And Baby Makes...4!!!

I imagine that most of you have heard this news already, but I'll make it official by posting to my blog. We are expecting! Mason will be a big brother!

I am 15 weeks now, and my due date is July 27, which is also Graem's birthday! We couldn't be more thrilled about the new addition to our family. When I was pregnant with Mason, we decided not to find out the baby's gender until delivery...this time around, we will find out via ultrasound on March 5.

To make this more exciting, we just found out last week that Rob & Kelli (my brother & sister-in-law) are also expecting! I finally get to be an aunt! I'm so happy that our children will be so close in age. Mason has been in the limelight as the only grandchild on both sides of the family, before long he'll have a new sibling and a new cousin!

Check out Mason's t-shirt, borrowed from Jay Brown. If you can't see the words, it says "I'm the Big Brother!"

Trip to Blowing Rock

Wow -- time flies! I can't believe I haven't posted anything to the blog since December. We had a great time in Blowing Rock, NC this past weekend with the Maryanskis, Mathews and Gibsons. I hope you enjoy the pictures from our trip...thanks to Ashley for some of the pictures!

The children...Cooper, Leah and Mason. This is unbelievable, but Mason is older than Cooper by one day, and he is older than Leah by 364 days! Their birthdays are right in a row -- Leah's is 9/15/08, Mason's is 9/16/07 and Cooper's is 9/17/07!

Miss Leah...what a sweetie!

Graem and Mason on the mile-high swinging bridge at Grandfather Mountain The three (or four, to be perfectly accurate) of us

Graem and Mason with Ski and Baby Leah

Back at the cabin playing one of MANY games of Phase 10
Who needs toys when you can play with an empty beer box?

There's room for 2! Harper the beagle looks like she wants to check out the fun...

Operation Christmas Card

Christmas card time really snuck up on me this year! I got about half of my cards out early last week. The remaining cards went in the mail yesterday...hopefully all of our out-of-state friends will get theirs before Christmas! Here are some of the cute shots that I got in the process...

Rub a Dub Dub -- Mason in the Tub!

Later in life Mason will be astounded that I put "bath time" pictures of him on the world wide web for all to see. However, as you can see, the pictures are just too cute not to post! This child LOVES the water!

Announcing...the Colonial Life Arena!

So in case you didn't know, Colonial has changed its name from Colonial Supplemental Insurance to Colonial Life. Therefore, the former Colonial Center is now the Colonial Life Arena! I know...it is all so technical. And hasn't the road that the Colonial office is on always been called Colonial Life Boulevard??? Thank goodness it was never Colonial Supplemental Insurance Boulevard! What a mouthful!

I digress...to celebrate the new name, Colonial had a party for employees and their families at the newly christened arena. Cocky, the cheerleaders, the new basketball coaches, basketball players, face painters, etc. were all in attendance!

Justin & Sally's Pumpkin Carving Party

I know I'm hijacking the pictures from my friend's parties...first the McCarty's shower and now the Brown's pumpkin carving/costume party...but the photos are too good not to share!
Graem and I tag-teamed our jack-o-lantern this year. We were pleased with the results of our bat pumpkin, but it was not really up to par with some of the others. Although we did not win a prize for our pumpkin, I'm proud to announce that I won the Ladies' Costume Contest with my impersonation of Sarah Palin! Graem and Mason did a Star Wars theme...Graem was Luke Skywalker and Mason was Chewbacca.

It's Raining Presents!

We had the pleasure of co-hosting a baby shower for our good friends the McCartys this past weekend. Baby Ruth Ann really racked up with lots of goodies! I especially enjoyed meeting some of Tara's friends from Auburn that I've heard so much about. I thought I'd share some of the pictures from the party...

Grandmama Becker and Mama Tara

Arch surveying Ruth Ann's stash of goods!

Spencer is great with children -- he has had lots of practice for his new role as big brother!

Sally, Tara, me & Auralee: hostesses and guest of honor!