Baby shower

We had our co-ed baby party this weekend. It was amazing!!! Of course we had an awesome crew working for us. Emilee, Lauren, Meredith, Beth, and Anne out did themselves. From the invitations to the decor everything was PERFECT. It means so much to Adam and myself to have the wonderful friends and family that we do. In the past couple years between our wedding and now the anticipation of our first child, we have been overwhelmed by the support and love of everyone.
The nursery made it's debut at the shower. It looked beautiful. I can't wait until our little bundle is sleeping soundly under her "crystal" chandelier. The only thing we have left to do is the drapery. I am going to do simple white panels with either pink or green ribbon down each side. I have 7 weeks to get them up. I want it to be perfect for her arrival.
Thank you again to all the girls for the blood, sweat, and tears. We could not have asked for a better party or group of friends.

Snow day!!!

We finally had a real snow in Raleigh. This is only about the 3rd time I've seen it snow more than a dusting since I moved down in 1995. Adam and I enjoyed spending the day together with a fire going in the fireplace almost the entire day. It brought back a little bit of home for me. I didn't even mind scraping the snow off my car the next day.
Above and beyond our enjoyment of the wintery weather, was Ella's. She had a blast playing in the white powder. I can't wait until Harper can have her first frolic in the snow.

Ella's new bed

So we decided that it was time for Ella to get a new bed. She is not a complainer by nature, but she was laying on the guilt pretty thick and we were able to read the signs. She is a growing girl and I don't think we could escape the fact much longer, that she was in need. It makes us so happy to see her so content. We love you sweet girl.

First and Last Christmas

This was it. The first Christmas we spent in our new house and the last Christmas Adam and I will ever have as DINKs (Dual Income No Kids). Maybe we aren't as scared as we should be, but right now we are still in the bliss cluelessness. We had a wonderful holiday. We started it off by going to Anna Maria Island for 5 days to visit Don and Missy. We had a great time, and celebrated an early Christmas with them and their new addition Max. We then spent Christmas Eve and Christmas morning at my parents house. They went overboard as usual, but this time it was for a good reason. I think they had fun shopping this year. We then went to Linda and Bob's for an AMAZING Christmas dinner of stuffed lobster. Talk about spoiling us. We got to spend some time with Adam's aunt and uncle which was really nice, and then stayed the night there. Adam had the entire weekend off so we just relaxed and spent some much needed time with good friends.
Adam and I want to thank Emilee for coming over and taking some pictures of us and our decorated house. Even though Baby Brown is not coming until March these pictures will start the memories of when she truly became a part of our lives. You rock Emilee! You will forever be the Brown family personal photographer. I hope you're up to the challenge.

Christmas Card 2008

We just wanted to post a picture of our Christmas Card on the blog so anyone we may have missed could see it. Christmas cards went out late this year and with a limited amount I know we missed some of you. We want to wish everyone a wonderful holiday season and great 2009.