Let's Play THE NAME GAME...

8 weeks....do you know how short 8 weeks is???? AHhh, I am having minor "freak-outs" almost daily now. What was I thinking when we decided to have another child, haha??? I am so not ready for this. One of the BIGGEST sources of anxiety... PICKING OUT A NAME! I know that shouldn't be so stressful, but I don't feel super connected to any name. With Mckenna we had a list of about 3 that we both loved and a list of about 30 that were great options. This poor little guy has a list of like 10...that's it...not even a small list of ones we both love. Sad, huh? The picture above is of the names we "like". ANY SUGGESTIONS? I think I just need to hear some more names. So, if any of you have a great name PASS IT ALONG :-)

Otherwise, I feel decently prepared! We have some clothes, bottles (and new nipples- I decided to stay with the Avent bottles because we already own them and had good luck with them...in general...and I read online about how to make them stop leaking- YAY!) a bassinet, etc. etc. But, the poor BOY will be wrapped in pink receiving blankets :-) We are working on getting some boy themed blankets, haha!

Then there is Mckenna....The past couple of weeks she has found a new play spot. She LOVES this basket! I wasn't going to keep it in this spot until I saw how much she loves to play with it. Now it has a permanent home!
As soon as we pull out the camera Mckenna runs up, gets her face right in front of the camera and then puts on the cheesiest smiles. This is a great example!
Mckenna LOVES, loves, LOVES to help around the house. She helps bring the groceries in (one item at a time), helps me sweep/mop the floor, and unloads the dishes (usually the ones we want to be loaded...) This morning Jeff was making the bed. I walked into the bedroom and found Mckenna very unsuccessfully helping Jeff :-) He said "What is the opposite of helpful?" We agreed "MCKENNA!!!!" But we love all of her helping! It just makes for some interesting times. The other day I was pulling spaghetti sauce out of the freezer. She wanted to carry the "coolllld" into the kitchen for me. I told her to put it on the table. Good thing I HAPPENED to see where she put it or else I would have never found it come dinner time!!!
She put it in our cupboard with the tupperware!!! This cupboard is deemed "Kenna's cupboard" because nothing is breakable, but she sure destroys it (as seen above!!!) The cute thing about this is that usually she helps put the clean tupperware away in the cupboard and the spaghetti sauce was in a tupperware! SO CUTE!!! She is so easy to love!

She is also on a "Barney" kick right now. She will hand us the remote and say "Show" or "Barney". It is funny. She doesn't get to watch very much TV (nor does she stay entertained for very long by it), but she sure loves to ask for it! PS... she just called Barney on my cellphone! Haha!!!

She also found the butterflies in her room (on her rug and wall). She will run into her room and scream "Fliesssss!" and point them all out. She enjoys "ca-R-ring" (interpretted as "coloring"), as well. Any time she see a writing utensil she says "CA-R-RING!!!!!" and begs to color! It is pretty cute! Although, she isn't very good at just coloring on paper :-( We are working on that!!!

Jeff and I are doing well. Jeff is just chugging away with school and preparing to take the GMAT in a few weekends. I am nervous for him, but he will do AWESOME!!!

I am still busy with life. My calling definitely keeps me busy. I also have a list of "must do" projects before the baby comes. Some of the largest ones include GETTING OUR HOUSE READY TO SELL AGAIN!!!! We have to paint Mckenna's bright green room and a couple other projects. Shouldn't be too much work, but definitely will be time consuming :-)

Here's to 8 more weeks.......... I CAN DO IT :-)