What's in a name?!?!?

Alright, this not having a name for our baby thing is starting to drive me crazy. Maybe it's because I'm a planner, maybe it's because we had Isaac picked out before we were even pregnant with him, I don't know. I do know that I'd really like to have a name chosen and soon. (By the way, my doctor did another ultrasound yesterday and thanks to the good ol' umbilical cord, the results are still inconclusive, but he's still pretty sure it's a girl). That all being said, HELP!!! Please give us some ideas. Jake is still on his H kick, which is why Haley (Grace probably for a middle name) is the only name we both like. I'm not crazy about it, but I don't hate it. I also like Lauren and Leah, but just saw they were on a "most popular names" list. I'd prefer to stay away from names in that category since my name was in that one for about 10 years. (Just count how many Jennifers you know-I like my name, really, I do, I just don't like that there are 54,375,287,129 other Jennifers around). Probably Elizabeth for a middle name for Lauren and still no middle name for Leah. The other name I like is Anna-Jake says it's an old woman's name. I disagree. Alright, there's the extent of our name dilema as it stands. Thanks to the few of you who have given us some ideas-all are being considered, but I'm tired of looking online and checking out the baby name books from the library. Help! :)

Quick update-I just looked at another list and all 4 of those names were on it. Agh!!!

Another tag

My friend Laurie had this on her blog and so now here's my version of it. Now you can learn more about me and my deep, thoughtful, mysterious self. No, actually, I'm pretty boring and predictable, but go ahead and read on....

I am...

i am: a happy mama
i think: too much
i know: I am a daughter of God
i want: more space to be organized in
i have: a baby on the way
i dislike: angry people
i miss: living close to friends
i fear: being in a car accident
i feel: sleepy
i hear: myself typing
i smell: my Febreeze plug in…Ahh
i crave: pumpkin cookies (will be making some tomorrow)
i cry: way more than before I had a baby
i usually: don’t finish all I need to in a day
i wonder: where we will live next
i regret: only a few decisions
i love: my hubby and baby boy
i care: for my home
i always: kiss my hubby goodnight
i worry: that I’m not prepared enough for an emergency
i am not: a drama queen
i remember: as much as I can
i believe: it’s going to get colder
i dance: rarely-for the sake of all those around me
i sing: every day
i don’t always: express my gratitude for others
i argue: with myself-not with others
i write: in my journal much less often than I need to
i win: sometimes at bowling Wii
i lose: at pretty much anything I play with Jake
i wish: I was the person I can be
i listen: and sometimes bite my tongue
i don't understand: why people are mean to one another
i can usually be found: at home playing with my boy
i am scared: of letting others down
i need: friends and family every day
i am happy: with my life
i tag: anyone!

Isaac Walking!

Isaac has learned some new things the last few weeks.


1. Waking up at night. :( Maybe it's an effort to get us back into infant mode with another baby on the way? It's not every night, but we're trying to figure out what's waking him up-hunger, being cold/hot, etc...no luck with anything really yet. At least it's just once a night and then he's usually pretty good about going back to sleep.

2. Praying-well, at least that's what we call it. See video-it's the cutest thing ever!



3. And last, but not least-walking! He's been walking a little for quite a few weeks-but just from one person to another. Now's he just the point where he's walking about 50% of the time. Here's a video for that too!

High School Tag

1. Did you date someone from your school? No

2. What kind of car did you drive? Um, I went through several...the first was an oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera and then I wrecked that one right after I turned 16 and got an early 90's Chevy Lumina-my sister got that one as a bribe to stay at BYU and then I got a 90's something GrandAm. My brother got that one when I left for BYU and then I got a Chevy Malibu-my first car I really did like, I think it was a 98 or later. (Some of that may be wrong-I think my parents went through 7 cars for 3 kids. Sad, I know.)

3. What was the most embarrassing moment of HS? Hmm...I really can't remember one. I'm sure there were several.

4. Were you a party animal? Ha! Let's just say my friend and I went to a PG movie the night 80% of the school was at a kegger sponsered by a parent/employee of the school.

5. Were you considered a flirt? Nope-see answer to #1

6. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? Choir for all 4 years-I loved it! Especially because it got me a trip on a cruise my senior year for Spring Break. It was supposed to be a competition thing, but it was right after 9/11 so all the other schools backed out and we just went anyways. It was rockin'!!! This picture is obviously from graduation-I am the only alto (on the right side of the picture) in the yellow cap and gown. Look closely if you really care to find me.

7. Were you a nerd? Nope

8. Were you on any varsity teams? Yes-Football Cheerleading (Captain actually my junior and senior year), Basketball, and Track

9. Did you get suspended/expelled? Nope...never even had detention!

10. Can you still sing the fight song? Probably-and dance it as well (remember the cheerleading?)

11. Who were your favorite teachers? Mr. Bechtel, Ms. Kepley, Coach Klein, and Mrs. Lehman

12. Where did you sit during lunch? At whatever table my friends and I could find in the cafteria

13. School mascot? The Eagles

14. Did you go to homecoming, and with who? Yes, freshman year with someone who's name is escaping me right now, sophmore year with Scott Moran, junior year with Shane Thomas, and senior year with Mike Wilson, and then Jake's senior year with him

15. If you could go back and do it again, would you? Yes-well at least 99% of it

16. What do you remember most about graduation? That I was totally over high school and ready to be done with it!

17. Where did you go on senior skip day? I don't think we had one...

18. Were you in any clubs? National Honor Society, Student Government my freshman year-there wasn't a lot to offer at our little high school of 400 students

19. Have you gained some weight since then? Yes-but only because I'm pregnant! :)

20. Who was your prom date? Junior year-Josh Mullin, Senior Year-my hubby, and then I went when I was a Freshman in college to Jake's senior prom (he's 2 months younger than me and a grade behind)

21. Are you planning on going to your 10 year reunion? If there is one

22. Looking back, what advice would you give yourself? Talk to more people. Don't make your parents buy 50,000,000 senior pictures unless you're actually going to give them out to people. Go to bed earlier-early morning seminary is a killer, but totally worth it. Learn what an AP class is before you get to BYU-it'll save you a lot of time and tuition if you can start ahead of time.

And a couple of pictures for you, Janelle, (even though you didn't tag me!) since you're the first one whose blog I've seen this on. Enjoy! :)

I tag anyone who has the time to dig out, scan, and crop all your high school pictures-good luck on your trip down memory lane!

What happened to September?!?!?

Can I just say-Holy Cow! October is next week!!!!! September flew by and we really weren't all that busy.

Jake had a rough week dealing with poison ivy on his face and ear! Nice, huh? It was pretty nasty by the time he finally went to the doctor. He came home popping pills and said, "I might get mean." What?!?! He was given steroids to clear up the ickyness and appearantly a common side effect is mood swings. Thankfully, he never experienced such side effects-at least not at home! :) (By the way, I tried to Google Image a picture for this and I gave up because all I got was real pictures of the plant and a gazillion pictures of the character from Batman-I've never seen that movie I guess...)

Isaac had two more teeth come through-both bottom molars. He is now crawling for real and can walk, just usally chooses to crawl. At his 15 month check up (a week before he was 16 months) he was 21 pounds-still a little guy, but healthy as can be.

I am growing every day-here's a picture to prove it! I am about 20 weeks now and comparing with pictures from Isaac, I don't think I'm all that much bigger. :)

We were able to watch the Iowa-ISU game earlier this month (Go Hawkeyes!). The women all made 27 quarts of applesauce while the kids and men watched the game actually. (Jake was quite intrigued with the new attachment to his mom's KitchenAid so he helped once the game was over-he even went back home to get more apples!) All but 3 quarts of that was from apples off our tree and we still have 567,389,929,548,321 apples left. (Really, I counted them all!). If you live near me and want some apples, PLEASE come take some. They're not great eating apples, but they are fine for canning. (All sales are final and the charge is nothing!)

I got busy yesterday with Isaac's scrapbook and did 12 more pages. Sad thing is, I still have like 30 to do before I am caught up. The problem is that Isaac thinks he can help so I can only work while he's taking his nap and I usually have other things to do during that time (like update this good ol' blog). Some day I'll get there. This is current condition of my dining room thanks to yesterday's marathon scrap attack.

I was a part of Kristan's Fall Swap-my first swap ever! Thanks Mary for all the goodies-I hope I remembered to regather everything for the picture. What a fun thing to do! Happy Fall everyone!

And a baby update-we still have no names, please feel free to send ideas our way, whether or not they start with an "H" as Jake has strangely requested.

And the verdict is (almost) in....

Thanks for all of you out there who voted-makes me feel like people really are reading my blog and I'm not doing all of this writing and posting for no good. Alright...on to what you're all waiting for. My doctor did do an ultrasound and everything looks good. He's pretty sure that it's a girl! We are super excited and have started the search for names. For some reason Jake said he likes "H" names. I've got a few I kind of like, but we'll get more serious about the decision soon. (Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!) My doctor will do an ultrasound next visit (in 4 weeks) to see for sure (He's about 75% sure at this point). He said not to do any shopping yet....yeah right! The baby is measuring 18 weeks even though I am 19. My doctor said this is totally normal and that it's just because I am the lucky girl who gets to have non-giant babies. I won't complain about that (Isaac was 6 pounds, 11 ounces and this baby is expected to be about the same at this point). So now I need to get busy neutralizing Isaac's room, which is now "the kids' room" and working on Isaac's scrapbook overtime since I can start the next one. So much to do! Good job for those of you who voted girl-it won hands down!

Last Day to Vote!!!

I know most of you are probably reading my blog from your Google Reader so you may not have noticed the poll...I am having an ultrasound today (in an hour and a half to be exact) to find out if we are having a boy or a girl. So you have a few hours left to vote if you feel so inclined. Just thought I'd let you know!