was staying up until 10-10:30p just because we did not say 'no'. We finally realized what a monster we were creating and OMG we were flipping tired it was mostly too late. I am grateful he goes in his room at around 8:30p & does not come out but even that makes me feel tired. I want to rest, decompress from work and life, watch the latest bad reality TV shows and maybe even go to sleep on time.
Random rant, I know but man I feel for Kevin who will have to take on this monstrous task in few short weeks because there will no longer be two sets of hands to deal with it.
On an unrelated note, we still have not come up with a baby name. We sort of think we know the middle name but only if it ends up going with the first name. Someone told me that the hospital will allow us to go three weeks without naming our baby. Do you think it will come to that???
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Mind Dribble
I really hate Nancy Grace yet I sit and watch her as I lie awake late into the night - seriously look at that link, look at her - EKK, she frightens me just for the picture! I do not know why. She annoys me and if she were my attorney I would throttle her. I do however really like the cheesy repetitive Showbiz Tonight that is on just after Nancy - AJ's kinda cute in that gossipy male sort of way. Why do I watch these two shows obsessively? The same reason I LOVED watching those epic Poker game shows on ESPN during my 1st pregnancy - they are mindless. As an aside, I cannot stand those Poker games now...
I am STILL obsessed with maternity clothing- the buying of and baby names - the finding of. I am so obsessed with maternity clothes that I am like a deer in headlights. I just cannot commit to stuff I like or want based on price or style. I finally bought some stuff from Motherhood Maternity THREE weeks ago that has yet to arrive. Apparently the system is not right over there and they sent the same package TWICE to our old address even though I entered a new address. When I called to say I did not receive the 1st package they gave me a new order number and expedited the package. The customer service rep never asked me about the correct address that time. The girl who now lives in my old house must either be pregnant or is saving that stuff for when she is pregnant. Weird! SO supposedly I am finally going to get that stuff, this week maybe?
Baby names. Oy, where in the hell do I start? I know all the links, I have (supposedly) the best baby name book on the market but again deer in the headlights. And Kevin and I just have not found the **RIGHT** name. It will come to me. If you look, it will come. So I obsess. Everything is fair game - movie credits, magazine, web sites, books, bill boards. Okay not much on the last one!
Epic headaches suck my rump as does the fact that I still cannot breath without wheezing, I hork up an incredible amount of "stuff" each morning from the sinus region and I am just too lazy to get to a doctor because I likely have a sinus infection. GAH.
Must hire cleaning service NOW. Plans to call this week are looking slim but this will happen. I can no longer keep up, too tired and dang it I deserve it.
We need a lap top. I am on Mission Operation Laptop. Must have a lap top. I dream of the lap top we will have and dude it will happen, dammit! Kevin wants one too but like all things we are BOTH like deer in headlights on these things. Eventually we will find one we like. Look if I had a lap top I might actually answer email in a timely manner - that has to be worth something to someone - it does to me. I hate that I am terrible at that and I truly dislike the phone which makes communication with humans who live near & far a little, ah, difficult.
I need to NEED to workout today. It has been a week and a half since the last actual workout. I was doing SO well. It has been a week and a half of peanut butter cookies and tubs of ice cream. And lots of CHEESE, oh salty yummy cheese and sourdough bread. Mmmm... love.
Gotta love random Tuesday mornings... my coffee sucked so I am little off. I did have a yummy fatty bagel slathered with more cream cheese then I wish to admit so that makes up for the shitty coffee. WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE....
I am STILL obsessed with maternity clothing- the buying of and baby names - the finding of. I am so obsessed with maternity clothes that I am like a deer in headlights. I just cannot commit to stuff I like or want based on price or style. I finally bought some stuff from Motherhood Maternity THREE weeks ago that has yet to arrive. Apparently the system is not right over there and they sent the same package TWICE to our old address even though I entered a new address. When I called to say I did not receive the 1st package they gave me a new order number and expedited the package. The customer service rep never asked me about the correct address that time. The girl who now lives in my old house must either be pregnant or is saving that stuff for when she is pregnant. Weird! SO supposedly I am finally going to get that stuff, this week maybe?
Baby names. Oy, where in the hell do I start? I know all the links, I have (supposedly) the best baby name book on the market but again deer in the headlights. And Kevin and I just have not found the **RIGHT** name. It will come to me. If you look, it will come. So I obsess. Everything is fair game - movie credits, magazine, web sites, books, bill boards. Okay not much on the last one!
Epic headaches suck my rump as does the fact that I still cannot breath without wheezing, I hork up an incredible amount of "stuff" each morning from the sinus region and I am just too lazy to get to a doctor because I likely have a sinus infection. GAH.
Must hire cleaning service NOW. Plans to call this week are looking slim but this will happen. I can no longer keep up, too tired and dang it I deserve it.
We need a lap top. I am on Mission Operation Laptop. Must have a lap top. I dream of the lap top we will have and dude it will happen, dammit! Kevin wants one too but like all things we are BOTH like deer in headlights on these things. Eventually we will find one we like. Look if I had a lap top I might actually answer email in a timely manner - that has to be worth something to someone - it does to me. I hate that I am terrible at that and I truly dislike the phone which makes communication with humans who live near & far a little, ah, difficult.
I need to NEED to workout today. It has been a week and a half since the last actual workout. I was doing SO well. It has been a week and a half of peanut butter cookies and tubs of ice cream. And lots of CHEESE, oh salty yummy cheese and sourdough bread. Mmmm... love.
Gotta love random Tuesday mornings... my coffee sucked so I am little off. I did have a yummy fatty bagel slathered with more cream cheese then I wish to admit so that makes up for the shitty coffee. WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE....
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