It's been 8 months ALREADY!?!?

Amazing how time flies. In just a few weeks, HAILEY will be joining the world! In case you are one of the 2 readers of this blog who lives outside of Logan, BTBNL has been changed to Hailey. Naming a baby can be a challenge. Alli and I had a list of names we liked, and it seemed every name on her list was the same as one of the shady girls I knew from high school or one of my cousins, while every name on my list was just as distasteful to Alli. I even offered to name the baby Allison Jr. We decided to settle it by arm wrestling, and after a three hour long battle of forearm strength, Allison let me win. She got bored.

We are very excited for the baby. In the photo with this posting, my mom, sister, dad, and I are trying to figure out how to put together a baby swing that Allison got from her baby shower. We have all the baby furniture bought and all the unnecessary baby items (swing, bouncer, etc.) assembled. Thanks to everyone who has helped us out at baby showers or in other ways, it is a big change to have another member of the family and the help has been very appreciated. Condolences to all of you who voted on our blog survey thinking our baby was going to be a boy. Hopefully, your vote in the presidential election will reflect a better choice *cough (McCain) cough* than your choice in unborn babies' genders.

As the baby and the holidays draw near, Allison and I will try and be a bit more diligent in blogging. I was horrified to find that it had been almost 3 months since our last blog. If bloggin was as much fun as XBox, I would do it everyday. I will put a couple of photos we took this summer up in the next few days. In the one above, we are at Carla and Allen's house during August. We have since changed our optomologist. And yes, I am rockin a Halo 3 shirt.