It's a...

BOY!!

Can you tell?? haha..



Here is the outline of his little face..oh so cute!


His name will be Knox William..named after my Great Grandfather Philander Knox Smartt... (everyone called him Knox or P.K.) better known as PawPaw..He was so dear to me and I miss him so much. I know he would be soo happy to know that I'm naming my son after him. The name William comes from Chad's, Mom's late Father. I know he was a great man and I'm sure he would be so proud to know we name our son after him as well.

I'm halfway done with this pregnancy and I can't wait for December to get here!

I woke up this morning and thought it was going to be a great day! ...Until I got on the scale...How in the world do you gain 3 lbs in 3 days?

I'm trying really hard to keep my weight gain at a minimum, b/c I was already overweight to begin with. I work out everyday and I watch what I eat. (I could do better, it's just hard when your pregnant and hungry all the time) I'm just really frustrated right now.

On a happy note..I get to find out what I'm having tomorrow at 1:00...YAY!! :)

...And...My Momma gets back from Utah today..she's been gone for 2 weeks!!

Job Update and Maternity clothes:

I am overcome with Gratitude for my Heavenly Father today. No, we didn't get the dream job we've been waiting for. But..i remember about a month ago, praying and pleading, begging the Lord to help us find a job that was in this area. I remember crying, no, bawling and telling Him that I needed Chad home, I wanted my family back. I prayed for a long time. Well, a few weeks later my prayers were answered.

Chad was home for the weekend, we were pulling out of the Wal-mart parking lot, when we saw a man from our ward, we waved and kept driving, but he waved us down. We stopped and he told Chad that he should come work with him. I don't think Chad would have decided to try the job if this man hadn't done this. It is the same company my Dad works for, Best Choice Roofing. My Dad had tried to convince Chad to work with him before. Well Chad decided to do it, it is 100% commission. BUT...it's really easy. He just asks people if they would like a free roof inspection, and then he works with their insurance company to get them a new roof. All the customer has to pay is the deductible. Nice huh? (We just got a new roof a few months ago for $200, Anyone want a free roof inspection? ;) He is doing well so far and Oh I am soo grateful that he is home now. SOO grateful!

I get to find out what the baby is in a week 1/2!! YAY! I'm so excited about this! Couldn't be more thrilled!!! I am so excited about this baby. I love him or her already. I still get headaches everyday, but other then that, I feel great!

Umm..is it hard for ya'll to find cute maternity clothes? Blegh. Target used to have cute stuff..what happened? It's so sad. With 4 weddings (it was 5, one got cancelled) it has been extremely difficult finding cute, inexpensive dresses to buy, plus they have to match the wedding colors..I guess.... Here are a few cute things I have seen, I can only order them online and I'm kind of leery of doing that. I just can't afford them all anyways!! ;)

Nordstroms:(my favorite)


Shabby Apple:


A Pea in the Pod:


Gap:


Some Maternity website..if you want to know where..just ask and i'll do some digging and find it for you!


Target: (online exclusive)


Where do you shop for Maternity clothes?

The 4th & Owen's Birthday!

For Owen's birthday present we took him to see Toy Story 3 as a family, which is a real treat b/c we hardly ever go to the movies.

We went the Friday before his Birthday.

On the 4th we played with with firecrackers.


Went to Church.



Went to Gammy & Gampaw's for a yummy dinner. This is Gampaw playing "superman" with both kids.

op..there goes Owen.


Momma & Hallie


Went home and played with Sparklers!!


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Then we watched fireworks from our front porch. I was very impressed with the quality of the fireworks our neighbors bought. They must of spent 1000s of dollars because the fireworks were better then many of the fireworks shows I've been to. I really enjoyed it.

We weren't having Owen's birthday party until the 9th (his is the 5th) So I wanted to do something special for him. Chad went to Krispy Kreme that morning while he was still asleep to get him a donut. He woke up and came and got into bed with me. I told him someone was coming...
"What is it?"

"YAY!!"

"Blow out the Candle!"


His Mimi & Granddavid came from Cookeville and brought him a train table!


We asked Owen where he wanted to go for lunch..he said, "Chinese!" Chad and I were both surprised by this, he's never said that before..but Chad convinced him to pick CiCi's (we got him chinese for dinner)


Then Aunt Candi took him to Target to let him pick out a present, this is what he chose:


Later Gammy brought Owen some cupcakes!


Owen's party!








Thanks to everyone that came! We had a blast

Later this week Owen got a package in the mail from his Grandmama it had a gift card in it..he picked this:

Audrey & Spencer

My brother Spencer just got married a few weeks ago to Audrey. I love her and I'm so grateful to have her as part of the family now! I was able to take their engagement pictures..it was so fun! Here are a few of my favorites!










We had a "Panty Party" for Audrey at Demos' in Murfreesboro, It was way fun! Especially when a group of Elderly people came in, sat at the table next to us and pretended not to watch her open her Langerie gifts lol.




Chad threw Spencer a tool party. We have started to watch the Cake Boss, I think Chad is secretly jealous of Buddy's talent and wants to be just like him, j/k, but he did make Spencer's cake all by himself, using fondant. I thought it was really cute. All the guys LOVED it.

I took the picture before he wrote "Spencer's Tool Party" on the banner.

I love how Hallie's bottom hangs out of her bathing suit. It's so dang cute.


Spencer and Audrey planned their wedding in 2 months! They wanted to get married before he left for the Marines. Here are a few pictures from the wedding.




Kid Table, let's just say AWESOME! They had tons of treats, a guy making balloon animals, crayons, markers etc. My kids stayed in that corner most of the reception..it was way nice.