Deck the Halls!

I put up Christmas decorations a few weeks ago. I love the way lights and ornaments make everything feel cozy and warm. I have never posted pictures of our home before. I'm not sure why, I guess I've just never gotten around to it. I absolutely love our home. It is hardly recognizable as the same place we bought two years ago. We have really made it ours. I only took pictures of the front room for now, but over the next little while I will post pictures of the rest of our home.

more pictures!

My wonderful sister in law took some pictures of Cosette for me in her Halloween costume and in her blessing dress.  She did such a wonderful job and I absolutely love the photos.  Here are a few of them, check out Alyssia's photography blog here.  Also, I decorated for Christmas... I know, it's not after Thanksgiving yet... oh well.  Later this week I will finally post some photos of our house in all it's Christmas glory.

update

Finally, a little blog update.  Cosette is already three months old.  Wow!  Time is flying by.

                        playing so hard she fell asleep

            Nana and baby Halloween skunk
                Stinky little skunk
              Hank and Cosette, she loves her cousin
                matching outfits!

more pictures!

The cupcake is already a month old!  Here are some pictures that are melting my heart.

family of three!

Finally, baby cooksey decided to come one week late!  Cosette Isabel Cooksey was born August 13th at 7:11 pm.  I went in for a check up when I was a week over due and her heart rate wasn't looking so great.  So, they decided to keep me and induce me that night.  I was trying to have a 'natural' birth, but, after about 20 hours of induced labor I got an epidural.  A few more hours went by and and the baby's heart rate kept dropping.  So, just as they were rushing me off to an emergency c-section, they decided to check me one last time and... I was ready to push.  15 minutes later, Cosette was here!

 

                                 about 30 seconds old

cute outfit aunt ashlee made

35 weeks

I promised my family I would post a new picture of my ever expanding self. So, here is me at 35 weeks. For some reason I have the song Gestan sings on Beauty and the Beast stuck in my head... "and i'm roughly the size of a baaarrrge..."

wedding cake!

After being married a year and half, we finally thawed out and ate the top of our wedding cake.  Yum.  It has been sitting in my parents freezer, unable to find its way to Florida.  So, when we were in Utah a few weeks ago we decided it was due time to have some anniversary wedding cake.