Ooh, ooh, ooh. And the winner is..............

Maria Elisabeth

After a gruelling and arduous couple of weeks (moreso for Darryl than for me, I think), we finally have a girl's name! It was really difficult! I've already listed the eliminated names from the first round. Then we did a second round and eliminated more names. Then we both started getting frustrated because we would rate the names differently over time. So Darryl took charge and picked out all the names from the list that we had both rated a 4 or 5 (out of 5). I think that list was 19 names. From those 19, we each picked the 10 that we would most want to keep. Then, out of those 10, we only kept the names we both had in common on our lists. That turned out to be about 6 names. From then, it was just a matter of choosing a pleasing combination of first and middle name.

Mom got to find out first what our girl's name was. Why? 'Cause she's mom!! :-)

I will later post our lists of top names, so you can see what other names we like.

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In other news, my cousin Jen, who had a baby (Eben!!) about a year and a half ago, told me that my ob/gyn appointment seems pretty normal, as far as timeline goes (for internal exam, ultrasound, etc). That definitely made me feel better. Jen also said she had had a midwife, whom she was very satisfied with and highly recommends. I'll check into my options. :-)

And in yet other baby-related news, our friends Mike & Carey are either in the process of having a C-section today (if the baby did not move into a favourable position), or will be induced next week (if the baby changed positions). They are, or soon will be, the proud parents of a baby boy! They aren't telling his name, though..... Congratulations!!