Baby blessing & Teds graduation

Kirra Elizabeth Cox was blessed in church on May 6th by her daddy with lots of family and friends surrounding her. It was a beautiful day and everything went perfect. She didn't make a peep the entire blessing which Ted was very worried about. She was asleep in his arms until he started the blessing and grandpa cox saw her big beautiful eyes pop open just as her daddy said her name. It was the most beautiful blessing I have ever heard. In the blessing Ted said what a joy it was to hold her in his arms and that long before she was born her voice was heard. He also said she truly is Gods promise fulfilled (which is the meaning of her middle name Elizabeth). Ironically, we only found out the etimology of her name after we had chosen it but it was fitting to be sure.
We had teds parents come for the blessing and his cousin Sonya with all her family. My sister and 2 brothers and their families also came down and stayed for the weekend. We helped fill the chapel that day and the funny thing is if teds entire family came we could have filled it with just our 2 families. Kirra was grand kid #19 on my side and # 30 on teds. We celebrated afterwards at our house outside with beautiful weather and a BBQ.

Three generations. outside our first little home Which I will miss and always remember as kirras first home.

This is my favorite picture. We really are so blessed to have her

Only one side of the family minus one of my brothers; and none of teds siblings and kids! Can you imagine everybody in one place! (only gonna happen when we're all dead, Ted says!)

Proud grandparents.

She was so smiley for the pictures

The following weekend Ted graduated from LAW school, cum laude with a dual degree from University of Windsor in Canada and University of Detroit in the U.S. I can't believe it; those 3 years felt like they just flew by. At graduation, each graduate gets "hooded" by the dean which is part of receiving your doctorate degree. It was a special day for us as he is the first in his family to get a doctorate degree. I'm so proud of him and his hard work. One thing you all may not know, but one of the main reasons ted decided and wanted to go to law school was that he has always had a desire to be in a profession where he can help people and have them come to him for counsel and advice. I know he will be a great lawyer as he always says he his dad taught him from a young age " anything worth doing is worth doing well," Just like he works hard at being a good husband and dad. Congrats Hun we love u.

This is Ted with his best buddy, JP. JP will be working for a labor/employment firm on Bay Street.

This is Ted with his favorite gal pal, Alana (like Banana). Alana will be clerking for the Supreme Court of Canada this fall! We are all proud of her for achieving this huge honor.


Yesterday was my first mothers day and I loved cuddling my little girl. It was a wonderful day and I squeezed in extra kisses and hugs. There were flowers and a card waiting for me when I woke up but I dont have any pictures to show unfortunately. My birthday/ mother day present is a trip to Chicago this week and from there the rest of our Summer gets pretty chaotic. Things like going to the cottage for a long weekend, running my first 5K post baby (arg I'm so not ready), Yosemite camping with cox clan, and oh dont forget moving finding new place to live and Ted writing bar exam! A fun filled summer for us we get 2months off together before Ted starts work and it's jammed packed. So if u don't hear form us for awhile that's why.

Location:E Superior St,Chicago,United States