Ok, so the polls for voting on the spelling of potential baby names has ended and here are the winners: Annabelle, Adelei, and Laney. I agree with you all on two out of three - the first two that is. I must confess, I like the spelling Lanie best for the last poll, but that didn't seem to be very popular. I've decided to go ahead and make another poll for everyone to vote on which of the above three they actually prefer overall. Same rules as before: feel free to comment as long as it's relatively positive and, of course, we reserve the right to completely ignore the results and choose whatever name we want in the end (especially since we now have Shanelle's promise to personally defend our child against any bullies or mockers). But I really enjoyed getting everybody's opinion on the last polls, and I'm curious to see what everyone really thinks is the best name for our daughter (given the limited choices we've provided). I'm getting a lot of variety when I talk to people in person - no one name seems to be heavily favored so far, so again, I'm curious to see what another poll will show. (And, in case anyone's curious, we have no idea about middle names. Feel free to comment with a "write-in" vote on that if you'd like.)
In other news we went to our hospital orientation yesterday. It was fun and informative but also a bit surreal. We both had a moment of panic when, as we were walking to Labor and Delivery on our tour, we passed the nursery and saw 3 little brand new babies through the window. Hard to believe we're going to have one of those in about 8 weeks. (Well, you know, not one of those specific babies...) I also had another personal moment of panic when they were showing us the fancy beds in the Labor and Delivery rooms that can convert to chairs and then have the bottom of the bed be removed for actual delivery. I think they meant it to be comforting/impressive somehow, but it just looked like an instrument of torture to me. Even with the pretty, brightly covered bedspread. But overall I feel much better now that we're pre-registered and know exactly where to go, park, etc. when the time comes.
Things are pretty busy. My last class begins next week. (I should be doing the reading right now.) My college roommate, Stacey, is coming in town tomorrow with her family, so I'm really looking forward to that. Peter's enjoying his slightly more relaxed summer work hours. And we just celebrated our 8th anniversary on May 27th! I was feeling quite proud of us and thinking that that was a really long time until I remembered that my parents will celebrate their 40th anniversary later this year. So yeah, we're still just newbies in so many ways.
Hope you all are doing well! Keep us updated on your lives!
3 comments:
I forgot that we have the same anniversary! How fun! (We're 5 years behind you, though.)
Just so you know, my vote is torn between Annabelle and Adelei. They are both VERY cute and not too common. And I'll throw this in too, if you decide on Lanie I agree that the best spelling is LANIE!
Love and miss you!
Katie Schaefer (Trettel)
i, too, think lanie is the better of the two spellings. my fave, though, is annabelle. and have you considered grace as a middle name? annabelle grace...that's a sweet name for a sweet baby...cannot WAIT to "see" you on saturday!
I've got to go with Annabelle too, but that is because I pulled for that name with every single girl I had, but could never convince Dave. But really, I love all three names. They are all cheerful names (if that makes sense). I hope that you are feeling well and that you are enjoying your last few weeks of "freedom." Of course the loss of freedom is worth it, but I hope you enjoy it just the same. Katie
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