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Roses blooming in the backyard, noticed by accident on the way by with the kiddo this morning (we were planting pumpkin starts – three from the farmers market, and 6 from Nicole and Brian’s extras. If even some of them make it, we’re going to have quite the pumpkin patch in the fall!)

After Kevin took this photo, he snipped them and brought them into the house. They look extravagant and gorgeous on the table. This is from one of the three bushes that I prune once a year and ignore the rest of the time. Benign neglect suits them. I think they really like the mulch that we added last summer – so many more leaves than they used to have.

Two more from Kevin’s camera that I missed in the first post. Friday evening:

And Saturday evening.

So, so pretty.

In honor of being 36 weeks pregnant today, a little name game fun. Here are some of the top sites that we’ve been using recently:

everyonehasaname.com
Total popularity over large stretches of time (1880s til now) – good for filtering out some of trendy new things, and good sorting by beginning and ending sounds. I’ve been convinced there was some great name out there (in an “on the tip of my tongue” sort of way) that started with M and ended with an “ie” sound. This site finally put that to rest.

namenerds.com
I love this chart. It groups names by sounds/spellings and then ranks them. Given that two of our top wants are that people will know how to say it and how to spell it (and there are SO many creative spellings of girl names. It’s ridiculous.), this chart was exactly what I needed.

nymbler.com
You put in names you like, it suggests more to consider.

babynamewizard.com
This was my favorite site when we were naming Henry, and it’s still incredibly helpful. Apparently I have a strong affinity for names that are most popular in Montana and Minnesota. Huh.