Almost Halfway

Black is flattering! The point of these pictures are of course to be showing my growing belly, but wth the light, angle and shirt, I don't look prego in some of them :P

The other news is that NOW I CAN FEEL THE BABY! It's been since the past week, but especially the last 3 days.

19+ Weeks/Registry

I think it is time for a few more photos, but we haven't got to it yet...

We go on Tuesday to meet with a midwife at the hospital for a 'practical appointment.' I am looking forward to it, because I think they should give us a lot of details about our future stay there and be able to answer our questions.

I set up 2 registries, because the stores were having promotions that if I did it now, I got special gifts :) I already showed a photo of the free things I received from one and on Friday I went and picked up 60 euros worth of gifts from the otherstore. I also have a 40 euro photo session coupon and 20 euros towards a photobook.

If you want to take a look (by clicking links to see the photos) at the registry, it is www.dreambaby.be then go to Geboortelijst "birth list" (on the right) and hit Een Geschenk Kiezen "A gift choose" then type :

Lijstnummer: 214825
Paswoord: KPG7363

:)

I'm happy that babycenter.com is happy with me!

"With Moderation"

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/20023745/ns/today-today_health/

I keep hearing of things I shouldn't do, but most I've researched and figure if I'm healthy, aware of what I'm doing and listening to my body, I'll be ok! Here was a nice article to back me up ; )

More Free Stuff!

I only had to pay shipping. The sling said originally $48 and the cover was $32.

The Name

We have not agreed on a name for the baby...that is probably the only reason I want to find out the gender (besides so that mom can buy cute clothes :P).

We are thinking an English name, mainly because he has not offered any Dutch names.

I am the 4th generation of L.M.? daughters, so I would LOVE to carry on that tradition with my firstborn daughter, only we are having a problem finding nice "L" names. I like Lydia, but that's my niece, so it's off the list. One I think is ADORABLE is Liberty, but that was vetoed (as well as Libby). I said *if* it happens to be born on the 4th of July that WILL be the name. A hilarious suggestion for the middle name (although it doesn't fit the tradition) is Belle.

Oh, and *I know it sounds like I'm making it up, but I'm serious!* someone sent me the idea of Lael and I thought that was pretty and was considering it an option until on Friday a JAEL was born...

For boy names I have given up on matching the initial of my husband. This was another witty suggestion from my friend: Ephraim (for God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction)

Maybe I am better off waiting until the baby is born to think of names, because I get frustrated when I start thinking and come up with nothing. I guess it's a part of my 'plan-ahead' nature that I need to deal with.

After a few deep breaths...

I now can post this with a bit of a smile :P The hubby and I have of course been throwing names around and actually came up with the *perfect* name for if 'it's' a boy...I was so happy with the sound of the name, the initials and the meaning + the 4 people I know with the name are really nice.

So imagine my SHOCK when my nephew was given the same name with a middle name that only differed by 1 letter! I couldn't believe that out of the thousands of possible names, nearly the identical one was chosen for our nephew who will only be 4 months older than its cousin.

Mom said it's because we were in the same channel and the family relations made us think the same. (I know they didn't 'steal' it because we told no one, thankfully, because this way there are no hard feelings!) I think I still am in some form of shock, but have adjusted and have began to look for new names. I took it as a sign of hope that maybe we don't even need a boy name ; -)