The Name Game

Ok, so I was thinking about a nickname for the little blessing in my tummy. I know some of you have nicknamed your little ones-to-be and I think it helps with the bonding before birth to actually be able to call it something other than "The Baby". Especially for the kids as they are already wanting to talk to it and involve it in our life. Some names we thought of were Stubbs (since it's little hands and feet are nothing but stubs right now!) and Baby P (but please, there is no pee in our Pool!). But as you can well imagine, those names just didn't sit right. So, I woke up the other night with this in mind, let me know what you think:

Sarah, Maya, and Benjamin are our little Was's and Is's. (As in they was in my tummy and now is in our family!)
This baby is our little Will Be. Wilby.

I kind of like the ring of that! :)

P.S. Randy, since you are one of my most faithful readers, or at least most faithful to comment, I wish I could hear you laughing right now! I actually decided to post this for your benefit! Love ya!

My little stars!

These pictures are actually from this summer but I have been wanting to blog them for awhile. We did a circus and actually had neighborhood friends come and watch and participate too. It was so fun! Now, on with the show....

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Benjamin's pictures!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Benjamin's birthday

Benjamin has had a birthday since I last wrote so I will try to do a few pics of him. He and his dad went hunting for his "man-outing" (they do man-outings instead of dates!) They didn't get anything but enjoyed it a lot anyway! It was rumored that Ryan took along a little knife and taught Benjamin a little whittling while they were in the blind-- my boy is in little boy heaven!!! I can not believe he is already 5!

A cool Benjamin story: the first of October he began asking God for a baby brother for his birthday! He was worried maybe God wouldn't answer so I assured him God hears his prayers and would answer them but sometimes He doesn't answer in the way or time we expect. "Oh, so you mean maybe God will give me three brothers instead of just one?" he asked!!!
We found out the end of October that I was pregnant but waited until my doctor appointment to tell him. My appointment was on his birthday so while he was opening his presents that evening, we got to tell him that God had answered his prayer and there was in fact a baby in my tummy! He was (and is) so excited! The girls started jumping up and down and Sarah even started crying. It was a precious moment.

They continually pray for their new little baby brother or sister and think and talk about it all the time. We have quite a wait as I am not due until July but we are looking forward to bonding with this new little blessing starting now!

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In other news, I don't know if I mentioned that Sarah and Maya are getting baptized this weekend. Their Daddy will be able to baptize them. What a precious time for our family!

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Since I haven't been so good about keeping up with this thing, I won't try to update you on all the details from my last post until now. This is the biggest news in our family right now! What incredible joy and blessing!