I Spy Something New

      As many of you know, my husband and I are expecting again. We always try to announce our pregnancies in a creative way to add to the excitement. So... I asked a friend, who does some awesome things with a camera and a computer, to help us out.  Did she ever deliver! Thanks a million, Jessica!
      Since we already had our first ever family beach trip booked for the end of the summer, I wanted to do something with that. Our family dressed in beach appropriate attire (with a partially deflated beach ball tucked under my shirt), and had Jessica take our picture in front of our fireplace. Then she went home and did her magic, and transported us to the beach. We then showed the picture to family and told them we were toying with the idea of having a picture taken similar to this at  the beach, and wanted to know what they thought.
 Then we posted the picture on Facebook with a similar type comment. The reactions were fun. One friend said she liked it, but might go with a different color scheme. She missed the message I was trying to get across! I appreciated her sincere willingness to help though. Ha! My brother thought it was a picture from another pregnancy, but kept counting until he figured it out. We certainly got some fun reactions. Here's the pic...

I'm hoping to replicate this picture when we are at the beach, but we'll see. I imagine I'll be bigger than this now that I think about it. This is the size I am now. I'll be 30 and 31 weeks while I'm there!