Not too long now...

First of all, after much advice, prayer and deliberation......we have chosen a name!!!!

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We chose this name for several reasons:
For one thing, we wanted a very strong, but feminine first name that did NOT end in the "eeeeee" sound like Timmy, Nini, and Chloe.... ha, ha...
And we wanted the meaning of the name to have some significance...
The name EMMA means "all encompassing"
and GABRIELLE means "hero of God"
We also like to use family names as much as possible, and chose to honor my late cousin with our choice of Gabrielle. She was a special lady, and will be remembered for always...


I also thought some of you would enjoy seeing a scan of my baby shower invitations. My two best friends, Audrea and Noelle, are throwing it for me in November.
After getting advice from several people regarding the couthness of the following, I finally decided it was o.k. to post my registry info online, for those who would be interested in helping us get ready for little Emma.
We had kept some things from Chloe, but in 2003 when we had the mold insurance claim on our attic, most of what we had was ruined. We used the reimbursement money at the time to do other stuff around the house because we didn't think we would be having any more kids at that time....we were wrong :) ...
So, anyway, I have created online and in-store registries at Target and Babies-R-Us... here are the links:

http://www.target.com http://www.babiesrus.com
(make sure that you choose the Jennifer Bailey in Washington, GA)
Each site gives you a place to click on "baby registry" and then type in either mine or Tim's full name.

We really don't want anyone to feel obligated to buy us anything, but felt it was not in poor taste to let our needs be known for those who desire to.
We are so excited about this birth experience and meeting our newest little girl... We are planning on having a friend that is an excellent photographer attend the birth, so we hope to have some really incredible (modestly taken) birth pictures... Tim's mom and dad are going to try to be here around the due date, so we are so thrilled that they can be part of it all...

We can't wait to share the experience (through the blog) with all of you that can't be here...

Love to every one of you....

Jen and co.