At the beginning of February we celebrated Ada's first birthday with a HUGE birthday bash. She was one of the cutest little one year old I've seen in a long time.

That same weekend, we decided to share some exciting news with all our "UTC friends." Besides our families, these girls had a great reaction, even though I later found out that most of them were suspicious that I had an announcement to make. (side note: I'm not sure why I look surprised in this picture as well...I think I was just caught up in the moment. AND check out all those new additions to our group! Aren't they adorable? ... I especially LOVE Emma looking up at me. It's cute)

By this point in the game, we've told pretty much all of our family and friends that we're expecting a little baby Whitaker this August. We tried to tell as many people as we could in person or over the phone - please don't be offended if you had to find out through the blog. It's quite overwhelming to keep up with telling everyone, as well as requesting that those you've told keep it a secret. (now THAT was the hardest part!) We chose to tell our parents and sisters at Christmas, even though I was just 5 weeks along. I wish I had captured those moments when we told them on camera, but it truly was priceless! Especially when my sister just about tackled me.

Now back to February...we have been super busy this month. We actually are closing on a new house this Friday in the Nashville area. We knew we wanted to purchase a home here and thought we would wait until the summer, but with our newest family member on the way, we decided it would probably be a wise choice to get the ball moving. Within the first week of our serious searching, we found a great deal and after 2 weeks of negotiating with the bank, we finalized the deal! We close this Friday and hopefully over the next few weeks we'll be moving out of our apartment into our new home! YAY

For Valentine's Day this year, our really good friend Jeremy got married in Virginia, so Brent and I made the trek to VA and stayed in a beautiful bed and breakfast in Appomattox, VA. The wedding was nice and we were thrilled to finally meet Mrs. Jeremy Day. Here are a few pictures from the weekend:

The room we stayed in was huge. It was actually a 2 bedroom this is just the front entry way leading into the main room and a HUGE bathroom. It was a beautiful B&B.

Brent has been really busy this month as well - this week alone he's performed at Zanies comedy club here in Nashville AND competed (and won) in an International Speech Competition for Toastmasters. We're praying that he continues to move through the various competitions and wins - it's on to the regionals next then we'll see from there! Exciting times and great opportunities continue to abound as he develops his speaking career.

So that's all for now, folks. That's our little update.