Right. So. I have another doctor-appointed potty break today. And to tell you the truth, I'm a little worried about the scale today. Why today, I don't know? Blast those old self-image skeletons in my closet! I'm pregnant, and that means I have every right to not worry about things as menial as weight gain, but the health-nut in me (my I've used a lot of hyphens today) says that eating whatever you want isn't healthy for me or the baby and so now I find myself in a bit of a tug of war....only I'm the one tugging on both ends.

And frankly, it's so boring.



So, here are some of the names we like for "Little Lady Smith"



Noelle--Christ is come
Lilly--Purity (or Lily flower)
Isabelle--God is my oath
Eloise--Famous Warrior
Adelaide--Of a Noble kin
Olivia--Elf Army....not wild about the meaning of this name



It's important to both Pete and I that we name our daughter something "timeless"...something that's not likely to sound odd when she's 93 years old. Like....Trixie or Candy or Moon Unit. And it's also important to us that the name have special significance other than just sounding "pretty". I do love Olivia...but Elf Army isn't exactly a name one can easily grow into....but neither do we want to assign such an all-consuming power to the meaning that our child will feel a failure if they don't become what their name implies. Though I do believe there is a great deal of God-ordained weight in a name. God even changes people's names throughout the Bible to better fit them. Abram became Abraham. Simon became Peter. Saul became Paul. So it's apparently quite important to God that people are named something that fits them. And that's maybe why Peter and I have had so much trouble picking a name for our little one. We don't know what fits her. Maybe I'll have to see her little face first. Maybe I'll have to see what kind of a temperament she has in her first day or so to really know if she's more like a quiet beautiful lily flower or a famous warrior. It's a fun and exiting thing to become a parent...but it also bears with it more responsibility that any of us can know. Everything has weight...from their name to teaching them right from wrong.

T-minus 15 weeks and counting....