Four Pattersons: March 2009

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Naming Baby Patterson

O.K. so who would have thought that coming up with a name would be this hard? It Seems like everyone in the family has a preference except for Nick who would probably be happy with Tallulah Belle! Hadley comes up with a new name every day! She has gone from Hannah Montana, whom she loves, to Laura Traci, which are two of her teachers at school! Cooper has said since the day we found out she was a girl, he wanted to call her Lizzie. Which is funny seeing how he didn't know that I want to use Elizabeth as her middle name since both of my sisters and Nick's grandmother are Elizabeth's. With all that being said here are the 3 names we have narrowed it down to. Please feel free to leave comments on your favorite and as soon as we have decided you'll be the first to know!

Lillian Elizabeth (Lilly)
Baylor Elizabeth (Baylor)
Blakely Elizabeth (Blake or Blakely)

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Girl or Boy???

After much debate if we would find out the sex of the baby or anxiously await until it's birthday we decided to have our surprise a little early! You see, Nick and I had this ongoing bet of the gender of this baby. I, all along was 99% sure it was a Boy and Nick on the other hand was certain it was a Girl!

He came to this prediction after we had a date at P.F. Changs.....He received his fortune and on the back was the word, GIRL. I quickly reminded him that he unfortunately was wrong and it was a Boy! A couple of days later he had a dinner with some co-workers, again at P.F. Changs....once again he receives his fortune and on the back read......SISTER! He wakes me once he is home and tells me about his fortune and I once again remind him that it is a Boy and he is wrong.

So we go for our Ultrasound on St. Patricks Day and the tech asks us if we want to know the sex of the baby. After a short pause we said, "Yes" but I asked her if she could let us guess first when looking at the screen. We looked but couldn't even begin to guess....I will never know how the ultrasound techs get so good at their job! It all looked the same to us. So, then she says..... I see 3 lines!!!!!! I was shocked.....I couldn't believe that Nick was right, after all, being right is a rare occurence for him! :) He just looked at me and said, "You don't mess with Chinese proverbs!"

We thank God for blessing us with this little angel and can't wait until August when we can see her sweet face! God is so Good!!!

Happy Birthday Piper Anne Lane!

What an eventful week we have had in our family! On Friday, March 13, 2009 we welcomed Piper Anne Lane into our family. Congrats to my sister, Beth, new daddy David and Big Brother Hayden on the addition to their family! We were so excited to have another girl so Hadley could have a shopping buddy. Piper is the most adorable thing in the world and has the sweetest disposition. Welcome Piper!!! We love you and are glad God chose you to bless our family!