HELP!

I am obsessed with naming baby girl #2, but how do I compete with the awesomeness on Katie Scarlett?!  Prudence was my first choice, but if my name were Prudence and I had a sister named Scarlett, I would hate my mother!  Now that leaves me with my back-up names; Marilyn and Francesca "Frankie."  Now I'm not in love with either of these names, so I'm back to spending my free time searching nameberry.com instead of working on Tyler's resume.  So far I've come up these names:

Cecelia
Lavinia
Georgina "Georgie"
Gemma
Lucy
Cornelia
Posey

...and that's pretty much it.  I just need help with a first name that goes well with Belle!  That's going to be her middle name.  (I'm pretty sure, at least!)  We're thinking Belle will be perfect because Scarlett wants us to name her "Princess Belle" after her favorite princess, so we're just making Belle the middle name.  And it has to go well with Scarlett.

So are there any suggestions out there?!?!

Gender reveal!!!

Baby 2 is a...

YESSSS!

GIRL!!!

        This morning I saw almost an hour of my little baby 2 bouncing around in my belly!  Before I knew she was a girl, I saw her hands playing with the umbilical cord and toes that were not so twinkly!  It was so fun and my ultrasound technician was super happy and chatting.  The whole experience was awesome.  When it came time to look at the baby's gender, she told me, so I would look away.  It was so hard not to peek, but I knew that if I did, I wouldn't be able to act surprised when we cut the gender reveal cake in a few short hours!  As I was leaving the office, all the ladies at the front desk kept asking what I was having.  When I filled them in on the plan, they said they were just going to go and ask what it was.  I thought that was nice that they were excited along with me!

       I went straight to the Hannaford bakery to make sure they could have my cake frosted in just one hour. They were accommodating and excitedly took the envelope that held the gender on a piece of paper and opened it up while I was still there!  Luckily, I couldn't see, but the baker was pretty excited about knowing the gender before me!

       An hour later, I picked up this cake...

       And when I cut into the cake, we saw the PINK!  

      

       BUT, Mary really tried to get everyone excited for boys, just in case...!

Team Blue!

       Although, Scarlett and I were hoping for a girl...

Team Pink!

Needless to say, we are really pleased to have another little girl in the family!!!!  Now I just need to decide on a name...!!!!

20 Weeks!

How far along?  20 weeks!  We're halfway there!
Baby size:  10 1/2 oz and 6 1/2" long!  From head to heel, baby 2 is the size of a banana!!!  Whoa!
Sleep:  More of the same.  I sleep when Scarlett does, which isn't always all night.  Needless to say, I'm constantly sleepy...
Maternity clothes:  Always.  Today, for my doctor appointment, I wore yoga pants because they're lighter and I know I'd be weighed.  Smart.
Food cravings:  fruit, especially lemon.  But not like healthy lemons, more like lemon danishes!  Yum!
Food aversions:  Broccoli.  Blech!
Symptoms I have:  HEARTBURN.  x100!
Doctor's Appointment:  Today!  I gained eight pounds in the past four weeks.  There, it's out in the open.  It makes me so sad...Kirstie Alley here I come!  On the bright side, I did schedule my 20 week ultrasound!!!!  Woohoo!  It's on Monday morning...I'm dying.
Baby 2's heartbeat was beating from 148-158...not giving anything away!
Movement:  I feel baby 2 moving mostly early in the morning and at night when I'm going to sleep.  I freak if I realize that I haven't felt movement all day.
Belly button:  Still an innie
Gender:  We'll know soon...!
What I'm looking forward to:  Gender reveal cake!  And actually getting started with our preparations!
What I miss:  Not worrying about the future.  I'm trying to make Scarlett more independent for when baby 2 gets here, but I really just want her to stay my baby!


(I forgot to take a 20 week bump picture; documenting this pregnancy has been a super-fail so far!!!  So I scoured my old pictures from my pregnancy with Scarlett and found a picture that I think accurately portrays the size of my 20 week bump.  Turns out, I was 28 weeks pregnant in this photo...shoot!  Oh!  And while I was searching through all of those old photos, I also found some pictures from right after I gave birth.  I may share those pretties someday...!)

My Six Confessions

(When I typed my title, I began singing this song by Usher),

"These are my confessions

Just when I thought I said all I could say

My chick on the side said she got one on the way

These are my confessions..."

Now it's stuck in my head, but who doesn't love a little Usher?!  Ok, moving on.

I'm writing out six confessions, so all of my numerous followers can get to know me better!

1. I tried to buy Justin Bieber's new cd in May.  I'm so ashamed because it wasn't even out yet, that's how eager I was!  At least I didn't know the release date, right?!
2. When I see creepy looking people, I freak myself out because I'm worried they might try to stab me or kidnap Scarlett.  I hop in the car and lock the doors or make lots of eye contact with all the employees, so they'll be more likely to remember me if I disappear.  I must watch too much Dateline.
3. I don't think this really counts as an exciting confession, but I count things.  All things.  If I'm walking up or down stairs, I count them.  When I'm laying in bed, I count the walls, mouldings, and curtains.  But the trick is everything has to end in an even number.  If it doesn't, I'll re-count until it does.  Weird, I know.
4. I still feel like a college student.  I mean, I know I'm pushing 30, but when I'm out and about with Scarlett and we see other moms with their kids, I feel like a babysitter.  I have no idea why this happens.
5. My pregnancy is such a blessing and I'm really excited for baby 2, but I am sad that it won't be just Scarjo and me.  Like really sad!  And then I feel guilty.  But there it is...a huge (mom fail) confession.
6. I turn into a FAT Kirstie Alley when I'm pregnant.  It is terrifying.  It's like I'm a completely different whale person; even my nose gets bigger.  Yay for weight watchers!

Oh man.

A WICKED fluff post!

"The Ginger King. I would be okay with ginger babies." --Cely

I love Cely's blog, but this is, by far, one of my favorite of her posts!!!  I love me some princes, and mostly I just love Kate Middleton!

So fancy!

This decanter is so cool!  When I'm back to drinking wine, I totally need this in my life!  Or maybe it can be a housewarming gift to myself when we eventually get the heck out of this house!  I could think of a million reasons to justify this purchase!  ;)

I am reeeally not looking forward to moving Scarlett into her own big girl room; I will just miss her!  She sleeps in her own bed that is in our bedroom, so the move will have to happen before baby 2 comes.  (I've mentioned this before on my blog, I know!)  To make her move easier for me her, we're going to do a princess themed room, focusing on her bed.  Pinterest has tons of amazing options!

AWESOME! 

This is my favorite princess-y thing for a little girls' room, but I'm afraid that Scarlett will be more interested in Disney Princesses...namely Princess Belle, so we'll see how fancy her room gets!

OMG!  This is so ridiculously funny!!!  The best one is the first video...Kris Jenner from the 80's!  Though, I have to say, it looks like fun!  I want to have fancy family photo shoots with music videos on the side!!!  I think we'd make a fabulous Go-Go's video or we could cover any 80's Madonna's song!

I saw this and immediately thought, "Kristen Bell would really flip for this!"  Cause we're that close!
20 Sloth Smiles, Revealed!

buzzfeed.com

And my baby nap free time is O-V-E-R!  This has been the fluffiest post ever, but it's just what I have found on the internet to keep me entertained indoors since the rain has been non-stop since Saturday!!!  I'm really hoping for sunshine soon -- I need some vitamin D and the babies need to get some energy out!

Okay, it's no secret that Tyler and I bought a fixer-upper, but I'd like to keep the nice things looking nice.

For example, no blankets hanging instead of curtains!  It's not that much to ask!  Or so I thought...

I got out of the shower at 8 pm (it was a late night for us; even Scarjo was still awake!) and I heard the drill going.  What??  So I make my way into the bedroom to find Tyler DRILLING SCREWS INTO OUR NICE MOULDING!  There were screws on either side of the window, then he proceeded to clip safety pins into his Eagles Snuggie, and hang it up in front of the window.  I couldn't say enough bad things about it.  Even Scarlett said, "ugly, Da!"  Yup, she's a smart lady!

This was hanging from my window.  Trashtastic!

I swore that it was coming down, but then I moisturized and got all ready for bed and Scarlett was waiting for me to read to her, so I dropped it for a moment.  I feel asleep with Scarlett...and then something magic happened...

Scarlett slept through the night.  That has NEVER happened!  So then I was torn...do I admit Tyler was onto something or throw his idea out the window?!

Well, I owned up that we need a curtain over that window, so Tyler was right.  BUT I refuse to keep that trashy, ugly snuggie over the window, so now we're on the hunt for more light-blocking curtains!!!

Best Post Idea Ever!

This is so like Jimmy Fallon's Thank You Notes!!!  Thank you, Jennifer, for introducing me to your Friday Letters...I have a few letters to write myself.

Dear (Teenage) Next Door Neighbor,  If you run behind my car again, while I'm in the process of backing into my driveway, I might not hit the brakes so hard.

Dear Dunkin Donuts Drive Thru Lady,  When I say, "cream & sugar" in my coffee, I don't mean half of the normal amount of cream.  Please load that stuff in.  I know what regular cream means at DD and it isn't supposed to leave my coffee brown.

Dear House,  Kindly clean yourself.  I'd rather walk to the playground with Scarjo.

Dear Facebook,  How do I stop my "friends" from sharing my own photos.  I don't want to actually have to deal with them in person and I can't block them from my pictures, so I'm so stuck.

Dear Neighbor, Next time you decide to mow your lawn at 7:30pm, please reconsider as there are babies who are sleeping! 


Dear Picnik,  Why did you leave me?  FotoFlexer is not the same!


Dear Hulu,  Where is Season 4 of The Only Way Is Essex???!!!!  I'm dying to see it!

Dear Kardashians,  All of you are ridiculous and there are so many people in the world who have real problems...why can't I stop watching your shows?!?!  They are so dumb and staged.  Scott Disick is the only tolerable one.

Dear B at Sam's Italian Restaurant,  I always win.  Don't be so rude.  (yikes, I sound like Molly!)

Dear Jessica Simpson, Your choice of names may be questionable, but Maxi sure is CUTE!  Well done!  And thank you for making Weight Watchers cool (IMO).  I can't wait to jump on that train as soon as baby 2 is born!!!

There, that was fun!  Apparently, there are a lot of annoying things going on in my life!