Had our 3D ultrasound today
It was amazing! We got a really good look at Cupcake. We saw her face and watched her make different expressions. We saw her chubby cheeks, her long neck, her button nose, her looong legs, her tiny bottom and her fingers and toes. We actually saw her yawn twice which was adorable. At one point we asked Tobes to talk to her and she threw her legs in the air and started turning towards his voice. It was just incredible.
J thinks she looks like my sister and I think she looks a lot like Toby but she has a little heart-shaped face with chubbier cheeks. She does look more feminine than Toby, but that could be because we already know that she's a girl. We saw her bottom and there are definitely no boy bits there.
I've got a few still images that I'm planning to post but haven't had a chance to sort them out yet. Toby's birthday party is on Sunday and we've got a friend's BBQ tomorrow so we're busy, busy, busy.
After seeing Cupcake today we both agreed that our favourite name is still our favourite so I'm going to share it with you now. We're probably 97% sure that this is The Name but we're going to hold back a little just in case we change our minds sometime in the next three months and we'll continue to refer to the baby as Cupcake for now.
Our favourite name is Rosamund Rae and we plan to call her Rosie or even Rosie Rae in Texas. J's Mum and her sisters all have flower middle names and we liked the idea of continuing that tradition. J's Mum's middle name is a derivative of Rose - Rosina. So another Rose-based name was appealing. Rosamund is an old English name that means 'rose of the world' and I like that because she'll be an English rose but the yellow rose of Texas will hopefully have a special place in her heart too. Rae is my mother and sister's middle name, so Cupcake will have a little bit of both her grandmothers and her American aunt in her name.
I also wanted something that doubled up Southern style. I'm Katherine JoAnn but was called Kathy Jo as a child. My sister is Nikki Rae, my brother is Jon Nealey, etc, etc. Toby's name is Tobias John but he can be called Toby John in Texas. These little traditions mean a lot.
OK, must get some chores done. There are cupcakes to bake and jello to make for the party plus a lot of tidying to do.
J thinks she looks like my sister and I think she looks a lot like Toby but she has a little heart-shaped face with chubbier cheeks. She does look more feminine than Toby, but that could be because we already know that she's a girl. We saw her bottom and there are definitely no boy bits there.
I've got a few still images that I'm planning to post but haven't had a chance to sort them out yet. Toby's birthday party is on Sunday and we've got a friend's BBQ tomorrow so we're busy, busy, busy.
After seeing Cupcake today we both agreed that our favourite name is still our favourite so I'm going to share it with you now. We're probably 97% sure that this is The Name but we're going to hold back a little just in case we change our minds sometime in the next three months and we'll continue to refer to the baby as Cupcake for now.
Our favourite name is Rosamund Rae and we plan to call her Rosie or even Rosie Rae in Texas. J's Mum and her sisters all have flower middle names and we liked the idea of continuing that tradition. J's Mum's middle name is a derivative of Rose - Rosina. So another Rose-based name was appealing. Rosamund is an old English name that means 'rose of the world' and I like that because she'll be an English rose but the yellow rose of Texas will hopefully have a special place in her heart too. Rae is my mother and sister's middle name, so Cupcake will have a little bit of both her grandmothers and her American aunt in her name.
I also wanted something that doubled up Southern style. I'm Katherine JoAnn but was called Kathy Jo as a child. My sister is Nikki Rae, my brother is Jon Nealey, etc, etc. Toby's name is Tobias John but he can be called Toby John in Texas. These little traditions mean a lot.
OK, must get some chores done. There are cupcakes to bake and jello to make for the party plus a lot of tidying to do.
posted by K @ 8:17 pm
1 Comments:
At 7:57 am,
eBeth said…
cupcakes to bake! eek - why are you cooking the baby? :)
mary catherine has a double name for the exact same reason as RRF. it's very uncommon here, but i wanted her to have a little south in there somewhere. (other than listing grits amongst her favourite foods)
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