Photos

So people are requesting photos of our new home. Unfortunately, I haven't gotten any yet. I should have taken some before we moved in; because right now our house is looking kind of like this:It's gonna take me a while to get sorted through it all. When I get my house in decent order, then I will take photos and post. In the meantime, these photos here will give you kind of an idea.
Also our internet so far here is sketchy. Thus using the internet, (when I make time for it,) is not reliable, or fun. Hope that gets fixed before too long too.

We've moved!

Thanks everyone for the baby name advice. Although, I feel just as undecided as I was when I made the post. We'll get it figured out though before too long.

So Steve's brother Mark and his family were in town this past weekend. And guess what Steve's wonderful family did for us on Saturday? They descended upon our home at about 3pm and by 7pm, we had about half our things at our new place! We had enough of our stuff moved over that we stayed the night and have been there since. (Beds, kitchen table and fridge, clothes, etc...) They were amazing. It was Mark, Dalana, John, Cooper, Ella, Seth, Cole, Brent, Jenalyn, Paige, Tyler, Eric, Ashton, Janet, Loren, Dallen, Katie, Janice, Connor and Allie. Ok, only 7 of those people were actually adults, but I was so impressed with the kids. They even pitched in quite a bit! It was a miracle to see all that got done. So we just want to give a huge shout out to those guys for all of their help. It meant the world to us.
All of those guys live here in the valley except for Mark and his fam. It's great to have them not too far off.
My sister and her family live here and I want her to know that she is a lifesaver to me too. I couldn't have made it to this point in my pregnancy without her for sure. She is always helping me with my kids, she's helped with housework, errands, grocery shopping, meals and emotional support. I love you Anna!

Anyhow, I was super busy last week because I was painting all my kids rooms in our new home before we moved over. And this week is going to be even busier because I need to make sense of the mountain of junk piled over at our new home. And I need to get the mountain of junk at our old home ready to be moved over this coming weekend. Lots to do!
Just letting you know because I wont be able to watch blogs and comment much this week again. I'll get back on it later.
Take care everyone and have a great week!!!!

Baby Names

I'll let you all in on the names we have come up with for our girl.
I want to let you know that this post will be divided into two categories. Black font will be the information that is all the "bla bla bla..." explanation for those who are interested and for my own documentation. The red font will be basically just skipping to the point for those who are bored with it and want to just skim read. I thought that would be helpful because this is a wordy post, but I wanted some of this down in writing.

First let me tell you what I like to keep in mind when choosing names.
1- I want each of our children to have one family name. Either their first name or middle name.
2- I want each of our children to have one name that will remind them of something spiritual or of a person/place in the scriptures.
3- I like the meaning or definition of their names to be something desirable. Although this isn't crucial to me.
4- They can't be rated in the top 10 names used in the most recent popularity lists. Even top 50 is a bit of a deterrent for me. No kid wants 5 other kids in their class to have their name.

So we've got with our children so far:

Anna Celeste: Anna after my sister and Steve's paternal grandmother and meaning "gracious, merciful". And Celeste meaning "heavenly" or Celestial.


Jonah Steven: Jonah after the Biblical prophet with a great moral to the story and meaning "dove". And Steven after his dad, meaning "crown".

Eden Elizabeth: Eden after the Garden in the Bible, meaning "paradise". Elizabeth after my mother, meaning "God is my oath".

Rebecca Susan: Rebecca was the wife of the patriarch Isaac in the Bible. Susan after Steve's mom and meaning "lily".

Benjamin Bailey: Benjamin after the one in the Bible and Book of Mormon, meaning "son of my right hand". Bailey after my mother's maiden name, meaning "steward".

There are a lot of names I really like out there, but with the criteria above, it really narrows those choices down and makes is a lot harder to choose. Plus having already had 3 girls, it's getting a little tougher.

As for a female family name to use next, I really don't know what to use yet. I'll just work on the first name and decide the middle name once we've got our first name picked out.

To be honest this time around, I am not really excited about any of our top picks yet. But I imagine whatever we choose will grow on me. They are the best ones that fit my criteria. So without further ado, here are our top picks in no particular order:

Faith -Everyone knows that meaning. rated #74

Bethany (which doesn't really have much of a spiritual meaning other than it being the town where Lazarus and his sisters lived in the New Testament. And Jesus visited there at times with a couple significant events being there.) rated #292

Charity- Pure love of Christ. rated #673

Hope- Everyone knows that meaning too. rated #206

There you have it. I am letting you all know our picks here because I'm going to let you vote on your favorite. Not that I intend on choosing what wins out. But I am interested in knowing what name sounds the best to you. And of course you can only choose between the names we've picked here. Some people may be of the opinion that this would be a bad idea. And I can see why they may think that. But for me, I want to know if most of my loved ones can only think of a snob, or an ugly girl, or a really old woman or something else negative when they hear the name I choose. If it's just one person, no big deal. Two people, probably still not a big deal to me. But if it's half the people I know, then I would totally think twice about it! No baby wants to be given a name that for a lot of people, they think is a really bad one.

So go ahead and vote. You can comment here and give me your thoughts. Or you can just use the poll on the side bar. I wont get offended. The birth certificate is still months from being filled out.

We're having a _______!

So we had an ultrasound and found out what the sex of our next baby is. This is the earliest we have found out the sex before, which is pretty cool. Steve really felt like we were having a boy and I pretty much trusted in that for quite a while. But as the ultrasound approached, I started thinking maybe it was actually a girl. I was bracing myself for it at least.

This next ultrasound image is looking up from under the legs at the bottom. There is a shadow of some kind of blurry things in-between the legs, but they are not connected to that bottom, so don't get confused. It could just be the umbilical cord and placenta.So when the technician said it was a girl, Steve was shocked and I was thinking "figures." I actually felt pretty happy about it and came down with a fit of the giggles for the remainder of the ultrasound. The technician said she was 100% positive it was girl and I think it looked pretty clear too. All our daughters were there and obviously were thrilled to add another to their estrogen legion. But Jonah on the other hand started sobbing. (I don't blame him. He's going to be in the thick of PMS h*** in about 6 years.) It was pretty pathetic. As we were in the waiting area afterwards, Jonah couldn't stop his despairing cry and other people sitting around started feeling sorry for him and trying to console him. Steve and I felt pretty bad for him too.

We all went out to eat at the restaurant of Jonah's choice right after that to try and cheer him up. And he seemed to get used to the idea by the time we had dessert.

I on the other hand had more of a tough time with the idea of another girl the more I thought about it. Steve and I both really thought there was another son for us. It's not that I don't love girls. It's not that I will struggle loving this child. It's not that I wont really enjoy dressing her and so forth. It's not that I'm ungrateful! It's that being pregnant is so hard! It's definitely the hardest thing I have ever done. It's extremely difficult for all of us when I'm pregnant. This pregnancy has been my easiest for sure, but still super hard! And if we are to have another son, well, that would likely mean, I would need to be pregnant again or we'd have to adopt I guess.

But I can say now that today I have felt better about it. Not just better; I even feel excited. Things have settled for me in my mind and I think it's all as God wants. And I know that God knows best for sure. Many people are wondering if that means we are done having kids or not. And I don't know if I know that answer for sure myself yet. It sure would be nice to be done!!! But I don't know if that is what's right yet.

Today is also the day a year ago that I delivered our 2nd baby boy. I admit it still hurts a little to think about it. I still wish he were here and would have made it to my arms alive. I still cry about it occasionally. But on the other hand, I feel like there had to be a good reason for it. A reason that is for our best interest. I don't know what that reason is, but I don't feel the need to know it now either. I will know someday. Either way, I've healed emotionally from that almost entirely. Almost...

So that's about the gist of my personal thoughts and feelings on baby matters.

Temple

Today I had my kids ditch school to go to this beautiful place. It's the Draper Temple and since it's newly completed, our church has been letting anyone who wishes (member or not) to tour it. We were all supposed to go as a family last week but I was too sick to make it. This was our last chance as the Open House ends this week and I couldn't get tickets for any other time. So Steve missed out. This was the 2nd temple that all our children have toured. (Celeste's 3rd, although she was a baby for the Spokane one.)
Temples are very special and it's hard to not feel a great sense of calm and reverence when you are actually in one. They are some of my favorite places to be.
Yesterday I was able to finally finish the book "Jesus the Christ" by James Talmage. It took me way too long, but it was worth it. My understanding of Jesus Christ has deepened as well as my love for him as my Savior. There is so much about the temple that brings me closer to him and I'm grateful for it.
Any of my friends who want to hear more, I would love to chat.
...Sermon out...

Dancing and Computer Geeks

Here's video of Wazniak on Dancing with the Stars and it is definitely a good watch if you need a little cheering up.
One of the judges gave a harsh but I think fairly accurate description of the performance: "It's like watching a Teletubby going mad." Poor Wazniak :( He was a good sport about it though.
Wazniak is now working with Fusion-io where my husband Steve works; which says a lot about the potential of the company I believe. Steve really enjoys working there. It's a great job and he thinks the company has a great product. If you were wondering, he was hired as a contract employee there back in September but was recently hired on permanently. We were thrilled about that!

My trip

Yep, I'm doing a lot better! Now I just feel like I've got a cold. Which doesn't feel half as bad as the ringer my body went through this past week with the head flu, stomach flu and an eye infection in both eyes. Thank goodness things are improving!

So about my trip...
I got to go to California to see my little brother's movie premiere. He was the film director. He did the filming, editing, and much more for this movie. I imagine he put in more work than the director. And I was proud. I think he did a great job! The whole red carpet, big spot light, limos, paparazzi bit was a lot of fun! That was probably my favorite part. Here's Andy (my brother) on the left, with the actors and the director standing behind them on the right.

And here's some in our group. If you don't know my family well, I'll introduce. From left to right: Scott (bro in-law), Molly (sis), Me, Grandma Bailey, Mom, Dad, Emily (sis), Anna (sis), Tim (bro) and Brenda in the wheelchair (sis in-law).

When we got back from the premiere we all stayed up late talking. It was really fun hearing Andy tell us all the interesting details of the movie that the audience didn't know about. Like how one of the actors Hispanic accent was so bad they had to dub in all her lines with a real Hispanic girl. Which they did a great job of!

On Sunday we got to go to church with Tim and Brenda and see baby Jesse get blessed. It was a really sweet blessing and testimony meeting. I enjoyed it quite a bit. Here's the perfect baby on my lap. If my baby turns out just like him, I will be one happy girl!

After the blessing we had lunch at Mom and Dad's. There my brother in-law Scott who was recently baptized was ordained to the Priesthood. I was so glad we could be there for that too.

From left to right: Shed (bro), Tim (bro), Dad, Scott, Andy (bro), Grandpa Waite.

Well that's it. It was a wonderful trip as quick as it was.

Facebook

Steve got signed up with Facebook. The only problem is, my facebook account somehow seems to have disappeared now. Just wanted to let you all know, that if I'm not on your "friends" list anymore, it wasn't because I removed you. Hopefully it can be fixed soon so I don't have to start from scratch again.

Excuses

Why haven't I posted about my trip yet? Because I'm crazy sick! I woke up Monday morning with a fever and head flu. By the afternoon I knew I had the stomach flu too. It was a miserable day. Yesterday was a bit of an improvement but I awoke at 2 am last night puking up blood. Still got the head stuff going on too. So there you have it. I'll download photos, and post about my trip when I'm doing better.