Brittain's blog » 2006 » December

Edward Jones was where I started working when I got married and decided that I didn’t want to make the commute to Macon anymore. I was there not quite a year when I found out I was pregnant. It was such a difficult decision to make, but Dan and I made the decision that I would try to find a part-time job so that I could be home more once Brittain was born. I hated to leave all the great people I had gotten to know so well, so I decided to do my best and keep in touch with emails, phone calls and some occasional visits.

Visiting Patrick, Penny and Frannie in October:

Visiting Mike and Sindy just a few days ago:

Most of you may or may not know that I started out my college career at Florida State University. While a great college and a fabulous music program, it just wasn’t right for me. My sophomore year I transferred to Clayton College & State University. It was a last minute decision, but it was the best decision I could have made. It is where I met so many good friends…friends that had such a huge influence in my life.

The group of friends that I hung out with while there are all married now, and we all have children…many children. We decided over a month ago to get together. Many of us hadn’t seen each other since our weddings, some of us hadn’t seen each other since we graduated. So, we did it. It took a few weeks to plan, but we were finally able to coordinate all of our schedules. It was bound to be a crazy day…5 adults and 11 children. That’s right, 11 children.

The day turned out to be not quite as crazy as we thought. Christy and Crisla came childless, which helped the mothers. We were actually able to get a few words out…but only a few.

Here’s the breakdown:

Crisla Miller: 1 boy and 2 girls, ages 2, 4 and 6; Kelly Spradlin: 2 boys, ages 2 and 5; Christy Maetz: 1 boy and 1 girl, ages 2 and 10 months; Sherdonna: 3 boys, ages 9 months, 2 and 4.

Here are the pictures from the day. What a great time!

Here is Andrew, Sherdonna’s youngest: