Oh for the Love!!

Our sweet 100 pound lap dog Rascal is adjusting pretty well to all the changes going on in the house for the new baby. I was painting monkeys on the wall the past couple weekends and he loves to lay in the room while were in there. I’m curious to see if that will be his new sleeping spot when the baby comes =] It would definitely give us more room on OUR bed. Rascal is going to be a big brother and were so excited to bring him home a baby sister. We love our dog way too much, he is such a great dog, more like a kid really. His heart is as big as his head, and that’s pretty dang big. He is a cuddle bug and gives the biggest kisses anytime you want one. He loves to be touched, he always leans on Orlo or lays his head on you. He found a new favorite spot the other day , he loves to sleep on my pregnancy pillow! My heart melts every time I see him. His eyes are the most genuine sweetest eyes ever!!!

On the pregnancy side, everything is going great! We had a 3D ultrasound and got a peek @ her features. Yep, she is gonna have my nose that’s for sure =] Last night Orlo was watching my belly while I was laying down and she was moving like a crazy person in there!! My belly was moving like someone was trying to get out! It was pretty crazy.Orlo then noticed a dark line from my belly button to my pubic bone… Something I obviously didn’t see, since I cant see my own feet. He had to take me to our mirror to point it out. Oh the joys of my body changing in every way possible!!!! Its amazing how someone you have never met can make such a difference in your life. Being pregnant with our sweet baby girl has impacted me in more ways than one. Regardless of what happens in our life it seems like I am finding little ways to just work it out, move on, forgive and forget, and even smile when sometimes all I want to do is scream. There is a much more important person coming into our family in July and she is the reason for everything I do now. Who has time to worry about petty drama when you have such a beautiful thing happening. I have notice I am more relaxed and collected, no more stressed out Jamie.(But only when I’m not in one of my “hormonal mood swings” ;)

No one can bring down the newly made Cox Family =] Were are one tough little soon to be family who has such an adventure set for us with a great family and great friends =]

6 months!

6 months pregnant!!!! I am just now starting to feel the “inconveniences” of pregnancy… Right now my belly is no longer unnoticeable, and it is definitely a hand magnet; which I don’t mind at all. The lady @ the grocery store noticed I was pregnant? You mean it doesn’t just look like an extra layer hanging right above my pant line anymore?? NICE! My pants still fit but tend to fall down and show a little plumbers crack on occasion since my hip bones are disappearing and are no longer working as suspenders. My shirts are a whole different story; they just keep rolling up my stomach like Gus the mouse in Cinderella. I am determined not to buy maternity clothes and just go with extra large tanks and wife beaters, well see how it works out. I could go on for days about clothes not fitting, but this time when I say “ I have absolutely nothing to wear” looking a closet full of clothes, I really mean it this time and im not just saying it to get Orlo to take me to Kohls and get a cute new top. Besides the 6 pound weight gain, much more has happened since my last blissful post on pregnancy. I make at least 1 trip every 2 hours to the restroom and I wake up at least 3 to 4 times @ night to use the potty, and when I say wake up, I am rarely in a somber sleep. Trying to find a comfortable position to sleep in is difficult when you were a full time belly sleeper pre pregnancy. I am now a “roller” I guess you could call it, sitting straight up out of bed or getting off the couch is not a easy 1-2-3 step anymore, its still easier than its going to be when I’m 8-9 months pregnant but it’s a change for me and it’s a pain in my butt. I just do a backward rocking movement before I sit up and I tend to pop right up=] I tried to plop my 6 lb heavier butt on the counter yesterday and failed, I feel so out of shape and useless sometimes=[ I sometimes forget I have an appendage on my belly now and have to take it easy. The last thing I will complain about it bending over, I look like a sumo wrestler trying to pick something up!! Legs spread and knees bent. I have never been so upset about dropping something on the floor until I was pregnant. Needless to say I feel like a COW and I have 3 more months to go! But all for a good reason =] Worth every pound and every kick to my uterus our baby girl gives me.

Mandi & Wyatt

                                                   : Mandi & Wyatt :

I recently got the opportunity to spend some time photographing a beautiful couple who I admire so much. Wyatt is an absoulute doll who gets to spend the rest of his life with a beautiful person inside and out. I love working with them and being able to be a part of their journey...

Mandi is such a whole hearted sweetheart, she truely smiles with her heart. I am so lucky to call her a friend. I often catch myself admirig her amazing personality and charm, if there is someone I would like to be more like it would be her.

I took hundreds of photos that day and hard the hardest time picking a handful I wanted to share. But here are just few of my many many favorites.

Obviously Blue Eyed Babies are in the future

Best of luck  and so much more to the newly weds, you two have something very special, God couldn't have picked 2 better people to be matched together =]

All fingers and toes accounted for =]

     Today marks 5 months pregnant with our baby girl! What a exciting ride its been so far and only to have triple the excitement coming! Orlo keeps telling me “half way there, half way there” I am half way through this pregnancy?! To be quite honest it has been great. I had maybe 2 weeks of feeling crumby and a little nauseated, then after that I felt amazing. But lets not lie, I have the occasional emotional break down, tears pouring on my lap from an animal planet commercial, or crying from… I don’t know, I forgot… but @ that time it was dang important and you were gonna’ hear about it! My most recent “break down” was funny after the ten minutes of screaming and crying. My scrub bottoms got stuck on my foot and I had a conniption! It was all down hill from there, I ripped my jeans by putting my foot through a ripped hole, my tank top squished my newly found full B boobies where I almost couldn’t breathe, it hurt to brush my hair, which lead to slamming my brush on the counter top and screaming and crying at the top of my lungs. Orlo came to my rescue! He sat me down on the tub, adjusted the straps on my top and with the cutest smile just said “everything is fine”. Between the crying, my clumsiness, and forgetfulness, I’m feelin’ pretty good. Oh and by the way, what is up with this heartburn!!! Heartburn from ice cream!!! Who ever heard of such a thing!
      I am just now feeling the baby starting to move, my heart melted when Orlo finally got to feel the movements with his hand the first time. Immediate smile on his face! I managed to fight back my tears like a big girl =] Orlo is amazing; such a booger at times, but he is going to be a great dad.

      We had our gender check ultrasound a couple weeks ago and seen every little inch of this little girl. All fingers and toes accounted for!(even the thumb she has been sucking on is still there) Two arms, two legs, check! I was so convinced it was a boy that I was in shock when the lady said “it’s a girl!”, I feel like an idiot now, but I asked her, “are you sure?” LOL We had most all of our family there in the room with us for the ultrasound, which meant so so much to me. My mom and step dad, his mom and dad, his sister, and our cousin Mandy made it so special =] Right next door was a baby store so we went straight there, and Orlo kinda wondered around looking at all pinks, and the princesses, and castles… I could just imagine what was going through his head. He is already thinking 15 years from now which gun he is going to have by the door when a boy comes over. Well 5 months down, roughly 4 more to go!