I actually got dressed for real the other day and kinda did my make up and kinda did my hair... after I took the "33 week" picture, however, I realized that I really should be writing a post on what not to wear during pregnancy.
So here's my first tip: If you want to make your belly look huge (don't we all?!), stretch a non-maternity, argyle t-shirt over it.
Here are Abram and I at 33 weeks.
I think she looks bigger than he did, but maybe it's the shirt, or the angle, or whatever. She feels bigger and stronger. Quinn's finally had a few patient enough moments to see her doing her tricks in there and his response has been "Oh my gosh!" kind of fearfully. Like he's worried that she's going to bust out. But when I made an allusion to "Alien", he insisted that I only liken our daughter to an otter. Not an alien, not a snake, not anything but an otter. He's very sensitive about these things, you know :)
By the way, I've been thinking about it, and I'm going to get on a little Selah soapbox for a minute:
There are many ways to pronounce the name Selah. We knew this when we chose the name. But the more I think about it, the more two of the ways just don't make sense. The most popular pronunciation (especially by people reading the Bible) is Say-lah. This is weird to me because in the research we've done into the original Hebrew pronunciation it was said seh-LAW, not say-LAW. Other people pronounce it See-lah, but didn't we learn in kindergarten that 99% of the time the way to get 1 e to "say it's name" is with another e, either next to it (as in "see") or at the end of the word? So why would Selah be See-lah without another e? I can only imagine it's because of the actress Sela Ward?
Here's more proof that it really should just be Seh-lah:
If I wrote the name "Kelah", how would you say it? I wouldn't say "Kay-lah", I would say "Keh-lah". Maybe Keelah, but usually Keelah is actually spelled that way. Do it with other consonants and see what you think. Belah, Delah, Melah, Relah, Telah, etc. I know they are not real names, but if you saw them, how would you say them? Maybe I'm crazy and you're thinking "of course I would say them with an "ay" sound or an "ee" sound..." but that's definitely not what I would default to.
This is no offense to people who have chosen to pronounce their daughters names Say-lah or See-lah, but more of a defense of the option of Seh-lah and how it's not as far fetched as most people tend to think. I know this is not going to change America's view on the the word/name and our Selah will still have to correct loads of people her whole life. But maybe, just maybe, it's made it easier for you to understand why we chose to say it this way and when you're reading about her, you will be thinking it the way we are saying it :)
I'm going to get ready for the day at 9:45 while my toddler is still sleeping! What the what?! He went to bed at 8pm, had a little hour long leg kicking stint from 6-7, and has been back asleep since then. Usually he wakes up at 7 or 8. It's almost 10! I know a lot of it is the time change, but I would think he would be hungry by now. Maybe today will be a one nap day. I mean, usually I put him down for his first nap at 10:30 - but that's obviously not going to be the case today. We did only one early nap yesterday and the melt down in the early evening was fantastic. And at our church cookout, no less. So we'll see how today goes.
Have a happy Monday!
So here's my first tip: If you want to make your belly look huge (don't we all?!), stretch a non-maternity, argyle t-shirt over it.
Beautiful, right?
Here are Abram and I at 33 weeks.
I think she looks bigger than he did, but maybe it's the shirt, or the angle, or whatever. She feels bigger and stronger. Quinn's finally had a few patient enough moments to see her doing her tricks in there and his response has been "Oh my gosh!" kind of fearfully. Like he's worried that she's going to bust out. But when I made an allusion to "Alien", he insisted that I only liken our daughter to an otter. Not an alien, not a snake, not anything but an otter. He's very sensitive about these things, you know :)
By the way, I've been thinking about it, and I'm going to get on a little Selah soapbox for a minute:
There are many ways to pronounce the name Selah. We knew this when we chose the name. But the more I think about it, the more two of the ways just don't make sense. The most popular pronunciation (especially by people reading the Bible) is Say-lah. This is weird to me because in the research we've done into the original Hebrew pronunciation it was said seh-LAW, not say-LAW. Other people pronounce it See-lah, but didn't we learn in kindergarten that 99% of the time the way to get 1 e to "say it's name" is with another e, either next to it (as in "see") or at the end of the word? So why would Selah be See-lah without another e? I can only imagine it's because of the actress Sela Ward?
Here's more proof that it really should just be Seh-lah:
If I wrote the name "Kelah", how would you say it? I wouldn't say "Kay-lah", I would say "Keh-lah". Maybe Keelah, but usually Keelah is actually spelled that way. Do it with other consonants and see what you think. Belah, Delah, Melah, Relah, Telah, etc. I know they are not real names, but if you saw them, how would you say them? Maybe I'm crazy and you're thinking "of course I would say them with an "ay" sound or an "ee" sound..." but that's definitely not what I would default to.
This is no offense to people who have chosen to pronounce their daughters names Say-lah or See-lah, but more of a defense of the option of Seh-lah and how it's not as far fetched as most people tend to think. I know this is not going to change America's view on the the word/name and our Selah will still have to correct loads of people her whole life. But maybe, just maybe, it's made it easier for you to understand why we chose to say it this way and when you're reading about her, you will be thinking it the way we are saying it :)
I'm going to get ready for the day at 9:45 while my toddler is still sleeping! What the what?! He went to bed at 8pm, had a little hour long leg kicking stint from 6-7, and has been back asleep since then. Usually he wakes up at 7 or 8. It's almost 10! I know a lot of it is the time change, but I would think he would be hungry by now. Maybe today will be a one nap day. I mean, usually I put him down for his first nap at 10:30 - but that's obviously not going to be the case today. We did only one early nap yesterday and the melt down in the early evening was fantastic. And at our church cookout, no less. So we'll see how today goes.
Have a happy Monday!
I think people say "Say-lah" because that's how the band Selah pronounces its name. I like your pronunciation better, especially for a girl's name. :-)
ReplyDeleteYou're probably right. And thanks!!
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