Best or worst co-workers ever? Our vote: best.
We think Will Settle’s work pals are pretty awesome. When Settle (director of sales for Marlin Outdoor Advertising) and his wife welcomed a baby girl — the first girl born into the family in 137 years — Settle’s co-workers decided to surprise him with a 24-foot-by-12-foot highway billboard outside of Bluffton, South Carolina, announcing her arrival.
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Settle and his wife, Kelen Settle, were definitely surprised — by the baby girl and the huge pink billboard.
“When I first saw it, it was an ‘Oh my God’ moment… It is so pink [and] so large. It’s pretty obnoxious, I hate to say,” Will Settle said. “It is so in your face, you wouldn’t believe it.”
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The baby girl at the center of all the fuss? Carter Louise Settle, born on June 25. (We’re guessing Carter Louise will have a lot of pink clothing to choose from.)
The family has waited a long, long time for a little girl to come along — more than a century and a quarter — and is clearly over the moon.
“I just assumed I was going to have another boy,” Will Settle said. “I was like, ‘What’s going on? This just can’t be possible.’ I was absolutely shocked. We had the whole family there. My mother just went nuts. My mom always wanted a daughter
“I think it’s a very, very cute idea and it’s going to be a fun story for her,” Kelen Settle said. “It’s exciting.”
Kelen tweeted thanks today to anchor Amy Robach at Good Morning America for all the well wishes with a very sweet picture of the newest Settle:
.@arobach Little Carter says thank you for the well wishes 💝 we love watching each morning! pic.twitter.com/9z3ahFdXew
— Kelen Carlock Settle (@kcsettle) July 7, 2017
Are there plans to try to populate the severely female-deprived Settle family with more girls? That would be a yes.
“If there’s a No. 2, we’re going to have do a bigger billboard,” said Will Settle.
We’re kind of hoping they go really big next time. Maybe girl triplets?
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