"What's in a name? That which we call a rose, By any other name would smell as sweet."

(From an old SNL Skit, but imagine Jonathan and I having this conversation)

[ open on a married couple trying to think of a name for their unknown baby ]
Wife : I was thinking about Joseph.
Husband: [ turned off ] Joseph?
Wife: Yeah. Joseph.
Husband: Well.. it's a nice name, but the kids are gonna call him "Joe Blow". I mean, as long as you know that. Or "Sloppy Joe", you know.. "How are Mr. & Mrs. Schmo?"
Wife: Well, I guess that's true.
Husband: I mean, it's a nice name.
Wife: Well, that's alright. How about John? That's nice and simple.
Husband: What, are you serious?
Wife: Well, yeah.
Husband: John? You want to do that to the kid?
Wife: Do what?
Husband: [ mimicking ] "Hey, John! Hey, let's go to the john. Huh, John? Let's go!"
Wife: Well.. wouldn't he outgrow those jokes?
Husband: Look, kids are mean. I just want him to have a happy childhood, too.. but, "Long John Silver"? I mean, I don't know what to say!
Wife: Okay, okay, okay.. Well.. um.. what about Peter?
Husband: Oh, right. Sure. Peter. Let's just put him up for adoption right now, save the kid a lot of agony. I mean, obviously - no Peter, no Dick, no Rod! Can we just discuss this intelligently, please?
Wife: Yes, we can. [ thinking ] Okay.. um.. William.
Husband: William. Good. "Wee Willie!" "Chilly Willy!" "Willie Wonka! Hey! Where's your chocolate factory?! Oompa-Loompa" every day of his life!
Wife: Did you get teased a lot as a kid?
Husband: [ defensive ] No, I did not. Did you tease a lot of kids? Because, judging from these names you're picking, you don't seem to be very sensitive.
Wife: Okay, I'll just keep trying.. What about Fred?
Husband: [ sighing ] Please.. Fred, Frank.. lease, the F's are no good. If he's fat, it's just a disaster.
Wife: Okay, alright. Um.. Sam?
Husband: Great. Sam. "Uncle Sam." "I want you.. to be ostracized!"
Wife: Then, let's Paul.
Husband: Right. Paul. "Hey, Paul, where's Peter and Mary?!"
Wife: What?
Husband: Peter, Paul and Mary. "Hey, Paul! Play me a folk song, and then I'll beat the crap out of you!
Wife: Well, at this point, I'd just settle for anything. How about.. Jack?
Husband: [ thinking ] Hmm.. yeah.. yeah, Jack's a fine name.
Wife: Really?
Husband: Oh, yeah.. as long as we make his middle name O'Lantern! Because that is what everyone's gonna call him!
Wife: Okay.. fine.. what about ben?
Husband: Ben! Oh, fine, we're giving birth to a big bear? Great! "Gentle Ben!" "Hey, Ben, where's Jerry? Get me some ice cream, or I'll beat the crap outta ya'!
Wife: We could call him "Benjamin".
Husband: Sure. Benjamin. Harrison! "Hey, Benjamin, how's that tariff coming?! Montana a state yet?!"
Wife: Well, what about.. Todd?
Husband: [ stretching for an excuse ] Todd.. Todd.. Tad! "Tadpole!" Our son's a tadpole! "Hey, Tadpole, I don't like you! Thank your parents!"
Wife: Now, come on, I said "Todd", not "Tad". You changed the name, that's cheating.
Husband: Yeah, and it took five seconds. It might take a kid ten.
Wife: [ sighing ] Okay.. what about Harry?
Husband: "Hey, Harry, where are the Hendersons?!"
Wife: Oh, come on! Nobody even saw that movie!
Husband: Kids saw it! Alright, one more.. come on, we can do it.
Wife: Alright. Um.. Nate.
Husband: "The Nate Rockne Story." "Hey, Nate, where's the Gipper?"
Wife: What?
Husband: [ pacing the room ] Na-ate! Na-ate! Do you like that sound? Well, you better get used to it! [ his wife walks across the room ] Hey, where are you going?
Wife: [ leafing through book ] I'm looking at this Baby Name book, I thought it could help us.. [ looking through book ] How about Bjaardker?
Husband: [ intrigued ] Oh?
Wife: Bjaardker. It's Icelandic.
Husband: [ considering ] Yeah.. that's a tough little name to crack. That could be good. [ puts his face up to his Wife's belly ] Hey, Bjaardker, little fellow. You might just have a good childhood, after all. [ Wife laughs ] Talk to you later.
Wife: I love you
Husband: I love you. [ they kiss, as the doorbell rings ] You sit, honey.
Wife: Alright.
Husband: [ answering the door ] Yes?
Telegram Deliverer: Hi, how you doing? I've got a telegram here for a Mr. & Mrs. A**wipe Johnson. I'm supposed to read it. [ holds telegram ] "Dear A**wipe & Emily: Congratulations on your upcoming blessed event. All our love, Bob & Diane." Here you go, Sir. [ hands him the telegram ]
Husband: Uh.. listen.. that's "Os-wee-pay".
Telegram Deliverer: [ confused ] What?
Husband: Uh.. forget it, forget it.. [ closes the door and sits next to his wife ]
Wife: That was really nice of Bob and Diane.
Husband: [ sighs ] Yeah, but why do they have to mention my name so much?
Wife: Oh, honey.. [ fade ]

But we are doing better now :) We have a first name and last name (yeah I know tha last name was a given but it makes me feel better that we are 2/3rd of the way done instead of 1/2 )
Drum roll please....

Jocelyn Tidden
We hope that you like it because it's here to stay! Thanks for letting us share with you!

A Big Yawn - from Jonathan's side I'm sure!

Nesting

Garden Tummy Time Toy - Check
Beautiful quilt - check
cute little dress - check
Boppy Pillow - check
Baby furniture - check
new home - FINALLY CHECK!!!
We finally came to a conclusion in our home search, we are in the paperwork stage and hope to close at the end of the Sept. (Big thanks to our amazing patient Realtor Joseph Cortez) This feels like such a relief to me, and all we have left to do is sell our house or rent it out (not a problem in Corpus Christi) So at 30 weeks pregnant I will be switching houses and settling into a new one. There is still tons of stuff left to do but I can't help but be overly excited! So soon we will be sending out emails with our new address and inviting anyone to come visit at any time, I want my home to be open to all my friends and family at all times!!!

A Life-Changing Weekend

This past weekend I decided to go back to Fredericksburg to celebrate Jonathan's birthday. I also made a decision a long time ago to hold out to find out the sex of the baby on his birthday. That Friday morning, we left Corpus early to make a special stop at the Joyce's to see baby Silas and the family! Oh he is so cute and adorable and makes the cutest little squeaking noises. I knew that Shaina wasn't going to be able to join us, so she asked if we had opened the envelope yet, we said no, so she said, how about now? I looked at Jonathan and he said "go get it out of the car :)" So we first popped in the DVD of the sonogram and watched with eagerness. The tech typed "G" then erased it , and then wrote "Looks like a Girl" We were both thrilled, well lets say we are both thrilled now, I think it took Jonathan by surprise because he was sure by wives tales and my other pregnant friends, it was a boy! But we couldn't be happier! So we opened the card and it was confirmed with a picture and writing from out tech!

So off we went to Fredericksburg to keep this secret from family and close friends for 34 hours! We didn't tell anyone we opened it yet because we knew we would slip up and then people would be watching us too closely :) So we just enjoyed the town, the people, family and friends! We had a great dinner Friday night to celebrate Jonathan's birthday with his family!

Saturday was a fantastic lazy day... we thought about climbing Enchanted Rock but with heat index climbing over 110 we quickly changed our minds. Instead we spent time browsing at stores and looking at all the cute little things for a home, your children, your dogs or just for you! It was fantastic! Then we all met up for a show at the Rock Box theatre. It's a small musical comedy troupe that puts together a NEW show EVERY weekend! Their impressions, music and comedy always make for a good laugh. Then off we went to a dinner at Mamacitas. We all enjoyed our dinner but everyone was waiting in much anticipation for the announcement. So then came dessert. We brought our own dessert with a little twist...

Our favorite baker, Shanda Saenz, made a chocolate cake with a small colored cake in the center, completely enclosed by the chocolate cake. We asked the moms to help serve the cake and as we handed them the knife, we told them that they could cut the cake together and find out together if Tidbit is a boy or girl! The knife slid in.... my mom leaned down for a peek, and then screamed :) As we all looked on, everyone was waiting for the answer still, so I asked "so is it a boy or girl?" She quickly replied It's A GIRL!

Hugs and congrats quickly followed, as well as some tummy rubs!

All in all the weekend was fantastic, a special thanks to Barbie for taking photos during our special announcement.

Oh and I know what everyone is thinking.... what's the name? Well you are just going to have to wait a little while longer on that... we aren't keeping a surprise, we are just trying to figure that out as well :) Stay posted for more news!

Who's got the bigger belly

Was that you or Tidbit?

Last week, I started to feel some really hard kicks and I really wanted Jonathan to be able to experience this with me. Well as Amy Payne says "Jonathan has a calming effect on Tidbit" because every time he goes to feel, Tidbit stops kicking as though to say "Haha gotcha" Well the other night, I felt Tidbit kicking, so I grabbed Jonathan's hand real quick and put it on my belly. Nothing! So we are sitting talking about it, when I see his hand move, and not by his own will. His words were "Was that you or Tidbit?" Umm unless I can make one single point on my stomach move at will, that is all Tidbit :) We are working on a repeat performance, but at least we got one good solid kick in there!

Kendra - our amusing sono tech

Last Friday, I had my 20 week sono. This was the BIG sonogram where they can tell me if it is a boy or girl. Off to the hospital we went, in tow with me that morning, was my amazing husband and two excited grandma's. As we got started Kendra, our sono tech, asked if we were finding out. We said YES but not today :( The answer would instead be put in an envelope to be opened by my husband on his birthday! She said okay with a look of amusement in her eye.

She turned on her screen and said she was only going to use her screen to find out where the baby was just in case it was mooning us on the first shot. "Oh" she said, I asked "does that mean that you know what it is" she replied with a sure do :) She made sure no one was looking as she typed in what it was for our DVD copy! So we continued on with the sonogram, ohhh and ahhh were everywhere. There was the occasional, "look at its little head", kendra quickly replied "that's its heart!" I think that she had a little bit of fun with us :) It waved, kicked and looked at us head on! It was such a wonder to watch!

So we finished up, the grandmas stepped out in case she was going to ask some sensitive questions. She looked us dead in the eye and said "Still set on not finding out today??", we quickly replied "no thank you, just write it on the card and we will be on our way!"Kendra then said "Okay you can leave now" we were surprised, she didn't even trust us to be in the same room as she wrote our answer.... darn smart girl. She even licked the envelope closed so I couldn't peek! As we left, she handed the envelope to Jonathan saying not to watch the DVD until after his birthday because the first shot tells you everything. Reluctantly Jonathan handed me the DVD and envelope and off we went to meet with Leslie, to hand over the envelope and DVD.

Why you might ask? Because I would totally cheat... I would cheat and then lie to my husband and say that I didn't :) Therefore the envelope and disk CAN NOT be in my hands. So as my baby continues to kick me and my husband on occasion, we will still refer to it as Tidbit for 25 more days !!