Wednesday, November 23, 2011

The baby is a....



This picture is of the baby at 12 weeks. I need to get a more current one. But until then, you can see our little gummy bear. Isn't the baby cute??? :-)

So, for the big news...our baby is a girl! Yay!!! I would've been okay with having a boy baby. Boys and girls are both fun in their own way. But now that I know that I'm having a girl, I can dream of cute frilly dresses and bows in my baby's hair.

Brandon is excited, too. He did inform me that he hopes our little girl plays sports like him. I say if he can get her up for 5 am basketball (when she's old enough), then that's awesome. I do like that he's happy about the news, and as excited as I am.

So below are some pictures of things that I hope she's interested in:




Books



Bows



Dresses


Ballroom Dancing


musical instruments








Of course, if she's not into these things, it's okay. I know each baby comes into the world with their own personality. But man oh man, I'm just so excited that we are having a girl!

So the name that we are thinking of is Ariadne (pronounced: Air-ee-add-knee). Brandon and I first heard the name on the movie "Inception," and we really liked it. I researched it some more recently, and found out it actually is a greek mythological name. It means "most holy." Here is the story about it below:

http://www.theoi.com/Georgikos/Ariadne.html

While I'm not totally fond of the whole story behind her name, I do like the fact that her name is associated with being very smart. In the story, Ariadne gives a thread to Theseus to help him get out of a maze. So now her name is used when trying to solve complicated puzzles:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariadne's_thread_(logic)


This post is getting a little long, so I should probably end it. I'm just so excited and happy about the future. I get to make all sorts of plans and get cute baby things. Yay for babies! And double yay for baby girls!!!

6 comments:

  1. Congrats! I'm excited for you to have a girl! That's going to be fun. :) If she has a personality that's anything like yours, she'll love to read, be musically inclined, and know how to shake her hips on the dance floor.

    Confession: It's weird talking about your fetus's hips.

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  2. Hooray! We are way excited for you guys! And excited to meet our fabulous little neice. Love you much!

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  3. I LOVE the name Ariadne- and I think it suits you & Brandon very well to have a daughter named that! We're so excited!!!

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  4. Hip hip hooray! We are both so excited for you! Happy day!!!

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  5. Congratulations!!! That will be sooooo exciting!!!! You will have so much fun!!! I have never heard of the name Ariadne before, but it does sound like a cute name, and the meaning/story behind the name are pretty cool! I love names that have a history/story with them. Congrats again!! What happy, happy news!!

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