Kendi's Baby Shower

Yesterday I was delighted to attend one of my best friends from high school's baby shower. Kendi and I were inseperable for several years during and shortly after high school. Throughout college and thereafter we have drifted apart. It gets hard, she lives in Michigan and we both have our own lives and families. So, I was so happy to see her yesterday. I hadn't seen her since my baby shower for Mason! Kendi and her husband are expecting their first baby, a boy also, on May 26th. Below is a picture of Kendi and I at the shower. She just turned 8 months and I am 5 1/2 months.

Our Baby Boy Has A Name!

After much debate our growing munchkin has a name! I have had several names in mind since I got pregnant. Then Keith vetoed my top three names! So I pulled out the backup list, and he didn't like any of those either! Meanwhile he brought no names to the table. So I was starting to feel as if this little boy would be nameless because we simply couldn't agree.

My freind from work, Karen, brought me a baby name book that she picked up at the library. Thanks Karen! I sat down a week ago Friday evening after Mason was in bed and Keith was at work and started reading this book. It was filled with over 50,000 baby names! A little intimidating. Out of the thousands of names I came up with 5. That's it ... 5! And out of the 5, I only really really liked one! So what if Keith didn't like that one!?! I texted the names to Keith, and my best friend Nikki (on accident, I thought I was texting Keith)! Nikki liked the same name I did, yay! So it was up to Keith. He later texted me saying he liked the name. Yay again! Was the search over? That night when Keith got home from work I asked him, "Do we have a name?" "Yeah, I like it" he said. I was thrilled! And honestly I'm glad it worked out this way and we went the way we did because I'm really happy with the name we chose.

So, without further ado! Baby boy #2's name will be Braden! Mason and Braden, too cute! I can't wait to meet this little munchkin.

IT'S A .....

This afternoon we met with Dr. Shepherd for my 20 week ultrasound. She was checking the baby's development and we were able at this point to find out the sex of the baby if we wanted. There was no question about that! These are things I need to know to be properly prepared for my munchkin's arrival! I didn't have a feeling one way or the other whether it was a boy or girl, but I will say this pregnancy has been totally different than my first. So with that being said, Keith, Mason, and I are proud to announce we are expecting a ... BOY! We are so happy and undoubtedly excited to add another boy to our family! I love being a "boy mom" and this baby will fit right in.

We've Been Busy!

I feel as if I haven't blogged in forever! We have been so busy the past two weeks. We closed on our house and immediately went to work. My amazing husband Keith spent an entire week painting. Painting is such a time consuming project. Between spackling, sanding, taping, priming, and actually painting (walls and ceilings), it has been quite a large project. We are in the process of painting every room and ceiling in the entire house! We moved in last weekend and are slowly getting organized. As much as I want to get things done, I have been told I need to take it easy and not do to much. I need to rest and relax and things will eventually get done. I think by the end of this upcoming weekend we should be pretty well settled and it will be looking more like a home. Well that's it for now, I've got laundry to fold.