What should we name him??

I'm having a dilemma in sticking to a name for baby boy. Nate and the kids seem stuck on one certain name, but I want your opinion to see if you think the same as they do! Just take the poll to the right to help me out.. Maybe I'm being too picky, I just can't settle yet on one name!!

Record!

Bet YOU didn't gain 7 pounds in one month!

Bring on the poundage baby! {Just hope it comes off just as fast!!!}

Much needed Time-Out!!

It's 6:30pm and my kids are in bed. I figured it was safer for everyone since my temper has been on the loose today.. They really have pushed my buttons today and I can't tell you how many times I've yelled or pleaded with them. Been there?? I hope I'm not the only one. So with them in bed, regardless of if they are asleep or not, I am going to MY time-out!

p.s. why is patience so hard to come by while pregnant? My poor family. I love them dearly. Momma just needs a break!!

Oh boy!!

Last night I couldn't sleep. Tossing and turning, for most the night, thinking, thinking, and then thinking some more. It didn't help that Nate was working until 2am, so then I started wondering when he'd be home. I finally got up at 2, and watched TV for an hour until he got home. Finally, getting into the deepest sleep, pure state of bliss, only to be awoken by the alarm going off at 7:30am... IT WAS TIME TO GET READY!!! I jumped into the shower with more enthusiasm than I normally have at that hour, because today is the day we have our ultrasound!! My nerves and excitement were enough to make me gag, and I could barely handle it!! Man I am in a good mood!! Which is a rare thing considering I didn't get much sleep!!!

Long story short, we are having a BOY!!

It was a sure thing, I saw it first, it's really hard to miss, and I was the one to announce what we were having. Yeah!! I was right about my instinct. I have felt all along it would be a boy, my pregnancy has mimicked Easton's to a T.. Emily is excited despite my previous concern, she was talking about how we'll have to have a cloth ready when we change his diaper.. Some things stick to memory like glue apparently! We are thrilled, and will be tossing more boy names around in the air until we find one that seems to fit. We've been going with the letter E, but really I can't think of any other names that I like with E for a boy. I'll be glad to hear all your ideas!!

Random update...

I am loving Spring weather. It is wonderful. I love being able to hear the birds, the kids playing outside, and the smell of fresh cut grass.. My favorite is opening the windows in the morning and listening to all the birds! I told Emily that they can get me a bird feeder for Mother's Day, just so we can attract all the pretty sounds of birds. I am really looking forward to these next few days and Mother's Day. Mainly because Nate is home. He's been working non-stop, with crazy hours for the past week and we are excited to have him home until Sunday! Yes, Sunday, he took it off for me! How special do I feel? All I know is I don't need any gift's, just to have us all spend time together is gift enough for me right now!

We are looking forward to May 14th. That is the day my ultrasound is scheduled and we are so hoping that we find out the gender of our baby. Emily draws pictures of her and her baby sister, I am somewhat worried that if it's not a girl she will be devastated. I've told her that it could very well be another brother and she just nods her head like, so, I am still hoping it's a girl!! Whatever the sex is, we will be so excited!

Speaking of the baby, check out the size of my belly. I feel so big already! I'm only 18.5 weeks, and I am afraid of how large I will be by 39 weeks!!! I am loving it though, baby is moving, and kicking me, and I LOVE when I can start to feel that! The other day Emily asked when the baby was coming out and I told her Sept 29th, and Easton then wanted to see my "baby", meaning my belly.

So I showed him.. He then pointed to my boob and said, "let me see THAT one"!! I laughed so hard, he really doesn't "get it" yet, and I don't think he will until the baby is actually here.
He just doesn't have the motherly instincts that Emily has.. He will be a great big bro regardless!!

Emily is seriously doing so well with reading. We went to the library the other day and got a bunch of new books for her to practice, and she did awesome!! There were only a few words that she needed my prompting on, the rest was all her! She loves the thrill of doing it all by herself, and she loves to read to her dolls and animals. The cutest is when I'm busy and I'll find her reading to Easton, that is the best! We are excited for her to start 1st grade, still in shock over it, but excited. She will do awesome!! Oh and we got a glimpse of what her teenage years might be like..
She was outside playing when a friend from kindergarten rode by on his "motorcycle" bike. He stopped and they were talking for seriously ever, and then they started chasing each other around the yard. It was so cute! After he left, she kept saying, "I can't believe Nicholas lives by us!" Oh what we have in store..

Easton is such a funny boy, his personality is so big and bubbly, and he's so quick to laugh and just pull the funniest stunts.. He loves to do this "man oh man" dance, he came up with it himself, and he does it quite frequently, whenever he is feeling the urge. Mostly when he's getting undressed and feeling "free".. I was telling my mom about it and she wanted to see a video so here it is..It still doesn't do it justice, it's much funnier in person.. He's our little comdedian!