Adventures in Baby Naming

Well, we did it! The name of  Little Toasty Bun (LTB) can officially be retired unless used as a nickname. We have picked a name for our son: Isaac Edward Keli'i Tostado. I know it didn't really take that long but for someone like myself who had been dreaming of naming their first born child for years, this experience really did seem to take quite a while. Eddie and I couldn't of been on further ends of the naming spectrum. We started out with 3 vetos each but really ended up vetoing almost every name that each other put out there.With a couple of names that he suggested I really started to question...how well do I know my hubby?? (lol)  With all the discord of not liking each others picks there was a few things that we could agree on; and that was that the name had to be a strong name, not anything too trendy, and it needed to have a good meaning. Well, these "simple requirements" didn't seem so simple once we put them to work along with the thought that this will be our child's name for life and it's not something that can be changed...well at least we as parents would never do that. Although, I have read some post on my pregnancy board about people doing that (eekkk!!). We both have fallen in love with this name and now could not imagine any name but Isaac. I thought about trying to keep the name to ourselves or maybe just family but really...who are we trying to kid we are the same couple that told everyone that we were expecting before the first trimester was over. So keeping the name to ourselves didn't work out either. Overall, I feel much relief that I can now refer to my little boy as Isaac, and that this naming business is over for now. It has been an adventures every step of the way in our pregnancy and it was a fun experience getting to pick out a name for our first baby! I hold much anticipation for what it to come in the next few months and can't wait to hold little Issac in my arms and tell him in person how much his Mommy and Daddy love him!

We joined Team Blue

This weekend we found out that we are having a baby boy!  It still has yet to completely sink in that we know the gender of our Little Toasty Bun. It was with much anticipation that I quickly jumped from.."hmm I don't know if I want to know the gender??" to "I can't make the weeks go by fast enough until I find out!!". I partially still feel like I am walking in a dream because anyone that has known me for a long time knows that because I was blessed with ALL sisters and no brothers I have always wanted to have a boy be my first born. Well, as I got older and once I found out that we were expecting to be completely honest it really didn't matter what the gender was as long as the baby is healthy. Yet, there is still that little of splendor of joy inside screaming, "All my dreams are coming true!". And with much excitement we join Team Blue.

Now comes the hard part thus far...find a name for this little boy. As you may have noticed I am still referring to him a LTB. Well, that would be because his Daddy and I are have not found name. #1 we haven't found a name that we just love, and #2 we really can't seem to agree on what we do like. The task of picking a name for LTB is much much harder than I thought that it would be. I know that we have plenty of time to find a name but for some reason I can't shake this nagging feeling. Probably mostly due to my personality of wanting to everything planned and in place. So, we are somewhat set on waiting to see him. I think that may make the naming process best. But, only time will tell. 

It is a different feeling to know that we have a little boy in there. There are lots of reasons why my original thought was to wait and have it be a surprise. Of course there is also lots of reasons that some do find out the gender. It makes the name picking a lot easier, some of the clothes and nursery shopping easier as well. However, when my very wise cousin Deborah told me her reason for finding out the gender I was for lack of a better word "sold". She shared what an amazing boding experience it was for her to know that she was having. Once she told me that  I could not wait, I knew that I would need to know ASAP. It is already an amazing boding experience carrying LTB and seeing my tummy grow but now to know that he is a he and he is all mine (well I do have to share with Daddy) is just brings a warming to my heart that I really cannot fully express right now.

It's kinda hard to tell but that is his boy parts :) 

LTB relaxing, ankles crossed and hands behind the head!

Goodbye regular clothes..Hello maternity clothes at 15 weeks?

Each and every woman's pregnancy can be different. And I had this little flicker of hope from the get go that I would be able to wear my regular clothes until at least half way into my second trimester. I hear all these stories about how some didn't 'really' show until late into their second trimester with the first baby. So I thought, "hey I got lucky with the whole morning sickness thing maybe that could be me too?". Although I  had not started this pregnancy at my ideal weight and I knew I was already packing a few extra pounds I still had the hope. What can I say, Eddie and I really enjoyed our first year and a half of marriage and after my fairytale wedding I kinda let the calorie counting out the window. But, since baby was small and about the size of a bean I could wear my regular clothes. Fast forward a few more weeks...

15 weeks

I had purchased my first pair of prego jeans early on and started wearing them mostly because they didn't restrict my bloated and irritable stomach, but I was still able to wear my regular pants with the helping of a rubber band. My regular shirts were no problem either they still fit and my bump was no more than a bloated lump (LOL) and could be easily hidden.Well, at 15 weeks today that bubble has been completely burst the wishful thought that my regular clothes will last me until mid second trimester is now gone. This morning when I tried to put on my regular t-shirt there was Little Toasty bun sticking out the bottom! I knew that my body had a little one growing inside, I just didn't fully know at what rate LTB was growing at. In my weekly pregnancy email today it says that LTB is the size of an apple. Well I think that LT B is a big red Washington apple and not a small Fuji apple! Of course I can still lounge around the house in my regular comfy sweats and t-shits but that is not public attire. At least I'm not ready to rock the 'Mommy look' in public yet.

Maternity clothes have come a long way. The jeans look like normal pants, the shirts can be cute and trendy, and the dresses are actually really nice.Yet the style is not my reservation, my reservation is how to take on this new wardrobe with out blowing my budget! I know I won't be in maternity clothes for more than a year (I hope) and I don't want to completely replace all articles of clothing. So, the plan that I have come up with is go through my closet this next week and find all the clothes that I can attempt to wear as long as possible or possibly alter I know I have some stuff in there that I can scrounge up. Then pack away all the clothes that could possibly depress me or that I may get a inkling one day to try and squeeze myself into. This has been another learning experience through pregnancy. I know learning to take all of my body changes in stride will be a challenge and with this being my first I really have no clue what to expect sometimes. I am a glass half full kind of gal, so I said to myself this morning, "hey at least I can still see my toes!" And even when I can't see them anymore I know that I'l be just that much closer to holding my little one in my arms.

I can still see my toes!