5 Years of the Childress Life

On April 2nd John and I celebrated 5 years of marriage with a trip to Beaufort, SC. This was the first time we've taken a real anniversary trip, where we actually went out of town and relaxed for a whole weekend. It was awesome! John surprised me by booking us a couple of nights at this super cute bed and breakfast right on Bay St. We had a great view of the harbor and even our own private porch off our room.  On Saturday we went on a great walking tour of the town. It was seriously one of the best tours I have ever taken. Below is picture of one of the amazing house and Live Oak trees we saw.

The rest of the weekend was spent eating at great restaurants, reading good books, and taking walks. We even took a drive out to Hunting Beach.

So here we are after 5 years together! They've been the best of my life and I'm so grateful for my incredible husband who is about to become the best dad ever!

And here we are on our wedding day...doesn't seem like it could be 5 years already!

Changes

That seems to be the theme around the Childress household these day! The biggest and most exciting is...Speck (at least that his/her name for now)! Scheduled to arrive around October 16th, Speck has brought great joy, shock and excitment to our home. As some of you know, we were actually in the process of adoption when we found out we are expecting, so it took a couple weeks for the reality to sink in. Here are a few pictures of our little one:

As you can see Speck comes by his/her name honestly!

To add to the craziness of a growing family, John and I both had changes in our careers that began with the new year. John moved on from managing a Chick-fil-A in Charleston to working as a CFA, Inc Interim Manager. In this role he runs CFA's that are corporately held rather than a franchised location. It was been incredible to watch him grow into running the business and developing his leadership. I couldn't be more proud of him. With John's new role, our family is set to move wherever CFA needs us. Our first assignment happened to be here in Charleston, so the only move we had to make was from our cute beach cottage to a coporate apartment. For those of you who were never able to visit, here's a pic of our little beach home:

Our current place isn't quite as charming and unfortunately is a 10 minute drive from the beach rather than a 2 minute walk (sad I know:)), but we are grateful for the accomodations CFA has provided for us. It looks like we will be in Charleston until the end of May. Where we are headed to next, we don't know yet.

Just before learning of our pregnancy, I also took a new job with CFA, Inc. I now work as a Grand Opening Marketing Consultant, which is a long title meaning that I travel around the country (mostly the mid-atlantic) and work with Operators who are opening new CFA locations on developing their marketing strategy. When I'm not on the road, I get to work from home so I look forward to continuing in this role even after the little one arrives.

So let's see, any other changes...baby, jobs, move...yup, I think that's enough for now!