Baby Girl's 1st Christmas

What fun we had this Christmas. We actually celebrated four different times. First we opened gifts from Pa Paw Lee and Grandma Lee, then celebrated with Gramme, next came time for Uncle Dave and Iris, and lastly we celebrated with Nana and Poppy in North Carolina. We all got a lot of awesome gifts. Malia is definitely set until her birthday on gifts. Since we had so many celebrations I decided to put our pictures in a slide show.

Can also CLICK HERE to view pictures

As you can see in the slide show we had a lot of fun. However, we are sadly to report that Malia got her very first cold. She has been very healthy thus far, but we all knew it was only a matter of time. The day after Christmas she started to show symptoms...fever, runny nose, and coughing. Needless to say, she only feels worse and worse, poor little angel. Good news is that I am off from work so I can nurse her back to health. Of course I called the doctor and found out what I already suspected...there is nothing we can do besides allowing the virus to run its course. We are blessed in that for the most part she is still her happy go lucky self. So it looks like we will be staying in for New Years this year. Please say some prayers that she will start to feel better and that this ugly cold would go away.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Rockin' Out in Our PJ's

So my brother got Wes and I hooked on Guitar Hero last Christmas in Texas. This year Wes put it on his Christmas wish list. My awesome brother and girlfriend surprised us and gave Wes Guitar Hero World Tour. This means that we now can play against people in a head to head competition. Awesome!! This is all we did on Christmas break in NC. We got everyone to play, even Nana & Poppy.

Check us out in action...

Malia at 6 Months

Malia at 6 Months

Wow, a lot has been going on since Malia turned 6 months old. Her 6 month appointment went very well, stats are written below. We learned that it was time for her to venture into the world of baby food. We knew the doctor would have us start her on rice cereal, but we were overwhelmed when she told us to start baby veggies and fruit, finger food puffs, and even start introducing the sippy cup. Holy cow, where to begin? After sitting down with my good friend Traci and having a written menu, I think I am ready to start introducing baby food. What would I do with out my family and friends. :)

She has been a busy 6 month old...
New things she can do this month
- Rolls from tummy to back & from back to tummy
- Sitting up by herself (she tips over every once in awhile)
- Holds her bottle by herself (until she doesn't feel like doing it any more)
- Eating rice cereal like a champ
- Introduced to squash, wasn't a big fan at all. (pictures to follow)
- Introduced to peas and absolutely loves them.

Stats from the 6-month checkup
- Height 28 inches (97 percentile) She just might be my little volleyball player. :)
- Weight 17 lbs 13 oz (75 percentile)
*She is one healthy baby girl, thank you God.


Loving her rice cereal


Eating like a Koch


Not liking the squash at all


I tried to sneak in squash with her rice cereal...she didn't fall for it.


Holding her bottle by herself

As you can see she has been pretty busy and she just turned 6 months on December 12th. Her daddy and I think she will be crawling in just a week. She gets her knees under her but then doesn't know what to do after that. Personally, we hope she won't start crawling yet, it's nice to put her down and not have to worry or chase her around the house. However, I think it's time for us to baby proof the house because it's just a matter of time.

We will keep you posted! Happy New Year.
Love, Wes & Jaime

Munkey-do

Hi everyone! Here are some pictures from this weekend, plus a new one of Malia as a 6-month old. Wow! It's hard to believe she is already 6-months old. Christmas is just around the corner, we are very excited and can't wait to see what she does with her presents.
Hope you all are doing well. We miss you all!

Our little puppy

She loves her feet

She really loves to eat her big toe, yummy.

She wants to drink out of a big girl cup so bad

Her 1st Christmas present ever...from Miss Ruthie

She loves it

And of course, it goes straight in her mouth.

Guess who is 6-months old, such a big girl now.

1st Time with Santa

Christmas time with a little one, who knew it would be so much fun! Yesterday, we took Malia to see Santa for the 1st time. She was really good and so darn cute! Check out the pictures below.

She is so darn adorable, of course I am a little biased.


We are warming her up to the real Santa. Oh no, she didn't really like this Santa.


She was so excited to see Santa, she wore herself out and had to take a nap.


It's almost Santa time


She just saw Santa walk up, hurray!


She did great! Her 1st time on Santa's lap, so precious.

Thanksgiving 2008

This year we spent a quiet, relaxing, but fun Thanksgiving at our house with Gramme. Since it was just the three of us plus Munkey, we decided to order our feast from Henry's Smith...a mom-pop restaurant up the street. We had a lot of yummy food.
Here are some of our pictures...


Happy Thanksgiving everyone!


Cutie pie


Malia & Gramme


Getting ready to eat our yummy feast


Malia really wanted some Turkey

Check out our "Thanksgiving Photo Shoot" below....

Thanksgiving Morning

This Thanksgiving Wes and I decided to help out with the Adopt-a-Block at the Dream Center in North Charleston. For those that don't know, the Dream Center is a video campus to Seacoast Church. Different Small Groups have adopted certain blocks around the church and are responsible for providing them with prayer, clothing, food, and a lot more. For Thanksgiving, the groups delivered a box full of wonderful food...turkey, ham, stuffing, gravy, mac-n-cheese, green beans, rice, sweet potatoes, and a variety of desserts. We filled up a lot of truck beds with a little over 1,000 boxes of food and then hit the streets knocking door to door. It was such an amazing experience. This is something we plan to do year after year. We can't wait to take Malia with us next year. If you have never done anything like this, I highly recommend you try it just once. I promise it's life changing and you will want to continue year after year.

Check out the slide show below, it's amazing!

A Time to be Thankful

I was thinking this weekend about Thanksgiving that is right around the corner and about all the things I am thankful for. There are way too many to list and then there are the obvious ones; having God as my savior, my beautiful healthy baby girl, and my family. The one I really want to focus on is my husband, Wes. God brought us together back in 2003. Since then, we have done so many things together, again too many to list. But what I do want to talk about is how lucky and grateful I am to have married such a loving Christian man. He goes way above and beyond the call of husband duty. He is always trying to find ways to make me happy and to help out around the house. His love for me and Malia truly melts my heart. I love watching Malia's face light up when her daddy walks in the room. I don't want to hurry time, especially since it seems like it already flies by, but I can't wait to see Malia with her daddy when she is about five. Even though it will be sad for me, I know she will definitely be a daddy's little girl. I can foresee her following him around the yard, going fishing with her daddy, sitting on his lap watching Sports Center, and even dragging her plastic golf clubs around behind him. Thank you God for opening up my eyes when I wasn't looking to see what an amazing man you had put before me back in 2003. Honey, I don't know if you ever will see this, but I am so THANKFUL to have you as my life partner. I love you!


A tribute to my best friend...


The moment we got engaged. I'll never forget that day! (2004)



I am thankful...that I have a husband that can always make me laugh.


I am thankful...that we always have a blast on vacations.


I am thankful...that no matter the circumstance he'll make sure I am well fed.


I am thankful...that he is so creative.
(using a fishing pole to get down a tree branch that has been hanging for months)


I am thankful....that he is fun and active.


I am thankful...my husband will go on a Christian's Men's Hike (over 30 miles) just to better himself as a Christ follower, a daddy, and a husband.


I am thankful...that he'll spend a few hours cutting up fire wood.


Just so we can enjoy an evening of ambiance watching a fire burn outside.


I am thankful...that he wants to continue the tradition of picking blueberries, blackberries, and grapes as a family once Malia gets old enough.



He works so hard for our family. Malia is very lucky to have him as her daddy.



I am thankful...that I had the BEST coach during the toughest time of my life!



I am thankful...that he loves our baby girl more than life its self.



I am even more thankful...that he is still just a boy at heart!

Miss Malia...

We are having so much fun with Miss Malia, we wanted to share some cute pictures with you all.

Miss Malia in her new hat.


I think I see a smile behind that pink paci!


So excited to go to Gramme's


When I say she will eat anything...I mean anything. :)


Sound asleep after a full day living as a 5 month old.

Malia's Church Dedication

Malia's Dedication (November 15th 2008)

Our precious angel was dedicated at church this past weekend. It was an awesome experience in that our friends babies were also dedicated. It was a great feeling to watch the three of them be prayed over and know that they will grow up with the Lord as the center of their lives. Thank you to our family and friends that came out to witness this special event and for attending the celebration afterwards.

Here are some of the many pictures that were taken.

Our family

She'll never get away from this picture.

Daddy's girl

Having fun with Gramme

She was very talkative during the prayer times.

She was wondering who the strange man was that had her.

Sweet baby girl

Us with the Cromer's and the Dellett's

Fun with Gramme