Baby Shower

My sweet friend Mandy is throwing a baby shower for me on Saturday Nov 7th. I'm sending out invites but I know that I am missing emails and addresses for lots of people. So please if you'd like an invitation would you email me? Sorry, I am so disorganized! Pregnancy brain, what can I say?

Swine Flu

You think that your kids never listen right?

Wrong!

Today I walked past my 6 year old daughter who was tucking her favorite stuffed animal into bed. Apparently her stuffed wolf "Dulcie" has the swine flu and is highly contagious. She has to stay in bed until her fever has been gone for 24 hrs.

I've never talked about the swine flu with her so I guessed she picked it up from watching the news at night.

99% Sure

So we finally decided on a name. (Though as always I reserve the right to change my mind at any time). Anyway, we're 99% sure that her name is going to be:

Maylee Joann

Vacation

Thanks to the generosity of David's Mom, sisters, and my parents we were able to spend a weekend in San Diego this month. I can't even describe what a wonderful time we had, or how much we needed that break as a family. So I won't try....here's a bunch of pictures of our trip.

Here's the kids at the dolphin tank, that dolphin sat there for 5 minutes or so giving Eli kisses.

Me and Emma feeding the dolphins...so cool!

You would never know from the look on her face that this was one of Emma's favorite parts.

Me looking very pregnant at 28 weeks.

Eli at the Shamu show. We actually had to go to this show twice because even though we sat in the "soak zone" we didn't get wet at all. My kids were in tears because they wanted to get wet, so the second time we sat on the third row and we definitely got wet.

David and Eli on Elmo's flying fish.

Really wet after the river ride...luckily they were already wet from the Shamu show.

Eli's a little freaked out by the giant walrus behind him.

Showing off their new SeaWorld shirts...thank you Granna!

Eli asleep at the dinner table.

La Jolla Beach.

Eli in the sand.

Emma in the sand.

Crib Bedding Poll

All right, so I've narrowed down my choices to 4 finalists. They're all from Wal-Mart because we get a discount there. :-) Anyway, take a look and tell me what your favorite is.

#1
http://www.walmart.com/Pams-Petals-10Piece-Nursery-Set/ip/8222510

#2
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=10983313

#3
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=7850621

#4
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=12330066

Judy Carter

David's aunt Judy passed away on Sunday. She was 59 years old and leaves behind a husband, children, grandchildren, and lots of friends and family who all love her and will miss her. I've only known her for about 8 years but you didn't have to know her for long to understand her generous nature and her absolute willingness to serve. Please keep the Carter family in your prayers.

Stumped

We are having the hardest time coming up with a name for this baby. I've been through 2 different baby name books and about 8 different baby name websites.

Nothing

Nada

Zip

It should not be this hard. David has taken to calling her "She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named". So before this name sticks or we just end up calling her baby, we need some name suggestions. So what fun, unusual (but not weird) girl names would you suggest?