So I don't have any new pictures to post, but I will take some of my big belly soon and post them, because I feel so much bigger every day. I'm officially in my third trimester!!! It's all downhill from here . . . well, okay, so being a parent may have some challenges, but you know what I mean.
Basketball has officially ended. Thank goodness! We ended up winning a single, solitary, game. And my girls were screaming, jumping up and down after they won (keep in mind it was still pretty painful to watch). I'm glad they got at least one under their belt. The last game, we started doing really well, and I was thinking to myself, "I'm going to miss coaching a little bit." By the second quarter, I wanted to run away and hide. I was very relieved after the game was done. It was a little bit rough this season, but overall I do they think they improved. It would have been hard not to, considering how bad they were to begin with. Now I get home at like 3:30 p.m. every day and I feel like I have infinite hours of time on my hands.
While I like having time to clean and cook every once in a while after work (notice every once in a while), I'm reminded again how freakin' busy Nick is, and that basically I'm a single pregnant woman. I was very frustrated about the whole situation last week, so Nick told me as a present that I get to pick our baby's name. What can I say? He does know me well; its a wonderful present for a control freak such as myself. So I decided to put a few of the names out there (see poll to the side). Now before you judge me for liking weird names, keep in mind I don't really have a choice. My extended family (both sides) likes odd names. Its part of our DNA; its basically a requirement for being a member of the Kuykendall/Thompson and Ainge family. Besides, you should know that Nick and I were considering doing something "super cute" and combining our Mom's names (Julie and Stacy). We came up with Juicy and Stulie (Okay, we really weren't, but we thought it would be funny to tell people this). We've come a long way with the name situation. I always thought that I would feel really strongly about a name or two, but I really don't. We're not planning on naming her until we see her, but I would like to have it narrowed down to two, maybe three. So leave your opinion, and if you like one that isn't listed, leave a comment.
While I'm getting bigger, I'm still sort of in denial. I went shopping the other day and I would see clothes on the rack and be like, that shirt is HUGE, it won't fit me. Then I try it on and well, yeah, it does. I still feel pretty good, but my feet hurt pretty easily. I was able to jog a little bit last week, walk, and I even played a somewhat competitive game of tennis with Nick. I am still coping with being huge, particularly when Nick makes lovely comments like, "You're a whole lot o' woman!" or "It looks like you're wearing fat suit!" He still is having a hard time understanding that something like that is not exactly a turn on for me, and my general response is to give him the finger.
But we did finally buy a crib, car seat, and a stroller. It took us about an hour at the store to try to figure out how to put the carseat in the stroller. I could just feel people walking by us laughing, especially when we started debating how out it works.
She's still kicking away and more than anything, I love it when I can see my stomach move while she kicks me. I thought she would let up a little bit since she's getting bigger, but nope. She kicks/moves the most when I'm talking or singing, when Nick's talking, when I'm playing the piano, or when she hears a loud, deep voice (she's going to like Papa a lot!). I get more and more anxious to see her, but my dreams have been freaking me out a little bit. Here's a synopsis of two of the ones I've had recently:
- I go into labor beginning of March (two months early), and I'm knocked out during delivery. They hand her to me and I'm sort of confused, but she is this cute little fat thing. My Mom was in the room and I ask her how much the baby weighs. She goes and asks the doctor and says, "She's 9 pounds, but she would have been 18 had she been on time!" Yikes! Talk about a whole lot o' woman!
- I was delivering and the doctor tells me I'm having twins. I start yelling at him. "Twins! I only saw one baby in the ultrasounds!" And he was like, oh well, that happens fairly often, you probably just missed it. Then I end up having two boys. And I'm freaking out, "I don't have any boy clothes! And now I have to buy double everything!" And then the weirdest thing is they were polynesian. They came out like 6 months old, talking with polynesian accents.
Well, that's all for now. I need to go eat :)
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I laughed out loud reading about the dream with the twins. That is hilarious.
I'm glad you are able to have more time now - growing a baby takes a lot of work! And I am glad you get to pick the baby's name. Can't wait to see what the little thing will be :)
I also laughed out loud at the twins dream, especially the polynesian accent part.
I can't believe Nick is handing over the naming rights...maybe he plans on using a nickname no matter what.
you are freakin hillarious.
Do you wanna go test drive our strollers together sometime? :)
ha! these dreams made me giggle for a good five minutes.
Lexie you make me laugh out loud! I love the dreams and I love the name Juicy! So funny! I am so excited for you guys. Seriously though I do like the name Avery.
Okay, de-lurking here.
I have to laugh at the twins thing. All I can think of is "Friends."
When we met Julia's birth mother, she said (after we'd done the nursery in pink, the clothes for a girl and had plastered her name all over her room) that she "Was PRETTY sure it was a girl..." :-| I had nightmares for four weeks about bringing home a baby only to find out that it was a boy and all I could think of was, "All I have are dresses!"
As for baby names, we bought "The Baby Name Wizard." It's great. However, it would also be fun to tell people you're naming the baby after the place she was conceived, and then you give them the model name of your car. It's even more fun if you look them in the eye and say, "We're naming them after you. Because *make your voice break* you mean so much to us." Especially effective if they're of the opposite gender.
Best of luck!
is sawyer a girls name?
Well apparently it is. When I first saw it, it was a boy's name, but my Mom tells me its a "trendy Utah name." And she has a few friends whose grandaughters are Sawyers. But that was what was holding me back about it; it seems fairly masculine.
Sorry, I struggled with my last comment. I am going to refrain from making any derogatory comments about any of your names, just in case you use one I say I dislike. I definitely like Georgia the best. I'd like Brizben better if it was spelled differently. Using a "z" reminds me too much of "cuz" instead of "because" and other slang words using z ("shizzle", etc)
No offense taken about my names. Nick and my Mom both think that I should spell it Brisban, but I think it would be mispronounced too much. I wanted to spell it as phonetically as possible. But just think if we do name her Brizban (sp?), you could use the phrase, "for shizzle my brizzle" her whole life!
Crazy dreams are all a part of the pregnancy! I had the craziest dreams when I was pregnant!
You guys are too funny though! I really miss you both and I hope your visiting this summer!
oh my gosh! pregnant dreams are the craziest! and just because i was rarely around newborns, my baby always came out like two years old...walking and talking. that was crazy...i also had dreams that he was a kitty cat. i would unzip my stomach and play with the kitty and then put it back so it could grow some more. apparently my aunt had the same sort of dream.
so the names, hmmm? i knew someone named georgia and although i don't mind the name, i didn't necessarily like the person (you know how it goes). brisban is cute, but i agree with the z issue. i like sawyer, she would totally grow into it. but a trendy utah name?! eek. my friend named her little girl onnovah. that's different. cute too. that's all i have for ya..i'm terrible at suggesting names!
You make me giggle.
HOW DO YOU PUT A VIDEO ON YOUR POST?! I can't figure it ouuttttt
The twins dream cracked me up too! I think all the names you're considering are cute, and I love that you want to meet her before you decide for sure. I think it would be cute to give her a name that starts with a "k" sound to go with Cottle. Since we're done having kids, I'll give you one that I loved but didn't get to use: Cayanne/Kyanne or some spelling variation thereof. A spicy little girl name! :)
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