Happy Because...

• Today I had an ice cream cone
• Friday is the BYU/Utah State Game
• Saturday & Sunday is General Conference
• Landon & I are making these for FHE on Monday
• SpiderSpray is coming to spray next Wednesday
• Jenelle & I are going to get a pazoki next Wednesday

And after that….

• Landon & I plan to have a picnic in the canyon in the fall leaves
• I'm decorating our house for the fall season
• Landon’s mission reunion is October 14th
• A new season of Psych starts
• Medical Schools send out official acceptances on October 15^th. AH!!!
• AND I have 4 more weeks to enjoy being pregnant & childless and eternity to enjoy being a mom!!

I hope you all have some happy things to look forward to as well

Excited!

That’s right. I think it’s finally hit me. I’m pregnant and I love that I’m pregnant! Sure the 2am, 3am and 4am charley horses in my calf aren’t fun. The midnight lower back spasm is just one more reason I’m convinced I have to have an epidural. The nausea—makes me even more nauseated. I don’t love feeling like I can’t breathe. I’m embarrassed that I run to the restroom 7 times in 1 hour. I would certainly prefer not to weigh 40 more pounds then I did 8 months ago. But… to me they are all just signs that I’m getting even closer to seeing, and holding and being with our perfect baby boy and I’m so excited! I can literally feel butterflies in my stomach… oh wait… that’s baby!

• I’m excited to feel him move for 5 more weeks
• I’m excited to feel him get bigger in the next 5 weeks
• I’m excited he is constantly growing
• I’m excited and hoping he gives me 5 more weeks to get ready for his cute face to come home
• I’m excited to continue writing in my journal to him for the next 5 weeks
• I’m excited to finish deep cleaning our house… for his arrival
• I’m excited to make the nursery
• I’m excited to have SpiderSpray come spray for bugs
• I’m excited that I was able to rent Rug Doctor to deep clean our carpets
• I’m excited for some more awful, sleepless nights
• I’m excited for the “I can’t take this anymore, I want him out” feeling
• I’m excited to pack my hospital bag
• I’m excited to read more about breast feeding
• I’m excited to read more about everything baby
• I’m excited for that very first contraction
• I’m excited for it to be false… meaning he’s not ready to come
• I’m excited to have contractions ever 2-4 minutes apart so that we can drive to the hospital
• I’m excited for the drive to the hospital
• I’m excited to tell our families we’ve been admitted into the hospital
• I’m excited for the pain
• I’m excited to squeeze Landon’s hand when I can’t handle the pain
• I’m excited to yell—because I can (Although, I think I may be the more quite type)
• I’m excited for the long laborious labor
• I’m excited for my own delivery room
• I’m excited for my own post delivery room
• I’m excited to finally decide that I can’t handle the pain anymore and get an epidural
• I’m excited to be afraid of a big needle going into my back
• I’m excited to be numb
• I’m excited to be completely uncomfortable
• I’m excited to be completely exhausted
• I’m excited to feel like I can’t do it
• I’m excited to prove that I can
• I’m excited to hear him crying
• I’m excited for when they put him on my chest
• I’m excited to look at him for the first time
• I’m excited to cry my eyes out (as I’m doing right now while I think about it)
• I’m excited to hold him close
• I’m excited to try breast feeding
• I’m excited to probably fail the first little while
• I’m excited to see my Landon hold our little boy
• I’m excited to show baby to the rest of his family
• I’m excited to name baby
• I’m excited to cloth him and wrap him in a blanket
• I’m excited to look completely ugly and exhausted
• I’m excited to wake up to feed him
• I’m excited to change his diaper
• I’m excited to no want to wake up an feed him, but still have to
• I’m excited to watch him sleep
• I’m excited to sit in the rocking chair my mom bought me, holding him, til he falls back asleep
• I’m excited to feel completely overwhelmed
• I’m excited to stay home all day with our little boy
• I’m excited and know that will be an adjustment and challenge for me
• I’m excited to be so tired that I don’t feel like I can make it
• I’m excited to not know what I’m doing
• I’m excited to learn
• I’m excited. I’m so excited and feel so incredibly blessed. I’m so thankful that Heavenly Father is allowing me and Landon to raise one of His sons. I’m excited to make mistakes, but am so grateful for repentance!
• I’M EXCITED!!!!! Excited for the whole experience. The change. The new life. The adjustments. The challenges. The tender mercies. The added spirit. Our. Little. Baby. Boy!

Nameless

He is still nameless. The closer he gets to being here, the less we like any names. We are in need of ideas. Nothing seems right, nothing sounds good.

Here is our criteria:

1. Has to be a boy name. Nothing that could also be a girls name

2. Has to have at least two syllables.

3. Fairly familiar name. No Trytans or Derskees.

4. Can't be a sissy name. I don't know what that means, but Gary said it can't be sissy

5. Not Jimmer.

Thats it. Thats all. So do you have any names or ideas? Please share :)