At the end of September we were blessed to go on vacation. Although Newport Beach is only a 30 min. drive for us, it is still a wonderful vacation and in our minds we are miles away from the norm. These are some of my favorite shots of the week.


My kids are growing up way to fast. I love that my daughters are growing tall like me but it makes them seem older than they really are. At 7 yrs. I'm already seeing a glimpse of Sadie's big girl face.
I don't really remember the reason for Ky's pouting but Jason and I love those lips.
I had fun teaching Sadie how to play tether ball and telling her the stories of how I would beat everyone in school. I gave her a few tall girl tricks to practice.

One of the things that I like to do as a mom is take pictures of my kids every month their whole first year. I'm so bummed that I didn't have a nice one take Kaedon's first month but here he is, month #2.

In our home we got excited about election day and dressed Kaed in his patriotic outfit, took pictures and posted them on Facebook in hopes that of encouraging straggling voters to vote. Even though the out come wasn't what I had prayed for, my God is still on the throne and I trust Him.

Many family members came to see Kaed the first grandson...

PapaMima

Auntie Shar
Grandma & Auntie Trina
& Grandpa too.

The waiting room. Uncle Spencer, Papa, Uncle Steve, and Sharon.
My new beautiful family.
Holding the "BOY" for the first time.
I love this picture because both of the girls hands are in the picture. Kaedon will be well taken care of.

BOY oh BOY- He was 9.4lbs & 21inches

So, like I said before, the summer flew by. We spent much of our summer preparing for Kaedon and then suddenly he was here. He is a blessing and we are so thankful for him. I've never felt my age and how out of shape I am till now, mainly due to lack of sleep but God is so good and He is my strength moment by moment. Here he is, my good look'n boy, Kaedon Alan. (picture by JoannebCox)

Big Belly

I'm always so blessed to have the opportunity to lead worship with my husband. It's a special blessing from the Lord. With some prompting from my good pal Mia, Sadie grabbed my camera to take a shot of my big belly, while I was rehearsing with Ja-. This is the Wed before Kaedon.