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it was a BIG day!!!

Yesterday was a BIG day for a couple of reasons. First off, it was my "turn day" which means I am officially down to the single digits (weeks wise) before we meet our precious Collins. 9 weeks to go...crazy!

Our best friends became parents to an absolutely beautiful and perfect baby girl. Harper Anne Sherard was born around 7:30 yesterday morning...mommy and baby are doing great! I hope and pray Harper and Collins are best friends just like their mommies:) Momma Sherard is going to have to show me the ropes in 9 weeks, she will be a pro by then! We are so excited for the Sherard family!!

And in unexpected news, we found out that my brother and SIL are expecting a BOY for baby number two!!!!!!!! We cannot be more excited for them, for real! Christie had a doctor appointment yesterday morning (her 16 week check up) and our practice normally doesn't do gender u/s until 20 weeks, but she begged and they were able to confirm it was a boy. We all went to dinner last night to hear the big news. My mom and I both came prepared....we bought Gamecock stuff in case it was another little girl and Clemson stuff if it was a boy. I am so thrilled for my brother. The Richardson side of my family is all TIGER (yuck! Thankfully, my mom rescued me and made me a gamecock) but anyways....dad and brother are huge Clemson fans, but SIL is a HUGE Gamecock...the deal always was if they had girls they would be gamecocks with their momma, but a boy would be a tiger like his daddy. Well...as hard as it was for my mom and I, we both bought little boy Richardson some Tiger gear. I am beyond thrilled that Collins will have a little boy cousin around her same age to grow up with. If we live in the same area, they will be in the same grade!! So fun!

We are leaving today for Hilton Head for our last getaway before baby! We decided to take advantage of the long weekend and get down their and relax for a bit. We have something going on every weekend after this one until February 11th weekend (which I won't want to be traveling after that anyways) so we are using this as our last little vacation as a family of two. I am so excited to spend a weekend with Mikey just lounging and hanging out. We have plans for a nice dinner for NYE, but other than that...we plan on renting lots of movies and staying in our pjs. HEAVEN!

I seriously cannot believe this is the LAST Friday of 2011. It seems like just yesterday we were up in the mountains with friends celebrating NYE 2011. Where does the time go? This year has been amazing, but somehow I think 2012 may be even better:)

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