Announcing a name

Apparently Emma has been "announcing" a name for our baby. I've had a couple friends come to me and say that Emma has told them we are going to name him LITTLE FOOT. Really....

She does love the movie Land Before Time. The other night she asked to watch it and then offered to say the blessing at dinner. Her prayer went something like this:

"Heavenly Father, Please bless that I can watch my show tonight and when I ask daddy if I can watch my show, he will say yes and then I can watch my show.. please....."

Unfortunately, we don't have a name for the baby picked out quite yet, but I'm sure we'll come up with something. We've got a list going. The poor kid won't be called Little Foot, that's for sure.

An update

Many pregnant women talk about a nesting instinct, the powerful urge to prepare their home for the baby by cleaning and decorating. I always think, man that would be nice but it never really happens to me. One of my friends loves the scent of Pine Sol and during her third trimester she has to use it daily somewhere in her house. I wish I felt that way, but my last 3 pregnancies I never really did. Instead I feel sluggish and unmotivated; I find that I only do what is absolutely necessary. I feel sore and my belly is big, I can barely bend over the edge of the tub to scrub it, so I don't bother. Lately my kids have been doing the vacuuming and cleaning the bathrooms. Normally, I would follow after them to make sure things were cleaned to my standards, but lately I just think, it's better than it was before and it's going to have to do for now. I justify that it will all be over soon anyway.

I’m not sure what makes this pregnancy different from the others, but I think that nesting instinct might actually be kicking in. I’ve definitely found myself doing odd chores like cleaning out closets and drawers, rearranging furniture and this past week I’ve been sewing crib bedding. It’s so nice to once again feel somewhat productive. I did hit a small stumbling block though. My sewing machine broke. I was so close to finishing and then my machine that’s performed so well for the past 9 years quit on me. It’s not an expensive machine, but it’s been through 3 moves and lots of projects and has never given me any problems so I guess I shouldn’t complain. I was so bummed about it though. I’m not sure which was worse, the fact that it broke or that I couldn’t finish my project. I tried all the trouble shooting tips that my manual gave and then I asked Jared to take a look at it while I took off to a school event the other night. I came home and you can imagine my shock when I saw this!

Unfortunately, Jared wasn’t able to find the problem, but I’m glad he was able to put it back together for me. I took it to the repair shop today and we’ll see if it’s worth fixing. In the meantime, maybe I’ll have to think about cleaning something with Pine Sol.