Baby Names?

Naturally, I am constantly changing my mind about what I would like to name our baby girl. I was certain she would be Josephine but now I'm not sure if that's even on the list. I've gone through various websites to gain inspiration and have come up with a few names that I like:

Sofie
Esmé
Winter
Valentina
Vivienne
Sadie
Ruby

I know these will change a million times over. I really like Sofie, but I keep searching & adding to the list anyway. I will probably have to see her to pick the final name... which means she may remain nameless for weeks like Juliet was.

A site I visited today provided a link to a page of celebrity baby names. That is the inspiration for this post. Here is a list of actual celebrity baby names. They don't include last names. It's shocking.

Audio Science
Fifi-Trixibelle
Little Pixie
Peaches Honeyblossom
Mirabella Bunny
Poet Sienna Rose
Antonio Kamakanaalohamaikalani Harvey
Bluebell Madonna
Java Jumala
Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily
Moxie Crimefighter
Daisy Boo
Petal Blossom Rainbow
Poppy Honey
Sistine Rose
Sonnet Noel
True Isabella Summer
Tu Simone
Bandit Lee (for a girl!)
Pilot Inspektor
Bear Blu
Bridie
Diva Muffin
Moon Unit
Seven Sirius
Diesel Dean
Speck Wildhorse

Seriously? Some of these names are okay alone... but paired up as they have been they're horrifying. There were a lot more, but these are the ones that stood out the most. For the full list of celebrity baby names click here.

A little bla bla bla...

Hello. It's been a while since my last post. Although I've been up to a few things here & there I've really actually been up to nothing. At least nothing worth blogging about. I did go back to yoga which was interesting. It's amazing how much your uterus gets in the way with a baby in it. That and boobs. Shoulder stand now is nothing but a couple of boobs in my face followed by a large belly. And I've resorted to doing headstands up against the wall to accommodate for the shift in my centre of gravity. It still all feels great though and I wish I had more energy & motivation to go more. Lazy ass.

I've got various projects going on that I intend to blog about... I just want to wait until they're done. Namely:

1. Halloween costumes
2. Tearing down the back deck to create a new hot tub oasis
3. Making lights/lamps out of mason jars & brainstorming ideas for a new hanging light in the dining room
4. Kitchen renos

Stay tuned.

My Cirque du Soleil Immortal World Tour Review

About a year ago (or more) I excitedly bought tickets to the Cirque du Soleil's "Michael Jackson Immortal World Tour." Last night was the show. I had anxiously been waiting for this for over a year. My husband & I are avid Cirque lovers and me being a HUGE MJ fan couldn't have brought a more spectacular event... or so I thought. I am so disappointed... I feel ripped off. Betrayed. Devastated.

The Show had such potential. First of all it's the Cirque du Soleil... need I say more? As far as I'm concerned, the most incredible performers of all time. And then there's the $60 million dollar price tag that backs the show. This should have been more than enough to blow minds. At $175+ per ticket I expected to be ooohed and aaahed for a constant 2 hours. Now I can overlook the fact that some of the light suits didn't light up... so all we could see was the faint outline of a dancer in the darkness. Or dancers out of step, slipping, or getting their shoes caught. I can't overlook a stage full of crew members trying to push the Neverland gates together in the middle of the first act. Or crew holding up wires in the middle of a fully lit stage to allow for stage components to move around. The MAIN component of the set, the huge tree in the middle of the stage, was completely omitted from the show due to the fact that it wouldn't even descend from the rafters! I wondered why it looked like the tree was supposed to be a part of the show but wasn't. In fact, numerous acts, including Thriller, were supposed to be performed ON the tree. I can't help but wonder... what else did we miss??

Of course, the acrobatics in the show were incredible. Flawless. The performance to SCREAM was by far the best of the night. The dancers were in sync to one-hundredth of a second. Incredible. The flexibility of the pole dancer & book creature was insane... a beauty to watch. The trapeze/rope act... wonderful. The rings in the dark... fascinating. As for the rest... I've seen better dancing on So You Think You Can Dance.

So... would I pay to see it again? No... but then I think yes because I think we were cheated. I've written to the Cirque via their website and can only hope that they will respond. It would be nice if they would send us to the show so that we can experience what it is truly supposed to be. Pairing together the Cirque du Soleil and the king of pop should fall NOTHING short of spectacular.

What we saw (my photos):

What we should have seen... (photos courtesy of the internet)

21 weeks

Yep. I'm over the 'hump'. Only 19 more weeks to go. So I thought I would try and take some belly pictures. I was really into it during my first 2 pregnancies... and I took some nice photos. This time.... not so much. I decided that I would try taking photos of me doing yoga poses. Why that seemed like such a good idea I will never know. Talk about un-flattering. Maybe my belly just isn't big enough yet. I just look large. Anyway... I played with a few and decided that I'd share a couple with you. The first one is the fish. It doesn't do much in the way of showing off my belly... but it's kinda cool.

Double Occupancy

Sometimes sitting around the house doing nothing can be REALLY boring... who would've thought? On Sunday I was particularly bored and decided I needed a project. I thrive on projects... especially those that involve re-arranging/re-designing my house. Thus, the December planned move of Sam into Juliet's room became the October move of Sam into Juliet's room.... or should I say closet. Sam's tiny room will become the baby's room... and so the 2 older monsters now share a room. I removed all signs of what was Juliet's closet (except for the white closet walls) and used the space for Sam's private corner. It was a success & the kids are thrilled. The painting, however, is still scheduled for December when my mom comes back from Colombia. You'll get after pictures then. Hey... I wanted a fun project not a laborious one.

The Vancouver Post

I'm back from my 5-day hiatus in Van-c. I spent the week there (sans enfants) visiting my dad & brother's fam. It was fabulous. 

My dad had a simple surgery last Tuesday and decided last minute that he wanted someone there in the event he needed some extra care... so he flew me out west. Ironically, the surgery couldn't have gone any better and there was no recovery so we had a nice visit.... well, as nice as 5 days with my father could go... laugh out loud. There are various idiosyncrasies when it comes to visiting my dad. Such as, I was happy to find a box of honey nut cheerios when I woke up craving cereal, but was less than thrilled to find out that it was left over from our visit last summer (yes.. 2010). That's the thing about my dad's... you can never be too sure about how long something has been sitting around. If it doesn't show signs of aging, it ain't goin' nowhere.