Honeymoon

It has been over a year since my wonderful husband and I spent our honeymoon in Jamaica. I'm finally getting these pictures uploaded! We spent a lot of time trying to find somewhere we could go to make the most of the five days Corey had off of work after the wedding. We knew that we wanted somewhere that was all inclusive, relaxing and tropical. It was such a wonderful time as newly weds!

Corey talked me into going zip lining. I screamed on each one of them!

This boat ride was so fun but I thought we were going to die! We also went snorkeling but we don't have pictures of that since we didn't bring our phones on the boat.

While this is very personal, I'll take a minute to share that Corey and I had committed early in our relationship to wait to have sex on our honeymoon. I share this because I know that it is a rare thing to have something so important happen in an intentional way where I was treasured and with someone fully committed to me and who loves me. It isn't very "normal" in our culture today to wait for marriage. I can say now that I am married that approaching sex with intention, commitment and a deep love is incredibly special and meaningful. Sex without marriage can lead to incredibly painful feelings of vulnerability and being used. As a Christian I think it is important to combat the voices of today's culture and outright say that married sex is not boring or old fashioned/out of style. It actually is secure, special, wonderful, meaningful. I heard somewhere that sex is actually a physical way to say your vows to your spouse. To have a way to communicate value, trust, beauty, joy that God gave us is so special.  To feel treasured and not used is also the way God set it up to be. I hope my vulnerability encourages those of you in the midst of this decision. It's worth the wait.

Graham is 6 months old!

Our little boy Graham Drake is six months old today. He is beyond precious!

His two little bottom teeth are nearly all the way in now.

He is rolling over and pushing his legs trying to crawl.

I think he is starting to look so grown up these days.

He is very vocal and loves to sing and find the highest pitch he possibly can!

 He tried peas for the first time :).

This was actually taken in June but I forgot to include it last month. This is Graham with some of his second cousins on the Alexander side of the family.

This is hanging in Graham's room.

He also loves to go up and down when someone is holding him so we got him a door jumper. At first he was a little scared but now he absolutely loves it. See for yourself in the video below.

We love you, our sweet amazing little Grambo. You've changed our lives forever. I can't wait to hear your giggles everyday when I get up. Your blue eyes shine and I love squeezing those amazing legs and kissing those cheeks a thousand times a day. I pray you know your worth to me and your daddy but most of all your worth as a child of God.