Brief History

After I posted the first blog, I began to think that some people might read this that we have not talked to very recently. So I want to write a quick update of what has been going on lately in our lives.

During the first of August Kelly and I decided we needed to look into some bigger houses. We loved our little house, but both of us agreed that it was only good for two people, and we have a third member of the family coming pretty soon. So we started looking and found a house we really liked in the Long Hollow area of Goodlettsville. So we put a contract on the new house and listed our old house towards the end of August. Well it couldn't have worked out better, because we sold our house in 12 days and ended up closing on both houses on September 28th. What a blessing! So we have been getting settled into our new house now for two months, we are almost there!

We are still going to our old church in Hermitage. We were a little worried about the drive being too long, but it really isn't that much worse than from the old house. We really have lots of great friends at church.

Kelly is still working at the Hospital in Gallatin as a Dietitian. She has great maternity leave from there when Luke is born. She doesn't have to go back for four months! Lucky her! I have been working for a little over a year in downtown Nashville at Barge Waggoner Sumner and Cannon, an environmental engineering firm.

Both of our families are doing great. Kelly's brother Andrew got married this past summer and he is living in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. My brother Jim and his wife and daughter are living in Franklin, TN. Jim recently started a new job and is really enjoying it. Jon, my other brother, bought a new condo in the south Nashville area earlier this year. His roommate is one of his old childhood friends. Jon is working in Murfreesboro selling mortgages for Suntrust Bank/ Bob Parks Realty. Jon is in the process of getting his contractors license. All of our grandmothers are doing pretty good. My dad's mother, Kitty just turned 92 years old in October, she still lives at home by herself and is very self sufficient. She amazes us every day. Kelly's mom and my parents are doing great, getting ready for the grandson. Our families are truly blessed!

Going To Gatlinburg

This is my first shot at doing a blog so forgive me if it takes me a while to get it all worked out. I have been reading some friends blogs and felt like I should try to start one of my own because we have quite a bit going on in our lives right now.

We are leaving this afternoon heading to Gatlinburg for a quick last weekend trip before the holidays and even more important before Luke is born. We are planning on getting some Christmas shopping done this weekend, because we have not done a very good job with it this year because we have been so busy with other things. I am also going to watch the vols play this weekend. I think they have a pretty good shot to win because of everything that is going on with LSU (coaches, injuries, etc.).

Kelly is feeling great and looking great. She is now 33 weeks along (Luke is due Jan. 20th). We went last night to our last parenting class and we still feel like there are a million things we need to learn about him, we are hoping they will come naturally or from friends and family.

Kelly's paternal grandmother has been in the hospital for the past three weeks. She had a bad heart attack and was not expected to make it past the first day. Since then she has been on a roller coaster ride, currently she is doing better. We are very reluctant going to G'burg with her in the hospital, but after talking it over we have decided we need to go.

I hope everyone has a great weekend and GO VOLS!!