Today's the Day...

How am I feeling 3 hours before finding out what "kind" of baby we're having (as Brantley humorously put it last night)? Such a mixture of feelings! Nervous, anxious, excited, happy. You get so caught up in the few previous weeks that you only think about what gender your baby is. The last couple of days have been more about I hope that everything checks out okay and it is developing the way it's supposed to. That's when the nervous feeling kicks in. Anyways, wanted to say thanks to those that voted on the gender poll and let everyone know before the big announcement that I voted BOY. There are a few reasons, but I think it's funny that 2 of my friends who are pregnant now with boys voted boy. So we will soon find out! Can't wait to write my next post (whenever that may be)...stay tuned!

Day of the "big" dr. visit and 18 and 1/2 weeks

Oh and did I mention...

We bought a new car! It's what I call my cute mommy car. I am super excited and have loved driving it the whole 1 day I've had it! It is going to be so wonderful to have for many years to come. I chose something this big because, as Brantley tells me, "You will be driving this car forever..."which means at some point I will be toting 2 kids around. I have loved these cars for a while and was so happy and grateful I was able to actually get one. It's not a new Pilot, but it is to me! I feel so grown up driving it around and will really feel like it's a mom car when my baby is in the back seat. I absolutely LOVE it! Here are some pics...

Family Christmas #2

The weekend before Christmas my mom's side of the family made it up to Nashville from Mississippi. It was great seeing them! My cousin, her husband, and kids got to come too. They had not been here before. Well, my cousin has but it has been a really long time and not since my parents or B and I moved here. Also, another cousin I only see once or so a year was able to join us from Kentucky. We did so many fun things and it was nice to catch up with everyone.

Grandparents

Opening their Great-Grandchild picture frame (see next post to get the details) and Loveless Cafe Strawberry jam and biscuit mix.

Opryland Hotel at Christmas!!!

Tatum, Mimi, Mom, and Erin

Adorable Tripp (Tatum's son)

The Cousins

Huge Christmas Tree

B and Me (17 Weeks)

We also went to see ICE. B and I have been twice before, but this year it was a different show and the theme was Charlie Brown. It was so cute! If you live near Nashville and you have kids (or even if you don't) this is a really fun thing to do at Christmas time. Everything you see is an ice sculpture.

The ICE slide (I took pics this year instead of sliding!)

Mom making her way down the ice.

In Snoopy's doghouse

I loved all of the cute characters!

"It's cooooold in here!"

The nativity scene they have at the end every year.

*Be sure and check out the other new posts below!*

Family Christmas #1

Two weeks ago we celebrated Christmas with my dad's side of the family. Most of them were able to come to Nashville for the weekend. We ate at the yummy Loveless Cafe, opened gifts, went to downtown Franklin to the Charles Dickens Festival, and went to Opry Mills and ate at the Aquarium restaurant. (This was not what we were going to Opryland to do, but it's where we ended up and that's a whole other story!) Overall, it was a very nice weekend with the family. It's always nice having them in Nashville to do fun Nashville things and just relax.

Loveless Cafe

Bring on the baby presents! My aunt and cousin gave us our baby's 1st Tennessee t-shirt. So cute! Of course if it's a boy the pink one will be returned, but they thought if it is a girl the pink is really cute! This was definitely Brantley's favorite gift (said with sarcasm). I was not surprised at all that this is what they gave us. This side of the family are huge Tennesse fans...the baby will be looking good on game days!

We got our grandparents a picture frame with our first ultrasound pic in it. The bottom says:

Great-Granchildren

Little people who take up your whole heart.

(at least that's as close as I can get without having one in my possession anymore)

Either way I loved these frames and was so excited I found them.

Downtown Franklin- Charles Dickens Christmas Festival

This was a really neat festival in my favorite place in Nashville. They have people dressed up as characters from A Christmas Carol walking around on Main St. and have so much deliciously smelling food, shops, and tents set up for people selling their own products. I want to remember this for next year. I will definitely go again!

Callie (cousin) and Me

The Aquarium

B, Bella, and Me (16 weeks)

*Don't miss the post below...it's new too!*

Christmas Decorations (Better Late Than Never)

How terrible is it that I'm FINALLY posting pics of my house decorated for Christmas...3 days after Christmas! Oh well. I was sooo busy the past few weeks (as you will see in my next few posts) that this was not on the top of the list. But I still wanted to share them with everyone. Enjoy!

Watching Elf and drinking hot chocolate...something I found through facebook status updates

everyone seems to do now. It was fun anyways!

Finished Product

(Bella was sad she destuffed Santa Clause!)

Tree Topper~Mom bought a bow maker and this was the first bow we made!

It turned out beautiful! Thanks Mom.

A few of the bows I made. I really like how they turned out and had fun making them.

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way...

My cute Snowman and Sled Salt & Pepper shakers