belated.



It occurred to me that I never mentioned an important piece of news in my blog. We're having a baby. Number three is on the way and scheduled to arrive in July. We've had 2 ultrasounds and my stubborn baby (she gets those genes from her mother) wasn't completely cooperative, so the doctor tells us that there is a 95% chance that we're having a girl. Since we have one of each already, I was really hoping that the third one would be either a boy or a girl. It looks like my wish will be granted.


And on the subject of names... Here is my incomplete list of preferred girl names. And if you don't add your suggestions by clicking the comment button below she may get stuck with one of my choices:


Angelina

Violet

Lily (or alternately Lale in Turkish)

Clara

Stella

Pearl


Comments

Unknown said…
hey ryan and ness...

good to have you visit.... come again!

names.... well, i like 'Pearl', especially since the turkish is 'inci'... which i think is a great name!

blessings,

kemal abi
March 17, 2008 at 12:08 PM
The Stylite said…
inci is nice...

i should have mentioned that lale sounds like lily, but actually lale means tulip in Turkish
March 17, 2008 at 6:37 PM
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