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.

baby cooksey's room

The baby's room is starting to come together.  Still to do:  put things up on the walls, finish making bedding, wait for baby!

belly update

Here is a tummy picture at 25 weeks pregnant.  This was taken almost two weeks ago and I'm starting to get to the point where I can actually watch my belly grow before my eyes!  For those of you who didn't know, we are having a baby girl.  Yay for girls!

More St. Augustine photos

The Alligator Farm was absolutely  amazing!
I think this one's missing an eye..eww..

waiting to be fed

I felt like we were at a dinosaur farm

An albino alligator


Yay for free root beer!

Magnolia Avenue

Easter in St. Augustine

St. Augustine is the oldest city in the United States founded in 1565, 42 years before Jamestown, VA.  Interesting fact: It is the oldest city in the United States, but... not the first.  Pensacola was the first city in the U.S. founded in 1559, but three weeks after being settled everything was wiped out from a hurricane and the city was not rebuilt until later.

We spent four days in St. Augustine over Easter weekend and had such a great time!  There is an endless amount to do there.  We loved walking the huge historic district which includes the oldest house and the oldest school house in the country.

                   What used to be the world famous Ponce de Leon hotel is now Flagler College                                   The Castillo de San Marcos (Spanish Fort from the 1500's)
                                    Cannon firing at the old Spanish fort



                                              Favorite street performer

                                   Yummy Spanish bakery
                                     We've been deprived of Mexican food
                                   Riding the trolley!
                                  Baby Cooksey tummy picture!