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We learned that the baby is a BOY! I knew it all along.

Hopefully we will have some pictures up on the site soon, I need to get a chance to scan them in. They gave us a ton of good pictures at the last sonogram.

So, the next question everyone asks is, have you thought of any names?

And the answer is YES! We have.

Here are three of the names we currently like.

Jack Bauer Bristow
Jack Lincoln Bristow
Jack Harrison Bristow

And if you want to give us some feedback you can vote on the name you like best at:
http://www.babynamegenie.com/polls/56963

Enjoy!

It has been a while since I have provided a life update, so I thought I would take a moment and share some of the happenings in my life.

Baby Update
The baby is doing well and in two weeks we should be able to learn if the baby is a boy or a girl. I am really excited about this, and Jaime’s belly is beginning to get a bit bigger and we can occasionally feel the baby moving around. Jaime is also feeling better, has more energy and isn’t sick anymore. Yay!

Adoption Update
The process has become complicated, and I don’t really want to share all of the intricacies of how this is going on the blog, so give me a call if you are interested in hearing the ever exciting status of our future 11 year old and 13 year old (just had a birthday two days ago!) You can also follow me on http://twitter.com/jeffbristow and get frequent (literally almost daily) small updates about what is going on in my life. [with Twitter you can get the updates on your mobile phone as a text message if you want, or you can get them through a IM client, or at the Twitter website. It is a really sweet service.]

Exercise
My son and I are going to begin running this evening. I am starting the Couch-to-5k plan over again, and now I have an exercise partner, so the plan to actually lose weight and run a half marathon may still come to fruition.

Eating
I have been making poor eating choices and need to get back to watching my health. I eat when I am stressed, and life has certainly been very stressful lately, so that is my excuse of the moment for falling back into my bad eating habits.

Turning 30
Monday June 30th I turn 30 years old and have organized my own pre-birthday gathering on June 28th. To get more information about this check me out on Facebook, where this event has been organized.

On June 17th my wife and I went up to Tampa to watch the Chicago Cubs play the Tampa Bay Rays. It was an exciting game, and the place was packed with Cubs fans. I would guess 80% of everyone there was there to see the Cubs. Sadly, Tampa Bay won the game, but the Cubs fought up to the last second and had everyone on their feet in the 9th inning.

Here is a picture I took with my cell phone that shows where we were sitting, we had some good seats to see all of the action.

This past week Jaime and I bought Mario Kart Wii for the kids. The kids don’t know we have it yet, but they soon will when they see the steering wheels on the couch in the living room this weekend. So, as all parents should do we ‘tested’ the game this week. And wow, this is an amazingly addictive game. The controls using the steering wheel pull you into the game more, the tracks are visually impressive, and you can use either Go-karts or Motorcycles. And there is a multiplayer option for those times when you really want to get beat up bad by a 5 year old on the other side of the planet. ( I write from experience. )

So, in short if you are wanting some good wholesome family fun, I highly recommend Mario Kart Wii, especially since it only costs a little bit more than taking the family to see one movie at the theatre.

Baby is now at 12 weeks!

And wow, look at the change over the course of just 4 weeks.

4 Weeks Ago