i've been suffering from tape measure envy ever since jackie outmeasures me by 10'

AWww u pooor baby lol.

Charles,,,it's long, I will give you that, but limp

J

eta: do they make tape measure viagra?

Of course Yeah, we're running over some names because I keep thinking it's going to be more than 4 kids so I'm trying to find some options other than our 4 names.. and plus I think I want to have a few for when I look at him or her and decide on the spot what fits! We added a new name now, Leyna, for a girl. It's a Hebrew name but he said he likes it because it means "ours" in Arabic. I'm still trying to get him to stick an "h" into the transliteration of Dalia so it can be Dahlia They're both plants, so I don't see why he minds so much

LOL or even better do they make Stimulating Pumps for tape measures to give it a little extra umph??




Are u planning children now??? Boys names just seem so hard to think up between us. I like the name Matthew, he doesnt...so grrrr lol.

That was my first mistake....didn't do the calendar so did it manually....duh

Oh myyyyyyy, what a night MENA had last night. I am sorry I had a hockey game to go to. lol I would have loved to have joined in the festivities.

so time to get a new calendar to number eh?

off topic - I need a barfy smiley right about now

never mind

J

Haha I missed it all too ! I was watching our Spurs beat up the Lakers -- Mahmoud & I got tickets to the game Bwwaahhahahhahaaaa The High and Mighty Kobe got outscored by The Down and Dirty Bruce Bowen

But at least I managed to get in a pic before the lock....

That is just mean Jackie to leave us hanging like that. lol

We were originally going to start 100% in january, but then remade our plans to pay off my student loans before we started. So he's out looking for a second job and so am I He's sinking a lot of money into my loans which is pretty admirable IMO. We plan on paying them off in under 3 years and moving back to Jordan in about 5? But I know as soon as we don't have much debt left, we're going to start trying.

Boy names were hard because he wants them to be named something that makes sense to his relatives and I want something that makes sense to mine. I like Noah and we agreed on the name.. somewhat. He insists on Nuh. I don't care much as long as I can call him Noah and it's transliterated like that. I've tried explaining Nuh sounds weird and will never be pronounced right to an English speaker-- people can't do my name, so why would they get Nuh? Qais is the second boy name, but I'm not sure about it. I keep looking for another one. I wanted Isaac, and he said no, and then I wanted Benjamin and he said NO. I'm still going to try for Binyamin (Benjamin). He said it's a Hebrew name and no one will like it. I don't really care what they think! I don't tend to like the Arabian form of certain names, and some names that I *do* like that go either way are more like girl names to me, so we're at a hitch. Girls were pretty easy, although he completely nixed Violet and said it was a stupid name that could never be spelled in Arabic

I am glad you all beat the Lakers, I do not care for Kobe myself and I live in So Ca.

Me, mean? uh...no....I am refraining from responding to the comment on the 'festivities'.

J

Somtimes a "nevermind" is just as bad as an actual comment, somtimes worse.

LMFAO!
I call this crazy insurance company to get stuck in the call queue and this is what it tells me:

Due to heavy call volume your call has been placed on hold. Please listen to our WOOOOONNNNDERFUL elevator music and stay awake to speak to the next available customer service representative.

No lie!

Nevermind is passive aggressive if you ask me.

So is this.

(seriously, my 'never mind' is NEVER worse than my comments, trust me on this, I deserve to be self edited to avoid breaking TOS)

J

Back to barf graphics !!!

This is one of the most "interesting" ones I found (so of course I am compelled to post it)

I love it.

Then why bother to post anything at all?

How about Adam? I have heard that used for MENA/American babies before!

Sometimes one posts in the heat of the moment and then one changes one's mind. You can't edit a post to be blank.

Talk about trying to pick fights.... what's the BFD?

How else am I gonna get my 4th heart if I don't post?

Because I had already made a post...I had to put something. What I typed was not 'festive' so I deleted it......I am not seeing what your issue is with me. IMO, festive around here is approvals & new babies, not locked threads.

J

You took the words out of my mouth! you are on a roll today girl!

I was being funny/sarcastic with my festive comment.

And like Moody said, "Nevermind" is a passive agressive response.

jackie, does this tape measure make my butt look big?

I tried that name! He didn't like it.. but I think I'll try again and again I warned him that since he's going to be all traditional and village, and not come into the room, that means I have free reign on the baby name. The basic conflict is more about how I want a nice, Biblical/Tanakh name and he likes his cultural/Islamic names. I already said NO Ahmed, Mohammed, Mahmoud, etc. I'm not opposed to other names though.. but it's a personal thing, you know? I also liked the name Mahala for a girl (it's Norwegian), but he said it sounded too much like the word for "store." Got any other boy suggestions?

lol, I say no, but it makes ur feet look small (and u know what they say about small feet....)

Thought I'd stop in and say hi. Meds are doing ok thus far..waiting to feel better...
I hope everyone has a grrrreat day!

amal

small feet, small shoes?

Passive-Aggressive much Jess?

Nope, has nothing to do with me. I dont care for others opinions on what i or my so look like. was just making a statement.

Doy. That's her NOT getting involved. Didn't you read her post?

Are you jewish? Just curious (tanakh!)

Hmmm... Boy names... Well I know israelis named Amir and I think that would be ok, but maybe not with your family!
I just checked thinkbabynames.com and searched for Arabic names. How about Gilad? Kaden? Omar? Rafi? Xavier?

If you have a girl, Naima might be nice?

Good luck w/that! My husband probably wouldve liked super israeli names but I convinced him that they needed strong american names to be successful. I dont really believe that 100% but I really wanted my american jewish names! So I told him what the names were and made him get used to it. Hes not usually a push over about stuff but he let me get away with this.

Apparently no one can make statements on this board without getting trashed. oh wait unless u are part of the 'clique'.

Oooh, good comeback.

I have too much respect for myself apparently then to argue with you idiots on a website. been there done that. carry on, flame away, enjoy if it makes u feel good.

Oh really? Then why are you name-calling? I don't see anyone else doing that but you in these last few posts.

must be the team up on jess hour.

For real? i said idiots OMG ima go to HE!! now. YIKES. before that i wasnt calling names at least not on thread

chinese food...need another barfy pic

Must be because i hardly ever post at all, so once i do express something they take the incentive to nit pick at everything i say. but i can sit here and laugh about it.

Carry on.

This thread is now closed due to TOS violations. DIscussions other than the personal attacks to commence with the "Thursday" thread (ie: tomorrow).