What's in a Name?!

Will's Aunt Deb and cousin Haley offered to help us decide on a name for the boy.  These probably won't make much sense to most of you, as they are references to Brewers past and present.  Needless to say we are still debating :)  Hope you enjoy a good laugh!

Name: Tennessee Wilson Brewer
Explanation: If we cant have the city knoxville, we'll take the whole state.
Honoree: Tennessee Williams, the author

Name: Fort Knocks Brewer
Explanation: Ok, really its first born, first serve with a twist.
Honoree: The tennessee volunteers that went to war.

Name: Less Dan Brewer
Explanation: Buckwheat trying to say "less than".
Honoree: Grandfather Dan and Great grandfather

Name: Phil Her Up Brewer
Explanation: Because he was born during the oil crisis when gas was high.
Honoree: Grandmother Phyllis

Name: Jimmie Joe Bob Brewer
Explanation: Every southern born and bred boy needs a good redneck name.
Honoree: Great great grandmother Jimmie Grace Nutt Brewer and Great Grandfather Joseph Wilson

Name: Barack-ifer Brewer
Explanation: In honor of the president elect.
Honoree: Barack Obama and Mother Jennifer

Name: Will Dread Brewer
Explanation: For a rock and roll kid with cool dreadlocks with a wild side.
Honoree: Father Will and Great Grandmother Mildred

And Haley's Favorite:

Name: Will.I.Am Dean Brewer
Explanation: For the future rap artist in the family
Honoree: Great Grandmother Brewer Willadean

THE BIG REVEAL...

Well, after much speculation, we finally learned today that we’ll be having a…

BOY!!!! We can’t believe it!! We were (as were most of you who voted) convinced it was a girl, but we were wrong. Cousin Royce will now have someone to team up with against all the girls. :) Of course, this is Will’s family’s first grandchild, so truly a special time for all of us indeed. Thanks for your prayers, well wishes, and for playing our voting game!

Cast your vote...

Stay tuned...one week from today, we will (hopefully) find out the gender of Baby Brewer!  Until then, cast your vote on whether you think it's a boy or girl - the poll is up at the top, on the right.  

I'm looking forward to hearing what you think!

A Nephew!

It has been an exciting week. We have a nephew!  This is the first baby boy....a great addition to our 3 lovely nieces. Can you tell we are a very proud aunt and uncle!?!  Congrats Amber, Jason, Riley, and Jancey.

SURPRISE!!!

This is Will checking in for Jennifer. We hope your Labor Day weekend has been a rejuvenating time of fellowship with friends and family! Jennifer and I shared this Labor Day weekend with my family in Knoxville, then came back to Chattanooga to watch football and celebrate the following big news:


Your eyes, in fact, are not deceiving you: that is Baby Brewer…scheduled to make his or her debut on or before April 1!! Though this news caught us slightly off guard, we are thrilled nonetheless and pray God’s blessings on our developing little one. Jen has been a little sick during these past few weeks, but thankfully I have not had to make a 2 a.m. run to the store for pickles and ice cream—yet.

Jen, you continue to amaze me with your strength, encouragement, dedication, and love, and I couldn’t have picked a more wonderful woman to be the mother of my children. I love you very much.

Nana's 85th Birthday Surprise

Nana turned 85 on Tuesday, August 19th.   She was so surprised!  Many of her family and friends met at The Warehouse 5957 to celebrate.  We had pizza, old fashioned vanilla and cherry cokes, popcorn, and banana splits.  This was all accompanied by lots of entertainment - kareoke, singing, and comedy.  It was a blast.  Will refers to the Warehouse as "Cracker Barrel on steriods."  They are collectors of all kind of memorabilia.  You might even get your own pic with Elvis if you are lucky.  See what you think....

Holden Beach: Our 21st Year

This year marks our 21st year of making the trek to Holden Beach, North Carolina, with my family and some of our closest family friends.  We've done it since I was young and it has become something we look so forward to every year.  This year was especially neat because it was Will's first time to experience all 23 of us (24 with the addition of Amber's little BOY who will arrive in October!) in two beach houses!  There is always some sort of chaos going on, especially with all the little ones.  Unfortunately, Bear couldn't make the trip this year and we've missed having him.

This year we also started a new tradition of having professional beach pictures made.  This pic was my favorite of all of us, and the photographer got some really good shots of the little girls.  Below are some other great ones he got.  I love our growing family!