Dec. 27: Bryan and I got to go out on a date last night while Bryan’s parents stayed home with Andrew. A good time was had by all!
Bryan and I ate out at a good restaurant and had fun splitting several dishes. We somewhat accidentally also ended up ordering $18 worth of bottled water. Oops!
Afterwards, we went to a book store, and I stumbled upon a really neat book called The Baby Name Wizard.
We’ve barely talked about names at all, and we ended up using our night out as a kick-start to the baby name discussion. After reading through the book, we each picked out 20-30 names we liked. Then we’ve spent some time this morning combining lists and grouping our favorites.
We’ve now weaned it down to a list of seven possible names, and I think we’re going to let it simmer for a while. Bryan asked Andrew to say each of the names, and they sounded so sweet in his little voice. My guess is that we won’t settle on a name until we meet the little one face to face.
As of tomorrow (Friday), I’ll be at 34 weeks of pregnancy. Wow!
Here’s the update from BabyCenter.com with info on my little cantaloupe:
Your baby now weighs about 4 3/4 pounds (like your average cantaloupe) and is almost 18 inches long. Her fat layers — which will help regulate her body temperature once she’s born — are filling her out, making her rounder. Her skin is also smoother than ever. Her central nervous system is maturing and her lungs are continuing to mature as well. If you’ve been nervous about preterm labor, you’ll be happy to know that babies born between 34 and 37 weeks who have no other health problems generally do fine. They may need a short
stay in the neonatal nursery and may have a few short-term health issues, but in the long run, they usually do as well as full-term babies.