Baby Name Help!

So I finally figured out what the babies name was going to be. Justin said it the other day and I Loved it and Brett agreed to it. It was Jacob. however, come to find out that has been the #1 baby name for the entire decade. as of May 2009 its still number 1. Soooooo, that means that wont be our babies name. Justin and I both agree we dont want baby to be in a class of a dozen kids with the same names. I am at a loss for another one. we have 4 months left but we struggled with this until the end with Brett. Any ideas?

Random stuff

So November has started out with lots of sickness at our house. brett is now doing fine and the only one of us who is well. I have bronchitis and the tamiflu I am taking has brought back my morning sickness as well, Justin has pneumonia. All in all we are just feeling icky. Poor Brett doesnt get why mom and dad just want to veg. With all that being said we are just getting back into the normal swing of things. Brett is not wanting to go to school this week. He had so much more fun at home last week. Justin shouldnt be at work but is going, and I dont want to be at work but am going. I think by this weekend we should all be better and maybe next week have a little more energy to deal with life. Hopefully there is a little leftover to clean the house as well- its taking the brunt of all this sickness.

The baby had an ultrasound on Tuesday and everything looked great. They checked all his organs and there didnt seem to be any issues. The only problem was that he would not show his face. It was suppose to be a 3D ultra sound and they take a shot of the face but the little guy kept his hands up the entire time. the lady said he was making her pull her hair out.... hope this isnt any indication of a stubborn attitude. this was the best photo we could get. Justin had to stay away from the dr. office since he was sick and I had to use every bit of willpower i could muster to not cough while I was there.

Brett started swimming again this week. He is feeling well enough to go and I like to take him because its warm and humid in there so I just can breathe easier. He loves the water and is a little fish. Today on the way to swimming we stopped at a park to waste a few minutes. It was a park in Roy, in a decent neighborhood where he played soccer at this year. I got out of the car and smelled smoke- there were 3 young teenagers hiding under one of he toys smoking marijuana, then a few minutes later this really creepy looking skinny guy in flood water, skin tight pants walked by holding a toy riffle and had a sword across his back. It was all a little creepy and we didnt stay long. Halloween is over right? Anyway I dont think we will be going back to that park again in the near future. We will stick closer to west haven next time.

This is a picture of Brett and his cool cousin Aleck.

Halloween/Elk Hunting/Utah Game

Brett got to go to his halloween party on on Friday at school. I only let him stay a few hours for the party to make sure he didnt get sick again. He had such a good time and his best friend in the world Samuel showed up dressed as Iron Man just like him. He and Samuel just thought it was the neatest thing in the world that best friends would be the same thing. On Saturday Brett got to hang out with cousins - I dont have pictures but I should be able to get some from my sister. Brett got to trick or treat with his cousins and sounds like he had a blast. He keeps talking about- someone who isnt really real who took his head off. Overall Brett had a blast.

On Friday I was pretty sick. I started taking Tamiflu and I swear its working. I felt much better by Friday afternoon and decided to go down to my sisters Saturday and then go to the football game with my parents and Matt and Whitney. I just hung out at Jens house and didnt really exert much energy and then Saturday night watched the Utah game. It started out pretty bad but by the second half it was a pretty good game. Utah won and made a few changes for the best. I cant wait to see what happens next week. I probably over did it a little bit so on Sunday I just rested pretty much all day. I took 2 naps and the only energy I exerted was to go grocery shopping. Brett has been home with me since monday evening and lets just say for everyones benefit its time to get back to the real world. he has gotten away with way to much from me as I just havent had the energy to fight the battles.

So While I was at the game and Brett was trick or treating Justin was playing in the snow- Elk Hunting. He and his dad had a muzzle loader spike only tag. They were successful on Saturday. It sounds like a lot of work to me. Elk meat is pretty much the best there is so I am excited to get the meat. Justin, although tired, seems to have had a great time.

Sickie/Dead things

When I picked Brett up Monday he was really sick. They hadnt been able to register a fever but you could just tell how warm he was. Those ear thermometers just dont work on him. He had a fever that night but during the next day he seemed so much better, then sick again at night, then Wednesday he was just happy all day long. Its hard to keep him relaxed when he feels fine. Then just as we put him to bed boom fever was back in full swing. So the no fever for 24 hour rule went right out the window. 0 Woke up this morning with another slight fever so I took him to the Dr. He tested positive for the swine flu. He had the nasal spray flu mist for swine flu so the Dr. attributed his weak symptoms to that. But still cant go to school. his fever is gone again but we are at home. this is the 3rd day in a row. When you look at him he just looks tired even without the fever but you can really tell once it hits. I have been trying to be careful with my time off so that I have plenty next year when the baby comes. With these days off I am already going to have to work Christmas eve. YUCK! but its worth it to be with him. At least he is not miserable and we are enjoying our quiet time together. Justin is also a little sick. I swear he has had a fever, he swears its just been a soar throat. I have a tickle in my throat but thats about it. Brett has already had to miss the pumpkin walk in West Haven City, and tomorrow is his party at school, then trick or treating. I sure hope he is up to that. He was so sad about the pumpkin walk. I had a little stuffed lab puppy that I had bought on Ebay for the baby's room but it came on the day he missed the pumpkin walk- so thus it was his consolation prize. He has been snuggling with it each time he is sick, and when he feels good its a great football.

This is brett enjoying a rootbeer float on a sick day.



Justin left today for the Elk hunt to Fish Lake. I am really hoping he feels well enough to go. He is going to encounter snow and cold down there.

Justin finally talked me into letting dead things in the living room. He found a picture- that sort of matched the colors in the front room so he hung up our antelope that have been in storage. I have held out for a while, but above our fire place just looked empty.

Soccer/Football/Pumpkin

Brett showed up for soccer today and there were no other kids off of his team. He was the only one there. No coach and no kids. It was the last game. Luckily they rounded up a few of the older kids who had already played to be on his team so he could play his last game. The other team had 3 kids. So brett's team was sort of a rainbow. They played well together but it sort of made the fact we told him not to steal the ball from those in the same colored shirts hard. He scored 2x and had a few good other plays. the older kids were very good to play with the younger kids.





After the soccer game it was down to the Utah vs. Airforce Football Game. It wasnt pretty but the Utes pulled out an overtime win. Brett didnt want to go and Nana had driven up to watch him play soccer. Thank goodness for her he didnt have to go!!!! THANK YOU NANA!!!!! Brett was happier staying home and we got to watch a very serious game! It was also a little chilly and rainy. So thanks to Nana we all had a great time. And thanks to the Utes finally pulling out the win.

After the game it was pumpkin carving time. We made a vampire pumpkin. Brett and Yia Yia are now coloring another pumpkin with crayons. Waiting for the pizza to arrive and then I am off to bed.



In other good news- BYU is loosing to TCU right now 31-7, go frogs!

Punkinaze

There are a few big Halloween venues near our home. First of all the Haunted Hallow which looks awesome. Our friends asked us to go tonight but I just didnt dare bring brett there. I dont think he is quite ready. I didnt think I was ready to carry him though a dark house/woods for 45 minutes either. We also have a corn maze just minutes from the house so I decided to take him there. We went when it was light outside. On the way into the corn there is a huge slide. Brett LOVED it!!!! So by he time we went into the corn maze he was saying "whats the point". I asked if he wanted to go and get lost in the maze and find our way out and he said "but I have already seen it". We walked in for about 5 minutes just at the front- I could see the way out the whole time. By that time he was done with the corn and back to the slide. He is really a smart kid to wonder why anyone would just want to walk through corn for hours, but geez- I could have taken him to a park for free to slide.

Handsome Boy

Brett's newest school photos. He is so handsome. Doing so well at school this week too!!!!



tonight I took brett to a guy at my works Halloween Yard. He goes out of his way to decorate. He creates paths in his yard with tunnels and a ton of spooky decorations. We went when it was still light outside. Brett was very brave except for in the tunnel there was a zombie type guy (looked like ozzy osborn) who scared him when he moved and laughed. we went by him 4 times and Brett stood on the opposite side of me. The very last time he ran past time. Other than that scary thing he was so brave and enjoyed the outing.