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The Name Game

by Jill August 10, 2013
written by Jill

When I was 16, I was one of those girls who had long lists of names for my future children, but as I’ve aged, I’ve come to hate all of them for very valid reasons. Mostly, I’ve met people named those names and they ruined it for me. The longer I’m on this earth, and the more people I meet, the harder it is to name children.

I really dislike naming my children. I’m ultimately happy with what we’ve chosen for all 3, but the process it took to get there was not my favorite.

This time around was doubly hard since we had to pick out boy AND girl options.

I didn’t take on the task of even thinking about them until I was past the first trimester. Then I saw a boy’s name in the credits of some movie. Don’t ask me which one. Pregnancy brain lives on.

Immediately, I thought, “Hey, I kinda like that!” Followed by, “Pretty sure Scott’s going to hate it.”

But I started to fall in love with it, and then I was scared to even suggest it to Scott because it was pretty much the only boy name I thought I’d ever like again. I tried to play it cool and casual when I suggested it to him one night before we fell asleep. I braced myself for the veto.

“Hmmmm…. yeah…. yeah? Yeah. I like that. I like it! Sounds like… a scientist!” he replied.

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So obviously since that was way too easy, I just knew it had to be a girl.

And the girls names continued to spin us in circles, right up to a few hours before I gave birth. We considered quite a few, but our top contenders were:

Eloise– I liked how this sounded with Leyna. It’s origin is German, and Scott’s family is very proud of their German heritage. But I figured it would get shortened to Ella, and I didn’t know how I felt about that. Ella is far more popular than Eloise.

So that made me think about…

Elsa– Similar to Ella, but different. Just different enough to not run into a lot of other little Elsas on the playground, maybe? Also German. But Scott wasn’t sold.

With a due date in July, I let myself consider…

Juliet- And I LOVED this. For a hot minute. After that passed, I just didn’t feel 100% about it. I came back to it a lot, though. And Scott liked it, too.

Then I mentioned…

June– This was Scott’s favorite, and I loved it more and more each time we brought it up. It was our final choice, going into the hospital to deliver.

If we had come out of the hospital with a little girl, she’d be named…

JuneRobinJune Robin Krause

The middle name would be in honor of Robinson, a family surname on my mom’s side.

As the story goes, though, we did not come home with a little June Robin. Instead, we stuck with that very first boys name we fell in love with back in February. And we gave him his daddy’s name as a middle name, though there will be no calling him Scotty or Scott Jr.

LowellScottWe’ll stick to calling him Lowell.

And maybe he’ll grow up to be a scientist.

 

August 10, 2013 22 comments
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8 Days With Lowell

by Jill August 7, 2013
written by Jill

::sits on pillow, dusts off blog, adjusts breast pads::

Hi!

Lowell was born 8 days ago. Life is lovely and chaotic all at once. I’m ridiculously overwhelmed and happy all at once. I’m also getting my postpartum ass kicked by another horrific postpartum rash and some super sore and engorged boobs to go with it.

So.

Here are some pictures. I have no energy for many words. Though I promise the birth story is coming soon.

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He’s already so much bigger than this! Fresh from the womb here, not even 24 hours old.

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We took pacis with us to the hospital. Scandalous! He’s been a comfort sucker (like his sister) from the beginning. Of course, I was and have been careful to only offer it to him after he eats. I’m pretty sure he was a thumb sucker in utero, based on the feeling of him punching me in the bladder all day in there.

IMG_4896 IMG_4900I love this little sleep sack I bought for his coming home outfit (from BabyPint on Etsy). I packed a pink bow to attach to the hat if he was a she. It was adorable and snuggly, and then he peed all over it and we had to change him into a Target sleeper to actually bring him home in.

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This girl suddenly grew to the size of a 12 year old the first night we were home.

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First family morning, piling into the bed.

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Lowell is a BIG fan of the mamaRoo. Huge. He’ll sleep for hours in it. Leyna’s reaction to seeing him in it the first time was priceless. Her reactions to a lot of things with him are priceless. She’s pretty much the cutest big sister ever.

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Aunt Kelly came up the week before Lowell was born (because oddly? I was afraid I’d go early LOLOLOLOHAHAHA). Then she had to go home a couple days before he made his appearance. Luckily, she kindly braved the drive up 35 one more time to meet him (and clean my dishes and get my other kids dressed and fed).

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I’ve been spending a lot of time in our room, on our bed, with my boobs hanging out. I have no idea where to put any of his tiny clothes, and it looks like the laundry threw up  in there.

Oh well.

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He’s fitting right in, even hanging on his first family WiiU game night already.

He’s… different, this one. Kendall and Leyna seemed so similar in so many ways (and they still do). Lowell can resemble each of them from time to time, but there’s already something about his temperament… his being. He’s his own little person, for sure.

And I’m loving getting to know him.

It might be a while before I’m back here, but you can find me on Instagram a lot lately. I’m addicted to sharing all the little moments we’re living right now. Like this.

August 7, 2013 37 comments
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Complete

by Jill July 30, 2013
written by Jill

Lowell Scott Krause is finally here!

Born at 40 weeks 5 days, on July 30th, 2013 at 8:14pm.

He weighs 8 lbs 11 ounces, the same as big brother Kendall did.

We are both doing great. I will update you on all the details sometime later.

Thank you for all the sweet words of encouragement and support! And a big thanks to birth photographer Monica Burkett for these iPhone pics.

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July 30, 2013 92 comments
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I’m so pregnant…

by Jill December 11, 2012
written by Jill

that I’m too tired and sick to come up with something witty to write to tell you all how pregnant I am.

I think grouchy cat understands.

The facts are these:

I’m 7 weeks, 5 days.

Due July 25th

This was NOT planned.

Totally a surprise, due to basically losing my mind and any concept of time through the end of October and beginning of November, whilst prepping for Inappropriate Elf and all my holiday tutorials.

So basically, the Inappropriate Elf got me pregnant. Kinda.

Which is just hilarious because now that Inappropriate Elf is in full swing and I should really be devoting more time to it, I want to puke just looking at the computer for too long.

Anyway, this is not at all how I planned to tell you all. There was going to be a clever picture and a witty caption. It was going to be Pinterest worthy. But, you know, the sick and the tired and the grouchy and the holidays. So yeah.

Hopefully you’ll all understand why I’ve been so quiet lately. The only things I have to say anymore are pregnancy-related whines, but I wanted to get photographic proof of this before I told the whole world. And, well, I got that today.

December 11, 2012 153 comments
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