Monkey's Daddy.

I can not even say how much this man means to me.  He is such a wonderful father, provider, protector, and example to his little monkey.  I love the love they share and my greatest joy in life is watching them play together. Adam loves to follow his daddy's example and that is what makes me happiest.  Happy Fathers day Schatzie!

Camping

This weekend we went up Hobble Creek Canyon and went camping over night.  Adam was very sleep deprived and had a hard time with being moody, but he soon discovered that there was plenty of dirt all around. good thing mom was prepared.

 a mini hike with dad

 getting ready for bed

 bathing in a bucket was fun, it was hard getting him to stand up though!

Dad hooked him up to a tree, that was fun... for a little while :)

Even though we had to deal with a moody little boy it was altogether a good experience, hopefully it will get easier as the summer goes on and he will not try to wake everyone up at 5AM again.

32 week photo

just cause...

Today Adam was pointing to the baby and said Kyle :) and later when he was sitting on my lap (or what is left of it) Kyle was kicking him in the back and Adam just thought that was the coolest thing.  It's going to be fun to see him when he meets his little brother for the first time! about 8 more weeks!

Mr. wiggly # 2

when I was pregnant with Adam I thought he was a wiggly little kid, he probably was too, but Cook boy #2 has him beat... by a long shot. if things moving inside of a belly makes you a little queasy, then this video is not for you.  this happens multiple times a day and he has only gotten bigger and stronger since I filmed it last week.

I am 32 weeks along now and as you can see, he is doing great. (I'm feeling pretty good myself)  I should have a prego picture up here soon. We are calling him Kyle and we can't wait to meet him :)

May happenings

We have been having a great time getting into the routine of things here in Springville. Nathaniel started working full time a week after graduation and now he is also getting the benefits, like health insurance :) super helpful with this little one coming in a couple months.  Adam has also adapted really well to this new place and I appreciate so much having enough space for him to run around and actually use up all his energy. he is pretty consistently taking a 2-3 hour nap each day and sleeps from 8:00 to 7:00 every night. he loves the park down the street and we make sure we visit at least once a week.
It seems like our little monkey has been progressing by leaps and bounds since we moved here. that might be because he has so much interaction with kids who are older than he is, but he impresses me every day with what he is learning, and how he is growing.  Just cause we haven't had a lot of pics of him for a while....

 Where's Adam belly?

 there it is! ( I almost have him convinced that there is not a baby in his belly like mama's... almost :)

 he was practicing blowing bubbles and plugging his nose

 he will water anything if we let him... especially mom and dad!

 snuggle monkey

love those baby blues!

My graduate

During the whirl wind month of April, Something that our whole family has been anxiously waiting for (for a long time) happened!  we have our own washer and dryer! ...(okay, maybe I was the only one really waiting for that)  further more, Nathaniel Graduated from BYU!  YAY!  I really couldn't be more proud of all his hard works and efforts that resulted in his Bachelors of science in physics.  he also received two minors in computer science and mathematics... what a smarty pants I have on my hands.  This degree represents so much more than just completing all the required courses, and I am so thankful that Nathaniel has been so great during it all. For the last three years he has been going to school full time and working part time so he could support our family, what a stud.

 waiting for his name to be called

 First thing Adam did was take dads funny hat

 Life is good

 It was all worth it!

 I love you Schatzie!

With Nathaniel's friend Jake who was able to fly out from San Diego and spend a few days with us for the occasion.

Thanks so much for everyone who was able to come and celebrate with us. We couldn't have done it without all of you.  Up next for the Cook household, we will be taking a year of of school for work and will apply for grad school in the fall! I am happy to have a little break (for Nathaniel) before we move off to who knows where. In the mean time I am working on finishing my bachelors degree via independent study and hope to be done with that by the end of the summer. 

Living Planet Aquarium

Did you know that even though Utah is about 1000 miles away from the nearest ocean it has pretty nice aquarium?  As a reward for doing well for family scripture study (a goal we set in January) we took a trip to the Living Planet Aquarium in Sandy. We had a lot of fun.

 The beavers were sleeping in a pile right in front of them

 Petting a manta ray

 Big friendly turtle

 Hi Adam!

Dad by the penguins.

If you haven't been it is worth a trip.  Adams most favorite part was the Jelly fish... he kept going back to check them out. I really liked the blue poison dart frogs and I think Nathaniel's favorite was the seahorses.  All in all a fun little trip.

Our new Place

We were having some camera\computer connection problems there for a little while, but now that I finally got that worked out I can show you all our new place. We moved on the 14th of April and we really feel like this is home. I love it, a lot. so with our further ado, here is the grand tour!

 dining room, yes Adam is mopping, no I didn't make him ;) he loves helping out

 Kitchen, it has a dish washer, yay! though I still tend to wash a lot of things by hand

 Living room

 front door, stairs, rest of living room

 My garden boxes! I now have at least two kinds of plants growing in each box, I have loved this part

 Shed, side yard, sand box (Adam loves this part)

 side yard, back door

 back yard

 boys room

 boys closet, I love the shelves!

 boys bathroom, Adam wanted to be in every shot

 Laundry room! no more bimonthly trips to the laundromat!

Master Bathroom

not pictured: guest bath, tons of storage, spare room, walk in closet, master bed room and Garage, if you are ever in the area and need a place to stay, don't hesitate to call us up!

Easter

All this in one fun busy morning! Happy Easter Saturday!

Rugby day

BYU probably has the best rugby team in the nation.  We were excited to watch a game against #2, Adam liked cheering on the players so much that he fell off his seat... might end up having a scar above his eye for a while :( but he is a trooper.  Nathaniel also presented his research to for BYU that morning. It was a pretty good day.

We won this game too! luckily we had a guy who used to play rugby explain the rules to us as the game progressed.

Ultrasound

It seems like this pregnancy has gone by pretty quickly... except for the last month while we were waiting for my ultrasound appointment.  Finding out if Adam was going to have a little brother or a little sister has been a moment of anticipation, to say the least.  I love being able to break up the pregnancy with finding out in the middle what sex the baby is, because no matter when you find out, it is always a surprise!  This time we took Adam along with us. He was riveted to the tv screen and would giggle and point anytime we showed him the baby moving. He almost seemed to understand exactly what was going on. I love watching my baby inside of me, heat pumping, arms and legs moving. It is a miracle. We were hoping this little one wouldn't be shy and we could tell without much trouble.  Just like Adam, this little one was not afraid to make it known..

. He's A BOY!!!

We couldn't be more thrilled that Adam will have a little Brother, buddy, wrestling partner, co-conspirator, and friend.  When we asked Adam if he and his little brother were going to be a handful for mom, he laughed, deviously. :) My love for my second little boy is growing so much daily. He already wiggles and kicks a lot, most often when I am very relaxed and he seems to respond to his older brothers voice.  At this point Nathaniel and I think his name will be Kyle.  Little Kyle, I love you.  Keep growing and getting bigger and know that you are being anxiously waited for.

Pi day

3.14, that is. Yes I married a nerd but if it means that we eat pie on the 14th of march every year I don't mind!  To validate our geekiness we measured pi with our pie on pi day :)

 Adam was a little embarrassed that he likes the pie so much.  While we weren't looking... 

toddler fingerprints. warms my heart