May 05 2008
Welcome to Channel 7’s Mommy Blog
Hello everyone and welcome. This blogging thing is a whole new experience for me, as is being a parent. But that is okay, because it means we can all learn together.
For those who do not know, I am pregnant with TWINS! And we just found out we are having two girls. Oh, the excitement and horror. My mom keeps telling me “it’s payback” and I keep telling her my little girls will be angels (even when they become teenagers).
Now that we know the sexes it is time for us to start planning the nursery and picking out names. I don’t know about other moms, but I think these are the two most stressful things! There are so many options when it comes to nursery colors and themes. And talk about names……oh my gosh. I have two books with over 150,000+ names. Who has time to look through all that? Picking a name is not like picking out an outfit. It is their name for their lifetime!
Congratulations!
Congratulations, Dayle! I agree with you that choosing a name for your baby (or babies!) is the most stressful job. I looked at at least 150,000+ names, too, and never did love a girl’s name - guess it’s a good thing I had a boy! All the best to you with the babies and blogging!
Dayle…we think the perfect names would be Lesa and Kathy. Any middle name would be good since these are beautiful names, most anything would pale in comparison anyway!!!!! Love ya, keep up the great work!!!! See ya next week:-P
Congratulations!!!! As a mother of now 5 yr old twin boys I can relate to your excitement but also yor anxiety! My husband and I could not on any names what so ever. So we finally decided we each get to name one, regardless if the other approved. I think this worked out well, I choose Caleb and he picked Ross after his grandfather. I couldn’t imagine now having any other names for them!
Congrats Dayle! I’m the mother of 17 month old twins and I’m having a blast. Never a dull moment in this household!
My biggest advice is take LOTS of pictures the first year b/c you won’t remember it! haha
Hi Dayle, we looked thru those same name books. You will know in your gut when you say the name. I knew my son’s name before he was even born. My daughter I had some ideas but when she came out and I saw here i just blurted out the name and it fit - perfect. I let hubby pick her middle name which i know she will hate when she is older. Don’t tell ANYONE cuz you will have to deal with the “i knew someone named blah-blah and she was mean.” Good luck.
Double, double, toil and trouble! Congrats.
Congrats Dayle,
My husband and I watch you every weekend. It has been fun for us to see you change through your pregnacy. I have 3 beautiful girls, ages 13, 10 and 7. It is such a wonderful and amazing thing to be a mom. Good Luck. Robin
Congratulations! I have two daughters (now grown) and I always wanted to name them Heidi and Holly, but their dad won out with Tara and Marla. Anyway, I still like those names and would be honored if you would consider them for your beautiful babies. Enjoy!
Congratulations! What a wonderful blessing! Just a little advice, pick the nursery that you love, they wont remember and you will love being in there for many hours. also the names will come to you. As a mother, your intuition will kick in and the perfect names will come to you! Just remember to enjoy every moment, they fly away too fast!
22 years ago, before ultrasounds were a big thing, I was having pain during my pregnancy so they did an ultrasound to make sure I didn’t have gall stones. No gall stones, but we did see a healthy baby. Couldn’t decide whether to name a girl Michele or Brittany and we finally decided on Michele, or Robert(if its a boy). Big day comes, I am induced because of high blood pressure and assorted other things. Several hours later Michele was born. She was small, but so am I. Then the doctor said ” there’s another baby in here”. The whole room went into a frenzy, my husband almost passed out. I ended up going in for an emergency c-section. When I woke up from anesthesia, my husband was there. He said “it’s another girl, I named her Brittany, is that ok”? They have always been the best two kids anyone could ask for, best friends every day, never fight. And now they have one more year until they graduate from the Doctor of Pharmacy program at UCHSC. You are so lucky, twins are the best.
Have fun!
Congratulations! Children are the best thing in the world. Everyone will try to give you naming advice - but do what you want. Everyone hated my baby girl choice names but I told them they got to name their babies and I will name mine.
I agree with the above post about picking a nursry you love. You are tha one who will remember and spend lots of time in it!
I wish you a happy and healthy pregnancy…
One question….do they know if they are identical or fraternal yet?
Congratulations! You are so lucky and blessed.
Two good names for girls are Isabella and Sophia.
Congratulations!
I am sure you are still in “twinshock” which is completely normal! My husband and I were in twinshock for quite awhile.
Twins are an amazing gift and ours are the best of friends. It has been amazing to watch them grow together.
I agree - take loads of pictures and video, the first four months your head will be spinning! In a good way!
Just two words: rocking chair!!!
You’ll never regret the time you spend rocking your little girls with their heads on your shoulder and your arm cuddled around their little bottoms. Make lots of memories, Dear. Don’t ever forget. They will help you when you want to wring their necks. (and honestly, you will want to wring their necks at least once!) Oh what joy awaits you.
And remember - the best gift you can give your girls is to love their father deeply.
You are going to have the time of your life! I am a mom to 2 year old twin boys. We have had our ups and downs for sure but it still amazes me even 2 1/2 years later that I had twins! I wonder if it is something you ever get used to. We decided to pick middle names after their two grandfathers, nice that there were two so we didn’t hurt any feelings! Good luck, the name thing will seem so easy once they are here. And I agree, take lots of pictures because that fist year is a blur.
I totally agree with JJ..Take lots of pics! They grow soooo fast! Congrats to you and your hubby….Enjoy the peace and quiet you have now because once those little ones come home, it’s gonna be chaos!! But it will be the most rewarding chaos you’ll ever experience
Congratulations! I have 7 year old identical twin girls. I laughed & I cried when I was told I was having twins! Time flies so fast & it is so much fun watching how they interact & how much they love, worry & care for eachother.. As for the names, you will know when you have picked the perfect names. One of the names I came up with about halfway thru my pregnancy & the other just about 3 weeks before delivery. I have no idea how I came up with the names because I gave up on the name books, but they are unique & beautiful & I wouldn’t have it any other way! Enjoy every moment, twins are such a blessing & I tear up when I see my girls together because the bond is so special!
Congrats! It will be interesting to see each of their unique personalities, which is very noticeable right away. My daughter is 23 years old now, but I still remember her desire to wear pretty girl dresses and pretty girl shoes. Once a teenager, however, she denied ever having a desire to wear dresses. But, I have pictures to prove it. She became an awesome high school softball player and is the best daughter ever. You are truly blessed with two! Dads are very, very important to girls. Enjoy and make sure to get plenty of rest after they are born.
Congratulations Dayle to you and your husband !!! It is so much fun watching you and your growing tummy. When is your due date for these precious little girl’s ? It will be great fun to watch you through the duration of your pregnancy and then to see pictures of your bundles !! Good luck to all of you.
I wish you an easy pregnancy.The names will come to you when you meet your Daughters. Take lots of pictures and tape their voices,because even girl’s voices change as they grow,and soon…….(too soon) they are Women.
Congratulations Dayle! I agree with your Mother…..it could be payback.
Adam and I are so excited for you and can not wait to meet the little ones..
Congrats!
lindsey and adam
Dayle - congratulations! As the mother of 6 1/2 year old twin girls I can tell you, sleep when they sleep after they are born! And as others have already said, take lots of pictures. There are so many changes in the first year of life and the sleep deprivation is real so the pictures will be helpful!
These two girls will have an amazing bond and their unique personalities will be evident right away, even though they are twins. Best of luck!
Congrats! I have 3 great kids. I hope you don’t mind a little advice when it comes to names because I’ve been there, done that and sometimes, I even wear the T-shirt from that trip!
When I asked my mom why each one of us (there are 4 and I’m the eldest!) had a middle name that was a part of my parents’ names, my mom said that it was a way of honoring the elders in our family. Ok, fair enough but I really hate my middle name.
So when it came to naming my kids, I decided to simply let their names come to me. What it was was simply that my son’s name fell into the “traditional” honor of the family. His is Timothy Michael. Michael is my dad’s name. Then came my girls. After my divorce and my new (wow it’s been 11 years and I’m still saying “new”! That’s LOVE! LOL!) love and I found ourselves expecting, the way we decided on the names was that we wanted unique. He liked the name Ariana. I didn’t like the common spelling of it so we changed it to Aryanna. Then we started playing with matching middle names to the first name. Here’s the thing we had to keep in mind, kids, as they get older tend to tease and are generally mean because they test the limits. So we also looked at how many different ways we could change our children’s names by thinking like kids. It’s hard to make fun of Aryanna unless someone calls her an “air-head” and that’s not so bad. Her middle name turned out to be Rose. Aryanna Rose. She loves her name! My youngest, I wanted to call Elizabeth Kathleen (Kathleen was my grandmother’s name so this was in honor of my grandmother and her fight with cancer.) So again, we went to the drawing table and did the same thing. Elizabeth became Alyssa (a form of Elizabeth) and Kathleen stuck. Alyssa Kathleen. At first I beat my head against a rubber wall trying to read the books of a bazillion baby names but finally, I gave it up and simply allowed the kids to in essence, name themselves. It’ll happen and whatever names you choose, they’ll be beautiful. My kids love their names which I find quite rare so I’m thankful.
Best of luck.
As for the nursery… I tossed my hands up and didn’t bother. Now that my kids are older, I simply have let them choose the colors of their rooms and they’ve helped us to paint. The best advice is… Grab some iced tea and kick back. It’ll all come together.
Dayle, 6-3-08
How sweet to have twins. I too have twins, the first time I went in for my ultrasound,
I was 4 and half months pregnant. The tech said oh there are two heads, And I thaught oh my goodness I am going to have a two headed baby. Then I started thinking what am I going to do. But in the end it turned out to be seperate sacs, one was a boy and the other was a girl. My husband and I named them Gabriel Aaron and Rebekah Ann. They are now 5and half years old and just graduated from pre-school yesterday. And now yhey are looking forward to going to kindegarten this fall.
About names I have always liked the unique ones like our oldest son Jeduthun.
So enjoy every minute with your twins, because before you know they too will be going off to kindegarten.
Sincerely, Chrystal Kleder
HI DAYLE! I AM 22 YRS. OLD AND I HAVE TWO LITTLE GIRLS. THIER NAMES ARE JAZMINE CAROLINA AND JAZLYN ZITLALY. MY MOM CHOSE THEIR NAMES IT WAS JUST SO HARD FOR ME TO PICK A NAME FOR THEM. WELL I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRADULATIONS AND GOD BE WITH YOU AND FAMILY, ALSO SAY HI TO YOUR DAD FOR ME I USE TO WORK WITH HIM. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR LITTLE ONES.