A little history never hurts

After the last post Amy [Dan's father's wife] sent this interesting information about the Crosbie name to help with naming the little peanut. Thanks Amy!! Note my comments are listed in red below.

Crosbie is the English name adopted by members of the MacCrossan family. They were originally bards to the clans of O'More and O'Connor.

The MacCrossan were mainly in counties Laois and Offaly in Ardfert county Kerry in the early 16th century - the first Crosbie was Patrick. Can you believe it they have Patricks in their family too? We are not going that route at all, sorry! With my Mom, Dad, Brother and Newphew all with the name Pat or Patrick we figured that name is COVERED.

The family was reputed as important landlords, Sir Pierce Crosbie was described as being "a very powerful landlord" in 1610. This might be why Dan loves shopping for land so much =]. Don't they say you inherit certain qualities?

There was a Protestant Bishop named John Crosbie, in Ardfert from 1600 - 1620.

You can look up some of the early Crosbie family in the National Library (MSS 5033 - 5042).
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Thank you all for your input regarding names. I thought you might find it interesting to know that many of the same names were offered as suggestions:

Fav Girls name so far: Olivia, Madison/Madysen, and Sophia/Sophie
Fav Boys name so far: Evan was the only name that was similar
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Our next ultrasound and midwife appoint is July 9th. The baby is very active it seems as I am starting to feel him/her flutter around in there ... anyway I will keep you posted!!!

Naming the little one ..........

On July 7th we are having our second ultrasound. We are hoping to find out if we are going to have a little boy or little girl. Many people are curious to find out what names we are considering for the little one.

Some of you know that Dan is vying for the name Clint [as in Clint Eastwood].



I however do not really like the name. I've told him his nickname will be Charlie [as in Charlie Brown].

Please give me some ideas for boys names!!!!!!!!!!!

As for girls names I like the following: Sydney, Shelby and Mia. But, I would love to hear any suggestions people have for names.

14 Weeks and Counting

So we had our 2nd appointment with the midwife today. Everything is looking good and healthy. She said the baby is very active and she raced around my belly to get the heart because the baby was moving so much. It was really cool and funny at the same time. I only gained 3 lbs and that was positive in her book and the belly feels "right" and is growing well. I should be able to feel the baby move in the next week or so [allegedly].


Here is the latest heart beat recording.