the man of the house has spoken...

... actually, 'screeched' would be the more appropriate term. anyway, we decided today to do the name thing and let cole pick. we each chose our three favorites and stuck them in one of cole's bowls so that he could choose... the first one out of the bowl was the one we'd go with. trust me when i say that there is no gloating involved here, but cole chose "madison", one of my picks. even though this is the most fair way to go about settling on a name, i still feel guilty that it wasn't one of kelvin's choices! but hey- rules are rules. if she's born looking nothing like a madison, then we'll pick something else, but for now, madison it is!

cole picking the winner...

yes, there is another name under the scribble. i had originally had "riley" as one of my picks, but then replaced it with madison.

taking pieces of paper out of the bowl was SO much fun, we had to let the 'game' continue. i love the look of confusion on cole's face as he stares at the bottom of his empty bowl. silly kid!

AND... since it's been a long time since the last belly shot, here y'all are. almost 27 weeks. thanks to elissa for lending me a few of her really cute maternity tops... great taste, sa-sa! anyway, a name and a belly shot; this post has it all. ha. i should probably add that cole is still his cranky, boogery self to top it off. at least he's not constantly dripping anymore- he's graduated to thick nasty stuff, and his voice is a bit scratchy, so he's still obviously not feeling the best (as if his attitude didn't tip us off. what a crab) and hopefully it won't be long before he's on the mend. at least there's no fever or anything. would i be a terrible mommy to say that a little lethargy on his part wouldn't be all bad at the moment? i'm pooped... he's full of energy, as usual, but totally irritable and dissatisfied with just about everything. not a good combo. on the up-side, though, he's doing a lot more walking around! way cool... :)

(in case anyone wants to know, the other choices for names were as follows: payton, danielle and hailey for kelvin's picks and hadley and marley for my other two... just fyi!)