A few things from nurse, I mean pirate Anna ...

First off, when boss requests a volunteer to research and write a press release about our hospital ship's latest humanitarian mission, and you are wearing a white cotton-blend maternity blouse, do not accept. Unless you are aware of the "nurse Hancock" jokes that will ensue ...

It's official. I'm as big as a house. I can't get over my reflection in the window when I walk by or in the mirror every morning! I know it's for a wonderful, wonderful reason, but man, am I wrong for disliking the clothes that resemble puffy shirts from Seinfeld or Brittney Spears at her worst? Luckily, my sister made it through this emotionally trying time and managed to find - and pass on ThankYouVeryMuch!- a bunch of really cute things. But in general, all that's left within reasonable prices are paisley-printed blends and polyester house coats making us all look like the same, pregnant woman.

So anywho, here I am in my puffy shirt resisting the urge to roll my R's when I talk or squint my left eye, and I realize, I'm well over six months pregnant! Yay!!! We decided to get a 3D/4D sonogram and on Friday, we’ve made progress on the baby registry and are making plans to visit FL for a shower and how to paint the nursery!!!!!!!!!!!!

So far, so good!

I wanted to tell everyone that we’ve pretty much decided on a name for her ...

Maddison Grace. What do you think? (leave a comment!) Others that I'm still pushing for even though the Old Man pretty much has his mind made up are Lilly, Ava, Julia, Rachel or my favorite - Nancy Grace. After my grandmother. The most amazing, almost 93-year old woman who is the Wii bowling champ in her nursing home! And if it turns out that the little girl was hiding her privates, Benjamin Riley.

So back to Maddi, we love that name! The only hang up I have is that every third child is named Madison so I had to make it different and add a D in there. And get this, after we decided we like that name, we looked into what it meant – daughter of a mighty warrior! Not to mention that it’s a former president’s name and we met in Washington, D.C. Hopefully, when we go into labor in a few months, we can make it to Bethesda which is the President’s hospital which would be cute too!

I hope everyone is doing well! We love and miss you!