Ross

To prepare for the baby. That is beyond getting pregnant. I now have about 2 1/2 weeks left or less until this little bugger gets evicted. So I thought, hmmmm, what do I have ready? Then I realized that I had absolutely nothing ready. I didn't even have newborn diapers. I give myself the excuse that I've been a little preoccupied with other things, but last night Brett and I vowed we would at least get a bag packed today. So we bought diapers, we bought nursing pads, we packed the diaper bag and put Lansino lanolin in it with hand sanitizer for visitors. Then I went through my 11, yes I said 11, bins of children's clothes and made sure they were in the right sizes. Then we sat down for the fun part of choosing a coming home outfit for a boy and girl. I went through Lauren's and Ethan's closets which are ridiculously full of clothes and took out anything too small or about to become so and binned those, which means I just added yet another bin. I guess that's what you get for having the youngest children on both sides of the family. Not that I'm complaining. After being dressed like Josephine Dirt(or dirte if you will) my entire childhood, I've vowed to always dress my children nicely. Honestly, of the two whole pictures I have of me growing up, in which I'm standing in front of a classic car, my socks don't even match. Awful. Back to topic, now all I need are for my nursing garments to get here in the mail and I need to go buy some nursing bras from Motherhood, if they even make them in this size. After 18 months of Lauren nursing I just threw everything away as it was completely thrashed. We got the car seat cover washed and the base is installed in the car by my paranoid husband so I know it was done right. Now I think I'm ready to go. Just the little part about pushing that baby out which I'm really not too excited about.

Brett was just offered the position of branch manager for Ferguson in Nampa, Idaho. I'm so proud of him and he's worked hard for this. It won't effect his schooling as he's a BSU student, but we suddenly find ourselves having to sell our home. We've only lived here a year and we love it. Ethan is particularly sad about leaving our home. He feels better now that we've promised we get to take all our things with us and that we'll look for a house with an upstairs. And that Tukey and Bum Bum are going with us. And that we'll still come visit all the time. Lauren couldn't care any less. We're excited to be living right by Brett's parents who just happen to have moved there a few months ago for a job that Mom was able to get in Parma. Coincidence? Maybe, but we feel like we're going where we are supposed to be and at the time that's just right. Brett will be able to room with Mom while the kids and I stay in Twin until the house sells. We will be blessed to live right by a temple so Brett and I can continue on with a goal we made before we were married: to go to the temple at least once a month from the time we were married. We've done fairly well, but I have to admit it's gotten a lot harder the more kids we have. With me being a stay-at-home mom, things tend to get tight, so this comes as a huge blessing for us in so many ways. We ask everyone to pray that our home sells quickly so our family can be back together ASAP. And that I don't end up having this baby alone in my car as I drive myself to the hospital. I'm feeling a little paranoid now about the arrival of this baby. Well, even more than I already was. It's times like this that make me so thankful to be a member of the church. If I didn't have that steady base to reassure me, I'd feel like a bobble head doll, confused and unsure. However, after fasting(for Brett anyway) and prayer, we feel very confident that this is where we should be.

Okay, I've been putting this off for too long, so I'm making a poll using some of our top choices for a boy. We already have a name for a girl. I'll do this in two parts so after this pool I'll take the top name choices and do another poll to see what people think. You can vote for more than one name, too. Thanks for the help! The poll is toward the bottom of the page after my posts are done.