Smallish Update

Sorry about no pictures....I will soon be posting MANY :) I've been having too much fun playing with my 'lil sidekick instead of blogging. We've recently moved into a town house and we are enjoying it so far. We got a good deal for two bedrooms and one and a half bath. Trevor started school up again yesterday and has his hands full with studies and work. While trying to unpack and entertain Madi we've both been working on some fun projects for sweet pea's room! It's fun to plan and make things happen with Trevor! Madison is FOUR months now!! My how time does fly. She is ginormous - not fat, just super long! She is 96% for her length and 36% for weight. We started feeding her that yucky looking rice cereal .... she's not a huge fan - still likes mama more:) She LOVES apple juice though!! We went with the Mooney clan up to the annual bear lake camping trip and Madison loved every minute! I was suprised she did so well. Thanks to Auntie Karol for making her the cutest beanie....she stayed nice and warm. Since all the Mooney's had a few more days off we headed up to my sister's house in Wyoming for more fun and some sweet fishing! It was a long drive up, but so worth it!!
Sit tight......I'll be back with pictures next post

Dwarfism

Madison has the cutest cousin, Jace, that is only four months older than her......they're going to be the best of friends:) Kristi and I took this picture about two weeks ago, he seriously makes her look like a dwarf!! They were over again last night and it was cute to see Jace giggle and stare at Madison. I can't wait till they can sit and laugh at each other.

(ya, she looks like she's screaming bloody murder, but that was just a huge yawn!)

Getting Bigger??

So, we went to the doctor for Madison's two week checkup and she was up to 8 lbs 13 oz! She's been eating fabulously:) Unfortunately, a week later we ended up back at the doctor because she has been throwing up a little too much for my liking......we ended up finding out she has acid reflux and has to take some medicine that doesn't stop her barfing, but neutralizes the acid so it doesn't burn up her esophagus. It's terrible having to watch your little baby girl throw everything up just after being fed (and I mean EVERYTHING)! She does however do rather well at taking her medicine....she's a trooper!

So hopefully she keeps gains weight instead of losing it, and maybe one day she'll have cheeks like the little boy in this video......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysqh1uzqGrc


On a positive note we did make it through church on Sunday:)

New Arrival

Sorry for the delay in announcing our gorgeous daughter - we've been trying to catch up on some sleep:) Trevor and I had an AMAZING April 17th, not only did Trevor get out of school that day.... we were finally able to meet our little peanut Madison Grace. Notice she has a full head of hair!! She was 20in long and a whopping 8lbs 4oz - so naturally she ate right after she got cleaned up and checked out. To be completely honest, we haven't had any problems feeding since..... mommy's little porker:) Nothin' wrong with stayin' full!! The doctor was surprised how good her coloring has been -- yay no billi-bed for us! She absolutely perfect!

I've gotta say, to all those who tried to scare me -- it really wasn't as bad as you all said!! I was very grateful for that:) To prove to everyone, here I am SMILING while I got my epidural!!!


Here we are right after delivery....


It's hard to describe the feelings in just the right way when you get to witness a miracle ... I didn't think Trevor and I could become any closer than we already are, yet I was wrong. Being able to create this darling girl together and see her enter this world has only opened our eyes to the wonderful journey ahead of us. Trevor never left my side in the hospital....only to get me more water and treats:) He was a trooper and stayed both nights! I have to say, I got stinkin' lucky cause I have the best husband in the world! It's been so much fun to see Trevor with Madison. He is such a good daddy....he even gets up in the night sometimes to help burp so mom can get some sleep!

He's been able to work, go to school and now get ready for finals while still being my sexy man and a fabulous father! How could I want anything else??!?! Here is our first photo of our family of 3!!

Madison is just over a week old now! I can't believe it's already been that long. Time does fly when you've got a sweet baby to stare at:) At our last dr appointment she weighed in at 7lbs 12oz, so she's doing great.

She stretches like a little adult - you think I'm kidding, but it's the funniest thing in the world! She makes the cutest faces and magically has found her thumb a few times!

She's been holding her head up really well ever since we were in the hospital. She now only wakes me up twice a night for feedings.....THANK YOU!! ....... most nights, that is. She loves to get her hair washed and lotioned up. She hates dirty diapers .... this could be good for potty training in the future. She sleeps best with noise and her feet sticking out of the blanket, just like mommy! (but don't worry, I make sure she's bundled and not freezing) She takes comfort in her daddy's voice, he always soothes her so well. We recently discovered that auntie lynds has the golden touch to make her poop.....so if we aren't seeing any dirty diapers coming, we know who to call!

Overall this has been an awesome experience! I LOVED being pregnant....except the last three weeks, but who honestly does like the very end? I felt so lucky not having morning sickness.... I would have died having that with my job! I think I threw up only like two or three times total, the best one was because I laughed too hard... only I could do that! I didn't get WAY huge, I never wore maternity pants:) Yes, I've had many people curse me for that one. The one I am most happy about is the fact that I recieved no stretch marks!!! I checked all the time and somehow came out lucky! As for the labor, I'd say the worst thing was having to hold my breath! Something tells me I shouldn't keep my hopes up for next time:)

Paying it Forward. . .

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Good-Bye 2008

So I realize that I am very behind, but I figure who cares, as long as I am getting it all down! Plus you are all getting something new to read so I know I won't hear any complaint:)

So I left off with my little bro coming home from his mission! A week later Trevor and I moved to Logan!!





Yay, the most freezing place ever! I know I grew up with all the snow, but after living in Phoenix during the summer I've decided I love the heat! It's crazy how much colder it is in Logan than Stansbury Park even!! Of course, the day we move up it decided to snow:) It was fun to finally see snow, but let's be honest, not the best weather to be moving in!

Trevor and my brother David bonding:)

David finally became legal and turned 21!! We all went to Firehouse for dinner - it was yummy! The next week we had our traditional "Cook family gingerbread houses" on Christmas Eve. I love getting together with all my Cook cousin's every Christmas. It brings back many memories of being little with my grandparents, lots of food, candy and santa!!

Alli Jo excited for santa!

I must say, I've gotten pretty dang good at cuttin' my hubby's hair:)

This picture is dedicated to Lindsey Nicole Davis! Everytime I see her she claims I am not big enough!
Therefore I squished and pushed as much as I could to try and make a little Budha for sweet Lynds.
Any better than last time??

This is Trevor's first year expierencing all the crazy family and making
a gingerbread house! He did awesome:)


And this is what happens when you leave your camera out....you guys look
way hot!! And I posted it just so you both could see how
beautiful it turned out:)

This year we spent Christmas with my family. We had so much fun, but we missed are Mooney family!!

Spencer killed everyone in Star Wars on the Wii

My poor niece Brinlee was so tired she conked out like a little stink bug!

The year ended fabulous!! In 2008 I started the year out with my 23rd birthday. I spent spring semester at USU taking 14 credits and getting awesome grades! ( even though many people tried to discouage me from taking human anatomy and physiology in the same semester ) It was fun to prove to myself that I could do it! I finally decided after one month of the semester that I needed to concentrate on school more, so I quit working at the dental office, but continued my nightly cleaning job. In January I had been looking into lots of different hygiene schools and found one just outside Portland Oregon. The day before I flew out to meet with a counselor to talk about coming out this fall, a sweet boy told me he wanted to date me more exclusively. (I had been going on dates with him since December...and told him I didn't want anything serious, just for fun and that he should date other girls) I asked him if I could have a few days to think about it, seeing as my life would pick up in another state possibly with school. When I got home from Oregon, I dropped my bags and went straight over to see him! I knew it was time that I needed to trust myself and my decisions. I have never been happier than when I'm with Trevor! Before long we got engaged. The semester ended happily and we were married at the end of finals week! We flew off to Cancun for a week and enjoyed pina coladas, toes in the sand, underground snorkeling, playing with the dolphins, all the sites and food we could dream of! We then moved to Phoenix where Trevor did summer sales and I worked in a dental office. We had our annual summer week vacation with the Mooney's in bear lake! We then moved to Stansbury Park, Utah and I started working in another dental office while Trevor worked landscape and went to school at the USU extension. We felt so strongly about adding to our little family and so became pregnant! ( the rest of the year is all on our blog:) )

Serious update!!

Boy time sure does fly by when there's a million things going on! I do realize I have seriously neglected my blog, but please...give the poor pregnant girl a break:) Let me see......last I left off I was 16 weeks pregnant, hmmm, now that I'm 27 weeks (I won't point fingers, but that is one week shy of 7 months, for those who hate to calculate) I guess I should fill you in on some of the fun adventures over the last ten weeks!

We were successful in making it to Logan for our 2nd ultrasound! I had a two hour drive to sit and worry, be giddy and not pee my pants! It was probably the longest drive of my life. I think the technicians have a joy in seeing how hard they can push on your stomach and not make you wet your pants! We were able to see right off what a little string bean the baby is. The baby did have a problem with sticking it's little bum out in almost every picture, as cute as it was I wanted so badly to find out boy or girl!! After the lady shook my belly a million times (my little peanut was sleeping on its belly -- just like mommy!) We were able to get a good view, and sure enough it's a GIRL! I can't explain the happiness it was to be able to see our little princess. I was to the point that I didn't care which one it was, I just needed to know! We're getting so excited to have Madison Grace join our family in April.

(sorry for the lack of pictures -- that would be my pregnant brain forgetting to haul along the camera)

On November 21st, Trevor insisted he turn a year older:) ha ha lover I'm just kidding! He got about twenty different birthday dinners because of how much family we have!! He got spoiled by both parents (cook and mooney) his sweet sister made both of us breakfast in bed! (it was delicious, thanks Caitie!) and of course he got everything he wanted and more from me! Unfortunately, I did have to work all day and he did have a class that night, but luckily it was Saturday in the morning so we had a whole day to us!

We had a fabulous Thanksgiving with the Mooney family. We enjoyed cooking, a huge turkey dinner together, laughing so hard that everyone thought I was going to have Madison right then and there, playing games, napping and a movie!!

December 12th was my last day at the dental office in Stansbury Park. They took me out to lunch and threw a baby shower for me too. It was a fun but sad day, they were like another family. I loved working with three different dentists in one office. It made the job more challenging and was a nice change. Trevor was able to come observe and even assist before school started to get some credit before dental school! Its fun to have my husband in the same field of study. We both loved being able to be in the dental office together and I was able to teach him the tricks and he learned a lot from each of the dentists.


still missin' people, but most of the gang I lived with at the office

My baby brother (David William) returned home from his mission right before Christmas. We were able to go see him walk off the plane and have dinner. He may have grown a little - not sure, he's always been tall to me! He wasn't fat like he claimed....but then went on to explain that he went on a serious diet three weeks before he came home. This was the first time Dave was meeting Trevor, since we were married while he was out on his mission. They both clicked right off!

Me and my niece Alli waiting to see uncle David

All my brothers back together again!

Alright, I still have plenty more to update, but I've gotta go babysit my niece Alli Jo and new nephew Jace! So I'll finish up soon, very soon I promise!