6 weeks to go

I've thought a lot lately about the fact that I never blog concerning my pregnancy. I was starting to feel guilty after I wrote more about my 6 legged baby momma friend then my own pregnancy so I thought I'd just write an update for any far away friends who read this (but am I really kidding myself with that one?)
I'm within a few hours, technically, of being 6 weeks till due date - October 25th. We're told this precious baby is a girl inside me so after much concern of 1. deciding whether we needed to keep the long E sound in our children's name (although Ian does start with I -weird Irish) and 2. they all have 3 letter names for some reason - not planned promise- we picked the longest name possible that does start with long E - Elizabeth. To explain why...it is my middle name so I felt a certain connection to it and (don't laugh) but all growing up I always played with a beautiful baby doll whom I named Elizabeth. As well as the fact that on my dad's side the name Elizabeth seems to be in most women's names??? And now the weird news; Nate and I are very adamant about calling her Elizabeth as opposed to Ellie, Liz, Lizzy, whatever else you can dream up - and we have already threatened one set of grandparents that they wouldn't get to see her if they tried to sneak in a nickname! We're serious folks! =)
Middle name? Rose...this after my Granny Rose who meant so much to me growing up - and I do know that as the many Stanley women on my mother's side (all of her sisters) and also my sister and I have received her genes and along with them a bit of her stubbornness, go get it done - don't mess with me - I told you so - at the same time caring and loving attitude (she called me her little sunshine growing up and let me drink coffee & watch her soap operas after school before mom picked me up at her house) how could I pass up that name and the legacy it holds!
After telling so many that I wouldn't fall into the pink trap of having a girl I fell in face first - pink clothes (not my fault they are mostly hand-me-downs), very girly but tastefully so pink and green rose bedding, and yes - A PINK ROOM! But...it is the lightest pink you can purchase and my husband (though a bit color blind) has a hard time telling it is not white!
So, to save you those horrible pictures of pregnant women in their last days of torture where they look like they are delivering a 1st grader (my friend told me to tell people that about myself - thanks a lot Katie!) I'll not post a picture of myself - you can just imagine!!!! But I will post my two sweet boys painting the room pink! Did I mention they ARE SO THRILLED about having a baby girl in the house? And by the way...I think I'm delivering a 1st grader!