Now that Devin’s birthday is over and my emotional stress has receded I think I have decided on a name. I spent a lot (A LOT) of time thinking about it, but realized that my first instinct\/choice is usually the right one, at least for such emotional decisions such as this. Denis did a lot of reassuring and cajoling during my many freak-outs, but his opinion was very clear: he was totally fine with whichever of the two names we had previously come up with, and was completely unwilling to consider anything else. (Both names have been talked about and decided on over the last two years.)<\/p>\n
Her name is Kate – officially Katherine Elizabeth. (Our second choice name will be used if we ever have another girl.)<\/p>\n
It still scares me, a little, to commit to a something as important as a name, but I don’t think it will ever feel not-scary. It feels like such a huge responsibility, and I’m obviously getting overwhelmed by that. I think I just need to trust in my gut feelings and just go with it.<\/p>\n
I think Den will be happy to be able to call her by name. He must get so frustrated by my indecision on things! (But thankfully he is very patient with me!)<\/p>\n
EDIT: Well Den and I apparently completely disagree about nicknames so at this point I give up. I am calling her Kate.<\/p>\n
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Baby is rockin’ the belly this evening. She is not constantly active, mostly just chill. I can feel her feet moving around on my right side, just under my ribs (she is getting dangerously close). The lump slides left to my belly button, then later slides back again. Silence. And then BOOM BOOM BOOM!<\/i> My belly shakes side-to-side like a mini earthquake, from the force of her kicks. Then quiet once again. Sometimes gentle little pokes before another good, hard kick. A couple of times today I have had a large, firm object poking out indignantly – a bum one time, another I think it was legs – long, with round, moving ends. And now she is quiet again. She must have worn herself out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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