We've been doing a lot to get ready for Baby Jude Thomas to arrive! Sam's room is pretty much complete; now we have to finish up cleaning up the nursery and we should be good to go. We got a new sit-n-stand stroller, pulled up the old infant carseat from the basement, and bought some new bottles and pacifiers. Still have clothes to go through.
Figuring out what Jude would be named was a long process! I have always liked the name; Ben took a little more persuading. There were lots of signs about this name, from serious signs (Jude is James' brother in the Bible - Sam's middle name is James), to random (a car with the vanity plate "hey jude" pulling in front of me on the highway while discussing the name with someone on the phone), to just plain silly (mom pointing out that Jude Law was hosting SNL on the night of my birthday). The best was Ben's mom's run-in with a family in Atlanta, who told Sue that Jude was a beautiful Christian name when they were discussing children's names after dinner one night and practically reprimanded her when she mentioned that she wasn't sure about the name! Sue switched to "team Jude" that night.
So once the name was picked (Ben decided Jude Thomas should be the name after all), the personalizing could begin! My friend Laura already had this adorable painted sign made for Jude's nursery. I especially love it because I didn't really have anything special to put in there after I tool some of Sam's stuff out, and now I do.
Last summer, my friend Amy gave me (and the other bridesmaids in her wedding - we'd all had babies in '08) a lovely necklace with an "s" tag on it for Sam's name. I wear it ALL the time - it's one of my favorite pieces of jewelry. I was able to send it back and get a "j" tag on it. I just got it back today and was so pleased with it! I can't believe I'm going to have 2 sons in just a month or so.
Now...on to sorting through all those clothes!
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