Names

I still have 114 days left of this pregnancy which is about 4 months and we have been thinking a lot about names. I never knew that this would be so hard. Me and Tim have hit a wall. I have picked a name that I LOVE! I REALLY love it. I need help. Tim has a semi ok reason not to like it but I just can't stop thinking about this name. I am trying to move on but it is really hard and every other name I hear just isn't good enough. So I wanna know should I just get over it or should Tim get over his reasons? Here's the story:

The name I like is Rella. It sounds just like it is spelled. Now you have to say it out loud a couple times...Rella, Rella, Rella. It is Rella like Cinderella. When I was a gymnastics teacher I heard this name and I have loved it ever since. I love that it is unique but its not super weird. Also its part of a princesses name which is awesome! Really what girl doesn't want to feel like a princess? So its unique, pretty, and Tim hates it.

The reason he hates it: When he was in high school or something I guess he played a video game that had zombies. So his friends would imitate the zombies by making a relllllllllalala noise. He says to him each time he even tries to say Rella he has to change his tone of voice. Ugh I am so annoyed writing this post. Kinda dumb reason, right? He'll forget about it, right?? He'll just replace these memories with ones of his beautiful daughter, right?

Its not like its an ugly name, its pretty and feminine. So I have been trying to think of other reasons to help me get over this name.

1. The name Bella is really popular right now so everyone will probably just think her name is Bella instead of Rella. People never really listen, people always think my name is Jennifer. Crazy right?!

2. Well I don't have another reason. That's it.

What should I do? Give up, move on? Has everyone been ruined by the zombie story? Is that what all of you are going to think now if we do name her Rella? I have to admit I just keep falling more in love with the name as I write this. HELP!!

Halloween

I am still a little behind with our posts. This year for Halloween everyone left us. My family went to Southern California. We were invited but Tim is in school and its pretty impossible to take any time off. Our ward had a trunk or treat activity a week before Halloween. The night it was planned for had a forecast for rain. So instead of doing the trunk or treating outside they moved everything inside. When I found this out I begged Tim to do a Haunted Hallway for the kids. Basically, for those of you who have never experienced a Haunted Hallway, its a creation Tim and his roommates did each Halloween in college. They would convert their apartment hallway, which was very long, into a mini haunted house. It was always really fun and I thought the kids would love it!

Surprisingly, Tim was very reluctant, possibly because he wasn't used to creating something for 8 year old's. We set up our Haunted Classroom in two primary rooms and it was a pretty short and very dark maze that the kids had to go through and earn their candy. It involved crawling, walking through creepy fishing line hanging from the ceiling, and being scared multiple times. At the very end when they thought all they had to do was grab their candy and run for the door they were scared by the "dead guy" aka Tim hiding under the a tarp or "sleeping in his grave." Seeing the scared faces was just so fun!!! I loved it because I got to hide behind a corner and scare each kid! I loved seeing the scared faces!!! It was a huge success and I think Tim was really glad I made him do it considering we won the contests for best decorated room and got a $50 Mimi's cafe gift card. This was our only opportunity to dress up so I was a witch and Tim was a soccer ref. I just really wanted to wear this super long wig which you can't really see in the picture, it made it really hard for people to recognize me which is always fun.

On Halloween we carved pumpkins, I haven't carved a pumpkin since we have been married. Unfortunately, we have a stupid squirrel that loves to eat pumpkin seeds and destroys any pumpkin that gets put out on our porch. After our candles melted our pumpkins became fair game for the squirrel and he didn't waste anytime looking for the seeds that weren't in our beautifully carved pumpkins. However, this still didn't discourage the squirrel because he ruined our pumpkins anyway. Stupid squirrel. My pumpkin is on the left, I cheated and used a cut out. Tim on the other hand did his all freehand and I'm glad I used a printout because I had no idea I was going to be displaying my pumpkin next to a pro's pumpkin.

Twenty five

This is a little late, oops. Last month I had my twenty-fifth birthday. I feel old, I had a fun birthday though. It has been a really long time since I have been able to spend my birthday with my family, so it was a really nice change. My mom took me maternity clothes shopping which was fun but I'm really not that big yet. I tried to take some belly shots but they were all so UGLY!! I included one because I don't know when I'll have the courage to take more. This picture was Halloween weekend.


My mom and I also found these really yummy cupcakes at some random bakery. I think I liked them so much because of all the coconut on the right one, so delicious!


Of course the real highlight of my birthday was my cake. Tim got me an ice cream cake from baskin robins. I love the frosting on these cakes and that is why it has creepy clowns on it!!! Tim went and found the cake that had the most frosting on it and that is the one he bought. I LOVE the frosting it is so delicious....Mmmmmm. It was a really good birthday.

On a random pregnancy note. I'm finally over the morning sickness and in the stage of not much going on. My belly is getting bigger but I don't really notice it. It doesn't get in my way and I can still wear my normal jeans. I have been able to feel Squirm move for about a month now and it is one of my favorite things!! I love it, definitely the best thing so far about being pregnant!