A long overdue update

I really have something of a reason for putting this update off for so long. I recently spent about 3 weeks with problems with my left arm making extensive typing kind of painful. I am still having issues, but I wanted to make sure I got this update out.


Erin and I have almost got the nursery finished. All we need are the curtains and we will be putting the baby’s name on the wall over her changing table (that way we won’t forget the name to put on her thank you card after she has left us a rather large “present”). The nursery thing is something that we were absolutely not going to get caught off guard on no matter how early the baby decided to arrive. We have also learned that there is a rather steep learning curve when it comes to figuring out the kind of items that need to be purchased up front before the baby arrives. There is serious research required with some of these decisions! Some days I feel like I am back in college only the stakes are much higher. For example, the idea of feeding a baby seems simple enough at first but then you find yourself in Wal-Mart with this glassy-eyed stare wondering if any of the bottles on this shelf will make your baby explode.

At least we got the name picked out. Erin and I both had names that we liked, but eventually I gave in and we went with her name. It isn’t that I don’t like the name that we picked out, I just liked mine a little better. ;) And, no, I will not divulge the name right now. Nobody gets to know that until after it has been written on the birth certificate. Believe me, people have been trying to get the name out of me for months now as if I held the answer to the meaning of life. Don’t worry, we will let you know.

We are into the final weeks now and things still seem to be going smoothly for mother and child. We have discussed with our O.B. our intended birth plan for our daughter. There are plenty of other things to keep in mind, but I’m sure we will get it all figured out.

At this point I am still a little worried about becoming a dad, but I also know that pretty much everyone who is having their first child has the same thoughts and their kids grow up just fine. I don’t have any reason to believe that our daughter will be any worse off. We are in the final stretch and I have begun to refer to Erin’s pregnancy as the shortest eternity ever. In other words, while the time does seem to have flown by, every day seems to last forever when you are waiting for the arrival of the little one.

That’s all for now. I imagine the next post will be when the baby is born. Until then, wish us luck!

The challenge of naming a child

This one is going to be short and I apologize, but I've had this one bit on my mind for a while now.  Erin and I have been going back and forth on names for our daughter.  We suggest different things, but we have mostly been debating between two names.  And, for those of you who are wondering, I won't be revealing the names here.  We have decided that we won't tell anyone the name we picked out until it is already on the birth certificate.

So, we have these name ideas that we have come to after lots of discussion, but how do you tell which one is the right one?  Does anyone out there have a good way of determining what to name a child?  Maybe there is something out there that we haven't considered.