What's in a name?

So, I'm officially 32 weeks pregnant (and the fetus is weighs the same amount as a Jicama-- in case you wanted to know... the pregnancy website I subscribe to always compares the fetal size to food items). So we are down to 8 weeks (actually, it will probably be a little longer considering my history)-- BUT.... WE STILL DON'T HAVE A NAME! In fact, WE'RE NOT EVEN CLOSE! Brandon suggested the other day that we just don't name the baby and "it" goes by "No Name Haslam" the rest of his/her life (or until it could pick its own name-- but then we'd end up with a kid named "frankenstein" or something). I didn't think that was very funny. We are just really having a hard time this go around-- with both boy and girl names! It's very frustrating.

So Brandon likes the names:
BOY                                                                           

Cooper                                                                      
Benjamin                                                                   
Avett                                                                      
Ender                                                                                   
Alton

GIRL

Maya

Maze

Petra

and Valynn likes the names:

BOY

Brigham 

Theo

Gil

Clark

GIRL

Claire

Leisel

Georgia

Ruth

These are just some ideas and they are in no particular order.... what do you think? Any DEFINITELY NOs? In honesty, I don't know if any of these are what we'll end up with... but these are some of our ideas.  :)

potato peeler

So the other day I was fixing mashed potatoes and pork chops and Quincy said she wanted to help me peel the potatoes. Except for one small injury that she bravely took in stride, we faired pretty well. Dinner was a little (okay, a lot) delayed and we used more potatoes than I originally thought we would, as Quincy was a very determined potato peeler (and apparently she thought we were having potato CHIPS for dinner)-- but I guess that is what you do for pre-schoolers to learn new skills, right?

So Brandon is on his way to Logan to help Brant and Camia move and me and the girls get to have a weekend together... tonight we are watching "Ariel's Beginning" I'm very excited! :)

The pregnancy is going well. We don't know the gender of the baby, we like to wait until the birth, so not a whole lot of "blue" or "pink" buying frenzies going on. We are still having a hard time deciding on names. Brandon seems to like a few that I don't like a whole lot, and vice versa-- so the search continues. I took my glucose tolerance test at my last OB appt. and it came back negative, so I do not have gestational diabetes.... Hooray!

Yesterday was GNO with the Chickletts. We went to Los Hermanos and celebrated Melissa Peterson and my birthdays and went to see Bride Wars.-- It was a good show to go see with girlfriends, I'm sure Brandon wouldn't have been very entertained. Its always nice to get out with good friends!

Dolts - Another Quincy quote

Last night as I was lying in bed with Quincy, Brandon came by to "see what was going on". Quincy asked, "Daddy, what are you thinking about."
Brandon, rolling his eyes: "I'm thinking you spend too much time with adults"
Quincy, "Yeah, I spend too much time with dolts."

Another Quincy quote

Brandon and I were discussing parenting styles and tactics and getting overall frustrated by the behavior of our two children and the lack of control we often feel we have when Quincy rounded the corner of the kitchen (with hands on hips and nose in the air) and exclaimed, "MINE is a REAL talent, huphmm!" (It's from "TINKERBELL")

Brandon and I couldn't help but laugh at the way her comment was so well timed.

What a fabulous talent-- to be able to drive your parents insane!

Laundry Day

So this is what happens when you do laundry with a 3 year old. She asked me "What is this?" and then "Can I wear it?" She is such a big girl.

Too much Disney?

The other day I came home from work. At some point in the evening Quincy was being scolded. She promptly put her hands on her hips, looked me straight in the eye, and said, "I'm sixteen years old, I'm not a child!"

I think "Little Mermaid" will disappear for awhile.