and so it goes.

First things first. A few of you asked about the crib. It’s from Target. But I decided to look elsewhere, as Kaci was right, and that particlar crib does not have a drop down side. I know that for awhile, the mattress will be high enough to where I wouldn’t need to use it anyway, but eventually, the mattress will have to be lowered, and I’m certainly not going to just drop my baby onto it! Short people like me are the reasons those things were invented, lol.

Secondly – stretch marks. A few of you addressed that as well. I know that for most women, they come with the territory of being pregnant and all. But, the majority of mine are not from the baby – not yet, anyway. They are simply from me being fat. There are a couple of new ones that I’ve developed over the past couple of weeks, and I hate them ’cause they’re HUGE. But I KNOW that those are from the baby…..I can’t even imagine what my stomach is going to look like ten weeks from now. Oy vey. Anyway, I’m a bit sensitive about them, and while I know my regular readers won’t laugh (especially seeing as how a large chunk of you are pregnant yourselves, or are already mothers), I certainly don’t want some random reader making comments, especially since I did open my diary back up to unsigned notes. Sure, I could just make a Faves Only entry….but that’s no fun!!

Anyway. Life is good. Especially considering that Kasey won today’s race and is now second in the points standings. Here’s hoping he keeps this up for the rest of the season!

We’re contemplating going to the race at Charlotte in October with JR and Louisa, and having my mom come down and watch the kids for us. Kids. I like the sound of that. Even if only one of them is mine for now!!

Can’t remember if I mentioned this or not, but I have to think of a new name for a girl. Jake has decided he doesn’t like Allyssa after all, and I’ve also realized that it is extremely popular right now. If this baby is indeed a girl, like I think it is (crossing my fingers that I’m right!), I don’t want her to have the same name as 5 other girls in her class. Off of the top of my head, I can only think of three other Stacy’s (with various spellings) that I’ve met in my life. One of them happened to be my best friend in first grade. However, my name isn’t so unusual that no one’s EVER heard of it, either. I want my kids to have names like that…not OVERLY popular, but not overly unusual, either. That’s why our son will never be a junior….WAY too many Jacobs running around. Anyway, it’s hard….we’ve more or less agreed on a name for a boy (though I have a few other names in mind, just in case), and I definitely know what the middle name will be for a girl…..the key is to find a first name that flows with the middle name AND the last name.

I’m still EXTREMELY pissed at Brandi for stealing Katelynn from us. Mostly because she KNEW we were planning on that, KNEW how much it meant to us….or more so, her brother, seeing as how it was a combination of their mom’s name (Kathy Lynn). Also because she’s not exactly doing any good by her mother’s memory, what with having cocaine in her system when she delivered and all. But also because it worked SO well with our last name and the middle name we’ve chosen. I have yet to find anything that flows that nicely, especially since we have a pretty unusual last name…..unless you live in NC, it’s actually kind of common here. I thought of using Katharine instead, and that way we could still incorporate the Kathy part, but I think Brandi plans on using Kate as a nickname, and I’d want to use Kate or Katie, and that would just get too confusing for the rest of the family. I’ve tried working with the Lynn part, such as Madilynn, but he didn’t like any of those names. So my last idea of incorporating SOME part of his mother’s name is to find something that at least starts with the letter K. Anyone else have suggestions?

Anyhoo, it’s late, and I should get to bed. I have mucho cleaning to do when I wake up.