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Simon did a henna design on my baby belly.


















Simon setting up the crib that finally arrived.
















































Hugo, testing out the car seat. Whadda ya think, Hugo?















Hugo reading up on what to expect.

The Name Game

What's in a name?
How far along? 34 weeks, 3 days



I'd say the most common question I get now, besides "when are you due?" is "so, have you picked out a name?" Ahhh a name. It is really not an easy thing picking out a name for your child. Now I believe that there is a lot to a name. I am not into numerology and have not consulted the cabilarian society about potential names but I do go so far as to think that your name does have a part in forming your personality and can lead people to an impression of you before they even know you. I also think that she, our baby, should inform us as to her name... meaning, we don't believe that you should just choose a name for your child and that is that.
We've always said that we will come up with a short list of names and when she is born we will look at her and see what suits her- and hope to goodness that one of the names we came up with will suit her. Well, recently I've come to wonder about that...is it possible that we have already found her name, that we have already been informed as to what her name is?

Someone said to me, when discussing this topic, that when you find the name you will "just know". I didn't argue with him but thought how can you just decide on someone's name before meeting them?
A little while back, Simon and I were driving in the car and discussing the names we had on our list. Did we still like them? What was our feeling of what a person with that name might be like?... Those sort of things. There were a couple of names that we revisited that we liked but both seemed not quite right. Then I said, taking the 2 names we had just been discussing and mashing them together (hey if "Glee" can do mash ups...), what about Blah Blah Blah?
We both went silent. Blah Blah Blah.
I got goosebumps, so did Simon and I swear to you (knowing how hokey this will sound I say anyway) I started to tear up...Simon too. We actually had a physical and emotional reaction to the name. Now I hope you are not thinking we are considering naming our baby girl Blah Blah Blah...seriously now. Days go by and we check in with each other about the name again...are we still "feeling" it? Yes from both of us. We contemplated...is it possible that this is her name? That we have found her name without even seeing her? How can you deny a reaction such as the one we had? So we are pretty sure that is her name...we will still see if it suits her when we meet her.

So what is the name, you ask? I'm not telling. We have sworn each other to secrecy.

That's a whole other topic. The protection of a name for a child not born yet. It's funny how possessive you can feel over a name. We have even been forbidden from friends of ours to name our baby, Such and Such. They're not even expecting and they told us that they have the name reserved. Now that's ridiculous. Just keep it to yourself if you don't want someone to "steal" it.
Anyway, our whole thought about our name is that we want her to be the first to hear it...it is her name after all.

Oh crap, now we have to come up with a middle name? Do people really need middle names?

Baby Booty

Accumulating accoutrements.

How far along? 31 weeks, 5 days

Wow! The time is passing quickly and our little girl will be joining us soon. Some people are starting to ask if there will be a baby shower and are we ready. The answer is yes and no respectively. Let's not even talk about being mentally ready. Anyway, as for a shower...there will be one before the birth- as I tell everybody...we need all the help as we can get!
I find this topic awkward but here goes.
So for those of you who are wishing to help us prepare for the arrival for our baby we have registered at the following places...


Sears- we loved that items could be purchased from anywhere and picked up locally.
Gift Cards to Sears would be awesome as well because once we have our essentials we would like finance a trip east to see our families around Christmas and show off our baby (with the help of Sears Travel).
http://www.giftregistry.sears.ca/gift/servlet/LookupServlet
registry #: 201119442519



Pebble Baby- A great Vancouver store that I worked at for a while and again items can be ordered online or by phone and picked up
http://www.pebblebaby.com
https://www.pebblebaby.com/index.php/adjgiftreg/index/view/code/5e69d19b5dcdd417732174d7cdcecb92/


Toots 'n Tots- Simon and I have decided to use cloth diapers and this is a great local business that we would love to support.
http://tootsntots.com/main/shop/registry-for-marie-west-simon-martel/

So there you have it folks!