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October 30, 2007
New Addition to the Family
No baby yet, but we do have a new car. Yeah! This was one of the things hanging over our heads that needed to be done before baby #3 arrives on the scene. We only had one car before and it could not fit 3 carseats in it, so basically we were going to be stuck at home until we got a van. But we got one. So now we will be able to leave the house as a family! It is exciting to have a van that we can actually fit things in with ease (like a double stroller), and we also have room for other people to ride with us! Wow! We basically cleared out our savings to buy the car, but at least we didn't have to go into debt to get it. It has a lot of miles on it, but if it will give us 5 good years, then we will be happy.
So now the next big thing will be finding a name for this poor little baby! We have girl names, since we haven't had to use one yet, but I am at a complete blank for boy names. Anyone have any good names? Seriously, I am up for suggestions!
In pregnancy news, I am feeling very pregnant now and ready to have my "old body" back - not that I get my old body back when the baby comes out, but at least I will be a lot closer! I am feeling achy all the time, am walking a lot slower, and seem to be having a lot of braxton hicks. I have 4 more weeks to go, but my prediction is that the baby will come early - don't know why I say that, it's just a feeling. So hopefully we will be ready!
In Jaron and Elias news, we are finally going to try to transition Elias into Jaron's room this week. I guess this would be a good time to mention that we did not sell our house. We took it off the market a few weeks ago because it was getting too close to my due date. So we will try again in the Spring to sell it. In the meantime, we are having to make do with the house we are in. So Elias will move into Jaron's crib and Jaron will sleep on the floor on a crib mattress. Since we don't have room in there for another bed, we will just put the mattress down in the middle of the floor at night and then store it away during the day. So pray that it all goes well. I'm a little anxious about it all, but hopefully they will make good roommates.
Posted by laini at October 30, 2007 04:33 PM
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how about Billy. Jaron, Elias and Billy.
Posted by: GregD at October 30, 2007 05:16 PM
Cute car!! I am also looking for a car. I saw one in Craigs list that fit the budget but it was being sold in Atlanta.
Names...hmmm, would you like a Swahili name?
Posted by: gracie at October 30, 2007 05:45 PM
Awesome van! Ron hates the idea of a minivan, but I feel certain that we'll end up with one before a third baby arrives in our house. Congrats! I'll be praying that the remaining weeks of your pregnancy go well.
Posted by: Alison Ott at October 30, 2007 07:32 PM
Uh...thanks for the suggestion Greg...we'll give it some consideration!
And Gracie, yes a Swahili name would be great - we have used an African name for the both of the boys for their middle name, so it would be good to keep up the tradition. Is there a name that means "joy" or "happiness" or something like that?
Posted by: laini at November 1, 2007 03:55 PM
Joy means Furaha, the closest meaning to happiness I would say is Heri. There is Baraka which means blessing (common name) Too bad you already have girls names, which I think you are going to use anyway, Neema would have been great. considered it if we were having a girl, only downside is that people would either mispell it or mispronounce it.
Posted by: gracie at November 1, 2007 05:37 PM
awesome van. we recently got a 2001 odyssy and i LOVE it! sorry i can't recommend any boy names, we're having the same trouble. seems like our favorite name right now is kinda close to joanna so i don't know if that's bad to have two kids with similarish names.
Posted by: SarahW at November 20, 2007 02:14 PM