Name Game Anxiety...

Please tell me I'm not the only one out there....

Ever since I have been pregnant, I have had TONS of people ask, "What names are you thinking of?"/"What are you going to name her?"

That's all great and dandy to ask that. But as soon as someone asks me that question, I suddenly get severe anxiety. Not joking. I start sweating and stammering and not creating coherent sentences.

The truth is, I don't know if I am ready to tell everyone what we want to name our baby girl. Maybe I'll be ready soon, I don't know. But for now, I panic thinking that I will get a negative reaction when I tell someone what we are thinking. (Which has already happened once, I might add...)

SO... don't be offended if we wait a while to tell people what we think we will name baby girl. I just want to be happy and sure about the name we are deciding/have decided to give our baby girl before someone tries to ruin it...

I know that might sound silly. But for now, she can just be "Baby E." :)

Pumpkin Carving 2014

This is possibly my favorite year of pumpkins yet!

 

Sun Valley

This past weekend we went to Sun Valley with our friends (Stephen, Blythe, Cameron, Alyssa, and Maura) and had a BLAST even though pretty much everything we planned on doing was closed either temporarily or permanently. However, we still had a ton of fun hanging out, exploring Ketchum and Sun Valley, eating delicious food, watching movies, playing games, and just enjoying one another's company! The weather was perfect, and the beautiful fall scenery itself made the trip worth it.

I was really bad about taking pictures this trip. Oops. But here are a few!

Week 21

Baby E is 21 weeks now! Yay!

We love her more and more every day. Just 4.5 more months until we get to meet her!

Bryce took this photo of me in Sun Valley this past weekend... Ugh I love this girl so much!

Baby E.

Baby "E" because we are exploring names... :)

We think we can already tell that she has Bryce's lips and my nose... I guess we will know better in a few months!

It's a...

And we couldn't be happier!!!

Coaching

Well, I haven't been very good about blogging anything lately... other than a couple pregnant posts every now and again. It mostly has to do with the fact that I have been SUPER busy lately. Beyond school, I have been spending every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday afternoon/evening and Saturday morning coaching U-14 girls soccer. I LOVE to coach soccer, and it has been a fun season. My team works hard and have done remarkable this season. I will have to post a team picture after we get one taken at tomorrow's game.

The other day, I decided to do something a little different for practice. I told the girls to bring their running shoes in addition to their cleats. Immediately, I got many groans and terrified faces. They were sure I was going to kill them. I assured them that everything would be alright, and they might actually enjoy themselves. Here is what we did for practice:

1. Warmed up
2. Ran to my apartment from the soccer field (only about 3/4 of a mile away)
3. Managed to fit 17 sweaty girls into our apartment
4. Ate apples with caramel dip
5. Watch a short, inspirational soccer video
6. Wrote their end-of-the-season goals on a pumpkin
7. Ran back to the soccer field carrying the pumpkin... each taking turns and passing the pumpkin around from teammate to teammate
8. Put on our cleats
9. Had a scrimmage and played some world cup

It was a lot of fun! 

I love to coach. Growing up on the soccer field changed my life... I honestly think I would be a completely different person if I didn't play soccer. So, I LOVE giving that same opportunity to the girls I coach! 

That all being said, coaching soccer has taken up a lot of my extra free time (or time I should have spent planning lessons or grading papers... ooops.) The season ending tournament is this week, and I am sad.... yet excited to add 15 more hours to my week of extra time I didn't have before! Maybe that means I can blog a little more :)  

Oh. and just one more thing.  Today I hit my 19 week mark of pregnancy. Next week I will be half way through! AND only 9 more days until we find out the gender!