The 4 foot tall Giraffe!!

We celebrated Jeremy's dad's birthday on Wednesday, August 15th. Pop Yates turned the big 51. We went to Fort Smith and ate dinner at Logan's with Don, Becky and Grandmother. Of course we needed dessert so we went to the Marble Slab for some ice cream.

Next door to the Marble Slab is a new children's shoe store that also sells some toy items. When we got out of the car, Don said "hey look at the big giraffe in the window." And there it was - a 4 foot tall stuffed giraffe!!

I made the remark about how I had a 4 foot tall giraffe in my room when I was a baby. Jeremy and I continued to window shop and went into the Marble Slab followed by Becky and Grandmother. In the meantime, the shop owner comes out to speak with Don about the 4 foot tall giraffe.

When we came outside to eat our ice cream at our table, there was the giraffe sitting next to Don!! Addie's very own 4 foot tall giraffe just like mine. If a child can convince her grandpa to buy her a huge giraffe and she is not even here yet, we are wondering what kind of stuff she is going to convince him to buy her when she is actually here!!!

The Baby Bed is Here!!

The baby bed finally arrived on Thursday. It is a converter crib so it will be a toddler bed and then a full size bed. Her furniture is going to be black.

Putting together the baby bed involved a lot of help from a 60 pound Boxer. Bella is convinced that everything in Addie's room belongs to her.

We also received the matching dresser with the changing table however, that is at Mom's house.

Thanks to Grammy and Poppy for the bed!!

Thanks to Great Aunt George, Great Aunt Carter, and Great Aunt Beanie aka, Bev, Carla and Bettye for the dresser/changing table!!

The Morrison Shower

Well we have had our first shower and Adalynn received so much great stuff already!!!

She is going to have so many clothes. We received a great assortment of gifts.

We are taking a VOTE "IE" vs. "Y"

Okay so originally we had decided that Adalynn would be called Addie or Addy. I let Jeremy decided how to spell Adalynn and how he wanted to spell her nickname. He thought that Addie was cute and girly.

However, in agreement with Tracie, everyone is spelling it with a "y" instead of with an "ie." Tracie recommended this because her whole life everyone misspelled her name and would spell it with a "y."

So now it is up to you!! Please leave us your opinion on the "y" vs. "ie"

Registry and Showers

We have finally completed our registry.

So for those of you who live out of town and wanted to know, we registered at Target and at WalMart. If you order gifts online, they will ship them to us so that you out-of-towners don't have to worry about shipping it twice.

Our larger items are on an online site at www.goores.com


www.target.com

www.walmart.com

You can go to Target or WalMart and print the registry in the store. If you shop online you will have to click on registry and then type in our names.

Caution: there are multiple Andrea Yates' so make sure you choose Jeremy and Andrea Yates

So far the only confirmed shower is the Morrison Shower which will be held August 18th.

Thanks for your thoughtfulness during this time in our lives!!

The Name: Adalynn McKinley

We always liked the name Addison. However, Addison seems to be kind of trendy and a name with growing popularity. So we decided to look at some related names. The name Adalynn or Addilynn came up. I loved it instantly, Jeremy was not so sold on it.

Jeremy's middle name is Lynn and his dad's middle name is Lynn. I don't hate the name Lynn but it was never a name that I thought we would use. So when the spelling Adalynn came up, I thought that was a great way to have her name have meaning without actually naming her after someone. There are actually a lot of family members with similar names. Jeremy has a great aunt named Addie. He also had another great aunt named Ada, his other great grandma's sister.

Then there comes McKinley. McKinley originally comes from Jeremy's great grandpa, Oscar McKinley Yates. Jeremy and his dad, Don were both very close to grandad Yatesy. We have always liked his middle name. This is also the middle name of Jeremy's uncle Ronnie and his cousin Casey. We decided to use it as a middle name that way if anyone else in the family wanted to use it they still could!

When you put both names together you get: Adalynn McKinley

If she happens to be a he, we are in a lot of trouble because there is no backup plan or name.

Addie's Puppies

These are Addie's puppy dogs!! When we were at the model home, they learned to sit in lawn chairs. I think it is absolutely precious. Bigby is on the left and Bella on the right.

Bigby is our six and half year old male Boston Terrier. He is very spoiled and has had to adapt to a new sister, Bella, a new house and now a baby. I really think that he will ignore Addie when she gets here but I am not sure.

Bella is our seven month old Boxer puppy. She cracks us up. She is a very fast learner and is very loyal to Jeremy. I think that she will be very jealous of Addie. She is very nosy and has to be the center of everything. Her newest trick is drinking out of the toilet.

Both of our dogs are very sweet and love ice cream and hamburgers!! Which they only get in the summer time. They too can't wait for Adalynn to get here.