what's in a name?

So, the pressure is on. It's baby name time. I'm obsessed with names and have been since way before I was ever pregnant. I've always thought I would have a name picked out for my kids long before our first born arrived. Think again. The name game is challenging. If you're like me you want a unique, one-of-a-kind name so that your child isn't the Bob or Tom of the class. But, now that everyone is coming up with unique names, it's almost impossible to think of something new, cute, but professional that someone can actually pronounce. Garrett and I have made lists and lists of names, read name books, googled everything known to man, and still have yet to decide on anything that is perfect enough for our perfect baby k. Do we use family names? Is a boy name okay for a girl ( I think so, but will the female baby k think so?). So many things to consider when deciding on a name. So, here's to finding the perfect name!

CIRCUS DE BEBE.

Thanks to our many wonderful friends and family, G and I experienced the BEST baby shower EVER. It was amazing. The hostesses - Stacey, Amber, Mel, Alli and Grandma Julie - did an amazing job organizing all of the games/food/drinks/decor to make one chic baby shower for us to invite our closest friends to. Complete with a circus theme, we played a celebrity baby name game, drink from straws that had circus quotes attached, ate animal crackers, cracker jacks, opened gifts and enjoyed the best company. Baby K is already spoiled and we love all of our new things and can't wait to share them with Baby K once he/she gets here! Here are a few pictures from last night - more to come!

front of invite

inside of invite

friends

kristen, courtney and cait

baby K already loves the jayhawks!

stacey, Grandma Julie and Amber

Grandma Julie and Grandpa Wayne

My 'other' mother. Love you, Char!

G diggin' the WSU gear!

mommy & daddy K

the BEST brother and uncle-to-be

26 weeks!

treats and wishes for baby station

progress.

Oh, yes, we are still working on that beloved basement. I cannot tell you how many hours G has spent slaving away downstairs, but it's paying off, and it looks GREAT! I have one handy-man on my hands :) Here are a few pictures of the painted TV room, bar area and bedroom - all thanks to Grandma Wayne. Garrett has been finishing up the white (LOVE) trim and light fixtures. I've also finished one of my 'projects'. Grandma Julie and I sanded, painted and distressed their old dresser and nightstand for the guest room downstairs. I found some antique knobs to add for a little more pizazz.. I'm so excited to decorate all the new rooms! Here's a few pictures showing our progress!

bar lighting

tv room - the little opening is baby k's 'toy room' 

bar cabinets 

white trim - LOVE

bedroom 

bedroom

new bathroom inspiration - so excited for the mosaic tile and checkered floors!

bedroom bedspread

old nightstand

sanded dresser

painted white

distressed

knobs!

twenty-four.

Our twenty-four week appointment (yes, I'm late on the blog update - this was a couple of weeks ago) went very well. The synopsis of of this appointment was - everything is getting BIGGER. awesome. Little, or I say BIG, baby K is measuring about 1.5 weeks ahead of the November 27 due date. I'm okay with this, well, mainly because I think it gives me hope that we may get to meet baby K sooner rather than later! I can only hope, right? The heartbeat was 160, so not changing a whole lot from the previous dr. appointments. Doctor said everything is going great. So, so far, so good.

Another exciting update - we started our Bradley Method Childbirth Classes! Yay for awkwardness and talking about things we never thought we would want to talk about :) We chose the class after deciding that we would like to try for an all-natural, drug-free delivery. Just when I thought I was done with homework we were given a workbook to complete every week for the next 12 weeks and 3 large, long, small-print books that look like anything I would not want to be a part of. Ahh.. studying natural childbirth. We shall see how this goes, but I'm definitely   we're definitely looking forward to learning all there is about our first experience as parents! So, cheers to twenty-four!

happy birthday to my mama.

happy birthday mama!

i feel like once all of your big milestone birthdays have passed- 16: get to drive, 18: legal, 21: really legal - birthdays just become birthdays. but, any day that i can celebrate one of the most important people in my life, calls for a celebration. my mom, my best friend, one of a few people in the world i can count on no matter what, deserves to be celebrated. she is the most unselfish person i can think of and is always there for her family. she finds us kids just as important as she did when we were little and needed her attention every second of the day. she still wants to be in our lives and we more than welcome that because of her genuine heart and caring soul. she always thinks of others before herself and knows that having family and love outweighs money and nice things anytime. so happy birthday mom. i hope you know how much we love you and i hope all of your wishes come true. all i want, is to be a mother to baby K just as you are to me. baby K is so excited to meet Grandma Julie!

the bestest mom and i - going out for her birthday dinner

22 wks

one, country couple's shower.

one of my very good friends, amber seglem, is getting married! it's right around the corner, and to celebrate we threw her and her fiance, pat, a couple's shower.

the shower was complete, with a country chic theme, hot dog bar, beer, gift opening and the best game of them all - the coconut game. if you've seen 'just go with it' you'll get the idea. it was definitely the highlight of the night. here's a few pictures from the night's activities.

congrats to the both of you - we can't wait to celebrate the BIG day!!

the gift table

table decor

invitations that i made

the bridesmaids, minus keesha

the 3 best years.

uno, dos, tres.

g and i 'celebrated', or rather just relaxed on our 3 year anniversary this past week. since it's been almost 9 years total that we've been together, the number 3 almost seems funny to me. Didn't we celebrate 3 years, like 6 years ago? Life with g is good. we are so happy right now with where our lives are taking us. we are blessed to have jobs, own a house, have the best dog child ever, and a baby on the way! we're looking forward to the next few months with just the two (3 with hadley) of us, before baby K arrives. We can't wait for our family to grow, and can only imagine how great life will be with baby K here! 

So, happy 3 years g baby, and many, many more to come!