We could use a little help

Who couldn't use a little help, right? Actually, I could probably benefit from a lot of help, but that is a different post entirely.


 Okay, as I mentioned in an earlier post, we are having a girl! Woo HOOOO!!!

The thing is, though, I was certain we were having a boy, so I only focused on boy names. In fact, we had a boy name all but embroidered-- we just waivered slightly on the middle name. So, here I am having a girl, and without a clue as to what to name the sweet child. We have some ideas. Actually, I have a lot of ideas, but my husband is incredibly picky and he has vetoed about 80% of my suggestions.

This is where you come in. I am going to share our name ideas with all y'all, if you would be so kind as to let me know your thoughts on the names (kindly, please) and if you have any you would like to suggest, we are  I am all ears.

I like english and gaelic names, but I also like American names, too. And judging by the short list, I guess I have an affinity towards names ending with an N.

Here are the top 5 we are thinking about.......

Autumn
Brooke
Gillian
Meghan

..and our unusual pick is....

Georgia

-- We are using my beautiful mom's name as her middle name, so regardless of the first name choice, her middle name will be Diane. That much we know :)

While I love all those names, right now, not a single one of them really jumps out at me. I am wondering if we will be the couple who, days after delivering this little girl, are still debating names in the hospital room. Yikes!

We're having a........

GIRL!!!!!!

And, she is as healthy as can be without even a hint of any genetic issues!!!!!!!!!!!

Specifically, with regards to her littler big brother, there is no evidence of situs ambiguous- her organs are exactly where they should be. (Enter in a 20 week sigh of relief here.) We are thrilled....and I feel completely and utterly blessed to be staring at photos of my beautiful, HEALTHY, fourth child! And it's a GIRL!! I am so in love with my family and overwhelmed at the goodness that has filled our lives.

I am so in love!!!!!

Can't wait to kiss these baby feet!

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The grand prize is $100 gift certificate to an adorable little shop! Good luck!

Not ME! Monday-- UH OH!!

Guess what day it is?? Monday!!! And that means yet another installation of Not Me!! Monday where I share what could have been, what might have been, what could have become of my week......

For starters, after taking my kids to school and shopping in Target for some desperately needed items, I promise it WASN'T ME who was retrieving a sippy cup from the floor and noticed- GASP!- that I was wearing 2 very different shoes. If this had truly happened, surely,  I would have noticed that my left foot looked very cute in a zebra print flip flop with hot pink stitching, while the right foot was wearing a black flip flop adorned with '2008' and a graduation cap and glitzy sequins! Wow!!! That could have been pretty embarrassing, so I sure am glad that WASN'T ME!!

While cleaning up my husband's haircut with his razor, I can say-well, actually I cannot say because I cannot stop laughing- that it was NOT ME who wasn't paying attention and took the trimmers where they never should have gone with that size blade. So, of course, I WASN'T the one said 'Oh, SHOOT!' and immediately started laughing, after realizing I took a significant chunk of hair off of one side of his head AND made the bottom hair line 1 inch shorter than it was prior to my razor-wielding. I would feel terrible if I had done such a thing, and I certainly would NOT have burst out into a fit of laughter upon seeing my husband's reaction to his lovely new haircut. NOT ME!!

And just this weekend, I was not playing with my kids and thinking it would be fun to jump out and scare them. So it WASN'T me who was crouching down behind the couch just waiting for the little footsteps to come tearing around the corner, trying to suppress my giggles. And as I heard them get very close, it WASN'T ME who jumped out and yelled 'BOO!', and surprised my littlest child so much that he threw the VERY HEAVY walkie talkie he was holding smack dab at my left cheek and eye. So, do you know who is walking around with a slight shiner and tender cheek bone? Well, I'll tell ya- NOT ME!!

**And for the record, the photo above was created through photoshop, and most certainly is NOT MY HUSBAND!!

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