[threadbear]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', 'I')t's gonna be a boy... I feel quite certain.

Genetics determines.

[Pops]

Mickey Maloney ducked his head when a bucket of whiskey flew at him
It missed, and falling on the bed, the liquor scattered over Tim
Bedad he revives, see how he rises, Timothy rising from the bed
Saying "Whittle your whiskey around like blazes, t'underin' Jaysus, do ye think I'm dead?

Whack fol the dah now dance to yer partner around the flure yer trotters shake
Wasn't it the truth I told you? Lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake

-- Finnegans Wake

[Aaron]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', 'I')t's gonna be a boy... I feel quite certain.

Genetics determines.

[BigTex]

Congratulations.

That's an amazing time in your life (even if you're old when it happens).

I've been through it several times and it's awesome.

Kids are so much fun. They'll drive you nuts and spend all your money but they keep you in the moment and make you realize that you did exactly the same thing to your parents.

It's good. You will soon look back and it will be inconceivable to think about the world without your little one in it.

A few comments on names. These are just my guidelines, but I feel strongly about them. Take what you find useful and leave the rest:

1. Name it what you are going to call it. I never saw the point in calling a baby James if you were going to call him Jimmy, or Katherine if you were going to call her Kathy.

2. Call it by its first name. I go by my middle name and I would like to have all the time back in my life that I have spent correcting people who call me by my first name.

3. Don't take a traditional name and spell it all screwy. That just guarantees the kid is going to spend his/her whole life spelling it out for people.

4. Ideally, pick a name that cannot be shortened. This makes it simpler all the way around.

5. Pick a name that only has one spelling. This will keep the kid from having to spell it out every time he/she tells someone his/her name.

6. Try not to pick a first name that ends with the first letter of the last name. No need for a tongue twister if it can be avoided.

7. Don't name the kid a name that is going to be common to two or more other kids in every class they have throughout school. A name is to identify, and if all it does is narrow it down to three kids out of twenty, it has not succeeded completely in its objective.

These guidelines may help you narrow down a long list of names into a shorter list. We have more or less followed these rules in naming our kids and I am pleased with the results. There aren't too many kids with our kids' names, they are easy to spell and we call them their actual full names.

But off the name soap box, congratulations again.

It's just an amazing experience.

At the VERY MINIMUM, chasing a little one around will improve your agility and reflexes, and this may come in very handy if you find yourself in post peak oil hand to hand zombie combat situation.

Oh yeah, to borrow from my emoticon novella in another thread, some days you will feel like this:



And other days you will feel like this:

[uNkNowN ElEmEnt]

Congrats! I hope its healthy and happy and the lady delivers as well as can be expected.

[wisconsin_cur]

Let me add to the chorus, congratulations.

We are expecting our next in November.

[Aaron]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('wisconsin_cur', 'L')et me add to the chorus, congratulations.

We are expecting our next in November.

[wisconsin_cur]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('wisconsin_cur', 'L')et me add to the chorus, congratulations.

We are expecting our next in November.

[steam_cannon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('wisconsin_cur', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('wisconsin_cur', 'L')et me add to the chorus, congratulations.

We are expecting our next in November.

[Aaron]

The latest Pics

http://picasaweb.google.com/AaronEDunlap/BabyPics

[Aaron]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', 'I')t's gonna be a boy... I feel quite certain.

Genetics determines.

[smallpoxgirl]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', 'Y')ep, boy for sure. I heard a name yesterday that I like. Actually I went out for lunch and the table behind me, a bunch of people were talking about the name "Finn", and how great it was.

[Cog]

I highly recommend the natural child-birth gig. The classes are great. When it comes to the actual birth, there is a lot of hollering and asking for drugs but its too late by that point. They get over it soon enough and will forgive you.

[Aaron]

Way ahead of you...

Au natural... Her choice.

My colon hurts.

[kpeavey]

Something for the new Parents

[Aaron]

So we are taking a serious look at names for our daughter...

(trying to get used to saying that)

...so ...make with the names.

[Ferretlover]

As a genealogist, I would suggest that you look back in both of your family lines, and see what family (first or surname) names might appeal to you.
Personally, if I had had a daughter, I would have leaned towards: Gillian, Chloe, Emily, and Madison.

[wisconsin_cur]

We are also having a girl, due Nov 15th.

First names we are considering:

Mahala*
Daniella*
Francis
Florance
Delia*

Middle names

Grace*
Jean

* denotes the current leading options

[Pops]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', '.')..make with the names.

[wisconsin_cur]

I concur with Pops, all but "Daniella" and "Delia" in our list comes from someone who we were either related to and had a positive impact or a woman who was a great influence on one of those women.