help us name our baby

my name is...

HELP! We need help deciding on a baby name. We had asked our families for baby name suggestions and we finally have it narrowed down. To the right you will find a poll... please vote for you favorite name. In case it matters to you, below are the meanings to each of the names (according to babycenter.com):

emma: origins-german; meaning-universal
ella: origins-english; meaning-beautiful fairy woman
henrietta: origins-german; meaning-ruler of home

jean: origina-hebrew; meaning-God is gracious
pearl: origins-latin; meaning-a gem of the sea

Get out and vote... or scoot your mouse over a few inches and click! I also want to say an extra BIG thank you to all the family that sent us name suggestions, it helped out a ton!

disney here we come!

Adam and I are flying to Disney World in the morning! My whole family is meeting at Disney for my parents' 30th Anniversary. I am so excited I can hardly stand it! Leaving for Disney tomorrow caused us to reminisce over our last trip to Disney with band back in high school. I thought this would be a good opportunity for some throwback pics.

@ Epcot... we look so young


@ Epcot... Adam looks cute with his serious face

the emilies on the bus


Adam and Nathan on the bus... Adam stole my bear

We were all so cute. It is so much fun to think back on the simpler days. I will post with new Disney pics when we get back. Everyone have a great week!

take me out to the ballgame

chillin' at the rangers game

This past hump day Adam and I went to see the Rangers vs. Seattle at the Ballpark. The only thing better than seeing Hamilton, Kinsler, or even Griffey.... is seeing them on Dollar Hot Dog Night.

griffey up to bat

Poor Adam was a bit torn, he was torn between rooting for his childhood idol (Griffey) or to root for his favorite team (the Rangers). He chose to wear his number 24 jersey, but to route for the Rangers to win.

hamilton up to bat

Yea, this is pretty much the coolest pic ever. So close you can see the tats.

ichiro up to bat

Everyone has to love Ichiro. A couple years ago I painted a big portrait of Ichiro and brought it to the game. He saw it and smiled at me and tossed us a ball. It was pretty awesome.

kinsler up to bat

Last but certainly not least... Kinsler. I think that Kinsler looks alot like Jim Halpert, from the office. I heart Jim.

cowboys stadium

I think you have to be standing in front of it to get the grand scale of it. Adam seemed less than impressed.

it's a girl

baby's first footprint.

baby's profile

We went to the doctor on Friday and found out that Adam and I are going to have a little girl! We are both ecstatic. In the first pic you can see her foot, the same cute little foot that keeps kicking my bladder. In the second picture you can see her profile (her eye, nose, lips, and even an ear). Can you see it? I think she looks like me already! The doctor said that she may look like me, but she has Adam's feet... I was not amused. My doctor is a strange strange man, I will have to share a few stories about the horribleness in the days to come.

me @ 19 wks

me @ 19 wks

I had so many people ask for a picture of me with my baby bump, I felt I should oblige. I had someone the other day tell me that I didn't look pregnant... I'm not sure if he said that to make me feel better or what. I would much rather look pregnant than like I just carry my weight in a very unfortunate way.

baby rika's first pic

baby rika's first pic

I am sure that everyone reading this already knows, but in case they don't... Adam and I are expecting our first baby on October 3rd. The sonograms above were taken at 8 weeks. You can see little rika's hand waving in the bottom one. No, we don't plan on naming our baby rika, it is just short for paprika. I thought "rika" had a better ring to it then "pap".

welcome to my blog

welcome to my blog. I figure before I update everyone on my life now I will take you back a bit. This has been a very exciting year:

Africa 2008

I had the amazing opportunity this past year to go to Africa. It had been a dream of my for years. My mother travels to Africa, typically Uganda, one or two times a year to help lead woman's conferences. During our trip to Uganda we held the last in a series of conferences that had span over the last few years. As you will see in the pictures there was a graduation held for the ladies who had completed the series of conferences.

Aunt Ellie and Uncle Adam with the Nieces and Nephew

This year, well a year and a few days ago, we welcomed our most recent addition to the family, little Macy Grace. My sister had baby Macy while my mom and I were at the airport on our way to Africa... we were so sad that we couldn't be there with Sarah.
(From left to right: Evelyn (my brother and sis-n-law's), me, Caleb (sister's), Macy (sister's), and Adam (mine).

Half Marathon

Believe it or not I somehow was able to run a half marathon... that is 13.1 miles people. I ran with support of my family, friends, and my TNT teammates. I really don't think I could have done it without everyone's encouragement. Running the 13.1 miles wasn't nearly as hard as having to wake up at 5am every Saturday to go running at the lake. I will post pictures when/if I find them.