Living La Vida Lopez: We're pleased to introduce....

Camilla Ann Lopez

That's right, we've finally settled on a name for a sweet new baby girl and we couldn't be more excited! We've been in limbo long enough - it's been several weeks of tough negotiations between Mommy, Daddy & big sister Sophia, but we all agreed at our last summit that Camilla Ann was indeed the perfect fit for our newest family member. Mommy's been faithfully keeping a running list on her iPhone the last several months of names she liked and would often edit the list when she discovered some were definitely no longer candidates. She and Daddy would often talk about the list and it finally came down to two names. However, we are not sure our family is complete with two kiddies, so we'll keep our second favorite name under wraps just in case we use it in the future!

Big sister Sophia is super excited to call her baby sister by her new name too. Truth be told, she's been stuck on the name Camilla for several weeks and would often tell people that was indeed her name - long before Rod & I made it official. The glory of being 3! Now, I'm looking forward to getting the ball rolling on getting some things monogrammed with Camilla's new moniker...a process I'm fairly sure Rod is dreading. Ha!

Big Sister Sophia with celebratory cupcake

Where do the teeth start & pink frosting end?

We were able to get some great 4D photos (above photo & first one below) along with the traditional u/s photos. Dont' be alarmed at the first photo (above) as they often look 'distorting' - you can see Camilla's right arm raised next to her head, and her head/chin is tucked into her little tummy!). Here are some other u/s photos we got on June 7th at my 20wk appt:

Camilla's face & little fist by her eye on left

I will be 25wks tomorrow (Monday July 12th) and here's the latest on how Camilla is developing:

She is about 1.5lbs (not much more than the average rutabaga!) - still pretty lean, but is beginning to fill out proportionately!

She is roughly 13.5" long and Mommy can feel those legs kicking!
Her brain is busy growing and her taste buds are continuing to develop
Her lungs are developing 'branches' for the respiratory 'tree'
Her skin is still translucent, but that will start to change soon!
Mommy & baby have about 105 days to go!

I'm busy working with my mom (Nana) on putting together Camilla's new nursery bedding. Nana did a spectacular job on sewing all of Sophia's bedding and offered to sew Camilla's too! Nana & I spent all day yesterday scouring Montgomery for fabric - I wasn't too sure what I wanted to get, so an open-mind was the way to go. Unfortunately I didn't see anything that lit my fire, so we are looking elsewhere for inspiration. I feel really confident in the look that I'm going after now...once we have it finalized, we'll be sure & share it!

We thought it would be fun to reveal to the grandparents Camilla's new name with a cupcake puzzle of letters!