Good Times with The Gray's

We are only 7 weeks pregnant and the baby's name has pretty much been decided on. I know you are thinking wow it's too early! Are you kidding I have been thinking about baby names my whole life :) May I have a drum roll please....if our little darling is a girl her name will be Aven Gray! I love the name Aven and it is original! It means radiance and is also the name of a plant with white, red and yellow flowers. I first saw the name Aven in a magazine and I saved it in my phone, it has stayed with me ever since!! The middle name is still undecided although I am pretty sure it will be Harper. There is a chance her middle name will be Tyler, after Kourtney Tyler Williams, a family friend who passed away at the age of 16 from Leukemia. But first name is definitely set!

If Baby Gray is a boy his name will most likely be...Cooper Jackson Gray. I have been trying to convince Josh to use Jackson as a first name, but he is set on using it as a middle name. We have been going back and forth on Cooper but I like it better than anything else we have come across so far. So as of now Cooper is in the lead!

I know I am taking a risk posting these names for all of you to see! ;) Baby names are a big thing now days and no one wants their names stolen if you will. So I guess you could say I am calling dibs!

Now that I have told you our name choices, you will have to wait patiently with us to see which name we will get to use on our first child! I will keep you updated!

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2. Complete the list of 8's
3. Tag eight of your blog friends

8 Things I look forward to:
1. School coming to an end! 7 1/2 more days!
2. Spending the summer resting and doing fun things.
3. Getting one of the extra rooms cleaned out for a nursery!
4. Reading a book, I love to read in the summer!
5. Meeting my nephew, Hadley in October!
6. Growing a baby bump.
7. Being pregnant at the same time as Amorey and Jayme!
8. Finish my wedding scrapbook, yikes it's almost been 3 years!

8 Things I did yesterday:
1. Slept in!
2. Cleaned my house.
3. Ate Chick Fil A, Yum!
4. Went to my mom's for some rain and a little sun
5. Hung out with the family
6. Went down to the Tomme's house with lots of friends and family!
7. Instead of beer, Amorey and I enjoyed orange slices and water :)
8. I was asleep by 10:00

8 Things I wish I could do:
1. More exercising, I am just too tired right now!
2. Snap my fingers and my classroom would be ready for summer!
3. Go on a shopping spree!
4. Clean out my closet for our upcoming garage sale, but it's too soon!
5. Get paid twice a month.
6. Grow my hair out faster!
7. Get my roots done, not for a few more weeks!
8. Come up with better lesson plans, some weeks I am just not creative!

8 Shows I watch:
1. The Biggest Loser
2. Chopped
3. The Bachelorette
4. Rules of Engagement
5. Dancing with the Stars
6. Two and a Half Men
7. Real Housewives of Orange County


8 Bloggers I follow:
1. Jenn
2. Megan
3. Molly
4. Erin
5. Leah
6. Amanda

I am pretty new to the blogging world, who else blogs?!

Well it has become official news people!! Josh and I are going to be bringing a little one into this world come January! I am so excited I cannot stop smiling!! We found out last sunday and we decided to keep it a secret ALL week so that we could tell the entire family at once on friday night. Josh's dad came into town as well my aunt and uncle from Houston. (They were in town for my cousins college graduation.) So Josh and I schemed a plan...we created a dinner around our "little" surprise! We have such a close family and we are always looking for a chance to get together! So everyone thought we were just having a dinner with all of the out of towners! Little did they know they were in for a BIG surprise!

We arrived at my parents house around 6:45 or so and I was busting at the seams to shout it out right then...however we were missing one special person, my DAD! I could not do it without him there. He was at a friends house helping him with his pool. So the longer I waited and the more anxious I got, I mean I have kept the secret all week!! So finally my dad pulls into the driveway and my heart begins to race. That's when I tell Josh "we have got to do this now!" So we tell our mom's that they need to open their mother's day gift to get it out of the way, so we can eat dinner. We present the presents at the same time and hand our mother's their cards first. At this point I am just waiting for the yells!!!! And soon enough they both figure it out!! We had placed a picture inside each card that said Baby Gray is on the way! We are pregnant!! And it had a picture of my positive pregnancy test! FINALLY it was out and I was shaking! My mom and mother in law were bouncing up and down screaming and crying! It was so exciting! One of the coolest moments of my life! So now my mom is going to be a double grandma, my brother and Amorey are having a little bundle of joy in October! Lynda my mother in law is thrilled as this will be her first grandbaby! My sister in law Amy heard the news and she bought Baby Gray his/her first ATM shirt! So sweet! So everyone keep praying for a healthy FULL term Baby!!

For the last 3 weeks my crazy dog has been interrupting my sleep! Most of you know I LOVE my sleep, so this has been SUPER frustrating. You are probably thinking it is a good thing you don't have a baby right now, and I would say that is different! We are talking about my dog here people! The fam goes to sleep all together each night. Then around the time of 1-3 am Ellie decides she has had enough sleep and she wants to sit, yes sit in the middle of the yard. She loves to stargaze??! So instead of getting off of the bed and crying at the door, she walks back and forth across our feet. Who do you think eventually notices and gets up?? Me of course! So I get up and stumble to the door while she happily flies off the bed rearing to go. When this all first began I would sit sleepily by the back door to see if she would come back in. Now, with no remorse I shut and lock the door and tell her I will see her in the morning. That is until this morning...As usual I let her out at 1 am and head back to bed only to hear a faint dog cry at 3 am. That's right she had figured out where my window was and she was crying right beside my bed! So once again I have to feel my way through the dark living room to let my whiny dog in!

This is all so ironic because I have NEVER been a dog lover. I still feel that way, I don't like other dogs I just LOVE my Ellie and of course my nephew Tye.

p.s. It pisses me off when I get home from work and Ellie is exhausted! I will post some pics of my sleepy (during the day) dog later.