It's Baby Shower Time in TENNESSEE!!!

In early September, our TN family threw us a beautiful shower. It had a "Sweet Pea" theme - which is very special...not long after we knew we were pregnant, Brian & I were at an Amos Lee concert where he played one of our favorite songs - "Sweet Pea"! So we've always talked about our little one as our Sweet Pea!

Just want to say a special thank you to Gary & Martha (Poppy & Grammy to the baby!) for hosting the shower in their home & to Michael, Becky, Julie & Aunt Linda for all they did to create an evening where we felt everyone's excitement over the baby! It was a special night & we're so grateful for your generosity!

Here a few pictures from the evening...Top photo are Beth's parents - Ronnie & Becky; Beth & Brian; Brian's parents - Martha & Gary. At the bottom is our sister-in-law, Becky; Brian's brother, Michael; Brian's sister, Julie; & our nephew (Becky & Michael's son), Jackson is on our laps! & finally...a photo of Brian - note the fear in his face (Michael's trying to prepare Brian for fatherhood with a nice little guide!)!

The babydome!

Brian has taken to calling my belly the babydome! :-) It cracks me up every time he says it.

So...much to the disappointment of the guys who look at this blog, I'm posting additional photos of my belly. So, girls...here you go! I'll try to be better about "taking" the photos, as well as posting them.

Baby is doing well, moving ALOT...I was 31 weeks yesterday, so the single digit weekly countdown is on...9 or so weeks & counting!!! Hard to believe - as this whole pregnancy has just FLOWN by for us. We've had 2 showers so far - one in TN with Brian's family & one in NC with mine. I'll be posting those photos in the next week - so check back!

Have a wonderful weekend!
Beth

A day at the High

This fall my awesome cousin, Katie, ventured out into the college world & is now a full-time student @ Lee University in Cleveland, TN!!! Go, Katie!

The BEST part of this - as she is DEFINITIVELY one of my favorite people on earth - is that she now lives only 2 hours from us!!! The first weekend in September, Kate came for a visit & we had an awesome time - the pictures here are from a trip down to the High Museum. Dustin & Kelly Jo went with us as well!

So proud of Katie (as she's one of the most beautiful people I know - inside & out) & so THRILLED that she lives so close! Can't wait to see more of you, chica!!!

I'm wit Chingy, at the Holidae In

Friends and Family,

Well, it’s official.

I gave my two weeks notice this morning. I am ending an 8-year career in the automotive advertising industry and jumping to hotels.

No, I am not the bellhop.

I have accepted a position with an ad agency in Historic Roswell called Ogilvy Action and will be the Group Account Director on the Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express brands. You can check out the agency at www.ogilvyaction.com. I’m looking forward to this challenge but also a little nervous to start something so new to me. The agency is made up of about 25 people and they want to double that number by next year. The agency is growing like crazy and I’m excited to be a part of that.

I want to thank everybody who has been praying for me during this time and I ask that you continue to do so as I not only start this new challenge but that of being a father (which scares me more than anything). Oh yeah, speaking of scary things – since Beth has been pregnant she has developed an uncontrollable snort that happens only once daily/nightly at around 3:30am every night. It sounds like the noise the vacuum makes when accidentally sucking up a shoe. She never wakes up during it…but of course, I do. Please pray for that.

Thanks again for everything you do for the both (three) of us,

Brian

Here we grow!

Many of you have asked to see a photo of my growing belly...it's been very fun to watch my belly get bigger. Based on the way it looks, most "people" are saying that it's a boy - carrying low & out front! We'll see...Brian's still holding out hope for that little princess! The photo here was taken at 23 weeks. I'm 25 weeks today. & besides the excrutiating heat we've been experiencing here, I have no complaints about pregnancy!

The other two photos are of us at Babies-R-Us a weekend or two ago registering. Crazy Brian took the gun to everything you can imagine...he LOVED scanning all of the items. We ended up in the toy section - big surprise! :-)