100% sure!!!

We are finally 100% sure on the name that we will give our sweet baby!!!

Asher Niklas Atkins

We went through many many names and back and forth on a few but ended up with the BEST of all for our baby!!! We are so excited and it's becoming more and more real each day!!! We can't wait to meet Asher and hold him in our arms!!! Just in case you care, a few of the runner up's were Lennon, Gavin and Liam...in that order. I loved them all but I think Asher Atkins just flows perfectly!!! LOVE it!

Other than name browsing I've been feeling great and doing great. We just returned home from a Labor Day Weekend trip to Cleveland, OH for a long weekend to visit family I haven't seen in 16 years...since my Papa passed away! Obviously, Mike hadn't met any of that side of my family so it was great to reunite with everybody and introduce my great hubby to the family! The highlights of our trip were family tradition Bunko night, going to 'the Valley', tour of downtown by my dad, great food and definitely the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (or as the locals call it...the Rock Hall)! It was great fun and I imagine we won't wait another 16 years to go back...it'll be much sooner than that!
Oh we also went to a dive restaurant called "Close Quarters". It was sooooo good and greasy!!! It's a tiny restaurant known for their burgers, fries and wings and BOY were they good! The whole place holds MAYBE 20 people and all of the seats are centered around the bar. I swear Guy from Diners Drive-Ins & Dives needs to go there! Maybe I'll nominate them!!!!

Mike & I have been researching everything baby related including strollers, car seats, nursery themes...you name it. I think we'll register this weekend. We bought the crib bedding a couple weeks ago that we both fell in love it! Basically browns, tans and creams. Pretty neurtal but lots of textures on everything. I love it! Our theme will be Vintage Sports for the room so we are starting to put our ideas together and make it happen! My mom has already started on making a baby blanket, and a wall decor for the nursery!!! SO excited to see the final product!

I'll leave you with a pic from my vacation...

my dad, stepmom, ME & Mike