Name Our Baby

UPDATE:  Winner will be announced Monday morning.  Why?  Because I'm tired.  ;)

(think of it this way, a few bonus hours to enter!)

It's a Baby Naming Contest!!!

For the first time ever, we don't have a name for our baby!  We're gonna need your help. Although we can't guarantee we'll use your name, its a real possibility since we don't have one!

What do you think we should name Little Bambino?  (who we do know is a boy, btw!)

Submit a comment in this post with your choice of name for our baby. Use our other children's names as inspiration.  Or, something completely new!

Nothing in life is free so there's something in it for you as well! 

 Our favorite entry will win a new Miracle Blanket.

Even if you don't currently have a baby to swaddle up, these make great gifts!  We were first introduced to the Miracle Blanket with our 2nd chid and I can't tell you what a life-saver it has been for us!!  (although life-saver seems dramatic, it is actually an understatement.  true story.)

Submit your entry today.  Contest will end this weekend.  Oh, and just to spice it up, a first-middle name combo will receive 2 entries.  

Name away!

(I may publish comments at some point but not until we have decided on a name.  So, when you don't see your comment appear, never fear! :))

Completely Enamored

I'm going to "out" myself here and confess that I am completely enamored with newborns.  

Smitten.  Hooked.  Enraptured.  Captivated.  

Especially with my own new babies, or new babies of friends or family members.  Or neighbors. Or friends of friends.  Ok, even random women in the grocery store.  

I am that girl.  

You know, the one that randomly approaches you at Kroger to ask about your brand new baby (it isn't that weird is it?  Fine, its somewhat strange....to some.)

I have been ambushing new mommies for as long as I can remember.  I can vividly remember begging and pleading asking every new mom in church if I could hold their just-born infants when I was only about 6 years old.  Every. One.

I recently phoned a friend for the 7th time to ask about her friend's labor progression only to be reminded that I didn't even know this woman.  And she lived clear across the country. Whoops.  That was awkward.

I might have been seen lingering in the Waiting Room while my sister delivered my nephew. 

(and during my other SIL's delivery and also my friend from high school and possibly, a random stranger.  Do we really need to draw a distinction?) 

A friend invited me to be in (IN!) the delivery room while she gave birth to her son and I can't even blog about that for fear I will damage my stellar reputation.

I might have been sitting in my car (engine running?) and ready to head to my SIL's house just as she was pulling into town with her newborn son that she had adopted.  Whatev.

All this to say, you can imagine my self-induced, panicked frenzy sheer delight when I found out I was going to get to take a peak at my new niece, Claire Emmanuel last night.

Here we are together.  Btw, that's an American Girl doll hat she is wearing.

She is so tiny that she doesn't latch well (yet) so I got to feed her a bottle after she breastfed.  I wish it was an understatement to say that I thought I had died and entered heaven.

When I arrived back home, I skipped into the house with so much energy that my hubby texted my brother to thank him for the "legal high for my wife."  

So over the top, he is, don't you think?

Newbie

Introducing....my newest niece:

Claire Emmanuel

4 lbs 6 oz

17 inches

Born in perfect health!  Praise God!

(check out how many times the tshirt is rolled up.  too cute! :))