It's final! No more discussions! We have the name and it's not going to change anymore. Originally, we were going to have an american name as first name, and her korean name as middle name, but we decided to give our baby two american names (first and middle) on the birth certificate.
Alaina Paige Kim
Shawn's dad gave us a list of korean names to choose from and out of the bunch, we liked SoYeon the best....so her korean name will officially be SoYeon, but I'm hoping everyone will call her Alaina (AH-LANE-AH). I would rather her not have any nicknames but I do think "Lainey" is kind of cute ;)
I'm so glad it's finalized, and I thank all my girlfriends in helping me choose Paige as the middle name. I had a few choices but Paige definitely won over my friends and now I'm in love with this name!!
So no more, it's final and it's done. Thanks GOD this part is over!
Monday, June 22, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
26 week belly pics!
I'm in my 26th week and my belly has grown so much in the past few weeks. I can't believe I still have 14 more weeks to go. I still feel great and energized, but because of my heaviness, I do everything at a slower pace. I walk slower and I feel like I definitely "waddle". I actually look kind of funny at times, especially after I eat a big meal. I've actually laughed at myself cause I look so funny. It's hard for me to get in and out of bed, and trying to sleep on my side all night long is getting harder. But, I wouldn't trade this experience for anything! All I wish for is a healthy pregnancy, healthy labor, and ultimately a healthy baby girl :-)
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Name - TBD.....
We are completely changing our baby’s name. This has got to be the hardest and the most annoying part of this pregnancy. Who would’ve thought coming up with a name was going to be so hard? I know we’re being completely picky about the names, but after a few annoying arguments here and there, we have decided to not use Laila or Lindsay as her name. We are coming up with a whole new name…..and I will post it as soon as it’s finalized. Thanks to everyone that took the poll, I really appreciate it. At that time we really thought it was going to be one of those two names, but we just can’t decide. As time is fast approaching, I feel like there is still so much I need to prepare for before this baby comes, and finalizing the name is one less thing to worry about. So it will be soon!
Oh, I will post new belly pics soon. I completely forgot to take them at 24 weeks and now I’m already almost 26 weeks! My belly is huge and but I’m still feeling great and energized. I’m eating everything and anything I want and I’m loving it. 2nd trimester has been really good for me so far.
Oh, I will post new belly pics soon. I completely forgot to take them at 24 weeks and now I’m already almost 26 weeks! My belly is huge and but I’m still feeling great and energized. I’m eating everything and anything I want and I’m loving it. 2nd trimester has been really good for me so far.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Help! Laila or Lindsay?
Coming up with a name for this baby has been so hard! I know we're being a little too picky but we can't decide! I want to put this to rest and finalize the name so it's one less thing to worry about.
I have gotten a lot of great suggestions, but we are down to two names (Laila and Lindsay) for our own personal reasons listed below.
1) Do not want a common name - names that are on the top baby name list.
2) Do not want a name that is unisex (names that can be for both girl or boy)
3) Want a name that is at least 5 letters since we have a short 3 letter last name.
4) Do not want a name that is normally a last name.
5) Do not want names that can have too many nicknames. I actually prefer no nick names.
6) Do not want a name that somebody already has or has claimed.
Gosh, we sound so picky!! hahaa.
From the beginning we had a few top choices, which were Tessa, Laila and Maya, but we recently added Lindsay to the list, and I am now over Tessa and Maya. Anyways, we are down to two choices and can't decide at the moment. Just for fun, I would love to see what others think about our names and what names they like better. This is just for FUN and does not mean we'll go with the majority. Please take a second and take my Name Poll on the top right hand of this blog!! Thank you!!
I have gotten a lot of great suggestions, but we are down to two names (Laila and Lindsay) for our own personal reasons listed below.
1) Do not want a common name - names that are on the top baby name list.
2) Do not want a name that is unisex (names that can be for both girl or boy)
3) Want a name that is at least 5 letters since we have a short 3 letter last name.
4) Do not want a name that is normally a last name.
5) Do not want names that can have too many nicknames. I actually prefer no nick names.
6) Do not want a name that somebody already has or has claimed.
Gosh, we sound so picky!! hahaa.
From the beginning we had a few top choices, which were Tessa, Laila and Maya, but we recently added Lindsay to the list, and I am now over Tessa and Maya. Anyways, we are down to two choices and can't decide at the moment. Just for fun, I would love to see what others think about our names and what names they like better. This is just for FUN and does not mean we'll go with the majority. Please take a second and take my Name Poll on the top right hand of this blog!! Thank you!!
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
New Digs for Baby K
I haven’t updated my blog in awhile because we have been SO busy......buying a house!
Yes, we finally bought a house! Shawn and I decided to start looking a couple of months ago and we found the perfect house in the Aldie/Chantilly area. We’d been talking about buying a house for awhile now and with the new baby coming, we decided it was definitely time to start “looking”. Little did we know, we were going to find the perfect home so soon! It took us only a month but I don’t feel we rushed into it. It was a huge decision so I prayed about it every night and all the right signs were there. Everything just felt right and worked itself out. We didn’t want to miss this opportunity, it’s definitely a buyer’s market out there right now and the interest rates are at a record low.
Shawn and I were both very picky when it came to certain things we wanted in our home, and we’re extremely happy with this decision. Although it’s not in our key location of Fairfax, and we didn’t get as much land as we wanted (probably won’t be building a swimming pool in the backyard..haha), we are happy with everything else. We looked at several homes and every home we saw we found something wrong with it…..until we walked into this one. I walked in and I LOVED everything about it. It was perfect. I just knew this was the home I wanted to raise my kids in and grow old in. We hope to keep this home for many many years to come.
Since the house still needs to be built, we won’t be moving in until December. It’s nice to buy a new home because we get to pick out everything we want to our liking. We get to customize the house to the way we like it and we’ve been spending a lot of our time going through colors and how we want our kitchen to look and everything down to the bathroom tile colors and door knob colors! It’s exciting but I didn’t realize there was so much to buying a new build home.
We’re going to keep our condo and rent it out for a few years until the market goes back up then sell. It’s definitely not a seller’s market out there. The move will be about 3 months after the baby is born, but it’s ok. I am going to wait to furnish the nursery till after the move. It just makes sense since the baby will probably not sleep in her room right away anyway. I can’t imagine putting together all the nursery furniture for 3 months, then having to take them all apart to put it back together in the new home. I’m still thinking of a lot of cute nursery ideas but won’t be putting them to use till after the move.
This is such an exciting year for our family. We are so excited for this new baby girl and we can’t wait to start our new life in our new home. We went to our lot and took some pictures (yeah, we’re dorks!!). I hope our neighbors don't mind, but we took pictures of one of the houses in our neighborhood that will look similar to the home we’re building. This house has side-entry garage so it looks a lot bigger than our house will be. Our house will have the front-entry 2-car garage with driveway on the left side instead of the 3 windows you see on this house. The rest of the house will look very similar cause we chose similar brick colors and stone and porch option.
Yes, we finally bought a house! Shawn and I decided to start looking a couple of months ago and we found the perfect house in the Aldie/Chantilly area. We’d been talking about buying a house for awhile now and with the new baby coming, we decided it was definitely time to start “looking”. Little did we know, we were going to find the perfect home so soon! It took us only a month but I don’t feel we rushed into it. It was a huge decision so I prayed about it every night and all the right signs were there. Everything just felt right and worked itself out. We didn’t want to miss this opportunity, it’s definitely a buyer’s market out there right now and the interest rates are at a record low.
Shawn and I were both very picky when it came to certain things we wanted in our home, and we’re extremely happy with this decision. Although it’s not in our key location of Fairfax, and we didn’t get as much land as we wanted (probably won’t be building a swimming pool in the backyard..haha), we are happy with everything else. We looked at several homes and every home we saw we found something wrong with it…..until we walked into this one. I walked in and I LOVED everything about it. It was perfect. I just knew this was the home I wanted to raise my kids in and grow old in. We hope to keep this home for many many years to come.
Since the house still needs to be built, we won’t be moving in until December. It’s nice to buy a new home because we get to pick out everything we want to our liking. We get to customize the house to the way we like it and we’ve been spending a lot of our time going through colors and how we want our kitchen to look and everything down to the bathroom tile colors and door knob colors! It’s exciting but I didn’t realize there was so much to buying a new build home.
We’re going to keep our condo and rent it out for a few years until the market goes back up then sell. It’s definitely not a seller’s market out there. The move will be about 3 months after the baby is born, but it’s ok. I am going to wait to furnish the nursery till after the move. It just makes sense since the baby will probably not sleep in her room right away anyway. I can’t imagine putting together all the nursery furniture for 3 months, then having to take them all apart to put it back together in the new home. I’m still thinking of a lot of cute nursery ideas but won’t be putting them to use till after the move.
This is such an exciting year for our family. We are so excited for this new baby girl and we can’t wait to start our new life in our new home. We went to our lot and took some pictures (yeah, we’re dorks!!). I hope our neighbors don't mind, but we took pictures of one of the houses in our neighborhood that will look similar to the home we’re building. This house has side-entry garage so it looks a lot bigger than our house will be. Our house will have the front-entry 2-car garage with driveway on the left side instead of the 3 windows you see on this house. The rest of the house will look very similar cause we chose similar brick colors and stone and porch option.
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