Last night it was time to face reality – Peanut isn’t a newborn any longer. I know she hasn’t been one for quite a while. She’ll be fourteen weeks old (!) in a few days and her newborn stuff hasn’t fit her in a long time. In fact, her 0-3 month stuff doesn’t fit her either. I just haven’t wanted to pull all of those clothes out of her closet quite yet. She weighs sixteen pounds now so she is also too big for her pack and play bassinet any longer. We took a couple of last pictures of her in it and then put it all away last evening. We’ll get the pack and play back out when we are ready to start using it for a play pen, but right now she doesn’t go anywhere when we put her on the floor so we don’t need it. (It’s actually nice to get a break from it in the living room – it gives us a lot more space!)
So this morning I’ve been working in her room, pulling out the things that don’t fit any longer so I can wash them up and pack them away. I’m not ready to sell them or give them away yet. David and I already know there are a few outfits and pieces we are going to keep. In time, I’ll decide what to do with the rest of them. I’ve also been sorting through all her other clothes, so I can wash up all the new things she should be wearing soon. She’s already well into her 3/6 month clothes and even looking at some of the 6/9 month things with feet I am guessing she will be into those before too long. She’s long (90th percentile) which is the natural result of having taller than average parents (5’7″ and 6’2″).
This morning I received an email newsletter with a link to the Top 100 Names of 2006. Yikes! Caroline was #68 and making a big move up from #82 last year. I hope it isn’t the next Emily or Emma. No offense to anyone who chose those names (I like them both!), but we tried to pick something not super common.
In fact, I don’t think I ever posted about our name decision other than to announce her name when she was born. Our front runner for a long time was Constance. Then we narrowed it down to Caroline, Charlotte and Constance. I don’t know why we were considering all long names that started with C. That’s just the way it happened. Other names we threw around to varying degrees… Grace (my long time favorite, but had become way too common), Blythe (I liked it, but David didn’t), Violet, Elisabeth, and Virginia (my maternal grandmother). We chose Caroline in the end because we thought it was lovely and classy and it sounded best with our rather harsh sounding last name. It flowed off the tongue with the last name in a nice way, much better than Charlotte or Constance. Now that we’ve chosen Caroline, I can’t imagine her with any other name!
Hi Sallie!
When my parents named me Emily in 1980, only elegant, old ladies had the name… now it seems that everybody is named Emily or a name derived from it!
We had a baby girl in May and named her Elisabeth (We call her Ella sometimes, too)… it was so surprising to find out that you spelled your daughters middle name the same way we do. I think that “Elisabeth” looks so unique and beautiful spelled with an “s”! It was interesting to see the baby names of 2006… thanks for posting the link.
My husband and I are planning to have one of the baby’s little frocks framed… I’ve seen this done and thought that it was not only beautiful, but a sweet reminder of how quickly children grow!
What a great picture of your husband and baby! God bless your daughter for being such a good little grow-er! Our baby is about the same size as yours and she is seven months old (she was a low-weight preemie)!
Emma
Holly is in the 90th percentile for height as well. She is 27 and 3/4 inches long at 7 months and is fast out growing her infant car seat. Not sure where she gets her height seeing I’m 5’2 and her dad 5’10. Must be from her extended family. I just cleaned out her drawers and closet yesterday. It seems I do that often. She’s wearing 9 to 12 months right now and weighs 18lbs. She did slow down in her weight gain after she reached the 6 month mark.
If I could add some comments…. we used the Social Security Baby Names web site to do research into what names were popular even back to 1880!
Our front runner, Constance, actually fell out of the top 1000 back in 1995. So if we had chosen that one, it would have been very rare. But I look at her now and I can’t imagine her named other than Caroline.
I have kept a few outfits from each child that I put away and save for when they have their own children…it is kind of bittersweet to pack up things they outgrow. My babies are 6,4, and 3 now and it seems like just yesterday I had little babies in sleepers. Enjoy every second. By the way, Caroline is timeless, I’m glad you chose it!
I’m new to your blog and am enjoying it very much. I found you via Kim. Your daughter is beautiful! Congratulations.
Beautiful photograph, Sallie – I love all the pinks! As a new grandmother, I have delighted in watching your little “peanut” grow. What joy!
One thign I do with my kids clothes is keep the ones that are special to me or are the cutest things on them at the time and save them to make a quilt for them later (I am planning on making one for both kids for either their wedding or birth of their first child) Right nwo I am still accumulating items for this (My kids are only 5 and 2.5 yrs right now) and they are stored in plastic totes in the garage clearly marked!
Your husband is fortunate that he looks so good surrounded by pink!
What a beautiful picture.
I’m 5’7″ and my husband is 6’2″ also. Our daughter ended up at just under 5’10”.