right now
August 5th, 2010
Outside my window the sky is a weird orange color, thanks to the thunderstorms that have been moving through our area all afternoon and evening. It’s rather beautiful.
I am thinking about baby names, but not so obsessively any more. Troy and I have narrowed the list down to a handful of possibilities and we’ll roll those around in our minds for a while.
(Thank you, by the way, for all of you who commented with your favorite girls’ names. My goodness, we all certainly do like talking about names, don’t we? And I learned, from reading all your suggestions, that I have a complicated system of rules for naming my children that I wasn’t even aware of having. Which maybe explains why I was going so crazy for a while there.)
I am thankful for perspective, which makes my life so much less difficult than it otherwise might seem.
I am wearing a Gallifrey t-shirt and Wal-Mart maternity shorts that I purchased in 2004. (First person to know what Gallifrey is wins a crocheted coffee-cup cozy.)
I am remembering how uncomfortable all these baby kicks can be. I’m thankful that the baby is active and healthy, blah blah. But I can honestly say that once this kid is born I won’t miss all the internal pummeling one little bit.
I am going to California in 18 days! Yay!
I am currently reading an issue of Touchstone Magazine.
I am hoping that I can figure out this whole homeschooling-a-first-grader thing without going crazy or scarring me or Annalie for life. (Pretty confident I can. Just, y’know…fingers crossed.)
On my mind: the movie Inception, which I’ve heard praised to the skies from so many different quarters that I think it’s impossible I won’t be underwhelmed by it. I’m still avoiding spoilers, though.
Noticing that Annalie has probably been watching too much TV lately. But I like my midday naps, so for now I’ll let it slide.
In the kitchen there are a few cookies left. I’m trying to ignore their siren call.
Around the house is plenty of evidence in every single room that a 6-year-old girl lives here. My attempts to have her clean up after herself are failing to keep pace with her ability to spread her belongings about.
One of my favorite things is the color of the yarn I’m using to crochet this baby her own cuddle blanket—sort of a pale yellow-green.
From my photo archive: this photo of Annalie was taken in March 2007, when she was two months shy of her third birthday. I’m very interested to see if the baby will look as much like Annalie as I look like my brother.
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Gallifrey is the planet from Dr Who!
And baby names are so much fun. I am much better at boy names than girl names though. Possibly because I want boys.
:)
If I were from Gallifrey, I would probably not travel to 2004…I think I’d want to go sometime I haven’t already been!
Your readers are Dr. Who fans! Great minds think alike! (I thought I’d be the first to recognize Gallifrey, but I’m beginning to realize how widespread the Who-love is) I also live in the DC metro area and my husband and I remarked on the orange glow after the storm raged through our neighborhood…a thunderstorm makes for a beautiful sunset. :o)
Maybe you can name the baby Gallifreda or something.
Dr Who is great!!
Sonja, you always crack me up!
By the way, Lauren has always been one of my favorite names (Hi Lauren!!)
EIGHTEEN DAYS!!!! I can’t wait!!! :)
I love seeing if siblings look alike. I looked/look a lot like my brother. I thought my girls would look alike but I think they all look very different from one another. I can’t wait to see what Daisy C. looks like.
I’ve been meaning to tell you for a long time now that you always remind me of an actress from the soap I watch religiously (yeah, I’m a dork). Her name is Sharon Case. It’s a good look a like moment too, she’s hot. UNLIKE the time I was at Walmart and the bagging guy told me that I looked like the short fat ugly girl from the lame show Stacked. Yeah, that totally made my day, ick.
18 days! You made me scramble for a calendar there. :)
I love baby kicks. The worse for me was a few weeks before I delivered Luke. I always felt like he was punching at the exit (if you know what I mean!). It would stop me mid-stride. Turns out his arm was up next to his head- that’s how he came out!
Re: homeschooling I taught first grade for several years (and I now teach gifted – which I’m pretty sure Annalie is!) so if you need advice, please let me know. I’d love to help.
When I was pregnant with Kaylie, the kicks were VERY uncomfortable. With Liliana, they weren’t so bad. She was VERY squished in there, but maybe the positioning of the placenta made them less noticeable or something. As uncomfortable as they were, they always put my mind at ease. :)
My kids have been watching a little too much TV lately too. Sigh.
That photo of Annalie is ADORABLE!!! If the new baby is half as cute as her, she’ll be a blessed little baby. :)
I’m glad that I actually get the Gallifrey reference.
I’m totally turning into a Dr Who addict.
Also….Hi Gramaw!!
So, your discussion about Annalie’s stuff being in every room is soooo me — and my mom, too, when she was younger. My grandma calls us “dandelions” because that’s what it always looks like: we picked up a pile of our stuff, huffed and puffed, and blew it all over the house. :)
18 Days and you are off to California! Oh my how wonderful. I love that photo of Annalie, Apple will be three in a few weeks, so I love to see how much Annalie has grown, yet stayed the same :)