Our baby boy has a name, and....

Elijah is his name, oh! :-) Thanks for your contributions, opinions, and solicited advice. We've liked this name for years, and debated a couple of others we liked also, but it came down to the vote of big brother and sister. They both preferred it over Elliott, our second favorite "E" name. Both have the same meaning, "The Lord (Yahweh) is my God." So, that's official! However, we don't know for sure what we'll do for the middle name, which is funny, because we had Michael and Rose chosen for Isaac and Abigail's middle names before we knew their firsts! We'll keep you posted....I know you're all at the edge of your seats.

In other exciting news, we're 23 weeks into this pregnancy, and sinus crud has hit. I'm struggling with ear pressure, congestion, watery eyes, and all that fun stuff. I did have it bad with Abi too, but much earlier and for a long time. So, I'm trying to be positive and pray this doesn't go on forever. This weekend, something seemed to shift though, as far as his position, because though I'm still feeling him move often, and strongly, there is much less discomfort. I'm hopeful the placenta relocated to its rightful spot or something!

A happy thing today was that our beautiful bedding has arrived, making Elijah's arrival seem much closer. Something about seeing his quilt in our house makes me want to nest and set things up, though it's too soon, unnecessary right now, and we have no spot for him. We're working on attempting to put the house on the market, as insane as it seems, just to see what happens. We'd love to have more room before he comes, but also know it's unlikely we can sell in this awful market right now. So, if it does, we'll assume it's ordained of God, and pack up and move on. You can pray about that if you think of us. If it doesn't sell, we think it'll be easier to stay here and be content, despite the lack of space, knowing that God didn't open that door.

Here are some pictures of the crib bedding. It's precious, and will be something that hopefully will last several years, not just those first early baby years, since it would still be appropriate for a bigger boy. The main colors are khaki, white, chambray blue, and spring green, with some red, navy, darker green, and brown in the plaid trim.