i call this my 'ketchup' post

...b/c i am about to blow ya mind with all of my posts...uh, huh...

Nothing much has happened in the last couple of months MINUS:

me starting a new job,

Davis getting 7 new teeth all at once Lord help us,

doing crazy amounts of yard work,

having lots of snow in January and February,

doing some reorganizing,

me turning 28,

Matt turning 34,

Davis in swim lessons,

me deciding to run another half marathon and then not training for it

(will it happen? stay tuned...i don't even know the answer to that),

buying a new lawn mower,

planning a golf tournament,

me painting a mural-esque thingy on Davis' wall (pictures to come),

losing an amazing babysitter to college (WOMP),

buying a new dresser for our room and a new TV for our bonus room,

working from home more, among other things.

Life is just SLOW these days.

BUT, it is sunshiney and we get to wear short sleeved shirts,

take walks,

throw rocks,

take picnics,

deck time,

go to the zoo

and work our little buns off.

This reminds me of CAMP:

I love this:

My Child,

You may not know me,

but I know everything about you.

Psalm 139:1

I know when you sit down and when you rise up.

Psalm 139:2

I am familiar with all your ways.

Psalm 139:3

Even the very hairs on your head are numbered.

Matthew 10:29-31

For you were made in my image.

Genesis 1:27

In me you live and move and have your being.

Acts 17:28

For you are my offspring.

Acts 17:28

I knew you even before you were conceived.

Jeremiah 1:4-5

I chose you when I planned creation.

Ephesians 1:11-12

You were not a mistake,

for all your days are written in my book.

Psalm 139:15-16

I determined the exact time of your birth

and where you would live.

Acts 17:26

You are fearfully and wonderfully made.

Psalm 139:14

I knit you together in your mother's womb.

Psalm 139:13

And brought you forth on the day you were born.

Psalm 71:6

I have been misrepresented

by those who don't know me.

John 8:41-44

I am not distant and angry,

but am the complete expression of love.

1 John 4:16

And it is my desire to lavish my love on you.

1 John 3:1

Simply because you are my child

and I am your Father.

1 John 3:1

I offer you more than your earthly father ever could.

Matthew 7:11

For I am the perfect father.

Matthew 5:48

Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand.

James 1:17

For I am your provider and I meet all your needs.

Matthew 6:31-33

My plan for your future has always been filled with hope.

Jeremiah 29:11

Because I love you with an everlasting love.

Jeremiah 31:3

My thoughts toward you are countless

as the sand on the seashore.

Psalms 139:17-18

And I rejoice over you with singing.

Zephaniah 3:17

I will never stop doing good to you.

Jeremiah 32:40

For you are my treasured possession.

Exodus 19:5

I desire to establish you

with all my heart and all my soul.

Jeremiah 32:41

And I want to show you great and marvelous things.

Jeremiah 33:3

If you seek me with all your heart,

you will find me.

Deuteronomy 4:29

Delight in me and I will give you

the desires of your heart.

Psalm 37:4

For it is I who gave you those desires.

Philippians 2:13

I am able to do more for you

than you could possibly imagine.

Ephesians 3:20

For I am your greatest encourager.

2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

I am also the Father who comforts you

in all your troubles.

2 Corinthians 1:3-4

When you are brokenhearted,

I am close to you.

Psalm 34:18

As a shepherd carries a lamb,

I have carried you close to my heart.

Isaiah 40:11

One day I will wipe away

every tear from your eyes.

Revelation 21:3-4

And I'll take away all the pain

you have suffered on this earth.

Revelation 21:3-4

I am your Father, and I love you

even as I love my son, Jesus.

John 17:23

For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed.

John 17:26

He is the exact representation of my being.

Hebrews 1:3

He came to demonstrate that I am for you,

not against you.

Romans 8:31

And to tell you that I am not counting your sins.

2 Corinthians 5:18-19

Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled.

2 Corinthians 5:18-19

His death was the ultimate expression

of my love for you.

1 John 4:10

I gave up everything I loved

that I might gain your love.

Romans 8:31-32

If you receive the gift of my son Jesus,

you receive me.

1 John 2:23

And nothing will ever separate you

from my love again.

Romans 8:38-39

Come home and I'll throw the biggest party

heaven has ever seen.

Luke 15:7

I have always been Father,

and will always be Father.

Ephesians 3:14-15

My question is…

Will you be my child?

John 1:12-13

I am waiting for you.

Luke 15:11-32

Love, Your Dad

Almighty God

Promises Promises

i AM going to blog again.

You ALL were WAITING by your computer mad at me...right?!

I have so many things to update on that i

don't

know

where

to start

...maybe i will wait a little longer....

Until my return, I will launch a site called wherethecrapisJenna.com

Don't forget...

...about this post:

Calling All Moms

If you have EVER been pregnant or SUSPECTED of being pregnant or been told how to parent your children or had terrible things said to you b/c people

verbally threw up

on you, i need to know.

I am working on a FABULOUS project.

But i cant do it without you and your stories.

Click that little link above and let me hear your story.

ASAP. :)

Tell all of your friends.

Tell your friends' friends.

Recruit your followers.

i promise you wont be disappointed.

Or just tell all of your friends' stories.

Grab that lil button to the side.

Grassy.

So much to talk about

Just when you think the cuteness has stopped, keep watching.

i love this kid.

through the eyes of the iPhone

that is how most of my Christmas was documented. Although i have lots more pictures of my lil buggy forthcoming, here is a look at the Cox Christmas. It was a FABULOUSO one. But blogger hates me, so none of these are in order:

Christmas Day grilling and in the snow! What a trooper:

Santa really was good to us this year:

Do my friends know me or what?!:

a lil Christmas morning snowfall. That's all:

We decided to start a new tradition along with the ones that we already started. We always enjoy some mimosas, open a present and watch a Christmas movie, but this year, we added a little game action to the mix. Matt always has beginner's luck:

Right after Christmas, we planned a last minute ski trip to Gatlinburg, TN. It was AWESOME. Not the best ski runs i have ever seen, but a beautiful getaway in the mountains no less:

driving thru the mountains:

i was in Narnia for Christmas:

But for real:

our view from our mountain getaway:

nothing like the holiday stress of cooking a full Christmas meal. While i cooked for two days solid, this is the only thing i documented b/c the marshmellows looked perfect. Tasted it too. I made popovers, eggs, bacon and coffee for breakfast. Turkey, Sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, dressing, apple-cranberry pie, Mayberry Salad and tea for lunch. Then i quit cooking for the rest of the year. Below: the perfect marshmellows of sweet potato casserole:

We are still decorating and buying furniture for our upstairs game room/bonus room. Right now we have every single toy that Davis owns along with a desk and a laptop. So cozy. But Buggy loves The Polar Express and so there is nothing like a little snuggle time while checking out this Christmas locomotive:

This is crochet man. This is his FAVORITE thing i would venture to say in the world. Nothing like a little lovie to soothe you to sleep on a road trip:

"I JUST WANT TO PLAY IN THE SNOOOOOOOW"

Gatlinburg, TN: The Town that crowned Dolly:

Santa really loves me. My favorite Christmas gift:

Very cool necklaces that Matt found me for Christmas. They are on scrabble tiles!

Ahhhhhhh, Mayberry Salad. a Lewis/Cox tradition. I cant give you the recipe but i do not lie when i say that it will change your life:

I grew reeeeeeeally tall over Christmas:

This is the Apple-Cranberry Pie i was telling you about. Best. Pie. Ever. Make it and tell me how much you love it. I did use some of the suggestions below the recipe:

This might be my favorite picture ever:

What Christmas is complete without cookies for Santa?

My snoozin' sweetie:

Grill it up baby!

SNOW!

Santa came!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Super excited and SUPER skeptical that this would actually happen, but it did!

One more of the sleepiness:

Ahhhhh Christmas Eve:

Helicopter rides? Only $10? sketchy...

Hope you had a GREAT Christmas and Happy New Year!!!!!!!!

Merry Christmas to all...

and to AHHHHHH-ll a good night!!!!

Embrace the Camera- December 9, 2010

I love Thursdays.


This deal-eo rocks. You should do it too.

This is Grandperson edition:

Davis LOVES his Papa, or Grandpa or Pops or whatever he is going to call him.

We get this mixed up b/c all of the "Granddads" in the Cox family become Papa when they enter Grandparenthood.

But Matt wants to be called Papa instead of Dada or Dad or Daddy.

(it is SO cute when you hear Davis go "Papa?" (always a question...) and then Matt says "Yea, Buddy?" Melt my heart into a big pile of goop. He just started this...)

ANYWAY, regardless, Davis LOVES his Grandperson so much.

When we were in Georgia for Thanksgiving he would just walk over to him, want to be held by him, laugh with him, play with him, pet the dog with him, etc. My child,

quite the ham,

would whine and fake cry

if Grandperson held other precious Grandbaby, Lilly.

Oh the drama of holding another child!

But it is so sweet and touched my heart so much to see how well Davis has taken to him and how much he loves him.

So, NOW IT IS YOUR TURN!

here are the official rules:
1. take a picture with you and your kids/spouse/family member/pet/whatever.
2. blog about that picture and include a link to this blog, or grab their button.
3. link your blog post up on mr. linky at the bottom of THIS POST.
4. visit the other embracers...

give each other lots of compliments about how good everyone is lookin'
5. have fun!

Classic

this face.

this drool.

this focus.

so much is working in this...

canNOT keep his cool

some people just can't be cool:

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I giggled all the way thru this. Hope you do too!

embrace the camera- December 2, 2010

So today i break my blogging hiatus with an 'Embrace the Camera'.
cue the applause.

Off center:

"Jenna, where have you been? We have missed you so and have WAITED by the computer to see what one thing you post next!"

"I know, i know. DUH. I appreciate ALL of my fans but sometimes you just don't have Internet in your new house! Have no fear, little people. I am here. And i have Internet."

Lot's has been happening in this house these days. Traveling. Moving. Decorating. Working. Christmas-izing. Thanksgiving-ing. Running in to walls and tables and anything else. Pulling down ornaments and throwing them. Napping. being sickly. etc etc. you know how it goes. But life is good. And super snuggly these days.

shuper-duper chilly on Christmas Tree buying day. It is only right.

And this lil munchkin is so cute i could gnaw on him.

the purpose of embrace the camera is to pull yourself out from behind the camera and into some pictures with your kids/spouses/family members, etc.
one day, we won't be here, and all people will have are the memories we made (which are great)...but i also want to leave lots and lots of pictures for them as well.
and now....it's your turn. Visit this SUPA- DUPA cute blog to get more info and sign up!

here are the official rules:
1. take a picture with you and your kids/spouse/family member/pet/whatever.
2. blog about that picture and include a link to our blog, or grab our button.
3. link your blog post up on mr. linky here.
4. visit the other embracers...give each other lots of compliments about how good we look with our greasy hair and sweatpants on. cause yah, we need a little boost when it's been days since our last shower.
5. have fun!

Just call us the Jefferson's

finally got a piece. of the pie that is.

All we have been doing is moving over the last couple of weeks and FINALLY we are in.

All i can say is: I. Am. Done.

OVER IT.

But LOVING my new haven.

So just so you know that i am not dead, here are some pictures: