Baby Names

About every other day I get asked, "have you guys thought of a name yet?"... Every time my answer is, "nope, we are really struggling!" Even before we decided we were ready to start our family, I had a little list of baby names on my iphone. Unfortunately most of those names are girl names, so when we found out we are having a boy I pretty much had to start a new list. For some reason boy's names are really hard! I kind of want our baby to have a unique name that not a lot of other kids have (but I'm open to common names too) and Jake doesn't want the name to be "weird."

My current favorites:
-Emerson
-Hudson
-Weston
(I'm noticing a theme.. lol)
-Max
-Caden
-Mason

Jake's favorite's:
-Brock (one name, counts for first and last OR Brock Brock)
-Jacobson (Jacob's son..)

Do you see what I'm working with here people?? 

We need help! Any cute boy name ideas? I'm waiting for one name to really stick out as the right one, but I'm getting nervous that it's not going to happen!

Father's Day Weekend

It officially feels like summer around here. It might be the kid in me but it makes me want to do something fun everyday (that's what summer is for right?).  Father's day was the perfect excuse to celebrate all weekend. I'm currently 32 weeks pregnant (only 8 more to go!) and we have one excited daddy-to-be! 

We had a little date night at this cute restaurant called Pizzeria 712. If you live in the Provo area.. you must go. I think it's my new favorite. I'm already dreaming of going back. Pizza has been one of my pregnancy favorites, but this pizza was extra yummy. We also filled up on their gnocchi, pita bread & hummus, and the tastiest grilled corn on the cob I have ever had. 

Later that night we went to cute mini-golf place with Jordan & Brady. Jake played "the best game of his life," me, not so much..

Of course Father's day started out with breakfast in bed. I tried out a new recipe and it was a winner! Crepes with a cream cheese filling with fresh peaches and raspberries. Oh my, so good.  You can check out the recipe here (be warned it's time consuming and if you cook like me, your kitchen will look like a bomb went off when your done, but it's worth it).

Jake's watch broke a while back so he's been looking for a replacement for a while. For someone who doesn't care about fashion at all, you'd be amazed how opinionated he is about watches. He searched for a long time online and found one he was interested in. I tried to be sneaky and make it a surprise, but I think he was on to me. I ordered a couple extra for him to try on, just to be safe. Luckily, after staring at all of them for a while he picked one he liked... success!

We spent most of the day inside watching golf and the NBA playoffs (ESPN all day... what more could he want? lol). I attempted to make a special father's day dinner.. Mongolian beef and stir fry, but my creative cooking ideas are lacking these days.

Happy father's day Jake! I can already tell you are going to be a great Dad!

A visit home & some remodeling!

A couple days after we got back from Seattle we headed back to the airport to visit Jake's family in Atlanta. We got to celebrate Jake's great grandma's 90th birthday party which was pretty special. I was feeling a little too shy to take out the camera so you will have to use your imagination.

I think I've mentioned before that Jake and I will be moving to Atlanta after the baby is born. We recently picked out a house to live in when we move! That is a whole other post for another day, BUT we spent a good chunk of the weekend going to home depot, tile stores, picking out paint and counter tops.

No we didn't buy cracked tile, that was just a little sample piece we had layed out

The kitchen wasn't really what we were looking for, so we are gutting the whole thing and starting from scratch. Goodbye old kitchen, We'll post pictures in a few months when we move in!

We are so excited that we are getting out of our little cave and into a house with lot's of light and windows!

The rest of the weekend we spent eating good food and spending time with family. Of course a visit to Atlanta wouldn't be complete without a trip (or two or three) to Rita's for some gelati.. Oh so good!

Going home

For memorial weekend we headed to Seattle to visit my family.  It's always nice to go home to a stocked fridge and a mom who feeds us. Oh how I love summer time when we can BBQ and eat corn on the cob.

We went to a indoor speed cart racing place. I sat that one out, but Jake and the rest of the fam had fun.

Jake and I also decided to go golfing one day. I am a seriously terrible beginner, but it was still fun really fun. Thank goodness for a patient teacher and a golf cart.

We also took advantage of the sunny Seattle weather and played volleyball in the park with the family. It was a good game of gimp volleyball since pretty much everyone had some kind of ailment. Good thing our net was actually for badminton and not volleyball..

Of course we played lots of games..

And it wouldn't be a trip home without lots of cuddle time with my favorite little dog.

We also had a lovely little date with one of my best friends Nicia..taking pictures in seattle and having a delish Italian romantic dinner for three. That is until our restaurant turned  into a burlesque bar. While we couldn't see the "show" the cheering crowd and MC definitely made for an interesting night!