July Firecrackers 2018

[Alligator]

I love the idea of family names. DH has a great aunt named Adeline and I fell in love with it! She’s long passed but has a cool story.

For boys, I love the name Paul. It’s my grandpas name. DH’s grandpa is named Joseph so i like Paul Joseph for our boy, PJ for short. But we will see! Plenty of time.

 

[Four2Five]

I love both names Alli, Adeline is beautiful and seems like a timeless name And PJ so cute!

 

[Buffyx]

Agree that PJ is a super cute nickname!

We use middle names to honour important people or family members. My DD has my MILs middle name + my middle name, which is also my Mums name.

My DS has the middle name of my FIL + th middle name of my Dad

If we have another boy, he will have my DHs middle names, which are his grandfathers names. And if we have a girl, well..we are in trouble We will have to have a think & figure something out.

 

[StarryEyed88]

Both the Chinese theory and the heart rate show girl for me but I think because of timing I’m leaning towards boy. I’d be so stoked with a girl though.

We love Sadie, Luna, Summer. I also love Autumn and Willow but DH isn’t so keen. Boys names are so up in the air. We have no idea!

I do love the name Arlo Buffy!

TexMel I do love the Southern names too!!

Ended up going out and getting some maternity pants/jeans yesterday. Not because my others don’t fit but because they fit much more comfortably over my tummy. I don’t like a lot of pressure on there at the moment. Feeling a little guilty about having to get them already

 

[StarryEyed88]

I’m loving all the names you ladies have in mind!

 

[Buffyx]

Dont worry Starry, my first two pregnancies I was in maternity clothes now too. The only reason Im not this time, is because I am determined as anything to stay in my normal clothes for another couple of weeks lol. My jeans are definitely tighter around my tummy, but as long as they still do up, Im not giving in

 

[glong88]

Haven't really thought of names but we liked Sofia Florence before we knew our 10 month old was a boy so maybe use that if we get lucky and a girl

 

[MissEyre]

I'm only wearing my looser fitting pants already too. It's super depressing, but I feel like any extra pressure on my stomach makes the nausea even worse. Maternity pants are definitely happening sooner than later.

I haven't really thought much about names yet. I think I'll really dive into it after we find out the sex of the baby. It's fun reading all of these name ideas though!

 

[Heather.1987]

We like family names too. My oldest is Landon (dh middle name) Thomas (my dads middle name). My youngest is Hadleigh (means field of Heather....my name!) Marie (which is mine, my mom's, and grandmas....middle name. Tradition of marie goes to oldest girl!). We dont have many ideas for this baby except maybe Kaylin Mae if its a girl (kay and mae are used a lot on my husbands mothers side). And for nickname i think kaymae is cute. But im not in love with the name. Zero boy names. I hate picking names. Its the worst. Most people have several names and they have to narrow down....i have trouble finding ONE name!

 

[Livvy]

Thank you four! I appreciate you opening up about that. It’s definitely a lot of emotions to work through. I know eventually I will be happy and excited. Not yet though. Also we are in a 3 bedroom house (I am sooo glad we just moved, we were in a 2 bedroom apartment before), so I will have to figure out if I move my two oldest together to share a room.. or what. No clue what to do there. Neither of them is sleeping through the night currently so I guess it doesn’t really matter *sigh* Also, my house is a total pig sty at the moment too. I have no energy or motivation. It’s discouraging to wake up to toys everywhere already though. As for names, I have a friend with a Nova for a girl and that’s similar to what you have picked! 4 letters though. Hmm, Kai, Sky, Bel, Ria.. Also what a cute announcement idea!

Matherese that’s nice it was abdominal!

Starry -- Willow, Summer, and Autumn are on my list too! Since this will be a summer babe we probably won’t name it Autumn though But I really like Willow. I also really like River but I just heard that was one of the top names for the country this year (as was Ember, apparently, which is my DD’s name. Sigh).

I'm still in normal clothes, but setting my DD on my lap is getting uncomfortable as it puts pressure on my uterus. Also I got up to nurse her last night and when I got back in bed I felt sure I was going to throw up. I was soooo nauseous. Thankfully I fell back asleep and it must have passed.

 

[Four2Five]

Oh man Livvy I hope you feel better today! I really wish my older two could share a room but they are 5 and 13 and there’s just no way I could make them mesh it wouldn’t be worth the battle. We too just bought a 3 bedroom, my oldest has her own living room and bathroom and bedroom downstairs and the other two rooms are upstairs so we decided baby will stay in our room till it’s 1 probably and then move over into our 5 year olds room. We are just planning the basics for this baby so we can fit a crib in our room and then baby will share a dresser in our 5 year olds room and we will just put a changing pad on top and keep her clothes in there...once baby is big enough they can share a bed or we will move her crib in there. Thankfully there is enough space just not enough rooms for us all to have one, but my 5 year old is super excited to share her room so for now I’m lucky on that! I do love the name nova but that’s my sister in laws dogs name so that won’t work

I started wearing my maternity pants last week, I mean when I actually have to get out of my pajama or yoga pants they are just so much more comfortable!

I’m having a ton of cramping today...I haven’t had that in a while so I’m not sure what’s going on, it’s making me awfully nauseas I’m so tired of feeling sick.

 

[Alligator]

My nausea seems more mild the last two yesterdays. Yesterday I felt good but my boobs were so achy! Today it's like background nausea...if that makes sense. I can kinda work through and ignore it and it doesn't debilitate me. So it's annoying but nothing that is overwhelming (touch wood). I have a charity gala to go to for work tonight and I'm a little worried about how sleepy I'll be. And the thought of maybe having to sneak saltines at a fancy dinner (because I can't let myself get hungry ever). Oh well!

 

[Heather.1987]

We bought a new house and it officially becomes ours tomorrow at noon! Its a 4 bedroom fixer upper. Which were fine with. The current house we live in was a fixer upper too. So glad we dont have to worry about kids sharing a room! And if we did have a 4th, we plan on putting an extra bedroom in the basement anyways!

 

[StarryEyed88]

I am so thankful I am not the only one in maternity pants
I’m wearing normal jeans today but I find they put extra pressure across my stomach that is uncomfortable. Looking towards a permanent move over to maternity pants I think!!

Buffy - I wish I could keep wearing them, I think if they were low rise pants I’d be ok but it’s because they sit straight across my stomach...ugh.

Livvy - I love the name Ember! That’s so adorable!

Heather - congratulations that’s amazing news!

The bloat is real today ladies. Just made it to 9 weeks and I did my bump comparison...and wow is all I can say. No weight gain but it looks like I’ve put on about 2kg! No wonder I need looser pants

 

[eppgirl]

I’ve been in maternity pants for the past couple weeks too, but the size I bought was to big for me right now, and I don’t have the money to buy more so still trying to squeeze into my old pants lol.

I have a few girl names I like but I have no idea if we’re having another boy.
For a girl,
Melissa (my moms name) Nichole (sisters middle name)
Hazel (DH’s nana) Estelle (my grandmas middle)
Melody LeAnne (my bffs middle)
Emerald Jade/Jane

 

[lilmisscaviar]

I've just finished the antibiotics for my UTI and am feeling semi decent today so I thought I'd pop in to see what you ladies are up to.

Liivy I feel you on the nausea. It is getting harder and harder everyday to control it. The meds only help stop me from throwing up but the nausea is always there to some extent.

Our names were family names too. DD1 is Rachael. It is spelled with an extra "e" because my father's name is Carl and he wanted us to name our DD "Carlea" after him so I decided to use all those letters in a different order and came up with Rachael. Carlea just doesn't float with me lol. DS1 is named after DH. DD2 has my first name as her middle name in the French form (oh the looks I get when I tell people this). DS2 has my father's middle name. For this baby we're waiting until the gender reveal to decide on a name but more than likely it will be another traditional name.

I've had quite a bit of bloating too. Not in maternity pants yet but can't wear my blue jeans. Anything with a zipper puts pressure on my uterus and makes me slightly more nauseated. Not sure why.

Heather that sounds fantastic! We have a 4 bedroom house right now (also was a fixer upper when we originally purchased it back in 2012) but it has the potential to be expanded into a 5 bedroom house so I think that's what we're going to do in the spring when the weather warms back up. Seriously it seems like you can never have enough bedrooms lol.

 

[Alligator]

I spoke too soon, I'm super nauseous again this afternoon...hope it dissipates soon! I have a work event I'm attending tonight

 

[Buffyx]

Congrats Heather! I think we will be looking to move out of our current house before this baby is born. It is just too small for 3 children. I think my kids are too young to share at the moment.

 

[Four2Five]

Is anyone interested in starting a private Facebook group together? I would love to share pictures and such in a more private setting so I’m thinking of creating a private Facebook group! I can pm anyone who wants the link so you can join me I feel more comfortable sharing my actual name etc on there vs on here where it’s a public forum open to the world, of course I’ll still stay around here too

 

[Buffyx]

Yes Four2five! I would love that Im still in a Facebook group from 3 years ago when I was pregnant with DD. We are all super close.

Alli - if I had to do much of anything from about 4pm onwards I would be in serious trouble. Thats when i am most nauseous. I really feel for you!