Name That Baby!

Well.... we have to admit, this was one of THE most difficult things we have ever had to do in our life. We really thought that since we had officially picked out a girl's name, that that was kinda a sign that that's what we were having. Plus, there were really NO boy names out there that we even remotely liked at all. We even said to ourselves, "well, if it turns out to be a boy, we'll just have to get ready for one of the biggest challenges ever!" Challenge extended - challenge accepted - challenge overcome. After having read many books, looked on many websites, consulting with friends and family, and staying awake many hours and agonizing over what to call our son, we finally came up with a name that we both love.

Meet Noah Alexander!

We chose this name for many reasons. The meaning of the name doesn’t really mean anything significant to us, but we figured that he DID need a short first name since his last name was so long. We also figured that he needed a "normal" first name since his last name isn't something you commonly hear every day. The only name we kept running back to was Noah - we had dreams about him being called that, jokingly called him that while picking out names, and even prayed for clear guidance for a name. Noah it is! We chose the middle name because that's Jen's Grandpa's middle name. We desperately wanted any name we picked out (for boy or girl, first or middle name) to have someone from the family's name in it. So after writing down both sides of the family (and definitely vetoing a few), Alexander seemed to be a perfect fit and flowed the best. Hopefully he will make his great-grandpa very proud! So...... in the future, when/if we get pregnant again, we hope it’s a girl only because we already have the name picked out and we won’t have to go through all this again. If not...... we get to go through this all over again! ;)

What a wonderful gift we have been given! We feel so blessed and really are in awe with the plan God has for our life together and the life of our son. Our lives have truly been enriched and blessed beyond measure lately, and we just can't put in to words all the emotion and excitement we are going through.

6.5 months along! Getting a little bit bigger now!

Random Pictures

So it snowed yesterday AND today here in Colorado, and yesterday wasn’t even Fall yet!!!! We sure weren’t very excited about it, but we know there are quite a few of you crazy people out there who “just absolutely love it!”

We haven’t really had anything TOO exciting to blog about lately, so we’ll just show you some of the random pictures we’ve taken within the month or so.

Referring back to our old post here about how badly our last name can be butchered, here is another example..... Greg’s birthday cake. This was written on the side of the box. Ha ha! NOW, can we change our last name to something else?


Jen bought these for Casey and Kobe because they were just TOO cute to pass up. She figures if humans can eat animal crackers, animals can eat people crackers! =)

What do you think of Greg’s new look?

Here friends, is what we like to call “The Ugliest Car in the World.” People ought to be ashamed to be seen in one of these. =) Can we get an amen?

Just can’t get enough of each other..... =)

Which of us is pregnant? Definitely more of these types of pics to come...... =)

Here we’re at Biaggi’s “rehearsal luncheon-ing.” So cute. =) All 3 of us. =)

Our Babymoon in California

We’re sure most of you already know what a babymoon is, but for those of you who don’t, here is the gist of it: it’s a pre-baby vacation for expecting parents – for the couple to have one last hurrah. Even though this technically won’t be our last vacation (seeing as how we’ve already planned a couple of vacations for next year), we still enjoyed every minute together without worrying/wondering one last time about what was happening back at home with the baby.

Without boring you with all the little details, here is a very quick rundown of our vacation. We had such a blast and didn’t want to come home. In fact, we even lightly approached the subject of finding jobs in the L.A. area! But we digress..... we flew in late last Friday afternoon. By the time we got there, we didn’t have time to do much except get our rental car, eat a bite of dinner, play a quick game, and head to bed. Saturday, we got up early, decided to skip having a posh breakfast in Beverly Hills so we could quickly get on the Pacific Coast Highway in our convertible to see as many of the sights as we could. We drove way up past Malibu, but wound up coming back and spending most of our time in Malibu. We had lunch at the famous Paradise Cove Café, and later that night, had dinner at our favorite (and also famous) In-N-Out! =) Sunday morning, we headed out to an orchard and went raspberry and apple picking. We picked so many raspberries that Grandpa made us some homemade jam to take home. It was divine! We also had some mini apple cider donuts that they make fresh right there. We felt like we were in heaven! After all that hard work, we picnicked later that afternoon out at a different orchard. We were having a grand old time until fire trucks started racing by, and as we looked up, we realized another fire was starting just over the hill from where we were. As we were packing up, it was getting bigger, and as we left the parking lot, ash rained down on the car. Obviously we made it out in time. ;) Monday was our day at Disneyland. We had THE best time at “the happiest place on earth” even though that day was a record high in the heat wave that they were having. We felt very blessed because it was apparently a slow day for Disney, so we got on pretty much every ride right away. We got there as the park opened and stayed for the fireworks show at the end of the night. Such a fun and magical day. Tuesday we spent the day in San Diego. We had never been there before, so we thought it would be fun to tour the city and see what it was all about. We definitely could see ourselves going back there again someday. Wednesday was our last day there. We slept in and then raced to Seal Beach for a couple of hours so we could one last time feel the sand between our toes and to see/hear/smell the ocean. It was definitely no fun to have to go home. =( As we like to say, “If you’re lucky enough to be at the beach, you’re lucky enough!”

Here are a few pics from our vaca. We won’t bore you with all 200+ of them!








As a fun side note..... we went on our first double date with Brian and Becca as married couples to a Sky Sox game (and dessert afterwards) the Wednesday before we left for California! It was an awful lot of fun in general, but what made it even MORE fun was that Greg got picked to go out onto the field in between innings and participate in those cheesy games they played - he had to catch water balloons in a bucket strapped to his head. LOL. He beat the person he was competing against, so he won our whole section free food. Needless to say, he ended up being everyone’s best friend that night! =)

Right now, we find ourselves in Estes Park Colorado, enjoying this 3-day weekend in a cozy cabin along the river. Beach last weekend, mountains this weekend. We live such a fun life, don’t you think? =)

And last but not least..... here is the latest picture of Jen at 22 weeks. Getting a little bigger each month! =) Almost 6 months along now – can you believe it?