Valentine's Day, Being Sick, and a Name

Nasty Cold
So I'll start with the fact that I've been very ill for a week now. I never really understood just HOW much medicine helps to cope with being sick...until now when I can't have anything but Sudafed! I'm afraid I've had a pretty bad week. I had mid-terms at BYU and barely got any sleep trying to study for them. On Thursday I couldn't breathe and ended up waking up at 3 am. I was so miserable in my night class that I burst into tears and ran to the bathroom. Talk about embarrassing. I ended up staying in the bathroom until class was over. I'm still sick, and two nights ago I must have slept funny because I have a horrible ache in my shoulder muscle. HORRIBLE. This is the worst cold I've ever had in my life. I slept until 3 Sunday afternoon though, so that's good because I haven't been getting much sleep. My house has been a total disaster area. I haven't done laundry or dishes for a week! Paul cleaned up while I was sleeping. He's such a sweetheart. I'm hoping to get beyond the muscle aches and something done today since I have the day off.

Valentine's Day!
I woke up early and made Paul some heart shaped pancakes with whipped cream and strawberries before he had to go to work. I went back to bed. When I woke up Paul was just getting home. He brought me some chocolates, and a beautiful potted Daffodil plant. He's getting much better at more romantic gifts. LOL. Last year for Valentine's day he told me that we were going someplace special only to take me to church distribution for some underwear and scriptures. NOT what I was expecting.
He let me sleep for a few more hours before we got up to go to dinner. I've had this craving for pizza for days and we ended up at the Pie Pizzeria in Salt Lake. After that we went to Trolly Square and looked at rings. When we got married he felt bad that I couldn't get something bigger. I didn't care since I wanted to marry him more than I wanted a ring, but he said that after he graduates he wants to buy me a new one. He's still two years away from graduation, but I think he was just trying to make me happy. Who doesn't like looking at sparkly rings?? Then it was off to ice cream at Cold Stone before heading home. It was nice to get out of Utah county and spend time with my hubby. I love him :)

A Name!
We finally agreed on a name! James Rodney Phalen. James is his Grandpa's middle name (for those of you that don't know, his Grandparents raised him so he's like a father to him) and Rodney is of course my dad's first name. We knew we were going to use my dad's name from the beginning, but deciding on a first name took us a little while. Baby James is kicking harder every day. We've been getting things ready for his arrival, but we still have so much preparation! I've been trying to pick things off craigslist to save money and have found some great deals. I just can't believe how much stuff is needed for a new baby! In any case, we are both really excited.

It's a Boy!

The doctor's appointment went great. We were both pretty nervous about finding out. I think mostly because it's going by so fast and it makes it that much more real. We don't have any names picked out. We've been so busy and the few names that we've tossed around we haven't agreed on. We decided to not bother coming up with names for both genders, so now that we know what we're having, we need to buckle down!
Ok, so the baby was moving around like crazy! He kept kicking and punching, but was very stubborn about the position he was in. He had his face planted towards my spine and really didn't want to roll over to let us get a profile of him. He rolled over once really fast, puched his little arms, and rolled right back. So all of the pictures we got were "crotch" pictures.
I love having an LDS doctor! He was talking about how this little guy had chosen us and that he had done all that he had to to get down here. It's really significant to think how far Paul has come in the gospel so quickly, and now he will have a son to pass the priesthood onto one day. It's an amazing feeling!
When he (the doctor) first told us it was a boy we didn't believe it. The first few months of pregnancy we knew it was a boy. Then about a month ago we both started having crazy baby dreams, and in all of our dreams the baby was a girl. So we started second-guessing our first premonition. But that soon faded away and Paul was just beaming with pride. LOL. Trust me, it was cute.
The doctor also bumped me up a week AND said that he's a pretty big baby already. Joy. I'm just glad he's healthy and strong!
Now to buy all the cutesy baby stuff!