It's a boy!

Mitchell Rainer Powell is here! Mitch was born at 1:15am on Friday, January 8th... on his due date! We were thrilled he was a boy! It already feels like he's always been a part of our family forever. We have been blessed by the Lord with our baby boy Mitch.

While we have been in survival mode with Mitch nursing every 2 hours around the clock, we have enjoyed visitors meeting Mitch and have been so blessed by friends and family that have taken such good care of us. We are grateful. And I'm (Lindsey) extremely grateful for my helpful and encouraging husband. From 40 weeks of pregnancy, through 30 hours of labor, delivery and weeks of little sleep and a crazy life... we couldn't do it without our Dada/Rainer.

Here's our past two months in pictures:

First family photo of four

Weighing in at 8 lbs 9 oz at birth 

 

Alice loves her "Meeeetch"

I definitely have my hands full

Our son

 

I love this little guy

And sometimes it's like this!

 

Thanks to Tori for these

beautiful photos!!!

JJ and Papa meet grandbaby #5, and grandson #1

Mimi and Poppi made it in time for the birth!

Alice meets Mitch

Happily worn out

 

First photo

 

Waiting his arrival

Sweet son

So happy we have a little boy

Jonny and Anna Christian came to visit

Cali meets Mitch

Alice, Mitch and their grandparents

Daddy and son

 

Tiny fingers

Shirley and Bob came to visit

 

Hello friend

Youth Group trip Hillsong United and

Rend Collective concert

In Memphis before the concert

 

He's so little!

 

Mimi and Poppi

 

Mitch meets his cousin Georgia

 

Good morning!

 

Three generations (missing Papa)

 

Will you play with me?

 

Just seeing if he fit in her stroller

 

Yay! Our friends Mary Brock and Bo got married!

 

Such a fun wedding!

 

 

B. M.  (before Mitch)...

 

Olaf!

 

Sweet friends Edna and Cali taking good care of me

Christmas Eve service

Christmas morning

 

Alice and Lilla

Alice and Mama's belly

Annual Jones family Christmas party

Rainer's birthday breakfast

Alice's Christmas fun

 

She loved her Elsa and Anna dolls

Love my new tshirt

Pawpaw, Greenie and Harper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Halloween, Thanksgiving, more... 2015



Alice loves the park

 

HALLOWEEN

Fun times

 

Our lady bug

 

These babies! Lilla, Harper, Alice, Beau Ryan

 

Ready to go!

 

The lady bug and Olaf

 

Alice figured out trick-or-treating quick!

 

Family day at the park

 

Cool kids

 

State vs. Alabama game

 

Alice loves "but-ball"!!

 

Loved visiting with the Browns

 

Alice loved being with Maggie Rae

 

Fun at the game

 

Great halftime show

 

Learning to drive

 

Youth Group Sunday Funday in Memphis

 

Everyone had fun with lazer tag...

(and the black light)

 

THANKSGIVING

Flying to East TN

 

Alice had fun in the airport

 

Good food and fun with Mimi and Poppi

 

At the lake house

 

Our turkey

 

Alice loves her Aunt Meredith and Uncle Bryan

 

Christmas came early in TN

 

Alice checking out her baby doll

 

Alice loved drawing with Poppi

 

Down by the lake

 

Hanging out

 

Hello lake!

 

Flying home

 

Happy 1st Birthday Harper!

 

All the girls

 

Cousins

 

Giardinas tradition

 

For Rainer and Chad's birthdays

 

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

 

Alice loves pizza!

 

YoungLife Mr. Christmas Tree contest!

 

Youth Group leaders Christmas dinner

 

Alice picked out a great tree

 

Alice calls the tree "ho, ho, ho"

 

"Do I look like daddy?"

 

Hello

 

The Youth Group band

 

Alice loves youth group too

 

Memphis date night

 

A great day for Lilla's baptism

 

Lunch with Tracy, John and baby Mamie

 

Youth Group leaf raking event

 

My small group at youth (missing Tuki)

 

Alice helping to get the

nursery ready for the baby

 

Octoball at youth group

 

YoungLife skit

 

Alice loves her park date

 

Alice is in a big girl bed! (can you even find her!)

 

Love me some Alice hair

 

She loves her daddy

 

Playing dinner with dada

 

Youth Group band rocks out worship

 

Celebrating Bo & Mary Brock's engagement!

 

Youth Group bean boozled game!

Breakfast date with mama & dada before seeing Santa

 

And that's how it went! :)