I already know one of my New Year’s Resolutions: to put up a blog post every day. Considering my success last year in not swearing anymore, I don’t think I’ll be able to stick to it, but making the resolution will at least remind me to post. I’ve been terrible lately, which sucks. Stew says I’m “slacking off” in regards to not writing about this new baby like I used to write about Kyle when he was in the womb.
So about this baby: we still have no idea what to name him. About this time in the pregnancy with Kyle, I had come up with “Kyle.” He is still The Peanut. He moves a lot and I can tell he’s getting bigger because when he jerks I feel it in many different places. I will post a belly shot soon because I have been noticing that my belly, at least the part of it that is not my ass, is looking very pregnant finally. We are going back to the perinatologist in February so she can take more money from us, I mean so she can do another ultrasound, and we opted for the 3D version, so we’ll get to see what The Peanut looks like and maybe that will help us name him.
My mom and I went to see “The Holiday” last night. As an aside, I think Cameron Diaz is not an actual person. Rather, she is a CGI character who looks very realistic. There is no way a person can actually LOOK like that. Also, she is not a very good actress. Nevertheless, the movie was light escapism, which is still all I can handle. The other night we watched “Flags of Our Fathers” and I was awake for hours hoping Kyle never gets drafted. Anyway, my point is, the main male characters in “The Holiday” were named Graham and Miles and I like those names. However, when I say Miles out loud I instantly think of Murphy Brown and the geeky little producer who ran her fictitious news show. So Miles is out. And Graham, well, Stew didn’t really like it. Plus, if it was a keeper, I wouldn’t be sharing this with you now. I have learned to keep the good names to myself.
I pretty much agree that Cameron Diaz is fake. I mean, not real. And stupid.
Miles and Graham are terrible names.
Of course Jay is a pretty good name.
Our second choice was Nathan. I’m telling you since we’re having a girl and also because if we ever have another boy the chance of us living close and having a baby with the same name are slim.
I can’t watch anything on TV about the war. There are too many people that we know around here (DC) that are deployed. I keep thinking about their mothers and how they were little boys like Luke once, too. I left the room the other day when Alec was watching “Life is Beautiful.” I used to like that movie.
Daddy didn’t like Graham either.
Think about him as an adult, talking on the phone. Something like Brent Prince would get him connected straight to the manager, whereas something like, oh, I dont know, Windy Prince wouldnt get him past the first level of inadequate customer service.
I like Graham but how about any of these for your little peanut:
Carson
Spencer
Griffin
Lucas
Trevor
Those are a few that popped into my head.
Milo
James
Aiden
Owen
That’s all I got.
And, because we always go through the same thing, I, too, have been slacking off posting for a few months now. I have no idea why, but I’m hoping my writing drought will end soon. Glad you’re still feeling good. Can’t wait to see the belly shot, and hear about the 3D view. I always wanted to do that with Zoe.