The Name...

We started announcing our baby's name this week.  It is nice to be able to refer to him by his name, but it is just a weird thing to start telling people because I know everyone has an opinion, but they aren't going to tell me because they don't want to hurt my feelings if they don't like it.  But then again, I am pretty sure I don't want to hear it if someone doesn't like it.  =)  It was fun to tell my mom the name because she cried and laughed and was just so happy we told her.  But no matter what we would have named our little guy she would have loved it.

So to tell everyone who reads this blog (if there is anyone).  We are going to name our son Jude Elliott Swanson.  We decided to use the name Elliott as his middle name to honor our first baby and because we still loved the meaning of it, "the Lord is my God".  Jude was one of four first names we were considering and Ashley and I decided on Jude for several reasons, but the main one being that it means "praise" and we just feel like it is a very fitting meaning for this pregnancy.  We feel very blessed and thankful to have another chance at having a child and we don't want to forget to praise God for this little blessing.  As time continues to tick we realize 14 weeks really isn't that far away and Ashley and I can't wait to meet little Jude Elliott.

Moving Right Along

Well, I am 25 weeks.  Time sure is going by quickly.  It was so nice to hit the 24 week mark because that is when the doctors will do everything they can to save our baby if I were to go into preterm labor.  I go for another appointment on Monday and even though I can feel my little guy move, I always like the reassurance of hearing his heartbeat.  I was actually supposed to go last Wednesday for my appointment, but they cancelled it because of the snow.

Ashley started painting the nursery today.  It looks great and I love how motivated he is to paint for me.  We still have no furniture, but my mom did finish the curtains and bed skirt, so we are getting somewhere!  I also made my first clothing purchase today for our little guy.  It is the cutest little pair of swim trunks and shirt.  Since my family has a lake cottage we figured we would be up there quite a bit this summer and I just couldn't resist a good sale when buying his first outfit.

Our little guy also has a name now...nope I'm not going to share it on here quite yet.  Sorry!  We do plan on telling people before we have him, but we are just making sure we don't want to change our mind.  Ashley and I have fun referring to him by his name when no one is around, but family will know first and then after we share it personally I promise I will put it on here.

Here is a picture of me at 25 weeks for those who care.