Look at how spoiled you are!!!

You are not even born yet and you are already spoiled!! So excited for you to get here and meet all the wonderful people who love and support you!! i am running out of space to put all your stuff....and this is just the little stuff. Don't even get me started on the bouncy seat, bumbo, crib, etc...

as you can see we are all anxiously awaiting your arrival Mina! (please at least wait till after thanksgiving though!!) We all love you lots!!

Mina Alyson--our little princess

It's A Girl!!! So exciting! I thought for sure it was going to be a boy! I am so excited to by lots of pretty pink things!!!

We have chosen the name Mina Alyson 

Mina-

In German : Love

In Persian: Flower

In Norwegian (where dad served his mission): Loved Memory

In Native American: First Born Daughter

In Old English: Strong-Willed Warrior

All of these are wonderful meanings. We hope that you will be loving and kind and know that you in return are always loved. You will be as beautiful as a flower...we are sure of it. Every memory with you will be a loved memory we will never want to forget. You are the first-born daughter meaning you will have lots of responsibility for your future siblings just as i had as the oldest sister. And lastly we hope you will be a strong-willed warrior for many things. We hope and pray that you will stand up for what is right in all things and in all places. 

Alyson-

First and most importantly Alyson is the name of my best friend in the whole world. She is a great part of why i am who i am today. She is a very strong person and is always kind and helpful to everyone she can be. She always puts a smile on my face, just as i am sure you will. Most importantly from her i hope you have her strong love of the gospel and the need to do what is right. 

In French: Of noble kind

Old German: Noble, Exalted

You are a daughter of noble birth. You are a daughter of your Heavenly Father.  I hope you always remember that. 

We love your name and have loved it for a very long time. It has a lot of meaning to us. We can't wait for you to come!! 

18 Weeks.

156 ish more days to go! yay! you are now the size of a lovely pickle

but you aren't just any pickle. you are our cute sweet adorable pickle. 

Here are some things you enjoy recently:

-payday candy bars (which i have never before liked)

-juice (i am addicted to cranberry)

-Yogurt (raspberry only...i can't handle the chunks of soggy fruit)

-Occasionally rice

-Lime or orange sherbet (healthy i know.)

yes. as you can see my diet is limited. i eat like 3 things of yogurt a day. 

i drink like a pitcher of juice a day.

I eat payday candybars when i am craving sweet and salty.

Only 18 more days till we find out if you are a boy sp8 or a girl sp8. 

We are kinda hoping for a girl because we are much more set on the name...dumb reason. but true.

if you are a boy i am sorry if you don't get a name until the day you are born. your father is much too stubborn and your mother is far too indecisive.

Such is life. can't wait to meet you little baby.

YAY!! Your first real Kickaroo!

Dear Baby,
Well I have been able to feel you kick for a couple weeks and its been awesome-ness! But dad hasn't been able to! Well today while watching the Bachelorette (which i will now assume you enjoy (or hate)) I felt a real kick! It was awesome! now i can show Wes when he gets home (provided you cooperate) It makes me really excited because it means everything is progressing in a fantastic way!

Well kick away! EXCEPT for when i am sleeping :)

Well baby. to say the least. you are driving me crazy this week.

Don't get me wrong...i love you, i am happy your healthy but ... REALLY?

I haven't been able to keep anything down.. especially today.

I am hungry
I miss food
I miss Cafe Rio Salads and Thai Food
I miss being able to cook
I miss being able to do the dishes.
GRRRRRRR!!!

I know this is all worth it. But i am almost thirteen weeks along! Shouldn't it be getting better? It seems like it is getting worse. I just want to be normal so i can work efficiently.

So baby.....give your mommy a break, let me eat a dang salad or you are grounded!