The Luckiest No Matter What!

How we Came up with Nolan Gerard and Judah Matthew   As you are probably all aware, Josh and I did not find out the gender or our twins.  One piece of the fun in that was knowing we would need to be armed and ready with two boys names, two girls names, and four middle names.  We have been talking about what to name our future children since before we were even dating so we did have some ideas before getting serious.  However, in January, we were trying to decide how to go about figuring out the possible names our our babies.  Because Josh and I both have a love for games and competition, we decided to make it fun.  Using our own smart brains and a book of names, we decided to do a bracket of sorts to narrow down names.  Josh picked a group of names, boy and girl, and so did I. Throughout the weeks, we would do 'matchups.'  Names would move on because of the powers of persuasion, because of rankings, or because we both happened to like the same name so that name would ge

1. March 16th~ Friend Shower (30 weeks, 4 days) In December, as my friend Corey was chatting with my mom as her very strong adorable baby was in the NICU, she brought the idea up to me about when I might want to have a baby shower.  My initial reaction was neither kind nor excited, but one of pure terror.  I CAN'T PLAN THAT FAR IN ADVANCE I told her.  I was appreciative for the offer yes, and it meant a lot to me, but I am going day by day.  I can't conceive of the idea of planning ahead for these babies; too risky, too scary.  She continued to bring it up, nicely, throughout the coming weeks.  She threw out a date to me, March 16th, that worked for her, my family, and other friends (Eileen and Tasha) who were going to help throw the shower.  Again, my reaction was not socially appropriate for normal pregnant people.  I would only be 30 weeks then...I can't be having people buy things for these twins that early!!!  How about June, after they're born, or May, or end o