So a lot of new, VERY exciting, VERY fun, VERY cool things have been happening lately. Because of the blog. Because of YOU. & we’re so happy & I hope you’ll be happy for me/us/everything.
& after a lot of talking, thinking, & beer-drinking, the husband & I have come to a conclusion…
and it’s all very nerve-wracking, as you can see…..
Oh, hi! We’re Beth Anne & Doug.
::gasp!!::
I’m still going to blog as Blair & Nate. Mostly because it’s habit. Mostly because it is “brand,” whatever that means at this point. But also, because “Blair” is a hell of a lot shorter & easier than “Beth Anne.” & with new stuff coming up, it’s just going to be SO MUCH EASIER to get that little unintended secret out in the open.
So….what you expected? Or did I totally look like an Amanda or a Rachel or something else? You’re not disappointed, right?
As a fellow Beth (and former Southerner) I have to say Beth Anne is a pretty righteous southern belle name!
I so had you pegged for an Amanda and Matt
Hardly disappointed.
Now if you turned around and said "Oh, hai, I really don't like beer…." I think a piece of my soul would have died.
Love the pics.
I still think you look like a Blair. But I bet Beth Anne was a great name for your mama to yell when you were in trouble.
"BETH ANNE you stop sharing those personal details about your baby on the internet RIGHT NOW do you hear me?!"
Whoa! I think I'm psychic, b/c when I read your Tweet I said to myself, I said, "Natalie, I bet she's going to reveal her actual name." and then I was like "Yeah, I bet." and then I was like "Wow, I need to get out of the house more because I'm talking to myself." and then Nellie was like "*poot*".
The end.
Yay! I love knowing your real names!!! Fits perfectly! Looooove it! It's a gorgeous name!
I can't wait to hear all about the wonderful "happenings"! What is it??????
Oh, and also, I'm a little disappointed that there was no dance party involved.
Sigh.
SOOOO not what I pictured you all as…but, then again, I always thought you were just Blair and Nate!
Doug is shocking me way more than Beth Ann right now. For some odd, odd reason, I feel as though someone just told me Santa Claus wasn't real. How weird, right????
Yay for coming out of the closet!!!
And, yay, for great names!
Woo hoo! I think your names definitely suit you! Congrats on "coming out", it must feel good! Love the pics too! Can't wait to hear about the great things you have been teasing us with!
Beth Anne and Doug!!!!!!!
Hai!
Not disappointed at all! I can't picture Beth Anne though because I'm so used to Blair. Can't wait to hear the new and exciting things coming up!
LOL.
I thought forsure that you should of done some sort of a contest to guess your real names.
Congrats on 'coming out'!
I tottally assumed Nate was a Doug. He looks like a Doug.
Beth Anne I would of never guessed. But it's a pretty name!
Congrats on the success of the blog too! You deserve it!
Bwahahahahaha! Loves it! So, not what I imagined in my big ol' head, but so much better! You go girl!
P.S. The pictures TOTALLY make this post!! You kids are awesome!
1st time commenter…
I've read your blog since you were about 11 weeks along with harrison…scratch that..obessed with your blog (haha) I give you many kudos for living your life out on this blog and being brutally honest about your PPD…I think you rock…and I think you rock even more for telling us your real name.
I seriously can't look at your pic and see Beth Ann and Doug..however, totally not disappointed…only way that would happen if you said you were going to stop blogging. (haha)
Since I already knew your real names, I'm not that surprised. However, I'm looking fwd. to all the comments, in an unhealthy way.
So not what I pictured!!! I seriously thought you were a Sara and he was a Mark. For some reason…
But I'm so excited to know who "Blair" really is!
Nice to meet you, Beth Anne and Doug!
Can't wait to see what else you have in store for us readers!
I read your blog religiously and was SOOOO not expecting that little bombshell. Nate looks like a Doug for sure. My best friend is a Beth Ann so I happy to add you to the group! hahah seriously what a little treat!
Beth Anne is longer than I anticipated your name being, but not in a bad way;-) Does Nate, I mean Doug, call you Beth Anne? Or do people shorten it?
Also, can't wait to read about all the exciting things that are happening because of your blog!
Congrats!!!!
i already knew ya'lls names- I WANT MORE DAMNIT!!!!
nekked pics- stat. dude- i kid….but seriously.
Totally guessed it!!!!! Told my husband weeks ago that i thought u looked like anna or amy!!!! I was so freakin close!!!!
OHAI!
I still think you look like Blair & Nate.
Now I'm wondering what Harry's real name is. Is it really Harrison or did I miss something?
I'm a new-ish reader.
It took me a few months of reading before I realized that Blair was a pen name and even longer to figure out that Nate was an alias as well! I'm a little slow.
I know you gave up your tv, but maybe you should change your hubs to Chuck. Nate is now with Serena
I think you will forever be Blair to me.
Oh I remember the day that I found out your name. It was shocking….because I thought your name was really going to be Blair and you were just doing a play on Pop Culture. But not disappointed. At all.
Fun! Can't wait to see what the "happenings" are that caused you to go public!
I also feel like I just found out Santa Claus isn't real.
AAAWW! Love it!
I NEED MORE!
Even though I know your real name, I still refer to you as "Blair" when I talk about you to the hubs.
Totally though you were an Ashley!
Don't you mean Beth and Dough???
you know those high school friends that were Katie and now they're Kat, or Patricia is now Trish. i can't do it. sorry, you're still Blair.
but Nate looks like a Doug. can't tell ya what it is.
we have the same name! but i go by elizabeth. and i agree … "Nate" looks like a Doug!
Well I'm just shocked. SHOCKED.
I had you pegged as Tallulah Belle and Frank. Oh well.
I was so close! I totally thought of you as an Elizabeth, not too bad!
I too, however, will still refer to you s Blair…
You will always be Blair & Nate!
Wait, wait, wait. I always knew that you weren't "Blair", but it never crossed my mind that "Nate" wasn't really "Nate!" So, now I'm assuming that "Harrison" isn't really "Harrison". My world is crashing down around me….
Hi Blair, long term follower of the blog and also follow you on Twitter. I never thought Nate's real name is Doug. Can we be FB friends?
I totally had you for a Mary Alice or a Barbara Sue. I dunno something REALLY Southern. Your real name is a pleasant surprise. Doug is pretty fitting for Nate. I would have gone with a Greg or a Doug of sorts.
I like Beth Anne, but I can't get over thinking of you as Blair, since I've "known" you since I first started posting on the bump. But Doug? Really? Lol. I'm biased because I have an ex-boyfriend with that name, and it didn't end well.
Love the pictures in the post. Hope we get to find out about all of this news you keep talking about….
love it!! Nate totally looks like a Doug. makes sense. I have a friend named Beth Ann and have always loved that name! nice to finally know the REAL you – is Harrison really Harrison?
ok so not expecting that for dang sure! you look like a beth anne now that i see it with a pic…but nate as a doug, so not pictureing it, he looks like a nate or a brian or something. tell us all of the other happenings and goings on! you still are BLAIR tho, even tho we all know your real name! xox
For some reason, it did not click until this moment why you christened yourself and, well, Doug, I guess, "Blair" and "Nate." And now it is clicking. This is sad, because I am a TV freak in the worst way. You would think if I was going to neglect my responsibilities for television I would at least learn to apply it to practical situations.
… By the way, now that you mention it, you really do kind of look like an Amanda, should you ever be in the market for a name change.
Interesting. I always thought you looked like a Christine. Like the previous poster it never crossed my mind that Doug was not Nate.
Is Harrison really Harrison???
Congrats of good things happening!
Y'know, after so long, I see you as Blair… Not that I don't think Beth Anne is fabulous too. I'm just so used to you as "Blair".
I can't believe you let it out!! I totally thought you were an Elizabeth and I had Nate pegged for Greg.
Congrats on all your good happenings!! Can't wait to hear what they are.
WOW!
Can't believe that. I totally bought the "Blair + Nate" thing…even though I knew Blair was a pen name – didnt know about Nate until the other day…I'm slow!
Not sure what I thought your real names were, but didn't see "Nate" as Doug, maybe Andrew – too funny! And as for you, not too sure, i just thought it was something like classic and southern.
Cool post.
So I've known your real name since long before 'blair' came to be and I still call you Blair.
How's that for 'branding'? LOL
Blair, you just burst my bubble.
Oh man…the mystery is revealed!!! I love the way you did it too!!! I love your blog…
I figured out your name right after Harrison was born. You posted a picture where your hospital band was visible… it showed Elizabeth Ann. Then I was visiting on another blog and you had commented under the name Beth Ann and said something about Harrison being that little girl's betrothed, I think. I put it together
Never would have pegged Nate as a Doug, though.
Congrats on your debut, and I can't wait to see what's to come.
Beth Ann…never would have guessed that! Isn't Harrison's middle name Douglas? That one wasn't shocking.
I'm so glad to finally 'meet' you! Love the pics btw. You two are adorable.
Nope I never would have guessed Doug! You look at a pic and hear a name for a year and that's who it looks like (aka Nate).
I totally didn't guess the Harrison Douglas thing. Should have. But didn't.
wow, that blows my mind. weird. i'm with the commenter who feels like you just exposed santa claus.
I have read your blog for a long, long time, but have never posted a comment before, but I couldn't resist responding to this one! I'm sure your real names totally fit both of you, but since I have "gotten to know you" so to speak as Blair and Nate, your real names just sound weird to me! I totally sound like a stalker right now, so I apologize for that. So glad you let the cat out of the bag!
Gorgeous name for a gorgeous girl, and I love "Nate''s" real name too, my brother's name is Doug.
I can not stop thinking of you guys as Blair and Nate!
whats hilarious about reading these comments is that i just realized that even though i know your names aren't blair and nate i've never actually sat and thought about what your real names were! but beth anne and doug, i like the sound of that!
I've been following your blog since you were pregnant with Harrison, but this is my first time commenting. It's so funny that you just posted this because earlier tonight I just read the "Why the Pen?" tab and thought, "Huh, wonder if she's going to reveal their real names soon?" and here you go.
I love your real names but it's so hard for me to not think of you as Blair and Nate! Can't wait to hear all of the new happenings. 
Am I the only one that had you pegged as a Jen?
Woo hoo!! I love it! You now have permission to call me by my first name –
Excited to hear "what's to come!"
Aha! Now I get Harrison's middle name… I mean, I got it, but I think I remember you stating that Douglas was from a family member! Should have guessed! But honestly, Beth Anne isn't what I expected. I was thinking like Ashley or Megan or Kelly… (I hoped maybe Jessica lol)… but hell, it's not a bad name either. I just know two other Beth Anne's who are the total opposite so I'd never have guessed! But honestly, you'll always be Blair
Well since your from the south, I totally get the Beth Ann name. I wondered if your name was Elizabeth at one point in time. Someone said on the bump that there was once this incredibly popular bumpie (you obviously) that used to go by the screen name dizzy lizzy, or something like that. So I wondered if it was Elizabeth. So is it just plain Beth, or Elizabeth? BTW my name is Betsy Ann. Just Betsy, not short for Elizabeth. Also speaking of the bump, are you ever coming back? Not the same without ya!
So, I'm pretty new to the blog-world and haven't been left in the dark about your real name for as long as most of the above commenters…. and while I am totally stoked to be let in on the unintended secret…… I just have to say those pictures are hilarious and your husband is adorable.
Hi Beth Anne – how does it feel to put it out there?!! Love the pics of you and the hubby – you look so happy and fun!!
Amber
My sister's name is Beth Ann! I had sorta guessed that "Nate" was really a Doug after you announced Harrison's name.
Anyway, nice to meet you!
I HAD A CREAPTASTIC DREAM THAT YOU DID THIS!
i am totally telling the truth. i didn't think it would actually happen, but sure enough, you read my mind.
i promise, i am not a stalker. a convicted one anyways.
You'll always be Blair to me!!!!
BTW…..whenever I open my google reader on my phone to catch up on my blog reading I always scroll through to look for new posts from you before reading anything else. I truly do look forward to it and you have encouraged me to go get help for my PPD. First appoIntment tomorrow. THANK YOU!
I…am a moron. I always knew Blair was your pen name, but I never gave Nate's name a 2nd thought! As an avid Gossip Girl fan HOW did I never put that together???
Waaaaaiiiiit….Tuck is still Tuck, right???? Or is that some underground Gossip Girl character???
At any rate, I have a cousin named Beth Anne and we're NOT from the south…you're in good company!
So glad you shared!!
I actually have to work one day of my freakin life, and I can't get near a computer, and the interweb gods get all crackin'crazy on me and shit explodes…figures. Nice to meet you Beth Ann. I feel like we need to email again, with real names. Lol.
Yeah, I'm feeling dumb too. Not making the GG connection. Doh.
But Harrison is Harrison, right?
Me too excited to hear what comes next….
you will forever be "Blair and Nate", but I like Beth Anne and Doug too! Beth Anne is very Southern and when I see the name "Doug", I immediatly think of the cartoon (but your Doug is much more good looking then that Doug).
I am in shock & disbelief! You will always be Blair to me though!
I have to say that I was suspicious that Nate's name might really be Doug when y'all named your child Harrison Douglas. I think that Blair and Nate fit y'all, but so do Beth Anne and Doug. Beth Anne is a perfect southern belle name!
Neat! Nice to meet ya!
oh man – no "spoiler alert?!"
not sure if i'm relieved the suspense is over or not, but either way i think beth anne and doug are great names! thanks for sharing your life with us!
Awesome names! So glad you came out of the closet, just like Ricky Martin! Or… no, not like him at all. My husband has been gunning for the name Douglas for our first boy, and he just won, thanks to you guys!
I must admit I never thought too deep about what your real names were. You will always be Blair & Nate to me
I cant wait to hear the good happenings 
Hah! So weird…not two days ago i found myself thinking, "Hmmm….I wonder what Blair's real name is.." Now I know! You'll always be Blair though
OMG I didn't picture you as a Beth Anne, but what really gets me is Nate is actually Doug…he doesn't look like a Doug to me! So what I am wondering , is Harrison really Harrison???
p.s. I am going to just think of you guys and Blair and Nate still, because that is what I am used to
!!
Am i the only one who is on the edge of her seat to hear about the "new, VERY exciting, VERY fun, VERY cool things"?!?!?
& Beth Anne is better than Blair! You don't hear it everywhere
I never would have guessed. It's going to take some time for it to sink in
HO. LY. SHIT!!! I have followed you from like, I dunno, since the birth of Christ, and I always refer to you as my Blair. You and I had our babies within days of each other (they could be twins, by the way). And what the eff do you know??? My name is Beth Anne, too!!! I've always thought that I have another soul on the other side of the country, and here you are, my friend…here you are!
As another NC girl, I knew ur name from the cookie exchange party evite. So no shocker there. Nate however, that's a different story. I'll think I'll always think of him as Nate. Wait so what Harrison's real name? I love it and hope he's still a Harrison.
You will always be Blair and Nate to me
Beth Anne? I expected XOXo (pronounced Zo zo) This changes things…. (jay kay of course)
Maybe a Michelle and a Ryan?
BA!!! Hi!
Hi Beth Anne! Your name totally fits you.
Thanks for coming out of the closet, and for brightening my day, every day.
Love you!
Love your names. Perfectly southern and wonderful. Nice to meet you.
LOVE the pictures! haha, congrats on whatever you are keeping a secret
This post was too funny! Love all of the pics!
But I am also new-ish to the blog and VERY curious. Is Harrison really Harrison. Or is it the name you liked and "Fake Nate" didn't? So his real name is different?
Wow, my name is Beth (middle name Anne, but I don't use it) and I'm married to a Doug…. and we also have a son, just to weird!!
Finding out that Nate's name was not really Nate was a surprise to me. It really was like finding out that Santa is not real. Just made me wonder if Tucker's name was really Tucker.
I think Beth Ann fits you perfect, and Doug… well, Doug will always be Nate to me.
Wow! It's so awesome to finally know your real names! I can totally see you as Beth Ann, but Doug?! Haha! He just really looks like… well, like a Nate! & dude, Doug & Harry are twins!
<3
This is blowing my mind! I don't think can handle it!
Ha! Love it. Never would have guessed.. I'd say you look like a Katie.
You're "real" now! I think the names are fitting. My sis-in-law is a Beth Anne, too! Doesn't anyone call you BA?
I just wanted to let you know that I read this last night while going through the drive-thru line at McD's and promptly almost slammed into the back of the car in front of me. Once I recovered I then frantically dialed my bestie who also religiously follows your blog so we could discuss, LOL. Thanks for making my night!