26 weeks & an official END to the Name Game

I AM

26 weeks

[and a new hair cut, 5 in. GONE!]

[and here is the comparison of my 26 wks picture while pregnant w/ Tuff]

PREGNANCY HIGHLIGHTS:

How Far Along: 26 weeks

Size of baby: The website I googled said baby boy is currently the size of an English hothouse cucumber. He is also weighing in around 2 pounds and is close to 14 inches long.

 Total Weight Gain/Loss: My last appt still showed +3. I'm almost sure I've gained about 2 or 3 pounds since then. I don't like to use my scale at home because it's always off from the one at my Dr. office so I'm just guessing on the extra pounds.

Maternity Clothes: Almost everything is maternity except a few things.

Gender: It's a BOY!!!

Movement: Moving, Moving, Moving. Thats all this sweet boy wants to do. I wonder when he ever sleeps. And when I start wondering that, I start to get a little worried. :)

What I miss: I miss my wardrobe (haha), energy and sleep. I've come to realize how much the Unisom does help the past few nights. I ran out Sunday night and I haven't slept a wink the past 2 nights. Where as usually I don't sleep good, but without the Unisom, I'm not sleeping AT ALL.

Cravings: Haven't really been having any specific cravings lately.

Symptoms: Physical exhaustion. My doctor's office called last week and said my iron was REALLY low. So I think this may have been my problem with the exhaustion. They started me on iron pills and so far I'm feeling a tad bit better. But still tired. Maybe they'll kick in full force soon!

Best Moment this week: Coming up with an OFFICIAL name for our sweet baby boy!!! Finally!

Well, the name game has officially ended for us. I went home yesterday afternoon and told Jordan "I want a name for this child and I want it by the end of the night!" Haha. I've just been dying to call him by his name, rather than baby boy. Anyways, after about an hour and a half to 2 hours of going back and forth and debating.... we finally decided on.......

GUNNER

BLAKE

ALFORD

We will call him Gunner!!! And we went back to our original plan to go with Jordan's middle name (Blake) for his middle name. I am SUPER pleased with our decision! Especially since we decided to go with Blake as the middle name. You ALL know that's what I originally wanted from the beginning! :) I know you all probably thought Brooks would be IT, as did I.... But, Jordan just really didn't like Brooks. And even though he said we could name/call him that because it's what I wanted, I just couldn't settle with that. I wanted it to be something we BOTH liked. Afterall, he is the dad. It should be something we both agree on together. This has definitely been EXTREMELY hard. A whole lot harder than it was when we were expecting Tuff because we already had his name set in stone before we even knew he was a boy. I guess that's just the way it goes sometimes. But I'm proud to say our sweet little baby boy now has a name and can finally be called by it. Thanks for everyone's suggestions/support as we've tried to come to an final decision. We really have appreciated hearing everyone's ideas. It's definitely helped us during our whole deciding process.

I'll leave you all with some pictures of our sweet boy!

Loving his new bed and super cool bedding :)

Walking with Chopper

And cheesin for the camera as we head to MeMe & PaPa's house!

Happy Tuesday!!!