The Wake Up Process

Here we have stage one of the wake up process. "Would guys just go away and leave me alone!"


"I told you all to quit taking my picture and let me rest!"


"Ok, fine I will just ignore you, and see if that works."

Memorial Day

We are so grateful to God for Jade. She is a delight to us each day.

Here is Jade hanging out on Memorial Day. She and Seth were buddies for the day. Seth is grandson of Tonia my father-in-law's girl friend.

We must spend that quality time with Papaw Mitchell. We underwent a wardrobe change, but only out of necessity. :)


Cool shades!! She actually keeps these on pretty good. They were a gift with one of the outfits we got from one of the families in the church.

Washington State

Jade and I are back from WA. It was wonderful to see family, but we are glad to be home seeing that the trip was fast, furious, and full of much time in the car! We both missed Chad very much. Above is a pic of Jade and Everett having quality cousin time. Everett loved Jade, and has been asking his mother where she is since they dropped us at the airport to go home!

Here is Jade soaking up some rays in my aunt's backyard. She absolutely loved the fresh air and shade; she was happy there for about an hour.

Great Grandma Becker enjoyed some quality time with Jade.

Then of course we saw the obvious need for a four generation picture, which Jade slept through.

Next time on the Mitchell blog you can read about a day with Grampa Lefevre & Grandma Kay, as well as, Memorial Day activities.

Jade's Dedication

We dedicated Jade on April 1st. Many of the family members participated in this occasion. Here are some pics taken that day.

Chad's dad, his girl friend Tonia, and Mamaw Mitchell were present.

Pastor Sexton is the pastor of the Temple Baptist Church in Powell, TN where we attend church.

Chad's Aunt Fauna, and her daughter Tiffany were able to be with us for this special event.

Here she is all decked out for the dedication!

My dad and stepmom came out from Wytheville, VA to be with us on this special day. Bevery (my sister) also attended church with us that day.

This is the three of us with Chad's mom.

I will post more soon. Jade and I are in WA for the week, and will be returning home on the 21st. We came out to visit my mom's parents as they have not been doing well. Our arrival of Friday last week was just in time to allow us to see my grandfather before he passed away early Sunday morning. We are now in Olympia with my sister Sarah, her husband Kerry, and their almost 2 year old son Everett. I will treat you all to pics of the two kids soon. We will all be travelling to Moscow, ID tomorrow for an 11:00 funeral on Saturday. Please pray for safety as we travel. The trip back will be made on Sunday allowing for our departure from Seattle on Monday.

Update Long Overdue

I apologize that we have not updated the blog for awhile. Life has been quite crazy for the last 3 months. Chad has been so busy at work that he has not been able to update, and we don't have internet access at home quite yet. Hopefully we will have it soon. Here are so pics from the last month or so with some explanation about events.



Every other Friday Chad's mother, grandmother, aunts, and some of the girls go out to eat or enjoy some other fun activity together. This was the first of such outings that Jade and I attended, and it happened to be a tea party! So of course I had to doll her up for the occasion. This is Jade on the couch ready to go.

This is the tea party. It was such fun.

This is Chad's second cousin Tahnee spending some quality tea time with Jade.

Here is Grammy (Chad's mom) with baby Jade at the tea party.

Out & About

Here are some photos of Melanie and Jade's excursions from that last few days. Jade has been to her first tea party. She is now 22 inches and 10 lbs.

First Doctor Visit

All Dressed and No Where to Go

But I don't want to Daddy

Jade had her first Doctor appointment this week. She is now a little over 8lbs and 21 inches long. The doctor was extremely impressed with her progress. She has already started practicing rolling over. Her are some recent pictures. Hope you all enjoy them.