What's in a name?

   For the past four, four and half years I have been picking boys and girls names for my kids. OK, OK I'll be honest, I have been picking kids names my whole life! What can I say, I love kids! I have had the same girl name picked out for the past 5 years. Peyton. In the last two years we made the name final, "Peyton Justine Foster" aka "PJ". If and when I have another baby, and it's a girl, it's pretty much done.
  
   Boy names were a little harder for us to agree on. Greg doesn't like boy names that start with E....random, I know! Neither one of us really wanted him to be a junior. So the only name we had agree on in the past 5 years was Gavin. Once it became real, that we had to pick a boy name in case our baby was a boy we really focused on the meaning of boy names. I found the name Matthew which meant "Gift of God" Greg liked it, but I could tell that he wasn't 100% sold on it. So we kept looking but never really found anything.

                                     ** Our testimony to God's faithfulness **

                                             By: Greg Foster - The Daddy!

About five or six years ago when we set out to start our family, my mom bought us a picture of two hands holding a baby. We have had this picture hanging in our various homes throughout the years. During these years we have had 3 miscarriages in our attempt to have a child. About a year ago we found out that Nikia had a blood clotting issue and she needed to take shots prior to conceiving and during the pregnancy. In April we found out we were pregnant for the 4th time, and have now made it to almost 20 weeks. During this time we were picking out girl and boy names. We decided upon Peyton if it was a girl and Matthew if it was a boy. Matthew means "Gift of God". One day Nikia looked at the picture my mom gave us many years ago and noticed there was a tiny engraved placard. The placard read "Gift from God". When we saw it we had chills and a reverence for God's planning that we didn't have before. I knew then we were having a boy and that we had chosen the perfect name. We found out on August 11th, yep it is a boy!!! God is amazing!

We are naming our baby boy Matthew James Foster
Matthew - Gift of God
James - after my father

  

I have a son!!

I have a son! I love the way that sounds! On Thursday, August 11, 2011, I went to the doctor for a sonogram. I had my husbands hand in mine, my moms hand on my arm, and my mother-n-law by my side. The nurse first showed us all his main organs. She told me that my babies head, brain, heart, spine, and stomach all looked PERFECT. Perfect was music to my ears. My baby had no health concerns. That is all that mattered to me. Remember, I take 7 pills, and one shot a day to make sure my baby gets what he needs. When I heard everything looks great, it made all the pills and shots worth it!!

These are all the things I take everyday to make sure my little man gets what he needs!

After the nurse told us that our baby looked perfect, she asked us if we wanted to know the sex of our baby. We all said "YES!!!" She said, "OK, well what does everyone think?" All the women in the room said, "GIRL!" Daddy didn't say anything, his eyes were just glued to the screen! :) I told the nurse, "Daddy thinks its a boy." She then responded with, "Daddy is right, ITS A BOY!" It was the best sentence I have ever heard. I think I immediately became a Mommy in that moment. I started to cry and laugh all at the same time. It was a feeling like I had never felt before.

She proceeded to tell us that she knew he was a boy right away. She said it was the first thing he wanted us to see. My poor baby, I have been referring to him as a girl for almost 20 weeks!! Guess he said, "I'll show you mom!"

I am so in love already <3