Finally a Name!

Well we finally have a name for "the kid" or brother. Justin and I have been going back and forth for months on which name. Justin always originally wanted Seth. While I was pregnant with Bella I read a book about Caleb from the bible and decided that I liked that name if we had a boy next. Stephen was always the middle name (Justin's dad's name is Steven, and Justin's mom spelled Justin's middle name Stephen.) so we had the name almost done. Anyway, once we actually got pregnant and found out for sure we were having a boy, Justin changed his mind! I had kinda settled on our kids name being either Seth or Caleb since those were the only names. I was stuck! To me it would be like not naming Isabella, Isabella! Her name had been decided when we were 1st married. So after many jokes about Chuck Norris :( and some other wacky names, we decided a week ago to put Caleb and Christian(the other name Justin liked) to a vote. So Justin asked the young adults at The Gathering to vote. It was a landslide! Caleb won! Yea! So our little boy's name will be Caleb Stephen Carpenter. Mary can finally be happy! :). I have about 3 1/2 weeks to go and am getting very anxious! Our friend Laura had her baby last week. He is so cute! I forgot how snuggly and easy to hold newborns are! Bella kept trying to hug him (Corban) and gave him a kiss. She thought he was "pretty". Everything is pretty these days. This picture was actually taken about 2 weeks ago. I think it makes my belly look small, and judging by most people's comments at church "Whoaaa!" I would say I was pretty acurate in saying that! Oh well! I look forward to normalcy and I am sure my husband does too! :) I am sure he would tell some stories later, when he feels it's "safe" again! :)