Ughhh, we have to pick a name…..for a boy!

We can't wait any longer to tell people what his name is going to be! First off let me just say that Michael and I were sooo sure we were having a girl because when we found out we were having a baby ALL we could think of were girl names!! But....neither one of us was the least bit surprised when the ultrasound tech said, “You’re having a boy”, since there are so many boys in both of our families. On my Mom’s side of the family, my Grandma has 1 great granddaughter and 10+ great grandsons, Michael has 4 brothers and 1 sister...

The girls are definitely outnumbered by the boys in our families which means all the good boy names have already been taken, or so we thought. We’d think of a name and then Michael would say something like, “oh, that’s my Cousin’s name” or “that’s so-and-so’s name” and we didn’t want to name him the same name as a Cousin or 2^nd Cousin or Uncle so we had to do some serious research.

We knew that we wanted something unique, not too popular but also a name that wasn’t weird, like “Kal-el” or “Pilot Inspector” or “Zuma Nesta Rock”. We also received advice from many people about being careful when you pick a name for your child because a) this is the name they will carry with them the rest of their life, b) you have to consider what their initials will be, c) the type of nicknames that school kids will come up with, and the list went on and on. Also, since our last name is rather short and only 1 syllable we wanted a name that had at least 2 syllables so it sounded cool. And we knew that his middle name would start with an M because we have talked about naming all of our children with M middle names, so his first name had to work with an M middle name.

We went through tons of lists of boy names, both online and in baby name books and would try and play the name game in the car….but nothing ever really stood out, Michael always suggested girl names which wasn’t helpful at all! :) He was then banned from making suggestions which left all the research to me. I came up with lists of names that he rifled through and picked out all the ones he liked. And let me just say for the record that he is picky! We were able to narrow it down to 3 names…

Now, I’m happy to report that we’ve finally come to an agreement and found the perfect name for our son - - Caden (Cade for short) Michael (because it’s his Daddy’s name)! :)

Tape and Paint (repeat 3 times)

Finally! We get to paint the baby room. One more step taken in this journey of becoming parents. Starting a few months ago we discussed what kinds of designs and colors to choose. We didn’t want to just paint it baby blue and call it good (not that there’s anything wrong with that). Mollie really likes the color brown and it goes well with blue so we decided to start off there and see what we could figure out next.
Well as you can see we decided to go with a dark blue and light blue argyle pattern with brown stripes. If you ever decide to paint any sort of pattern just be prepared to tape, tape and tape some more.
Was it all worth it? Yep, I’d say so. Would we do it again? Maybe…I guess it just depends on what idea we start off with and where it takes us.

Its kind of weird going into the room now...obviously he isnt here just yet so it could be anyone's baby room. But slowly and surely its starting to take shape and feel more like its a room that belongs in our house. Soon it will be a room we will no doubt be visiting a lot...to change diapers, feed or just hold.

Going back to the whole design thing. We're not quite done yet. We still have to hang the blinds, figure out some sort of curtain and decide whether or not to make a valance. Also, I put together the changing table and the chest of drawers. We plan on putting his name on one of the walls. A lot rooms that we saw had this so its not really unique, but I think it just starts to make it even more real, that he is actually coming soon and that this is his room.

Finally, one other thing that I think would be cool is a quote on the wall....not sure if I want to paint it or not though since we have those lame textured walls...but if anyone has any suggestions for cool quotes or verses that would be good for a boys room...let me know. Im open to suggestion.

Sunny and cold with a chance of angry

Today we went on two walks....great sunny day but a little on the cold side as you can tell from Mollie's rosey nose. We went to Java Vivace and enjoyed a lovely Mexican mocha this afternoon. I should have taken a picture of her afterwards to compare :)

p.s. pregnant women are sometimes emotional...

Yummy Orange Drink

So a lot of these blogs during pregnancy seem to have your common topics. This one is on the dreaded GLUCOSE TEST!. Mollie didnt pass the first 1 hour test, but just barely. Luckily, today we found out that she does not have gestational diabeties! She had to take the 3 hour fasting test on Saturday, which was not fun. But in the end it was all worth knowing for sure. We had plenty of snacks ready to go as soon as the tests were over...After all, it had been about 14 hours since she had anything to eat....which may be doable under normal circumstances...but don't try to tell a pregnant woman not to eat for that long unless theres a really good reason. After leaving the clinic we ate breakfast at Shari's the closest place that serves breakfast all day. Another interesting fact about this whole glucose test thing...some places let you eat or drink stuff other than glucola. Here are some of them:

• Pancakes with syrup
• Jellybeans
• 80z of apple juice
• 12oz Sprite
• 1/2 cup of Gingerale

There are other various breakfasty type items, but you get the point.