Elliot's Blessing

Since we had family in town for Thanksgiving and a family Christmas party, we decided to bless Elliot yesterday, November 28,  2010. It wasn't fast sunday like they are most often done on, but it doesn't really matter what day you do it on. Another reason for doing it yesterday was that Nate's sister and bro-in-law, Christine and Dave, are blessing their baby girl Elizabeth next Sunday. We didn't want them on the same day. So we did it a week before. Anyway, Nate was so nervous to give the blessing. He was really excited to be able to do that, but so nervous. He did great and the blessing was beautiful. I'm so grateful that Nate was able to bless our little boy. He has brought so much joy to our lives and we are so glad to have him here with us. We love you Elliot and so does all of your family.

Elliot Burton Unck

Our little boy Elliot Burton Unck made his appearance Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 3:19 pm. Weighing 6 lbs 2.9 oz and 19 inches long. You can go here for the story  http://liferamblingsbyangie.blogspot.com/2010/10/welcome-baby-elliot.html.

Welcome baby boy, we love you so much!

Baby's Room

So it took us about a month to do, but the baby's room is now completed and ready for when our little dude decides to make his appearance. Below are some of the pics from beginning to end of the process.

 Before

 Nate measuring and marking where to place the tape for the squares

 We used construction paper to lay out the design on the wall

 Most of the squares painted

Tape removed

 All Done!!

Baby names

Nate and I have been struggling with deciding on a name for our baby boy. I know we have a few more months, but I would at least like to have a couple choices that we like when he is born. I would feel a little less stressed out if we did. The problem is, everything I come up with, Nate knew someone he didn't like with that name, or he thinks of too many mean names that kids would come up with to call him, or he just doesn't like it. And names that Nate has come up with so far, I just don't like, or I feel like they are too popular. We would like something in between, not too popular, but not too unique that people raise their eyebrows. Aargh! It is so frustrating. Why do boy names have to be so much harder than girl names! We had a few of those easy that we really liked. But boys names are a complete struggle for us. So I am putting it out there for you guys. What do you think? What are some ideas for boy names? And remember, any name that begins with an "F" is automatically ruled out! And absolutely no juniors!!!!!

Check it out

For some of our latest adventures, check out this post:

http://liferamblingsbyangie.blogspot.com/2010/07/mind-jumble.html

It's a Boy!!!!!

Yep, that's right! We are having a boy! I kind of freaked out at first. We haven't been able to decide on any boys names yet and I had a dream the other night that we were having a boy and still couldn't decided on a name after he was born so everyone started calling him Junior! I hate juniors! None of my kids will ever be called junior. So in my dream I was very upset and freaking out. So when we found out it was a boy, I started to panic a little bit. But it's okay. I know we will find a name. We have until October to decide. Nate is really excited to be having a boy, and surprisingly, I am too! The ultrasound was really fun. At first he didn't want to be bothered at all! every time the technician would try to get a good frontal view, he would turn the other way. It was hilarious! And then it seemed like he just gave in and let the world know! Then at the end, he put his hand up in front of his face as if to say "Okay, that is enough! Leave me alone!" It was so cute! He is definitely a wiggle worm that is for certain!

5 Days!!!!

In 5 days, Friday April 30th we have an ultrasound scheduled to find out if we are having a boy or girl! I am so excited I can't wait! I used to want only boys, I didn't want to deal with girl mood swings. I have enough of that of my own to deal with. But as time has gone on, I have found myself leaning more towards wanting a girl. Several things have factored into this I think. One, there are no girls on either side of the family yet. And on my mom's side, there are 6 great-grandkids and they are all boys! So a girl would be great, she would be really spoiled which would mean less things that Nate and I would have to buy for a girl! Also, I would LOVE to be able to do her hair when it got long enough to do stuff with. I love doing mine fun ways and I would love to do that with my child too. Another thing that has us leaning more towards wanting a girl, is that we have 2 really cute girl names picked out that we really like, but we just can't seem to decide on ANY boy names that we like. So in the naming department, it would be so much easier if we are having a girl. But mostly, I just want a healthy baby. I would be equally happy with a boy too. Hopefully we can decide on some boy names if that ends up being the case. So since we find out this week (hopefully Little Bean cooperates and we can see if it is a boy or girl), I thought it would be fun to take a poll on what people think it is going to be. So feel free to leave a comment about your vote and to vote on the poll to the side of this post. Crossing my fingers for Friday and I will let you all know when we find out!