Carlos and Joaquin love to hang out on the couch together and watch March Madness.

Sleeping a little bit in between feeding!!
Pops came to visit and introduced Joaquin to Starbucks....looking but no drinking yet.
Kim and Brax have taken a new picture each month with the bear from Gram and Pops....so we decided to continue to tradition. Our bear is smaller.....but it still works! :) This is Joaquin at 2 weeks old.

Mama' and Papa'

We are overwhelmed and excited with the responsibility of being new parents. We want so badly for this little one to fall in love with Jesus!! Please pray with us that God uses us in his life daily to teach him how much the Lord loves him!! Please pray that Carlos and I are faithful in our relationship with the Lord. We truly appreciate already the outpouring of prayer that we, as a family, have gotten!!!

We have had such a great first week with our sweet Joaquin (which is pronounced 'Wa-keen'!) He is a miracle child and a gift from the Lord. We chose his name for 2 reasons. First, it is Carlos's Grandfather's name. Second, it means, God will establish. God really has established Joaquin in our life as a huge show of God's love. We are overwhelmed!!!!! Praise Him. Things are going well....sleep is scarce, but Joaquin is eating well and sleeping some. He is healthy and he is doing great.
He absolutely loves to use his arms for everything. We have to swaddle him to feed him, and it never fails that his arms start to work their way up to his face. He must have spent a lot of time like that in the womb!!!

He also has been very alert! He has Carlos's big brown eyes, which I think are so adorable (I'm a little bias!!)

Joaquin Addington Acosta

We are so thankful for our new little addition: Joaquin ("God will establish") Addington Acosta. He was born March 15, 2009 at 1:35 a.m. Everything went really well. We had awesome care at the hosptial!!!! God is so good. We are so thankful and overwhelmed by our son and can't even express what he means to us. He is a miracle!! First bath time!

Proud Papa!

Introducing Joaquin to the Acosta family!