Paisley

Here is a picture of our baby. On the right side if you look in the black blob inside of the big gray blob you will see another small gray blob. That is the baby. I think it looks just like Jerel. The left side shows the heartbeat. It is funny how the doctor says things like "Hm, 127 beats per minute" and then looks at me for a response as if I know whether that's good or bad.

I have been trying to think of what to call the baby since I'm not a fan of referring to it as "It." So whenever I like something I say "Hm. I really like Egg Nog (or rain or slippers or anything else really random), maybe that's what we should name the baby." I was trying to come up with something to call it that would annoy Jerel and I settled on Paisley. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be annoying him that much. Oh well. That's what I'm calling "It." (Oh, and for those who read the blog about our TV I just want to make it clear that we are not naming the baby Samsung. Apparently even after realizing it was about the TV several of my less smart siblings still thought Samsung was going to be the baby's name...)

I also thought I should clarify how we announced the pregnancy. Between the two of us if you just count our siblings and their families I think there are 34 people or something like that. Not to mention many dear friends and extended family members. We know everyone deserves to be the first to know but we just didn't want to deal with determining who to tell first. So we decided the only fair way would be to make an announcement to everyone at the same time. So if you found out on our blog, don't feel like you missed out on getting a personal notification because we didn't do that for anyone. We love you all and hope you understand.

Well, last night I finished making my pies and as soon as Jerel gets the rolls made we'll be heading up to Bremerton. Jerel is hiding his overwhelming excitement. His favorite part is that after Thanksgiving dinner my family all gathers around the piano to sing Christmas Carols. Not just the popular ones. All of them. We have a bucket of bells on strings and ALL during Jingle Bells, ALL the verses, the kids ring the bells. It is not annoying at all :) Then we do the 12 Days of Christmas and my mom does all kinds of crazy voices for the "5 gold rings" part. The first time Jerel came I was warning him ahead of time not to sing the 5 gold rings part since that's my mom's solo (and has been ever since I can remember). It turns out I didn't need to worry since he really didn't sing at all. Fortunately for him my brother Rick is usually there and they can sit in the corner and grumble about how dumb the whole tradition is. It's all part of the fun!

Anyway, Happy Thanksgiving everyone!