2009 Wrap Up

So I thought I'd take a moment to look back on the interesting...and maybe some uninteresting...things that happened in our life in 2009. Here goes:

• After what seemed like an eternity, Clint got his BA degree from the University of Utah

• We remodeled the master bathroom

• Clint ran a half marathon for the first time




• We found out we were FINALLY having a baby




• We went on a fun, relaxing trip to San Diego, CA






• Clint had LASIK eye surgery done. Say goodbye to glasses and contacts!
• We planted a tree in our front yard! (I have been wanting to put something in that huge open space for so long and finally got around to convincing Clint to plant it. It will probably be big enough by the time we decide to move out of the house!)

I realized Clint did A LOT of things this year and while I was there supporting him, I didn't really accomplish a whole lot. So 2010 is MY year to make some things happen!

We are having a girl!

No, we aren't having a girl. That title was to get all the women that read this blog (2 I think) that happy little feeling that all women get when they think of little baby dolls, err girls.

Emily and I went to the doctor last week to find out what gender the baby was. After a 35 minute wait in the room, Emily pulled up her shirt and got "gelled" up (In case you haven't caught on, I like to make things sound more extreme or edgy than they really are). The Dr started moving the Ultra Sound Wand thingy around and both Emily and I thought we saw a weenier. To be fair though, we could have been looking at the ultrasound of a Big Mac and it would probably look the same to me.

Finally, the Dr stopped looking at the lining or whatever he was looking at and he went on the ball(s) hunt. It only took a second before he declared that we could keep the baby because it would be a boy. We both got really excited and hugged each other....we couldn't really believe it was real. I honestly would have been thrilled regardless of the gender, but I always teased Emily that if it was a girl that I would just let the baby stay inside her for a bit until it grew his bits and bops.

After a few seconds of joy, I started to remember the horror stories I have heard about Dr's mis-identifying the gender. Somewhat tentatively I asked the Dr how sure he was about the gender. The look he gave me strangely resembled the look Emily gives me whenever she walks into a room and catches me doing a strange Egyptian version of the Robot or some other strange dance. He told me that he was sure.

So, there it is. We are having a boy! The next logical question people ask us is always "Have you thought of names?" Yup

Ishmael Jamal Cunningham has a nice ring to it doesn't it?