Going to Visit Family After 4 Years

My family lives in another state so I don't see them very often. We're making our first trip back soon. It's been about four years!

One sister is due at about that time to have her baby. I'm hoping she'll give birth by then so there will be a little one to cuddle while there. I've definitely been missing the babies since mine are now beyond that stage. What I like now is that I am able to give them back after I get the cuddles out of the way.

I've been looking for a gift to get for the newest addition and came across this baby blanket. I was aiming more towards personalized baby gifts and this is perfect. If she will be anything like one of her brothers, she'll be attached to a blankie as well.

Last I heard, they were still undecided on the spelling of the name though. With all the baby names available, who can blame them. It's a big decision.

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Choosing the Perfect Baby Name

Choosing our children's name was a process. I didn't want to just pick the ones that "I" wanted and disregard my husband's wishes...he did help create the kids after all. I like different names and my husband likes traditional names. Obviously, that creates a dilemma as it puts us at opposite ends (as usual). Just like the rest of our relationship, we found a way to make it work to come up with cute baby names we both liked. We both came up with names we liked and we disregarded any of them the other didn't agree with until we found "the one" we both liked. This worked for three out of four kids. By the fourth child, we were all "agreed" out so I picked her first name and dad picked the middle name. It still worked.

At babyzone.com, you can find out the meaning of the baby names you like. You can also search by gender, first letter of name and origin. I looked up our fourth child's name (the one hubby and I compromised on). Trinity means "three beings in one." It had two meanings for me when I chose it. First, she is the third of our three girls together. Second, is the triple goddess.

There is also information for the preconception period, pregnancy, baby, toddler, mom, shopping, community message boards and chat for support. Let's face it, sometimes moms don't know all the answers themselves without looking up a bit of help and the support alone is priceless.

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