Names!?...

We know that we are having a boy, so now comes the part of this adventure when we get to pick out a name. I was looking at some lists on a few websites and who knew there were so many names out there to choose from! When I was looking I kinda narrowed it don't to a few that I thought were somewhat unique and one specifically that I thought had a nice ring, Ethan. Then, I was looking some more a few minutes ago and found this site which is cool, but I thought Ethan was a fiarly unique name (not common or that popular). Guess I was wrong.. I find this list amuzing because I know a few people that had babies recently that named their kids names on this list. Going a little further I found that putting in the year I was born put my name (Robert) as 8th most popular name in 1978. I feel like I owe it to my kid to give him a name that is a little more unique than 3rd most popular in 2008 but not so out there that he has to pronounce his name for every teacher on the first day of class or face mockery every day on the playground for his entire life. So, I continue to look and run them by Fatima until something sticks out as the one. Other people have told me that I should make a list of 10 or so and then wait to birth and that something would kinda stick out to me once I get to see my son and hold him in my arms. I guess that makes sense and if I can hold off my internal instinct to constantly prepare I might give that a go! As the next few months go by I am sure Fatima and I will compile a list and post them on the site to get some feedback from all of you out there. In the mean time, any ideas for names would be apprecitaed and who knows they may make it onto our short list! How about this, if we pick the name someone posted on this blog we will send that person a $25 gift card to the resturant/retail outlet of their choice! Hows that for incentive? Ethan is already officially on the list so that doesn't count!

Carpet and Crib: Check

Ok, we had the carpet installed and we setup up the crib! It all looks very nice! Here is a picture of Fatima and I with the crib.

Here is one of Fatima with the crib that I thought was nice and in this picture you can see the carpet better.

Thanks again to Fatima's Mom for getting us the crib, it is very nice and we appreciate it a lot!

New Carpet Coming Soon!

So, the carpet guy came and we decided to go ahead and get the carpet done in the master bedroom and nursery. It was really bad and really needed to be done. We decided on "Taupe Mist" for both bedrooms. It has a good mix of durability and not being to light of a color which we think will help with the wear and possible accidents with the baby coming. We are looking forward to the padding as well. The guy was shocked when he stood on our current carpet and wasn't even sure that there was padding at all, it is that hard. Anyway, we look forward to getting this done so we can start setting up the room and get the crib in there and out of the living room! It gets installed next Saturday and we will be sure to take some pictures and share them here when it is done.

Baby Crib

Now that we know what we are having, a Boy, we thought it would be ok to start getting things in preparation. Fatima's mom wanted to help out by getting us some of the furniture for the nursery, so this past weekend she bought and had shipped the crib for us, Thank you! We recieved the crib on Thursday (that was quick) and now it sits in our living room waiting for us to possibly get the carpeting replaced in the nursery (the previous owners ripped the hell out of the carpet at the entrance of the room) and then assemble it. Here is a stock photo of the crib.

Kitty likes the crib, still yet to be seen if he is going to like what will be going into the crib! We have an appointment with the carpet guy today to get an estimate, any ideas for color and type?

Our Baby Boy at 20 weeks!

So we went to the OB today to have our half way point Ultrasound and we found out that our baby is a boy! It took about an hour for the tech to figure that out, but none the less we are going to be proud parents of a new boy in just about 20 more weeks (give or take a few weeks)! Here is a picture of our soon to be new addition.

Baby Boy at 20 Weeks

You can see more pictures in our flickr feed which can be accessed by clicking on the pictures to the right of this post.

Its a BOY!

We will post proof later tonight! Still at the doctors, we will post more later! Anyone have suggestions for a name?

What's it going to be!

We will be finding out if our baby is a boy or girl in T - about 1 hour! We will keep you posted!