Name and Number, please

This weekend marked 20 weeks into this pregnancy.  Twenty weeks = Half Way Point.  Whaaaaaaaaaat??  It hardly seems possible that we are already half-way through this process.  And it scares me because I haven't done ANYTHING to prepare for this baby!!!  Well, that's not entirely true...we have done some brainstorming and have talked about a lot...but haven't actually DONE anything! Oh well.  It will happen.

Twenty weeks means it is time for some belly "bump" (if you want to call it that...it is more like a full-fledged pregnant belly!) pictures. This month, we were on the road again. Josh ended up getting us last-minute tickets to see NCAA playoff games in Louisville. It was insanely hard to pass up this opportunity: both our alma maters in the NCAA tourney, back-to-back games, only 4 hours away.  For some serious basketball fans, it was on like donkey kong! (as the college kids say...or said way back when)  At first I wasn't feeling the expense or spontaneity of the situation, but then I was reminded how very rare this situation was...and how you only live once! :)  Twenty week pics were taken in Owensboro when we dropped Keagan off at Gama and Poppy's for the day. 

In other baby news....sweet Baby Boy #2 has a name!! We finally settled/agreed on something and we are so very excited about the uniqueness.  Keagan's brother will be Finley James Owens. Finley means fair-headed/blonde warrior.  I love this because (by sheer coincidence!) it kinda goes with Keagan's name, which means small, fiery thinker and is also Irish in origin.  Josh is pretty set on shortening Finley to "Finn" which I like a whole lot, but I have been calling him Finley.  So I guess it will all pan out once he's born!

Now back to the NCAA tournament...a definite highlight of our week...possible year! (no, seriously.)  Josh and I absolutely love March Madness.  I wouldn't say it is all-encompassing of our lives, but we do our best to fit our schedules around the basketball games on television.  Honestly, I never dreamed we would get to go to a tournament game, let alone two games of schools that we love.  So when we got tickets we went all-out! 

Tassie and Joey were also up in Louisville for the games, so we met them for a drink (or, in my case, some cake) before the game.  Check out Tassie's toes...you know you're die-hard when you get a pedicure and pick UK blue polish! :)

BEHOLD!  Our tickets!!  Little did we know when we bought these (the day BEFORE) just how spectacular our seats would be.  We were TEN rows up from the court.  NO JOKE.  We about crapped when we realized how lucky we were.  Can we say Cloud 9???  I don't think the grins left our faces the whole 5+ hours we were there!

Because the games were in Kentucky, we ran into a bunch of people we knew from school...either from MSU or from UK.  It was really neat!  I managed to get some pics with a few people I knew were going...the others we ran into were just luck!  The first pic is with my friend, Jenny, from PT school.  It was fun to catch up with her before the games.  Then we met up with Stephanie and Christian, sorority sisters from MSU, and Steph's fiance Jason. It was lots of fun, but we didn't have enough time to socialize at half-time...quick hugs, quick catch-ups, and a quick picture...die-hard fans can't miss the game!  So good to see you all!  See you in Atlanta?  New Orleans??

By the time UK played (they were the second game) the arena looked like Rupp Arena...a literal sea of blue. Iowa State fans were severely out-numbered, out-cheered, and the team was out-played. Darn their luck.  Because we were cheering for two different teams, we had to do a t-shirt quick-change between games. 

So much fun.  I told Josh I am ready to go to Atlanta now to watch the Cats play Indiana.  That's this coming weekend.  He didn't seem so sure, but you never know!!  Thursday morning there wasn't even a thought in our minds to go to these games...but it happened!  Sadly, MSU didn't win...but they played their hearts out and gave us a wonderful game to watch.  UK won.  And we are hoping they will win it all.  Who knows...I might even be going to New Orleans for that game.  This new found spontaneity makes me think we can do anything!!