We're not so great with surprises:
I've heard that everything is just better when you're pregnant. I've heard right :)
I have never been a big fan of the cold... especially once I experienced Tennessee cold vs. California "cold." Actually, I have hated it since we moved here. I count down the days until summer and absolutely dread stepping outside when it's that cold. However, this year has been much different. It's 22 degrees out right now and I can still say I am loving this winter season so far. I still shiver uncontrollably but it's usually done with a smile on my face. I find more beauty in things I never did before. I'd call it a miracle! Maybe it's all Eli; that he's going to be like his Dad and love the cold weather!
I've also begun Christmas shopping which I usually dread, but I've been having lots of fun. Tomorrow I'll hopefully get it all done and get to wrapping but things have been fun around the Baker house lately. We're still in search of more Christmas lights for our tree. We bought some, but didn't realize how many lights it really takes to light a tree since we've never done one without our moms before :) The crazy thing is how difficult it is to find lights that aren't colored or LED and the place I originally bought them from are sold out. So.. eventually we'll get it decorated and get pictures up too!
The biggest deal lately is that we now know that we're expecting ELI!
I know, I know. We thought we were going to wait... but can I explain how hard this was to try to do!? We would look at boy and girl clothes online and in stores, I had dreams about having both boys and girls, we loved a name for both a boy and girl, and the anticipation was just killing us. Needless to say, I am terrible at surprising myself. I don't even like seeing a wrapped present that's for me unless I am able to open it right then (especially at Christmas time.) I just felt like one big giant walking present without anyway to know what was inside. BUT. There was a way. We decided that we were going to find out what if our baby was a boy or a girl at our Doctor's Appointment on Friday December 3rd. We were so excited! That morning I woke up at 7:30am; our appointment wasn't until 1:30pm. We were about 30 minutes early at check-in but they couldn't seem to find us on the list. I just kept thinking this cannot be happening... I'm dying to know. They finally discovered that our appointment was actually at 11:30am and the last receptionist wrote the time down wrong on our appointment card. After waiting about an hour they were able to squeeze us in for our ultrasound. Talk about building the anticipation! We were more excited than ever. As the ultrasound technician asked us, "Are you sure you want to know the sex...?" She laid the machine on my stomach and instantly said, "because it's a boy!!" A boy! A million thoughts ran through my mind. All I could do was giggle. I wanted to cry, but was just so excited to know I had been carrying little Mr. Eli for the past five months.
We decided on Eli Benjamin for a boy from the start. Eli is Zach's middle name and it has always always been a favorite of mine. Benjamin is my brother's name, and there isn't another person I'd rather name a child after. I told Zach in a way it's a piece of Ben that is always continued because he'll probably never have kids. He's precious and I know Eli will be too :) The whole name means "The Lord is my God" and "Son of my right hand." I think it'll do!
Back to December 3rd... We left the Dr. (all smiles for sure) and headed straight to Kinko's. We were on a mission. We had decided we were going to send a Fax to Dirk and Amanda of the ultrasound with a message on it to them. (Neither of our parents had any clue whatsoever that we had decided to find out the sex of the baby.) We explained how we were terrible at surprises for ourselves but loved surprising others, so there he was! Eli Benjamin. We then left and headed to my parents house. Mom seemed to think she knew something was up (mother's instinct?) So we didn't have to get to creative... we had them sit and told them they would be getting a little ELI! Both sets of parents were so incredibly excited and we had fun sharing our news!
I have never been a big fan of the cold... especially once I experienced Tennessee cold vs. California "cold." Actually, I have hated it since we moved here. I count down the days until summer and absolutely dread stepping outside when it's that cold. However, this year has been much different. It's 22 degrees out right now and I can still say I am loving this winter season so far. I still shiver uncontrollably but it's usually done with a smile on my face. I find more beauty in things I never did before. I'd call it a miracle! Maybe it's all Eli; that he's going to be like his Dad and love the cold weather!
I've also begun Christmas shopping which I usually dread, but I've been having lots of fun. Tomorrow I'll hopefully get it all done and get to wrapping but things have been fun around the Baker house lately. We're still in search of more Christmas lights for our tree. We bought some, but didn't realize how many lights it really takes to light a tree since we've never done one without our moms before :) The crazy thing is how difficult it is to find lights that aren't colored or LED and the place I originally bought them from are sold out. So.. eventually we'll get it decorated and get pictures up too!
The biggest deal lately is that we now know that we're expecting ELI!
I know, I know. We thought we were going to wait... but can I explain how hard this was to try to do!? We would look at boy and girl clothes online and in stores, I had dreams about having both boys and girls, we loved a name for both a boy and girl, and the anticipation was just killing us. Needless to say, I am terrible at surprising myself. I don't even like seeing a wrapped present that's for me unless I am able to open it right then (especially at Christmas time.) I just felt like one big giant walking present without anyway to know what was inside. BUT. There was a way. We decided that we were going to find out what if our baby was a boy or a girl at our Doctor's Appointment on Friday December 3rd. We were so excited! That morning I woke up at 7:30am; our appointment wasn't until 1:30pm. We were about 30 minutes early at check-in but they couldn't seem to find us on the list. I just kept thinking this cannot be happening... I'm dying to know. They finally discovered that our appointment was actually at 11:30am and the last receptionist wrote the time down wrong on our appointment card. After waiting about an hour they were able to squeeze us in for our ultrasound. Talk about building the anticipation! We were more excited than ever. As the ultrasound technician asked us, "Are you sure you want to know the sex...?" She laid the machine on my stomach and instantly said, "because it's a boy!!" A boy! A million thoughts ran through my mind. All I could do was giggle. I wanted to cry, but was just so excited to know I had been carrying little Mr. Eli for the past five months.
We decided on Eli Benjamin for a boy from the start. Eli is Zach's middle name and it has always always been a favorite of mine. Benjamin is my brother's name, and there isn't another person I'd rather name a child after. I told Zach in a way it's a piece of Ben that is always continued because he'll probably never have kids. He's precious and I know Eli will be too :) The whole name means "The Lord is my God" and "Son of my right hand." I think it'll do!
Back to December 3rd... We left the Dr. (all smiles for sure) and headed straight to Kinko's. We were on a mission. We had decided we were going to send a Fax to Dirk and Amanda of the ultrasound with a message on it to them. (Neither of our parents had any clue whatsoever that we had decided to find out the sex of the baby.) We explained how we were terrible at surprises for ourselves but loved surprising others, so there he was! Eli Benjamin. We then left and headed to my parents house. Mom seemed to think she knew something was up (mother's instinct?) So we didn't have to get to creative... we had them sit and told them they would be getting a little ELI! Both sets of parents were so incredibly excited and we had fun sharing our news!
Poor little man, I've posted this for the world. But it's cute and it'll be the last of the exposure pictures :)
His sweet face. I love him more than I can even say.
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