It started when Cecilia, my 5-year-old, had a brilliant, wonderfully organic "ah-ha!" moment. She was blowing raspberries on my belly to try and "tickle the baby" when her eyes lit up and she said, "Mom! I got a great idea! We can call the baby little baby Smoochie!"
I melted. YES! YES!! YES!!! I have been wanting to call this baby SOMETHING other than "the baby" while we wait to find out if we are having a bundle of pink or blue. But everything seemed either too cliche (ei: peanut, bean, etc...), I already used (dear daughter number two was called "nugget" for quite some time). So yeah. Baby smoochie. Chosen by the kid's big sis. It's perfect :)
Thing Two: WE PICKED FIRST NAMES!
I am almost terrified to admit this out loud because I notoriously outgrow names. But there are two names. One for a boy. One for a girl. We ALL like them. Scot gets overwhelmed by the name game so this time he asked me to hand my list over to the girls and only keep the names they both liked and then pass the finalists on to him. That's exactly what happened. The girls cut my list from 20 to 10 and Scot trimmed it down to 3. Among those three was my favorite from the original lot. To have a name all FOUR of us love is super exciting. I wouldn't say the names are a secret, per se, especially since I've already told a handful of people, but I want to give them a few more weeks so I know they'll stick before I make any big to-do about it. But seriously. WE PICKED FIRST NAMES!
Lastly: We finally got a glimpse of baby smoochie. I've never had an ultrasound so early before (I was 11 or 12 weeks with our first and 10 or 11 weeks with our second). This time was 8 weeks and 6 days. I have to admit, the difference was definitely noticeable! Besides being smaller, the baby was a lot less active than I remembered them being (but the ultrasound tech assured me that this early on that is perfectly normal). And hey, if this kid wants to be mellow, that is a-okay with me!
Here he (she?) is!
The heart rate was 173bpm (which, according to the old wives tale means GIRL)! And baby measured in at 2.75 centimeters.
Today marks 9 fabulous weeks! Rather than barrage you with all the pictures this week (and maybe because I forgot to take TWO pictures in ONE week... oops!) I figured I'll just leave you with today's baby bump picture:
In other news... We are starting to get excited for Christmas around these parts. Much to my neighbors' dismay, I'm sure, we went ahead and hung our lights a little early this year:
These two love bugs are sooooo exciteable anymore between the baby and upcoming holidays (or maybe just because of their surplus of halloween candy). They can't contain it and I love that! They've been especially awesome the past week or so. They are both such well-behaved, happy, bright, beautiful souls. They make me even more excited to have this baby. I want to do this all over again :)
And with that big ol' pile of mush, I'm signing off.
Peace love and happy things,
T
And with that big ol' pile of mush, I'm signing off.
Peace love and happy things,
T
