My husband Joshua and I just celebrated our fourth (!) wedding anniversary! This week, I’ve been feeling sentimental about our relationship and our marriage, remembering just how much we’ve overcome and how God truly gave us one another. To be honest, Joshua and I have so much to celebrate because there were times our marriage neary fell apart, and I personally wanted to call it quits.
As a woman and mother to two girls, I believe that girls everywhere should be treated equally, empowered, and safe. This belief is deeply held, both for personal and biblical reasons. As such, I champion gender equality everyday and especially today, International Day of the Girl 2020. The theme for this day is “My voice,…
My daughters 💗🥹 My three girls, each so different from each other. I love learning them, having God teach me how to raise and respond to each of their own unique needs, observing what makes their eyes sparkle and what brings them joy. I love teaching them and, in turn, they’ve taught me so much. My daughters are everything, and I’m so grateful I get to be their mom 💗 #nationaldaughtersday
Our youngest daughter’s newborn photos on her due date 🥹💗
One week of Noah 💗 life is so much fuller with her.
I’m beyond happy to share that we’ve spent just about a week loving on our youngest daughter, our late summer baby, Noah Grace Jordan 🌺 Coming in at 7 lbs 6.7 oz, 19 inches long, she’s captivated all of our hearts.
We are all deliriously happy to be a family of five. Swipe to see the girls loving on their baby sister and my elation to share this girl parent life with the greatest husband and father 💗
Noah’s name inspiration: Numbers 27:1-12
Maternity photos celebrating our growing family. This is bliss. This is peace. This is God being purely gracious to me.
Sharing photos capturing this pregnancy and these last few moments as a family of four. I’ll treasure this season always. 💗
Thank you to @tiffanychiphotography for capturing my family.
5 years his bride 💗
7 years together.
6 months of Joshua seeking God about pursuing me before we dated.
5 years married.
4 moves.
3 daughters.
2 homes owned.
1 Holy God who saw us through it all.
Happy 5th wedding anniversary to the love of my life. I’m so grateful for this life we’ve built together on Christ.
It’s raining in So. Cal. 🙀 *grabs rain boots and cues Jumping Up and Down in Muddy Puddles by Peppa Pig*
Love these photos of me captured by Joshua, light dots and all. They’re such a testament that life doesn’t have to be perfect to be beautiful.
Thinking back to our babymoon/early wedding anniversary trip a couple months ago, and just how grateful I am for my husband. He took this photo of me and made me feel so special that day. It’s truly a precious thing to be carrying life, and to carry a little person made up of me and the love of my life. I’m just feeling thankful. For life. For health. For healing. For marriage. For family. For everything.
On this day, 7 years ago, on the Jackson Street Bridge in Atlanta, Joshua asked me, “What do you think about us becoming official?” 💗 I thought it was a good idea to be his girlfriend and I still do. Since then, we got married and now share a beautiful, imperfect life together. That’s my forever boyfriend, my husbae 💗
It’s Labor Day and I’m getting prepped for my own Labor Day (see what I did there? 😉). Here’s what I packed in my hospital bag for delivering Baby No. 3 💗Now that this is my third time around, I know what I like to have with me in the hospital! Hope this helps for all the expecting mamas out there!
Here’s the link to my birth scripture cards: https://meloniebygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Birth-Scriptures-All-Cards.pdf [I also linked them in my bio)
Music by @damiensebe - river bank via @hellothematic
#hospitalbag #hospitalbagessentials #hospitalbagchecklist
Your girl is 37 weeks! I’m feeling so grateful — it’s been a tough journey so I’m so thankful for every milestone! 🥹💗 #babynumber3 #Septemberbaby
It’s Baby No. 3’s birthday month, and I’m nesting like crazy. Before I began nesting at home, I made sure to prepare for my maternity leave in advance! Here’s a checklist for the attorneys (and aspiring attorneys) who work in a law firm setting out there. Would you add anything else to the checklist?
Music by @chinsaku_ - Loss For Words via @hellothematic
#attorney #blackattorney #maternityleave
Starting the week off with happy news: I’m honored to be named among the Top 10 Young Diverse Lawyers of Orange County by @occdl! We’ve been in California for almost three years and I’ve worked in OC for almost 2 years, and I continue to be blown away by what God is doing in our lives here. I’m thankful to be part of the OC community and to make it a better place for everyone by furthering DEI initiatives.
#blackattorneys #attorney #womeninthelaw #womenlawyers #lawyerlife
Put together a short vlog detailing how we found this location, planning tips, and fun clips with our amazing Cali community 💗
Looking to host a baby shower outdoors? I shared the full vlog on YT full of tips from my baby shower for (likely my last) baby 🥹🌺
#babyshower #waldorfastoria #CaliBabyComingSoon
We’ve got a baby in bloom 🌺 From a floral arrangement class, bomb food, fun and creative games, to beautiful views in the OC, this shower was everything.
More details from our floral “beach formal” baby shower by the ocean 🌊🌺
I’ve always planned my own baby showers, but y’all, my girl @faithelyse said “No ma’am, that won’t do” and decided to bless me big with a beautiful shower that she designed and executed flawlessly. We felt so celebrated and supported 🥹 Rebekah, thank you for being you and for doing this. 💗
#babyshower #orangecounty #babygirl #waldorfastoriamonarchbeach #waldorfastoria
Still teeming with love from our baby shower 🥹💗My amazing friend @_faithelyse threw us a beautiful shower at @wamonarchbeach. Here’s some photos from our special day honoring our 3rd baby girl 💗
When I look at my story with my husband Joshua, I know my Redeemer lives.
When I met my husband, I was a single mom in law school, supporting my daughter by myself through school. Joshua was a resident doctor who saved himself for marriage and was longing for a wife. He told me he was praying not only for a wife, but for a family. Now we’re married. Then, he adopted my daughter, we welcomed another daughter together, and now we are expecting another daughter.
Where one man failed and deemed me unworthy, Joshua stepped in and redeemed me and adopted Raegan. Of course, Jesus already redeemed me. Joshua simply saw and agreed with what God established all along: I am worthy, I am called back to my inheritance, I am valuable, and I am lovable.
If you’re a single mom longing for love, know that you are already loved. Nothing detracts from your worthiness. You’re not undesirable. You’re not unlovable. You’re not too much. You are WORTHY and LOVED. Jesus, Your Redeemer, lives. If you long for a spouse, I pray that he steps in and agrees with what God speaks over you — you are lovable already.
Thank you to the amazing, anointed @tiffanychiphotography for making this video of our maternity photoshoot 💗
My daughters 💗🥹 My three girls, each so different from each other. I love learning them, having God teach me how to raise and respond to each of their own unique needs, observing what makes their eyes sparkle and what brings them joy. I love teaching them and, in turn, they’ve taught me so much. My daughters are everything, and I’m so grateful I get to be their mom 💗 #nationaldaughtersday
Our youngest daughter’s newborn photos on her due date 🥹💗
One week of Noah 💗 life is so much fuller with her.
I’m beyond happy to share that we’ve spent just about a week loving on our youngest daughter, our late summer baby, Noah Grace Jordan 🌺 Coming in at 7 lbs 6.7 oz, 19 inches long, she’s captivated all of our hearts.
We are all deliriously happy to be a family of five. Swipe to see the girls loving on their baby sister and my elation to share this girl parent life with the greatest husband and father 💗
Noah’s name inspiration: Numbers 27:1-12
