Steve and Jenny Valentine

Well after a couple month blogging hiatus, I'm back!  I did write this post a couple months ago yet never posted it! A lot of people have asked how we chose Olivia's name, so without further delay, here is how we chose our baby girl's name... I don't know why, but it was much harder to come up with a name the third time around! All the names we had on our "list" before with previous pregnancies, we didn't really want to use, so we were back at square one. I had told Steve I didn't want to think of names until after we knew if it was a boy or a girl because I didn't have enough brain energy to think about two names (picking a boy and a girl name), ha!  So we found out on October 16th that we were expecting another girl.  Steve "knew" all along and at our 12 week ultrasound, the technician had made a gender guess of girl, so neither of us were really surprised.  Karis, from the moment we told her I was pregnant, wanted another baby brot...

Isaac Haddon Valentine What a joy it was to learn I am carrying a boy inside of me!  We were able to see our little boy yesterday during my 19 week ultrasound.  At my 12 week ultrasound, the technician had made a guess about the gender, guessing boy.  After that appointment, we decided we should look into boy names, because there were none on our list.  Even though we knew there was still the possibility of having a girl, we were very excited to find out yesterday!  He appeared to be healthy: heart rate 153-strong and sounded amazing measuring around 10 ounces (a week bigger than what they say my due date is) was head down...PRAISE THE LORD!  We pray he stays in that position. very relaxed, little movement (unlike his big sister), he was laid back with his hands behind his head and legs crossed :) Our initial reactions: Me-laughter and excitement Steve-also laughter and excitement and gave me a high five ...