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! :-)

Our baby waved to us!

It's still overwhelming - in some ways to know that we'll soon be parents, but it is starting to sink in that our whole world is about to be turned upside down. It's strange to think that after 8 years of marriage, it will no longer be just Brian & me.

We had our second ultrasound today!

At the ultrasound the baby was moving all around...the tech said he/she is a wiggle worm & she kept telling the baby to be still (wonder how many times Brian & I will use those same words to this child in the future?!?). The baby literally kept waving at us & his/her mouth was moving EVERY time we saw the face - geez, wonder which parent that comes from? Would be a total toss up, right?!? HA!

Dr & tech said everything looks great...the baby is anotomically right on schedule & doing great. The morning of July 4th (just before Brian & I launched into our first 10K!) I felt the baby move. It will apparently be a few more weeks before Brian is able to feel the baby moving - which has been disappointing to me b/c I love feeling the baby move - it really is the craziest, most amazing feeling in the world!

Thanks for your continued love & prayers for me, Brian & the baby as we embark on this journey!