Today I am 14 weeks.
Officially, by all accounts, in my second trimester.
A month before I got pregnant, my penpal Annie (hi, Annie!) sent me this card from Saint Gianna. She had gone to see (and touch) some of Saint Gianna's belongings and sent me the card with prayers for my fertility. That month I got pregnant (for the third time with my fourth child) and so far, it's all going beautifully. My body is sore, I am nauseous, and I can fall asleep at the drop of a hat. All good signs, I think.
I am grateful to have made it through the first trimester, but hitting my second is bittersweet. Josh leaves in two weeks, and will be gone for the majority of it. He won't be back again until Halloween, and at that point, I will be a week away from the third trimester. It's crazy to think of time that way.
While he's gone, though, I will have the big 20 week ultrasound to look forward to. I have trouble imagining it could be a girl, so my assumption is that it will be a boy. But, to be fair, with my other pregnancies (the twins' and Wyatt's) I was SURE I was having a girl, and they were all boys. So basically, my mother's intuition means nothing in this case!
We have quite the list of boys names, and girls names, but there are more boy names I love than girl names. So if you have suggestions (for either), I'd love to hear them. I would like something that sounds good with the boys' names, and preferably that doesn't start with their initials (L, J, or W). Although that said, I love the name Leah, which obviously starts with L. So the "rules" aren't too strict. ;)
Reid
Nolan
Sam
Frankie
Leo
Theodore "Teddy" or "Theo"
Owen
Bryce
Franklin
Thaddeus "Thad"
Possible Middle Names:
Joseph
Samuel
*GIRLS: (Not in any particular order)
Leah
Shelby
Bailey
Maggie
Claire
Caroline
Lucy
Hadley
Miriam
Carly
Natalie
Aimee
Nadine
Gretchen
Ramona
Sophie
Molly
Megan
Rowena
Genevieve
Eleanor
Kate
Kaitlin
Possible Middle Names:
Magnolia
Cordelia
Jubilee
Marigold
Dahlia
Pansy
Honora
Can't wait to hear your suggestions!
*Important to note: Josh has not necessarily approved all of these.
