TGIF

I can’t say TGIF enough. I’m so exhausted this week. Last night we went to our LAST concert for a while. I told the baby as we were leaving that I’d give “her” some peace and quiet from now on! The show was good - Coldplay was awesome. I’m not a huge fan (not really a fan at all) but as I suspected, they put on a killer show. The whole point of this was to expose my brother to something he’s never experienced before and when he had expressed interest in Coldplay I jumped at the chance to take him. He’s still young but obviously musically gifted. I think he does have a career in music ahead of him but I’m not sure if it is what he thinks it will be. I wanted him to get excited by a sold out show at a big venue with screaming fans because that’s a far cry from what he is used to. He ended up having a good time and was really funny about it. He turned to me at the beginning of the concert and asked: “Is this how loud they’re going to be? Because I don’t think I can handle the bass.”!! Later he asked “Did you think they were going to be this good? They’re really good!” Too funny! When they played his favourite song he sang out loud along with everyone else. It was awesome to see! He may not fully appreciate it now, but I’m sure he’ll be pleased that he went to a concert of this magnitude as his first. Like D said, she wishes her first concert had been like Coldplay as a kid and not Milli Vanilli (mine was NKOTB at 11 years old). I’ve already told him that we’ll get tickets to a Musical next and hopefully one that has an orchestra pit. Like I said above, I really want to expose him to new things so he can see that there are many options for musicians.
In other happenings, my mother left yesterday. She didn’t end up staying for the long weekend. I’m a bit guilty of being happy about this because it means I will not have to entertain all weekend (all I want to do is sleep). She came to Toronto on Tuesday to go to my OB appointment. She was able to see the hospital and meet our nurse/doctor. She heard the heartbeat which was exciting for her. I’m glad she had that opportunity because I think it has made her feel more included. Overall, we only spent a few hours over a couple of visits during this trip but it was enough. She plans on returning in September but like always, I won’t hold my breath! She also confirmed that she’d like to come down and visit after the “excitement” dies down in December/January. In other words, she will NOT be here for the birth of the baby. I am OK with that decision. She doesn’t play fair so this is probably for the best.

Newest Nephew

Welcome Aidan!
9lbs 6oz, via c-section, 3 weeks early. He's going to be a big boy!
Did Mommy get her tubes tied while they were yanking you out?

Names

For fun, I’ve been reading the birth announcements in the classified ads to see trends. I find it hard to go by top 100 lists because they’re all different depending on where you are looking or between countries. One of our names flutters around the top 30 depending on various lists yet we have started to hear it everywhere we go and think it may be very popular.
So far that name hasn’t shown up but many other “popular” names have. The Aidan, Jayden, Cayden trend certainly exists in full force– specifically, Jayden. Also, Lucas is very popular (variations Luca and Luka), Ethan and Trent. For girls, there were a few names that stood out like Addison, Abigail and Ava. Clearly “A” names are hot right now but I think they have been for a while – I have both an Ava and an Abigail in the family. Overall, the girl’s names were not as prominently overused as the boy’s names were. One name I was surprised to see more than a few times was Shayla and variations like Shalyn, etc. Where the heck did that name come from? Maybe it’s a Southern Ontario trend…
Surprisingly there was only one spelling that was so awful that I feel compelled to mention it and that was “Jaxyn”. At first I thought maybe it was for a girl and they thought a “y” would feminize it like “Jordyn” but no, it was Jaxyn for a boy.
A couple of kids are also going to be mad at their parents for naming them after teen celebrities like “Jonas” and “Leighton”. I don’t even know what to say to poor little “Boston” as he grows up.
Ok, so I don’t mean to make fun of anyone’s names and there weren’t any to really question other than “Boston” and I’d say that was just baffling not laugh worthy.
I didn’t come out of the several pages of names with any new clarity. I was happy to see our girl’s name only once and as a middle name. As for our boys name, I’m not convinced by not seeing it. I’ve still heard it too many times on the street to not assume its gaining huge popularity.
Settling on a name will be much easier once we know the sex. I can’t wait! Only 2 more weeks!!

Katy Perry Concert

We had a lot of fun at the concert!! Some of the music was a bit loud so I moved between the floor and the 200 section.

Pictures!! (includes a "Katy Perry" baby bump)





A blurry baby bump.... lets see how much I can stretch/distort poor Katy across my belly in the coming months.


Had a good time with my Mom, Aunt and cousins as well this weekend. My Mom has decided to extend her "vacation" through the long weekend and will be staying at our place. I guess we got along?

Saturday

Tomorrow is my day with my mom. She’s cooked up a plan for us to get together with my Aunt and two cousins. Although I would have liked for her to come in to spend time with us alone, this will also be fun. The only thing is that I’m a bit nervous to see my cousin pregnant. You’d think I’d be over that by now but apparently this proves I’m not. It’s weird because while TTC (before my cousin announced) I was never “jealous” of those around me that were pregnant. I’d take the initial hit of finding out (sometimes curse or cry) and move past it pretty quickly. I was never one to stare down pregnant ladies or women with babies and curse at them. I enjoyed reading pregnancy blogs and frequently read the parenting forums. However, now, I’ll look at people and think how lucky they are to be so big or already have their baby. I'm having such a hard time seeing myself in their place and I’m jealous!!! It’s soooo stupid and I know it...

None left to purchase...

Out of pure boredom I looked up our donor the other day. He’s no longer listed by Xytex as “Canadian Compliant” and he isn’t listed (even under limited access) through our distributor.
It seems like we haven’t had much luck picking donors or we’ve only picked extremely popular ones. A friend of ours just became pregnant for the 2nd time after a 5 year gap and was able to buy the same donor without any problem. For us, all 4 of the donors we’ve used are now unavailable. I can’t say for sure what will happen in the future but for now it looks like we’re very lucky to have purchased the 6 vials we have in storage. I’m hoping that is enough for one sibling. If not, I guess we’ll have no choice but to switch donors again.

The baby's room

This is what we're working with (yay Downtown Condo):

Our upstairs floor plan which shows the room as 10'4x8 however this includes the closet so knock off 2 feet:


Spare room set-up for baby using Huggies virtual Nursery builder:


I need to get the measuring tape out because I do not believe the room is actually 8x8. Sadly I think it may be 8x7. Yikes!