Baby Names: Foreign Names

It is time for another poll! There was a three way tie with the last poll. So there was no one winner. What I will be doing then is that for the next day, with the poll ending tomorrow evening at 11:59 PM, these three names will be in their own super poll and we shall find out who will win! Then on Tuesday I will change the poll to these foreign names and that will last until Sunday the 25th and it will be awesome! There are names on this list that we are considering. Totally serious. So vote carefully! We want to see how well our names do. :) So here are the ten names for the next two weeks in alphabetical order.

1. Apollo

This name comes from Greece. It means 'destroyer.'

2. Dario

This name comes from Italy. It means 'upholder of the good.' Ross likes that it rhymes with Mario.

3. D'artagnan

This wonderful name is French. It means 'someone from the city of Artagnan, France.'

4. Desmond

This great name comes from Ireland. It means 'a man from Desmond.'

5. Fernando

This name, which reminds me of Abba, comes from Spain. It means 'daring or adventurous.'

6. Godfried

This name comes from the country of Denmark. It means 'God peace.'

7. Gunther

This outstanding name comes from Gerany. It means 'war army.'

8. Nigel

This regal name comes from England. It means 'champion.'

9. Saeed

This uniquely awesome name is Arabic. It means 'fortunate or auspicious.'

10. Vyacheslav

This manly name comes from Russia. It means 'big fame.'

Baby Names: Live Action Heroes

The poll from the last two weeks was quite skewed thanks to Andrew and Ross. I'm sure they will be sad to hear, but I counted only one of their votes each which brought Johann Heinrich down to only 2 votes. Thus, the winner of the last poll was Henry. My grandpa would be so proud. :) This next baby name poll will feature live action characters and it will be awesome. I have been really excited for this one and I hope the voting goes well! Again, please note that there are a couple of names on this list Ross and I are actually considering, so let's see how they turn out! Names are in alphabetical order.

1. Anakin

The young padawan learner to Obi Wan Kenobi. Anakin Skywalker is a very talented young man. He has wicked amazing lightsaber skills, too. Although I'm sure it can be argued whether he should be considered a 'hero,' he did in the end bring balance to the force. And he destroyed the sith. Which is pretty much awesome. So he rocks pretty hard core.

2. Bruce Wayne

Also known as Batman. Which, if you put an E in the middle, you will get the kid's last name. If we name our son Bruce, his middle name will have to be Wayne because it would just be spectacular that way. Batman is a pretty awesome hero. He is not a super hero because he has no super powers, but he is pretty kick butt awesome.

3. Chandler

To quote Joey Tribiani: "Hey, look! I'm Chandler! Could I BE wearing any more clothes?" I freaking love Chandler Bing. He is my favorite character from the tv show, Friends. He's super hilarious and is always cracking jokes. I hope my son has a great sense of humor, which he will since I'm his mom. I would be proud to name a son after Chandler Bing.

4. Dwight

Everyone who has seen the Office knows Dwight Shrute. He has a beet farm and does pretty well for himself. He always has the top sales at Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. Although he is kind of ridiculous and nerdy, he's awesome. He definitely knows the value of hard work, which is a value everyone should have.

5. Ferris

"Bueller... Bueller... Bueller... Bueller..." Yes, Ross made me put this name on this particular list. I suppose Ferris itself isn't too bad of a name. Ferris Bueller is a young man determined to take a day off of school pretending to be sick. In reality, he goes off with his friends and watches a baseball game, sees a parade, sings and dances on top of a float in said parade, and ruins his buddy's father's super nice car. He apparently knows how to accomplish a lot in a day.

6. Legolas

This attractive elf is kick butt amazing. He is amazingly skilled with his bow. I absolutely love Lord of the Rings and Legolas is one of my favorite characters. He is wise, dedicated, friendly, and even humorous at times. If my son could learn to use a bow and arrows as good as this elf, I would be super the proudest mom in the world. Of course, whatever my son is good at I will be proud of. :)

7. Shawn Spencer

What do you get when you meet a fake psychic detective? Shawn Spencer, that's who. From the tv show, Psych, which Ross absolutely loves, this guy is hilarious. Shawn is very sarcastic, immature, and even rude at times; but he is also very intelligent, observant, and dedicated to the people he loves. He's a pretty funny guy. Ross says that if we name a son Shawn, his middle name would have to be Spencer.

8. Sherlock

The super intelligent genius of a man, Sherlock Holmes, is pretty hard core. I really love the Sherlock Holmes movies with Robert Downy Jr. Although Sherlock is a little awkward and anti-social, he is ridiculously smart. He uses his amazing intellect to solve mysteries and put bad guys where they belong. Woot woot. I hope my son is really smart!

9. Thor

The Norse God of Thunder. That would be Thor. It's just a pretty hard core manly name that would be fitting for my son. Thor was banished to our planet for rebelling against his father, Odin. But there he met s hot chick and fell in love and then redeemed himself by saving the humans. Something like that. Oh, and his weapon is a huge hammer, random, but also pretty intense. I wasn't really that impressed with the movie to be honest, but the name sure would be cool for my boy. :)

10. Tony

Iron Man, who is like unto Batman in that he has no super powers. But you get him in that hard core super suit, and Tony Stark becomes a pretty rockin' hero. He is a super genius when it comes to math, science, and engineering stuff. (What's with Robert Downy Jr. playing all these super smart guys?) He used to be a super cocky dude that didn't care about anyone or anything until he was a Prisoner of War and decided to change his life around. What a good guy.

And there you have it! A wonderful list of names! Yes, indeed. :) Please vote in the poll on the right. Voting will end on Saturday the 10th of March at 11:59 PM. So make sure you vote by then!

Almost 32 Weeks

Once Sunday comes, I will be starting the 8th month of my pregnancy. Holy cow pie. That's some pretty crazy stuff if you ask me. Here's a picture of my on the 31 week mark, which would have been Sunday the 12th of February. The dress I'm wearing was a birthday gift from my parentals. A maternity dress. Woot! What a chunker I have become. I am very thankful for the pregnancy support belt I got for my birthday from Sarah. I wear it a whole lot and it really helps with the lack of comfort I get from this pregnancy. My back gets really sore and now my abdomen has begun to get sore. My doctor said the best way to help that is to wear a support belt. so it is a good thing I have one. Thanks, Sarah!

Cheater Faces

My dear brother-in-law, Andrew Fassmann, explained to me about a week and a half ago that if you use a different web browser, you can vote multiple times in my polls. That cheater face! He's been rigging my polls to get the name he wants to win!!! And now Ross has taken to this as well. Both he and Andrew have voted many many times for Johann Heinrich. not that this is a bad name, it just skews the voting of everyone else. But I guess that is ok. I will just have to get over it. Ross says that he is doing it to show that a poll doesn't matter. What a party pooper.

Baby Names: Family Names

So thanks to a vigorous poll the last two weeks, the winner ended up being Flynn, as in Flynn Rider. Good stuff. I meant to do this post yesterday, but the internet Ross and I use has switched to a secure internet. So I guess we don't get internet at our apartment anymore, which sucks greatly.
The list of baby names for this next two weeks are names from both my ancestors as well as Ross's. Some of these names are ideas for first names, and others are ideas for middle names. Again, we won't say which ones we are actually thinking of, just to make it interesting. Unfortunately, we don't have pictures for this poll, so I didn't write too much info since that can get boring. But please vote for your favorite name in the poll on the right and we will see which name wins! The poll will end on the 25th of February.

1. Alfred
This name comes from Ross's paternal side. So one of his grandpas somewhere back in his lineage.
2. Ben
This is the name of Ross's paternal grandfather. Technically his name was Norman and his middle name was Bennion, but everyone called him Ben, so that's the name for the poll. Ben is also Ross's middle name.
3. Charles
This would be my very own maternal grandfather. He's a pretty awesome guy who plays tennis and takes great care of my grandma. He rocks.
4. Ernst
This relative comes from a little ways back on my paternal side. Go Bredthauers!
5. Francis
We were pleased to find a Francis on Ross's maternal side, since my family all calls the little baby Francis. Originally that was because it could be a boy name or a girl name, but now it is just what they all call him.
6. Henry
This would be my grandpa Bredthauer. He was a pretty amazing man. And definitely a hard core German as well.
7. Horace
This wonderful name comes from my maternal side. And Ross and I thought it was pretty cool, so it had to make the list. It also reminded us of 101 Dalmatians. And that is just fine with us.
8. Johann Heinrich
This was a pretty awesome name found on my paternal side. We went back quite a few generations, and then all of the males on the far right of the page were named Johann Heinrich. Same spelling and everything. Of course, their last names were all different. Only one of them was Bredthauer. But it was still awesome.
9. Lester
This would be the name of Ross's maternal grandpa. He lived in Pennsylvania. Woot.
10. Marvin
This awesome name comes from Ross's paternal side. It reminded us of Marvin the Martian. Who is awesome. So this relative must also have been pretty darn awesome.

So there you go! Ten new names listed alphabetically for your voting. :)

My Poor Minion

So two weeks ago I got a cute little fish from PetsMart. And it was awesome. His name was Minion. Unfortunately, he died last night. At least I can still return him. They give you two weeks if it dies to return it. And today was my last day to do it. I was so excited, thinking I would make it past two weeks. Then I woke up this morning and he was dead. So sad. So now I'm trying to decide if I want to get another fish. Maybe I will get one that is a little more hardy. We shall see.

On another note, I am now 30 weeks along in my pregnancy! That means only 10 weeks left! That is kind of scary, but also very exciting. I do hope the baby is healthy! That's pretty much my most major concern for the little guy. He's not even here yet and I worry about his health. Man, I'm gonna be such a worrier of a mom. I already worry about everything. And now I get another thing to worry over. I hope I don't go crazy. that would be no good at all.

Contractions

The past three days I have experienced the first of my contractions. I have had one a day. They aren't painful at all, just surprising. It's like out of nowhere my whole abdomen gets really tight as though my muscles are contracting, but I'm not aware of telling them to contract. So there ya go. That would be my pregnant body starting to practice contractions for the real thing. And that is kind of exciting!

ya, my baby is due in two months and ten days-ish. That's not very long at all. I'm really getting anxious for the little guy to arrive! I hope he is as cute as I imagine him being. :)

Baby Names: Animated Characters

It is time for another baby name poll party! The name Jake won the last poll. With 6 of the other names all tied for second. Interesting. For the next two weeks the theme will be animated characters. Check out the names below and then vote for your favorite in the poll to the side! Also please remember that there are actually names on the list that Ross and I are considering and we want to see how well they do. Party! So vote well! The names are in alphabetical order, enjoy. :)

1. Doug

Do you remember that awesome Saturday morning cartoon, Doug? I sure do. I loved that show! And so did Ross. So naturally, Doug had to make it onto the list of animated characters' names. He is a fun character who enjoys hanging out with his friends Skeeter and Patty Mayonaise. My son will have some awesome friends, too.

2. Flynn

Everyone knows and loves Flynn Rider! From the movie, Tangled, he's the handsomest animated character I've ever seen. And he marries a princess. Which is pretty cool. Not to mention that smoulder of his that he can use to make a woman's heart melt. ;) Naturally, my son will be a ladies man.

3. Gaston

Now if we are looking for the most manly name in the world, Gaston would probably win. Gaston comes from the Disney classic, Beauty and the Beast. As said in the song he sings, every last inch of him is covered with hair. Not sure how I would feel about a hairy son, but it is quite manly I guess. And I would be ok having a very manly son.

4. Gus

Coming from another Disney classic, Cinderella, Gus is just a cute little mouse. My favorite line of his: "Duh... Happy Birt-day!" Love it! He may not be very smart, but he sure is a friendly and happy little dude. And he loves food. I hope my son likes the food I cook. He had better.

5. Hamilton

If my son turns out being anything like me, he will also be similar to this lovable little squirrel, Hammy. This character comes from one of my favorite animated films, Over the Hedge. Don't give him caffeine. Just like you should not give me caffeine. I do love this squirrel, though. He makes me laugh, just as my son will.

6. Hudson

As in, Doc Hudson from the Disney/Pixar film, Cars. This old race car can be a grouch, but he means well. He loves his friends and does everything he can to keep them safe. Also, he has three Piston Cups! (He did what in his cup?) And I would not complain if my son grew up to be a doctor. That would me most impressive, indeed.

7. Jasper

This hilarious character comes from 101 Dalmatians. That movie was one of my favorites growing up because it has a lot of dogs in it, and we all know how much I love dogs. Jasper is always found with his companion, Horace, who's name will be on a different list, just to give you a heads up. These two characters are not to bright and drive an old beaten up car. But Jasper gets to tell Cruela DeVil to shut up at the end. Way to go, Jasper!

8. Jim

This would be Jim Hawkins from Treasure Planet, which is another of my favorite animated films. (Yes, I have a lot of them.) He's a rambunctious youth because his dad left when he was a kid. Poor guy. But in the head he learns the value of hard work and using your talents to save the lives of your friends. Not too shabby. I would not be ashamed to have a kid like Jim Hawkins.

9. Megamind

Megamind: "incredibly handsome super-genius and master of all villainy." From his self-titled film, Megamind is freaking hilarious. It is a Ross and Melanie favorite for sure. We love this movie! Although Megamind begins as a bad guy, he has a good heart and learns that anyone can be a hero in the end. I would be ok with a super-genius son, though probably not if he was a master of all villainy.

10. Navine

This would be Prince Navine from the Princess and the Frog. And it was practically impossible to find a good picture of him not as a frog, so there he is as a frog. He's a cocky man who loves to party and have fun. But he learns how to mince and work hard to accomplish goals. Not to mention that he is handsome, and my son will be very handsome.

So there you have it! Ten more names to vote for. Voting will go for two weeks, the last day to vote being February 11th. Have a wonderful day!

Birthday Celebration

So my birthday was like a week and a half ago. And it was awesome. My family came up and we had quite the celebration.

Leslie, my dearest little sister, made me this freaking awesome cake. She is so talented.

Here's me with all the awesome gifts my family brought me. I do enjoy being spoiled, yes, yes I do.

My siblings and Dad designed these pictures and cut out the fabric and everything. Then my mom sewed them onto the onesies. Naturally, Daniel did a picture of Perry the Platypus.

Me on my birthday. Ross and I went to Arby's because it is my favorite fast food place. And it is pretty cheap. And we are cheap people. :)

On my birthday Ross let me pick out a new rifle online and he ordered it for me. It came in the mail today! I'm excited to spin it like crazy. It will be most spectacular. :)

Also, I got an adorable pet fish. He is about an inch long right now. I named him Minion after the fish from Megamind. Ross and I love that movie. And Minion is quite the adorable little fish.

Baby Names: Famous Actors

So for the third trimester of my pregnancy, I will be making a post every two weeks with baby boy names. There are going to be different themes with each one. I will also make a poll on the right side of the blog. Please vote for your favorite name. Also, consider this, there are ten names on each list. A few of the names on each list are names that Ross and I are actually considering. This means that your opinions are important to us. However, also be aware that we will make our own decision on a name, but are also going to be appreciative of outside input to help us decide. We won't tell you what names on each list we are thinking of, just to make it a little more fun. So yes. We just want to see how well those names do.

For the next two weeks the baby name list of ten will come from names of famous actors. Or actors who have nice names that Ross and I like. Pretty much yeah. So without further ado, here we go, names in alphabetical order:

1. Chris

Like Chris Evans! This guy is my favorite super hero actor. He is in Fantastic Four, where he is the Human Torch. He's hot both ways in that movie. He also plays Captain America in that new movie. It was good. I'm excited to see Captain America again in The Avengers, which comes out later this year. If I name my son after him, then he would probably be a super hero one day. :)

2. Heath

Heath Ledger is dead. And that is so sad. He was a very beautiful man. He was great in A Knight's Tale, and pretty much amazingly spectacular with his role as the Joker in The Dark Knight. Totally a creepy role, but he did it most magnificently.

3. Hugh

As in Hugh Jackman. Most commonly known for his role as Wolverine in X-men. Which is a pretty awesome character. He's been in a variety of films throughout the years. I really like him as an actor. He's also very muscular. Perhaps if I name my son Hugh, he will grow up to be totally ripped. That would be awesome. I'd be one proud mama!

4. Jake

Like Jake Gyllenhaal. Another of my favorite actors, but mostly just because he is fair to look upon. But he does a really good job in Source Code. That was a really good movie.

5. Jason

As in Jason Statham. He's an action hero actor. And he's pretty hard core. My favorite would be him playing Handsome Rob in the Italian Job. yes, a very good movie. Anyway, this guy is just hard core. It was pretty much impossible to find a good picture of him smiling. So if I name my son after him, he'd be one pretty hard core dude.

6. Jude

Jude Law, or Mr. Watson from Sherlock Holmes. He's a pretty good actor, but mostly he's just good looking. So my son would be good looking if I named him Jude. Most likely anyway.

7. Michael

Like Michael Caine, who is one of my most all time favorite actors. Ross really likes this guy, too. He is quite awesome, mostly known for playing well-to-do gentlemen. Very classy folk. And he has a freaking awesome accent. I would not be ashamed to name my son after this guy.

8. Patrick

Such as Patrick Dempsey. Photographed here as Dr. McDreamy from Grey's Anatomy where he is a brain surgeon. He is also in one of my all time favorite Disney movies, Enchanted. He's also quite the stud muffin, perhaps my son will also be so studly if I name him Patrick.

9. Sean

As in Sean Connery, the suave original James Bond. And also Indiana Jones's dad. He's just such an awesome guy, his name had to make it onto the list. If I name my son after this famous guy, he'll probably have a cool accent and be really good at shooting a gun. Yup.

10. Tom

Like Tom Cruiz. I had a dream about Tom Cruiz the other night. And no, he did not take my breath away. He was a game show host. In my dream. Anyway, this actor is in movies such as Top Gun, Mission Impossible, Knight and Day, and other such action flicks.

And there we go. Please vote for your favorite name in the poll to the right! Go team!!!