WELCOME KAIAH KOA!

We have been late to the game in starting a blog for our beautiful daughter Kaiah. She was born on July 25, 2009 and has been an amazing blessing in our life since. With her first birthday coming up next month, we felt it appropriate to review the last year with some photos and also get ready for another exciting year!



When Kaiah was born she was a little jaundice and had to go under the lights for a day or so. At the time Shannon and I were devastated and really felt for the first time the overwhelming emotion of what it was to be a parent. When they sent us home, we decided that we wouldn't go home and sleep. We would come back every three hours and feed her ourselves. The nurses insisted we get rest and that they would feed her, but we couldn't stay away. So we came back for the next 24 hours praying that she would recover and be released by the hospital.

The next morning came and she was feeling better and they released her! Before we left though, a photographer came by to take her photo. This is her first official photo before she left the hospital and enter the world. She looks hopeful, excited, and bright-eyed...exactly how she is today.