Things have been busy in la casa de Kennedy lately. Patrick is continuing to study for level 1 of the CFA exam which takes a ton of time. I also started back to school. he had a minor freak out last night because we lost his calculator manual. Then I solved the problem by finding a PDF file of the manual online. Keep your opinions on who is nerdier to yourself!
I had a minor flip out when trying to decide what classes to take this semester, whether to keep going to real school or switch to an online program etc... There are so many factors.
I decided to keeping going to u of l and I'm taking 12 hours this semester. It's a lot but I'd rather do it before our little girl gets here. Sooo at the end of this semester I'll have 24 hours completed and 18 to go (about a yr and a half more).
Last weekend we went on a 1 night trip to Cincy for a wedding. We stayed at the hotel where the wedding was. We had a gift card to the movies in Cincy so we went and saw a movie at Newport at the levy and then headed over to the hotel... We had a good time but had to hurry home to get to Patrick's grandmothers birthday lunch and a baby shower we had planned for Sunday. I would've liked to have stopped by IKEA while we were up there but oh,well.
We did stop by waffle house on the way home. Waffle house= so bad but so good.
This weekend is labor day weekend and we are looking forward to a quieter weekend. We are going out to dinner with some friends tonight and we'll go to church on Sunday, moms for dinner, and,of course, will probably be trying to find a place to cheer on the cards. I mean cats. ;)
Yawn, we sound boring. Patrick needs to catch up on studying anyways and there is always laundry!
P.S--- I decided after last year that I couldn't neglect my cards completely so I would cheer for ul during football season and uk during basketball season... Sounds like a good compromise, right ?!
Don't answer that question....
Katie
Friday, August 31, 2012
Sunday, August 26, 2012
The Baby Name Game
Patrick and I have had names picked out since before we announced we were expecting. From what I hear I don't think it usually happens like that.
I've seen people go in circles forever about names...this, that, the other. It's overwhelming. What's in a name anyway? In my opinion, EVERYTHING. And I am super picky. I'll walk you through my criteria. You can judge me and my OCD later.
Rule 1: No Top 20 Names.
Ok, I'll say it. There are some super-cute names on the top 20 list. But, i grew up as "Katie S." Ok, now how annoying does that get, always having to go by your last initial. And now, even in adult life I'm Katie K. or Katie Kennedy because there is another Katie at work. Another Katie at book club. In fact I think I have like six Katie's in my cell phone contacts. Patrick's best friend's wife's name is also Katie. So now I am also called "My Katie" in that situation.
My mom said she had no idea Katie was so popular when she named me that. And to be fair, I am named after my two grandmothers (Katherine and Lorraine.) Maybe in Germantown, TN. , where I was born, it wasn't as popular... but in good ole Catholic town Louisville it's pretty common.
So here are the names that were automatically eliminated for us because of this rule(This is the 2011 list):
Rule #2: I love old fashioned/traditional names. Not so much like Gertrude and Cornelius... but classic names. I like names that aren't too trendy or fleeting, or where you will be able to say, "Oh, I bet you were born in 2012!" Lately, these old fashioned names are becoming en vogue again and I love it.
Rule #3: No famous names. With the last name of Kennedy there are lots that are off limits. Jacqueline, Caroline, Jack, John, Teddy, Rose, Robert... The list goes on, right. Sorry, but I don't want to explain to my kid why their name's in the history text book, on the news, or whatever.
Some other considerations.... I like family names and biblical names. I think it's sweet to honor those who mean a lot to you through nomenclature.
I have to say, our boy's name came to us easier. "William Luke." If the baby had been a boy he would've gone by Luke. I know what your thinking -- you broke rule #1. Ok, your right. BUT that is my husband's first name and his grandfather's first name and the baby wouldn't have used that name any more than Patrick uses William. so I justify it in that way.
But our baby is a she-baby. And her name came to me one day while walking. I didn't think of the spelling or diminutives, anything like that, but I thought Hmmm... Lucy would be a sweet name. It met rules 1,2, and 3 and Patrick liked it. Ironically, it meant the same thing as Luke which is "light." I thought that was sweet too. This baby will certainly be a light in our lives!
Since We were sure our baby was a boy anyways I didn't consider it much again until we knew the baby was a girl. Before we knew, we were secretly calling the baby "Baby Lukey" as a compromise between the two names and with the discussion that we would finalize a name after we actually new the sex. But from 8 weeks on it was "Luke or Lucy."
Low and behold Lucy stuck. I can't for the life of me fathom changing her name. It's like this has always been her name how could we possibly change it? Plus we really like it. And, we've found out in a couple ways that it meets the family name criteria....
Lucy's kicking me as I'm writing this.
Anyways, we still have a couple secrets up our sleeves. I haven't told you the middle name. Because I don't know. We've got it narrowed down to a few names and depending on what we feel like when she's born we will pick one of them. We also haven't told you whether or not Lucy will be spelled L-U-C-Y or a different way. Because we haven't really decided. We might also have another secret up our sleeves... ;)
So anyways, for all practical purposes we will call her Lucy. Love it or hate it that's her name. All we have to say is one thing. "I LOVE LUCY!!"
Oh, and for the record, here are the Socialsecurity.gov official stats on the name from 2011:
In the year 2011 Lucy was ranked #72. Sounds perfect for us. A name that is known but not too popular.
For all those preggos out there who want to scrutinize names go to www.socialsecurity.gov and search baby names to find out just where your little one's name ranks!
I've seen people go in circles forever about names...this, that, the other. It's overwhelming. What's in a name anyway? In my opinion, EVERYTHING. And I am super picky. I'll walk you through my criteria. You can judge me and my OCD later.
Rule 1: No Top 20 Names.
Ok, I'll say it. There are some super-cute names on the top 20 list. But, i grew up as "Katie S." Ok, now how annoying does that get, always having to go by your last initial. And now, even in adult life I'm Katie K. or Katie Kennedy because there is another Katie at work. Another Katie at book club. In fact I think I have like six Katie's in my cell phone contacts. Patrick's best friend's wife's name is also Katie. So now I am also called "My Katie" in that situation.
My mom said she had no idea Katie was so popular when she named me that. And to be fair, I am named after my two grandmothers (Katherine and Lorraine.) Maybe in Germantown, TN. , where I was born, it wasn't as popular... but in good ole Catholic town Louisville it's pretty common.
So here are the names that were automatically eliminated for us because of this rule(This is the 2011 list):
Rule #2: I love old fashioned/traditional names. Not so much like Gertrude and Cornelius... but classic names. I like names that aren't too trendy or fleeting, or where you will be able to say, "Oh, I bet you were born in 2012!" Lately, these old fashioned names are becoming en vogue again and I love it.
Rule #3: No famous names. With the last name of Kennedy there are lots that are off limits. Jacqueline, Caroline, Jack, John, Teddy, Rose, Robert... The list goes on, right. Sorry, but I don't want to explain to my kid why their name's in the history text book, on the news, or whatever.
Some other considerations.... I like family names and biblical names. I think it's sweet to honor those who mean a lot to you through nomenclature.
I have to say, our boy's name came to us easier. "William Luke." If the baby had been a boy he would've gone by Luke. I know what your thinking -- you broke rule #1. Ok, your right. BUT that is my husband's first name and his grandfather's first name and the baby wouldn't have used that name any more than Patrick uses William. so I justify it in that way.
But our baby is a she-baby. And her name came to me one day while walking. I didn't think of the spelling or diminutives, anything like that, but I thought Hmmm... Lucy would be a sweet name. It met rules 1,2, and 3 and Patrick liked it. Ironically, it meant the same thing as Luke which is "light." I thought that was sweet too. This baby will certainly be a light in our lives!
Since We were sure our baby was a boy anyways I didn't consider it much again until we knew the baby was a girl. Before we knew, we were secretly calling the baby "Baby Lukey" as a compromise between the two names and with the discussion that we would finalize a name after we actually new the sex. But from 8 weeks on it was "Luke or Lucy."
Low and behold Lucy stuck. I can't for the life of me fathom changing her name. It's like this has always been her name how could we possibly change it? Plus we really like it. And, we've found out in a couple ways that it meets the family name criteria....
Lucy's kicking me as I'm writing this.
Anyways, we still have a couple secrets up our sleeves. I haven't told you the middle name. Because I don't know. We've got it narrowed down to a few names and depending on what we feel like when she's born we will pick one of them. We also haven't told you whether or not Lucy will be spelled L-U-C-Y or a different way. Because we haven't really decided. We might also have another secret up our sleeves... ;)
So anyways, for all practical purposes we will call her Lucy. Love it or hate it that's her name. All we have to say is one thing. "I LOVE LUCY!!"
Oh, and for the record, here are the Socialsecurity.gov official stats on the name from 2011:
In the year 2011 Lucy was ranked #72. Sounds perfect for us. A name that is known but not too popular.
For all those preggos out there who want to scrutinize names go to www.socialsecurity.gov and search baby names to find out just where your little one's name ranks!
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Baby K is no longer an "it"!
Yesterday morning we had our ultrasound. It was quite an interesting experience. I tried to keep my husband from weighing himself on the old-school scale while the nurse wasn't looking, but to no avail. :)
When we got to the ultrasound room the tech said the baby looked very active and healthy. Then she said, "Oh look how hes moving around so much." He? We told her we didn't want to know today. We even gave her a card and an envelope to write it down and seal it up so we wouldnt know.
I had read somewhere that all ultrasound techs say "he." But really? After the ultrasound we left knowing that the baby seems healthy. And my husband left "knowing" it was a boy. He was sure the tech doesn't just say that and made a mistake...
Well... a good friend, Katie came over last night to stuff the cupcakes with pink or blue icing. She spent a long time getting them to look perfect so there was no way we would be able to tell from the outside whether Baby K was a "he" or a "she" until today.
Patrick was sure though. And he wore his blue.
So at the gender reveal everyone's watching as we're nervously about to take the first bite of these cupcakes. Patrick's confidence was sky high though. He had this one. Or so he thought....
The inside of the cupcakes were PINK! I was so shocked I started crying. I really, really, really, thought we would be team blue.We're I am totally excited though. And I guess Patrick is coming around. Although, the facial expression he made was priceless!
Funny thing is, most people in the family thought it was a boy! My sister, Meaghan, takes all of the credit for being right. (Then again, she's never been wrong about anything.)
Here are some pictures from the big surprise!
Patrick actually said, "congratulations" to me afterwards. Like I had won a bet or something! Thanks, hon. Congrats to you too!
We cant wait to meet our sweet, little, orange juice loving girl! I hope she's not too much like her mama....
-Mama K.
When we got to the ultrasound room the tech said the baby looked very active and healthy. Then she said, "Oh look how hes moving around so much." He? We told her we didn't want to know today. We even gave her a card and an envelope to write it down and seal it up so we wouldnt know.
I had read somewhere that all ultrasound techs say "he." But really? After the ultrasound we left knowing that the baby seems healthy. And my husband left "knowing" it was a boy. He was sure the tech doesn't just say that and made a mistake...
Well... a good friend, Katie came over last night to stuff the cupcakes with pink or blue icing. She spent a long time getting them to look perfect so there was no way we would be able to tell from the outside whether Baby K was a "he" or a "she" until today.
Patrick was sure though. And he wore his blue.
So at the gender reveal everyone's watching as we're nervously about to take the first bite of these cupcakes. Patrick's confidence was sky high though. He had this one. Or so he thought....
The inside of the cupcakes were PINK! I was so shocked I started crying. I really, really, really, thought we would be team blue.
Funny thing is, most people in the family thought it was a boy! My sister, Meaghan, takes all of the credit for being right. (Then again, she's never been wrong about anything.)
Here are some pictures from the big surprise!
Patrick actually said, "congratulations" to me afterwards. Like I had won a bet or something! Thanks, hon. Congrats to you too!
We cant wait to meet our sweet, little, orange juice loving girl! I hope she's not too much like her mama....
-Mama K.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
I haven't been so pumped in a long time...
So, I'll start this post off by saying we're heathens. Yes, we skipped Sunday school this morning. We went to Panera for salad (ok, I had salad anyway) and I had some grocery shopping I needed to take care of.
We're grocery store junkies and whenever a new grocery opens in town we have to go check it out. We're so spoiled to live within 3 miles of a Kroger, Target, Wal-Mart neighborhood market, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, and Rainbow Blossom. We ventured a little further today to the new Earth Fare at the Summit.
It's amazing!! For those of you who don't know, I've been gluten-free for 9 years. They have by far the best selection of gluten free options of any of the specialty stores. They also have fairly reasonable prices. I found them to be cheaper than whole foods. When you walk in the door they have coupons and we used probably 5 of them. The best part was it was stuff we normally buy... GF Bread, Red Hot Blues, Veggie Chips... They also have the most beautiful produce department...
A man who worked there approached us to let us know if we spent $10 then we could present a coupon for a free whole chicken! Patrick said ,"Are you serious right now?" So we ended up getting a free chicken.
Then when we went to check out the check out lady was super nice and told me to text something into my phone and we got an additional $5.00 off of our items. And she gave us a free reusable bag!
Moral of the story is I love great deals you should totally check out Earth Fare. Although it's a little more of a drive (at least for us) they have way more organic produce than any other market, their prices are lower, they have way more gluten free options, and the people who work there are awesome!
P.S. They don't sell a single item with high fructose corn syrup!
:)
Katie
We're grocery store junkies and whenever a new grocery opens in town we have to go check it out. We're so spoiled to live within 3 miles of a Kroger, Target, Wal-Mart neighborhood market, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, and Rainbow Blossom. We ventured a little further today to the new Earth Fare at the Summit.
It's amazing!! For those of you who don't know, I've been gluten-free for 9 years. They have by far the best selection of gluten free options of any of the specialty stores. They also have fairly reasonable prices. I found them to be cheaper than whole foods. When you walk in the door they have coupons and we used probably 5 of them. The best part was it was stuff we normally buy... GF Bread, Red Hot Blues, Veggie Chips... They also have the most beautiful produce department...
A man who worked there approached us to let us know if we spent $10 then we could present a coupon for a free whole chicken! Patrick said ,"Are you serious right now?" So we ended up getting a free chicken.
Then when we went to check out the check out lady was super nice and told me to text something into my phone and we got an additional $5.00 off of our items. And she gave us a free reusable bag!
Moral of the story is
P.S. They don't sell a single item with high fructose corn syrup!
:)
Katie
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Thursday's Random Musings
So, today is the first day a person who I didn't tell I was pregnant asked when I was due. I think its the way this dress fits. Anyways, it totally caught me off guard. I was in the snack shop at work when he asked me how many "months" I was. I said Um. I don't really know. Between 4 and 5? The funniest part is I always thought this guy was blind... apparently just his wife is.
Then, it happened again. It was some construction worker down in the hallway. He said "All this back n' forth a walkin' gonna be good once yer baby done come. How many months is ya so far? Like two er three?"
Thank You. Are you hitting on me? All this bump love all at once. Makes me think that it could be worse. There are a ton of worse things to say to pregnant women. I'm guilty of saying some of them before I realized they could be misconstrued.
Some Examples...
1. OH! You're definitely having a girl. Your carrying all over. (So I'm not just fat in my belly?)
2. Wow! You look like you're about to pop. (Yeah in 4 months. And I have a baby, what's your excuse?)
3. You look tired. (Thanks for that. I got up like 3 times last night to pee and I'm caffeine deprived.)
4. (My Favorite). Soooooooo we're you all trying? (not trying hard enough to not try. non of your beeswax but NBD! Thanks for asking...)
Have a good Thursday! I'm looking forward to these storms coming and cooling things off.
:) Katie
Then, it happened again. It was some construction worker down in the hallway. He said "All this back n' forth a walkin' gonna be good once yer baby done come. How many months is ya so far? Like two er three?"
Thank You. Are you hitting on me? All this bump love all at once. Makes me think that it could be worse. There are a ton of worse things to say to pregnant women. I'm guilty of saying some of them before I realized they could be misconstrued.
Some Examples...
1. OH! You're definitely having a girl. Your carrying all over. (So I'm not just fat in my belly?)
2. Wow! You look like you're about to pop. (Yeah in 4 months. And I have a baby, what's your excuse?)
3. You look tired. (Thanks for that. I got up like 3 times last night to pee and I'm caffeine deprived.)
4. (My Favorite). Soooooooo we're you all trying? (not trying hard enough to not try. non of your beeswax but NBD! Thanks for asking...)
Have a good Thursday! I'm looking forward to these storms coming and cooling things off.
:) Katie
Monday, August 6, 2012
Our little bean....
Has been on best behavior this week. I've been feeling good and Patrick does his part by talking at my belly. I'm now craving spicy foods. We had Thai-Siam on Friday night and it was awesome... I might be the only pregnant woman who totally loves the spicy hot stuff...only for dinner though. Usually for breakfast and lunch I want fruit and orange juice. Good luck applying that madness to any old-wives tales.
That being said, we are only 11 days away from finding out what baby K is. I'm hoping for a platypus. Kidding. We want a healthy human baby.
As far as those wives tales go- I don't know that they can be trusted. Here's the scoop so far...
Chinese lunar calendar- girl
Foods- mostly boy I think
The way I carry- who can tell? Maybe slightly high but I attribute that to never having a waist to begin with...
That wierd hand test- boy
Sleep position- girl
No extreme nausea- girl
Key test- boy
Acne- girl
Mood swings- yep, girl
Dream test (opposite) - boy
Stress test- hard to say probably boy
You can see the meaning behind all the "tests" at http://goodfinking.com/2010/01/10/boy-or-girl-old-wives-tales-may-tell/
So your all's guesses are as good as mine!!! We can't wait to find out.
To keep you entertained, my sweet mother in law took me maternity shopping and while shopping I decided to try on the fake belly. The sales clerk said this is supposed to emulate 7 ms pregnant. I hope this is more like 9 yikes.....
And also a picture of the "real" bump just shy of 19 weeks (4.5 months)
- Katie
That being said, we are only 11 days away from finding out what baby K is. I'm hoping for a platypus. Kidding. We want a healthy human baby.
As far as those wives tales go- I don't know that they can be trusted. Here's the scoop so far...
Chinese lunar calendar- girl
Foods- mostly boy I think
The way I carry- who can tell? Maybe slightly high but I attribute that to never having a waist to begin with...
That wierd hand test- boy
Sleep position- girl
No extreme nausea- girl
Key test- boy
Acne- girl
Mood swings- yep, girl
Dream test (opposite) - boy
Stress test- hard to say probably boy
You can see the meaning behind all the "tests" at http://goodfinking.com/2010/01/10/boy-or-girl-old-wives-tales-may-tell/
So your all's guesses are as good as mine!!! We can't wait to find out.
To keep you entertained, my sweet mother in law took me maternity shopping and while shopping I decided to try on the fake belly. The sales clerk said this is supposed to emulate 7 ms pregnant. I hope this is more like 9 yikes.....
And also a picture of the "real" bump just shy of 19 weeks (4.5 months)
- Katie
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Baby brain?
I've totally felt at about 75% brain capacity since being pregnant. I'm convinced it's slightly dangerous. Here's a list of "oops" moments so far this week.
1. Finding my strawberries in the pantry.
2. Losing my belly band.
3. Falling over because I backed into the wall while vacuuming.
4. Getting flipped off for turning the wrong way down a 1 way street on my way home from work. ( the same way I go home every day).
And some previous "oops" moments...
1. Accidentally taking the wrong exit in the way to work and getting lost in the ghetto.
2. Arriving half an hour late for a dentist appointment because I convinced myself I needed to leave work at the time the appt started... On accident...
3. Accidentally making my car payment out of an old account with a 0 balance that I'm too lazy to close and incurring o/d fees--- yikes!
4. Walking around with my pants unzipped ( a few times now, luckily I was wearing long shirts)
5. Forgetting to turn the lights off on my car.
6. Shaving my right leg and not my left.
I'm hoping things will go smoother when the baby comes.... Phew... It's not always easy with this bun in the oven!!!
1. Finding my strawberries in the pantry.
2. Losing my belly band.
3. Falling over because I backed into the wall while vacuuming.
4. Getting flipped off for turning the wrong way down a 1 way street on my way home from work. ( the same way I go home every day).
And some previous "oops" moments...
1. Accidentally taking the wrong exit in the way to work and getting lost in the ghetto.
2. Arriving half an hour late for a dentist appointment because I convinced myself I needed to leave work at the time the appt started... On accident...
3. Accidentally making my car payment out of an old account with a 0 balance that I'm too lazy to close and incurring o/d fees--- yikes!
4. Walking around with my pants unzipped ( a few times now, luckily I was wearing long shirts)
5. Forgetting to turn the lights off on my car.
6. Shaving my right leg and not my left.
I'm hoping things will go smoother when the baby comes.... Phew... It's not always easy with this bun in the oven!!!
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