Every day is a Good day!

This sickness thing is still not going away, but my desire to just lie around and watch movies all day is. So even though I wasn't on top of my game on Saturday we still had some fun. First, I got the mail and look what finally came!

Cour got me this necklace for Valentines Day, and I am in love. It's my Emery necklace. She will always have my heart :) Cheesey much? Oh yes. True though? Absolutely. It's the first thing we have ever purchased from Etsy, can't say it will be the last, and c'mon, the maker of this necklace packaged it  so stinkin cute! 

Then me and Emery made some cookies because Court has been wanting some chocolate chip cookies for sometime now, so I thought we'd surprise him.

 Cookie dough is so much better than the cookie, am I right?!

This is Emery's moo cow. She loves this thing! Like of all the toys she grabs now, the cow is the one she goes for.

We took a little rest and then because Court was gone shooting and I am not a fan of being alone, my sisters came over :) Love them. And this is what we did...

 Emmy's first painted piggies! A nice bright coral because we are ready for warm weather! 

And the paint had to math her hair bow of course :)

We went on a little walk too. It was short and sweet because it was cold!

And you can't have a day, holiday, road trip or anything else with sisters and not get at least one 'sister picture' as we have always called them. 

I don't know when it started, but anytime we are together now, one of us says...'Let's take a sister picture.' Or if we are going to a family function some one will send a text 'get ready so we can take a sister picture.' Get ready as in wear real clothes and not yoga pants bc we want this picture to be our new profile pic on Facebook cute. Kinda ridiculous, but I love that we do this. Even my dad has been a part of it. I can remember so many times when we all lived at home and so many Sundays he would say, "You all look so beautiful, after church let's take some sister pictures so I can have one of my beautiful girls." And honestly, no one ever put up a fuss :) I love my dad. Anytime we are all together now he still says this and it melts my heart a little bit. I cant wait for Em to have sisters so she can take a 'sister picture' and have Court tell them he wants a picture of his beautiful girls, even though he will already have a million. And not to discount all sibling pictures too :) We love our brothers!

And I have to end with one more rambling because it has been on my mind. My mom and dad recently got back from a cruise and oh man, hearing about it made me want a vacay. Something new and exciting to do, and to not have to worry about anything and help break up the mundane a little bit. I kept thinking how nice it would be and it made me start thinking a little bit how I feel like I'm just doing the same thing over and over.  As I was falling asleep last night though I thought about how my day was still fun, even though I wasn't on the beach. And that it was a little different than what I always do, and how I actually have wonderful times just being home and enjoying lots of little things, and clearly the load of laundry on top of my washer and dryer that has been there for several days now says I haven't been worrying much. I guess lately I have just tried to extra enjoy everything my day has to offer. Especially with my baby girl, because she wont always be little and it won't always be just her, and this is such a fun, new and exciting time in mine and Court's life and well, I am going to keep trying extra hard to soak it all up! And I fell asleep just loving my life. It is far from perfect, but those perfect moments I wrote about a little bit ago...Man, enjoy them! They really do happen every day. Well my rambling has come to an end, and I need to put on real clothes yoga pants because we have a all the Cook Aunts, Uncles, Grandparents and Cousin Sunday dinner in a little bit. Hope every one had a wonderful weekend! 

Lately...

Last Saturday my Aunt T. (Terry) took me and my sisters out for our birthdays. We went to a delicious Thai place (my favorite!) and had a good time together!

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In other news...I still can't get enough of my little Emery, and she has been spending even more time on her tummy lately and hasn't been hating it so much :) 

We've been spending the last 2 days in our jammies because I have been sick. I was totally fine the other day and then bam! Fever and cough in the middle of the night, so our days have been filled with movies, warm baths and naps together. I hate being sick, but at the same time it has been nice to just kinda be still and play even more with my girl. Looks like this weekend will be a quiet one, which is nice every now and then :)

Happy Valentines day!

Happy Valentines Day yesterday! 

Before I get started on what our day entailed, can I tell you this little girl gave me and her daddy the best valentines gift ever? The cutest laugh I have ever heard in my life, like a full on giggle that had me grinning ear to ear and laughing right a long with her. Best. Sound. Ever. 

Anyway, Me and my sister Lindsay decided to get an early start on our Valentines and got together on Tuesday over at my mom and dad's. I had a card to make and lots of hearts to cut out, and she made the best sugar cookies ever! 

*C'mon, I wish I looked like that at 20 weeks pregnant! Oh...She is having a girl! So excited and cannot wait for this baby to be here!

 Don't think she liked this too much :)

 Our card for Court 

 Made a little trail with pink and red yarn for Court to follow when he got home to find his Valentine presents.

 S'mores by the fire pit anyone??? (And side note, love the dollar aisle at Target and Walmart! Can always find stuff, i.e. red heart tray and plastic glasses)

Just chillin, she is the cutest! 

Hope every one had a very happy Love day! 

Some more to write about...

Okay, I know...2 posts in one day. I think it is the fact that I woke up to a gray, rainy Monday (makes me very jealous of my parents who are cruising the Caribbean right now) and snuggling in bed with my girl next to me to write about our small adventures brings me happiness. That, or the fact that I have mounds of laundry to get done and lots of cleaning to get to, and well...I am quite the procrastinator. But, I do have more to write about...

Our Sunday! Not the part where Emery spit-up all over me during the sacrament right as I put her over my shoulder, and got the mess all down my back and in my hair. Or the part where she leaked through her diaper and there was mess on her tights and up her back and I changed her in my primary class on the table while my 6 year old kids screamed and "Ewwed" and huddled in the corner closing their eyes. Nope, not that part.  I have to say that though stressful at the time, thinking about it now is making me laugh. Anyway, here is the special part, my dear friend Rachel had her baby boy and we got to go meet him!

I have always loved babies since I was little, and anytime I get to meet a new little one makes me very happy in a "life is such a gift" type of way. Plus, now it makes me think of my sweet Emery and how special of a day it truly was when she became our girl. Having babies is a big deal and reason to celebrate if you ask me!

*I also love moments like this with newborn babies bc I know parents love their babies, but now that I have my own I know just how much they love them, it's a very different, very strong and special love that I don't think you feel until you have your own :) 

Welcome to the world Mr. Owen! He is so sweet and tiny. I can't believe Em was ever that little, and that was just 3 1/2 months ago! Congrats Rachel and Jordan! 

*Em is a grump bc she just woke up*

Nothing better than mommas with their babies if you ask me. 

This made me so excited for Faith's baby girl to get here and for my sister Lindsay's baby (she actually finds out today what she is having) to get here! 

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And then we came home and made some juice bc Court gave in to my wanting a juicer! 

 Not going to lie, I was actually not wanting to make juice at all, and kind of in a rotten mood bc my tiredness had caught up with me, and all I wanted to do was veg, but then Court and Emery came into the kitchen to help and that switched on my happy mode. 

 Delicious! Strawberries, Kiwis and apples 

  Emery preferred her hand

And this was actually taken on Friday, but I had to show-off Emmy's new trick. She balances like a pro! And it obviously makes daddy extremely proud. 

That's it! Happy Monday!

A hike and some little changes

This last Saturday was a fun one indeed! Saturdays are always the best actually, I was just telling Court that Saturdays are my favorite days now. I used to have to work every Saturday so a weekend didn't mean much to me. Now Saturdays I am home with both my loves and adventures always await us.

Anyway...back to this last Saturday, Faith and Shaun and Cruzer came over in the late morning and then we all left together to go hiking! I have been wanting to go hike for awhile so I was so excited. Plus, it is prime hiking (and any other outside sports) weather for us Arizonans right now.  It was a beautiful day and we had a great time. We had a yummy lunch after and then all saw Wreck it Ralph at the dollar theater. Loved the movie! Loved watching even more how much Cruzer loved it! He is such a cute little guy!

 Court loves carrying Emmy around in this! Like, loves it so much it's the first thing he pretty much does when he gets home, sits her in it and then walks around haha.

 How I love our little family! 

My girl and me! 

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The little changes....

Sometimes I think all of us ladies need a little something different done to spruce up the home, if you will. Well it was one of those times for me, so here is what me and Emery crafted :) and a couple little knick knacks we picked up from my favorite place on earth, Hobby Lobby. 

 Just the "Z", some scrapbook paper and burlap and it was a done deal!

 Excuse Em's toplessness, she had just spit up all over her shirt :)

 Little pink love birdies for Emery's shelves

 And Tah-dah! My Z, to fill an empty space in our shelf :) Took all of 15 minutes and 4 dollars 

 Much better now, yes?  I finally got some pillows for our couches too and I love that they make everything so much brighter and happy! I love little changes :)

And this is the first thing Court did when he got home from work that day, after I finally put some clothes on Emery. What'd I tell you about this baby carrier???

My Perfect Moments

So it is getting later into the night and I can't sleep, and I started thinking about how my night went. And well, thinking about it made me want to write about it.  Because as you can see from the title of this post, who doesn't like perfect moments???

It sounds optimistic right? Well, it didn't start off that way. I actually was pretty sad. Sad because something I read made me a little discouraged, and that made me think of some other sad things until all my attention was focused on just plain, old badness (badness?). And no matter how hard I tried to shake that sad feeling away it went nowhere, but then I looked over and saw this....

 (remember? I told you this girl loves TV...*sigh* just like her dad)

And I felt the corners of my mouth start turning up. Trying to keep up the sadness thing though, I go back to what I am doing. Then, I look over again and see this....

And well, this just makes my heart melt. Quite honestly, when I look at my little love I am overwhelmed, and when I see moments like this (which thank goodness are often) my whole night is perfect :)

I then thought to myself, okay...I can shake this random, sad thing. And shake it I did. I had a perfect moment eating popcorn with my loves and watching a good show The Bachelor. Hearing Emery coo to me and Court all through it. Then I thought about my perfect moment this morning, when I heard Emery awake in her room 30 minutes before Court had to get up and leave us for work, so I brought her in to our comfy, big bed and set her right between us. And you best believe she got lots of sleepy cuddles and loves from her mommy and daddy. 

And well, then I thought about how many perfect moments I have every single day and how grateful I am for each one. I started a chain reaction of perfection in my mind as I thought about things like this...

Which led to memories like these....

And before you know it, more and more of my perfect moments that I keep special in my heart continued to flood through, and yes that sadness I felt only moments earlier had vanished. Even though I know it will pop-up again from time to time, as trivial as the cause may sometimes be, I feel so very grateful for my perfect moments and most of all... the people in them. :) They are what help create our moments of perfection, and get us through the not so perfect ones too.

We always have reasons to be happy!