Alaska and a Baby Shower all in a weekend

Saturday was my baby shower and it was absoulutly amazing!! My mother in Law and the girls of the family threw it all togther and it was PERFECT! They are so creative and crafty down to the last detail. Amazing food, favors, games,gifts, decorations and amazing friends and family.It was so exciting, my first baby and baby shower, what a memory!! I want to thank everyone who came, it meant so much to me that everyone was able to make it. And they all spoiled baby Kylie with the greatest gifts!! We are truly blessed to have such great people in our lives. Having our house filled with diapers and all the baby stuff is so surreal,I can not wait to have her! Again Thank you everyone! I can not say thank you enough to Wendy and everyone for the great great great gifts!

Orlo had been fishing in Alaska since Wednesday and got back this Sunday. I know I am only 33 weeks but it was very nerve racking that he was so far away. I was not feeling very good Friday and was extremely nervous. Turns out my uterus is irritable! I was having contractions and my belly was being fussy with me and im achy all over. I need to keep up with my water intake apparently =[ shame on me! I also have started to swell, it all Started Saturday. My feet were puffy and were so sore, it would sting when I would take a step. My hands were next, it would hurt to make a fist =[ My ring was stuck on my finger for a day and a half! After erands that kicked my butt Sunday I kicked my feet up and rested for a little bit and finally won my war with my ring thanks to a ton of dish soap and water =] Time for me to start slowing down a little I think, I keep pushing myself cause I know things have to get done and there is so much to be prepared for and I feel like I never stop. I swear I just swept and mopped a week ago and now I have to do it again! My weekends are full in June, Family reunion on the 11th, Jens baby shower the next and fathers day, my moms is throwing a luncheon baby shower the weekend after that in Caliente.Can someone please add another day to the week or even an extra hour or 2 after i get off work so I can get my head on straight Allright enough whining!


Orlo had a great time in Alaska, he brought home tons of fish! Mostly Salmon and Halibut. He caught some crabs out of the ocean and they cooked those up and ate them, and on top of being a crab fisherman he seen a Deadliest Catch guy!!!! It was captain Phils oldest son! =] I told him to chase him down and get a picture but Orlo said NO WAY, THATS STALKERISH!Orlo got to sit co-pilot in the float plane and he sent me pictures of him holding the stearing wheel of the plane flying it, I know its probably not a "stearing wheel" but thats what im calling it. I sure do love my fisherman =]

A small update =]

Hiccups! As uncomparable as this may be, I felt like my baby had just said her first words =] She had a bad case of the hiccups 2 nights ago. I was unsure at first what was happening but come to find out it was her little baby hiccups!!! I felt it every time, makes my heart melt… over a hiccup really? I wanted to burst into tears but I held it back cause who knows what Orlos reaction would be if I were to cry over hiccups. I was so extatic over hiccups!
The past week hit me what felt like a load of bricks. I feel like all of the sudden I took on an extra 20 pounds, even though I am no where near an extra 20… yet…

I am unbelievably uncomfortable most of the night and a most part of my day. I can’t find a position the baby likes, if I find a way to sit she insists on moving on my bladder or kicking me until I move. She is a mover, I had to ask my Dr. yesterday if all of this movement is ok, which of course it is, but it feels like she is literally stretching her whole body out and kicking her legs and arms back and forth non stop! Which then leads to my never ending case of acid reflux and heartburn. I could really do without the heartburn, it makes me in the worst mood, you might as well stick a fork in me, I’m done when it comes to this heart burn.   Here I am at a long awaited 31 weeks!

I do love seeing her move though, my belly takes on so many shapes when I can sit and watch her. I don’t know what limb it is but you can literally see an arm or leg or elbow move completely across my stomach! I have caught it on video once or twice so far. I will have to post it, im just a little uneasy of my fur I have been growing on my belly and around my belly button. Yes … fur. I have never had to shave so often, I could go days without shaving my legs before, now my hair is growing like a chia pet, shaving is NOT an easy task anymore!

One of my best friends is getting Married this weekend and I could not be more happy for her =] I would do back flips for her if I could! Austin is amazing, she and I have the best relationship and understanding. I love when she comes over and we chit chat all night and attempt to get some projects done. She is a very important person in my life and I wish her nothing but pure happiness with her marriage and I will hope and pray for Bevin to come home safe to her from Iraq.

 A beautiful baby was welcomed into the family!!! Baby Brenna was born 5/19/11. 10 beautiful baby pounds and 22 inches long! Our cousin Mandy is recovering awesome and looks great! I was so excited to finally see the baby, I held up better than I thought I would, im emotional and so unbelievably happy for the new parents, and can not wait to have my own family.She is going to be very spoiled with great parents like Robby and Mandy. Congratulations to them!!!

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Tonight I have a dinner date with my Dad @ Macayos!! He is in town for the weekend so Orlo and are going to meet him and Launa for Dinner =] Heartburn city here I come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =]

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!