8 weeks!!

Hi everyone!
Tomorrow is 8 week baby bean!!! Hooray!! :) I was texting a little with Cory today, and she said that she could tell with both of her kids if it was going to be a boy or a girl... so far I can't tell, but I'll keep you updated!!

Carol and Bob gave us some baby name books today, which was so exciting! Carol is letting us borrow '10,000 Names for your baby' and then they also gave us 'Classical Biblical Baby Names'... I just am really partial to boys baby names from the Bible! :) so far, it's hard to find a girl's name that we like... We were leaning towards Emma, but now that's super popular, so some others are: Mara, Lily, Ella, or Emmeline.... any thoughts on those? I wish I knew who was growing inside me! But yet we're still probably going to wait and have it be a surprise! I did have a suggestion that Ian vetoed today - Along with Juan Jose Bally (an earlier suggestion by me) he has also vetoed Grover Big Bird Bally :) hehe... I laugh just typing it!

The doctor's appointment was fun on Friday - but I was expecting more I guess!! They confirmed that I was 7 weeks, 2 days at the time - and we met the doctor, so that was good :) The nurses were all super nice, and the main nurse was so excited for us! Which was pretty fun because you know she sees a ton of pregnant people, and it was just nice that it doesn't get old for her! Or at least she made us feel special :) Ian went to the doctor's with me, and I was really glad that he was there! Our first ultrasound is scheduled for the Monday after Thanksgiving - I'm hoping I'll have a picture to put up on the blog!!

I had my first true pregnant woman I-need-to-go-through-a-drivethrough-now! moment today... I was on my way from school to the grocery store, and honestly thought I was going to pass out/throw up/SO hungry all at the same time (that's my version of morning sickness I think) and so I just knew I needed to go to Taco Bell :) haha... looking back, ridiculous! but the Bean and Rice burrito, minus nacho cheese, plus lettuce and tomato was SOO good! Ian is now a little envious that I have an excuse to eat whatever I want over these next 7 1/2 months :) Glad to say that I've only gained a FEW pounds so far though! :)

I guess that's it for now - on the 'life' side of things, our transmission in the mini-van is quitting again, and we are 351 miles over our 12,000 mile/12month warranty - we had it replaced last May!! (grrr) So I am going to try to win them over tomorrow (weds) with my niceness... I hope it works!!!

Feel free to comment on this, family! I would love to hear from you!
Love you all :)