California Time! and baby Zulauf news!

Over Memorial Day weekend Court and I were lucky enough to get away to California with some of our wonderful friends, Leah and Devan! We stayed in Norco and got there right in time to celebrate Cruzer's 2nd Birthday which we were so happy about. We got to visit with the fam, and made it to the beach and San diego Zoo.

We had a wonderful time at the beach! and wanted to go back as soon as we got home!

We are so happy we got to take our little mini vacation. It was a blast and hard to get back to reality the next day. Court and I can't wait until our next vacation at Bear Lake! This is always a much anticipated one and we've already started the count down.

So onto the baby news.
On May 29th, Court's 25th Birthday, we went in to find out if our little babe was a boy or girl! We were so excited and Court said it was the best Birthday Present yet :)
Me and Court aways said we hoped we would have a boy first, but from the moment we found out I was pregnant we both felt like it was going to be a little girl, and we have absolutely no problem with that :) And guess what it was????? a BABY GIRL!
We sat there thrilled and so happy to see that she was healthy and moving moving moving all over the place! She loved to kick her legs and she would start sucking on her toes, I know it's just a little computer screen thing you see her on, but we both think she is the most beautiful baby in the world. Seeing her was the best start to our day!

Almost 17 weeks, the morning right before we found out Little Small was a girl :)

We had a wonderful rest of the day! Court had his special birthday dinner and present time and then cake and ice cream with some of the fam.



So sorry, one more thing! Happy Fathers Day to all you fathers/brothers/uncles/grandpas out there!
An extra shout out to:
I am so grateful for an amazing husband who works so hard for me. It is weird to look back on my life and think Court wasn't apart of it for the first 20 years. I don't know what I would do with out him, he is my 'go to' and best friend. I love him with all my heart and know he is going to be an amazing daddy!

My dad. I love him so much. He has taught me such good things and has always been one of my very best examples and some one I want to be like. I don't think I can ever thank him enough for what he has done for me or our family. I can go to him for anything and he is always there for me. He is my best friend.



And happy Fathers Day to Marv. I truly think he was the best father in law anyone could have. He was always so kind and made sure everyone felt welcome. I can't thank him enough for the man and hard worker he taught Court to be. No one went unnoticed with Marv around.

Work Poll

Last Saturday, the girls and I at work decided to have a little poll. Is Little Small a baby girl or a baby boy? Just less than a week until we know for sure! As you can see it was split 50/50. Yellow was my color b/c I don't have a totally decided side, but I am leaning a little more towards the left. Haha we'll see though, I really have no idea and will be completely happy no matter what Little Small is.

Team Pink is on the left and Team Blue on the right.

Can I just tell everyone how much i absolutely love these ladies! They are my very best friends and just as excited as I am about this little babe coming :) I really don't know what I would do without them.

The lovelies of Team Blue

And of course the lovelies of Team Pink.

Oh, Shout out on here to Leah! Love her! She's the one on the left in the above picture. She is the brilliant mind behind the nick name of 'Little Small' which every one uses. Let's be honest, it has a cute little ring to it :)

Be expecting another post quite soon after May 29th! We'll have had Court's Birthday, a California trip which is much needed with some best friends and of course boy or girl!!!!

This is gunna be a long one

    A 2 months later update is not as bad as a year and a half later update right? Well, even though it's only been 2 months there is quite a bit to catch up on! Hence, this post is going to be a long one.

    So lets just start with the big one....Baby Zulauf is on his or her way! Court and I am so excited. We'll know if our little small is a boy or girl on May 29th, a good little birthday present for Court :) Court is hoping for a boy(of course) I am completely happy either way. I just want to know already! November 8th will not come soon enough! It's been fun as we have started preparing what we need to get and do before our little small gets here. Here is a little look into how the pregnancy has been going.

5 WEEKS. Couldn't believe I was pregnant,but was so excited!

At this point I didn't really have any symptoms, I felt just the same.

8 WEEKS. Definitely started feeling a little different.

The nausea and upset stomach started at week 6 and man, that is definitely something I would not mind going without.

Favorite thing about this week, I had my first Doctor appointment and got to see my little bean and so did my little sister Kristen who came with me because Court had to work. I was so excited to see that little thing movin around, I just started laughing. I think Kristen was just as excited as me too. I got a picture for Court, my mom and dad and the fridge at work, haha obsessed much?

Around week 9ish, I could definitely tell a physical difference, no bump really but definitely a thicker waist.

Loved, loved, loved hearing the heart beat! It makes it so much more real!

WEEK 12 1/2

Got a little bump. 

Now that we're almost to week 15 I see a huge difference. For those who know I'm pregnant they notice my bump a lot more, Others who don't know..haha I get the looks like is she??? or is it chub? Kinda fun. It's been a little hard being in this in between stage, just today I could only zip my Sunday skirt about half way as for the button on my jeans, HA! I think I can still button one pair.

Been very happy the morning sickness seems to be no more. It stopped around week 13. The nausea too has been much better! Only comes every now and then.

Court has been amazing through out the whole thing. He doesn't like the fact that my sense of smell seemed to have increased by like 100% haha I just tell him neither do I. Every where we go he says I always say 'Can you smell that?' He is so excited though and we have fun planing for our little guy or gal. I still can't even stand the sight of sweet pork(Court is a little sad about that one, no more cafe rio) mashed potatoes and cheeze-its. Besides that though, this has been an adventure that we are enjoying and I know we can't wait to be able to feel our little small move and of course to know what we're having! We feel so lucky to have so much support too, our families of course have been amazing and all the girls at work are soooo excited! I have loved that all my sister in laws have had babies so I can ask them anything and they have so much knowledge to share :)

Moving on, we celebrated my mom's Birthday on March 13th which was fun! I love my mom and am so happy to be close by her! 

       Unfortunately, Me and Court were both slackers with the camera and didn't get any pictures of Easter time. We had a blast though! Noel and Greg came down to Mesa along with Shelby and precious baby Presley and Kaye. We had a wonderful time and were so happy we got to spend time with everyone. We had fun having breakfast at Faith and Shauns and an egg hunt at Free Stone Park.

      Another fun thing that happened in April was Rocky Point vacation! It was so much fun! Minus the fact that Court wasn't able to come because of work. Here are some pictures of the trip.

We had a fun group, all the brother and sisters except for Trevor who started his new job in Washington, and of course Courty. Aunt Kelly and Aunt T got to come though and they always make things more fun :)

My beautiful sisters

Mom and aunts favorite thing to do on this trip. Shop.

On the way to the Fish Market.

Shopping.

Me and Kwisten

Mis Padres

The waves were wonderful this year! We has so much fun swimming!

Thrifty's Ice cream at the fish market is a tradition we never miss.

Last day

Me and Tanner found a Star Fish



Our beautiful pools that we swam every day in.

Overall, Rocky Point was so much fun and as always so relaxing, which was nice :) Thank you Rocky Point for the fun, family time and tans!



Our Weekend

Just this last Friday as I was about to make my monthly Costco trip there was a knock at the door. I knew exactly what it was about, Court had been reminding me all week. Now those of you who know Court well, this is probably not a big surprise to you haha. I'm still not sure how I feel about it. This is what our delivery was.



Don't worry we're only keeping two of them. Court is wanting us to have "Fresh eggs everyday!" Haha, I have to say the chicken coop he built in the back yard is pretty sweet and I can't wait until they're out there. The rest of the chicks are going to people in our ward who also want these 'fresh eggs'

After getting the chicks settled we headed off to Lane and Katherines (my aunt and uncle) to watch their kids for the weekend. We had fun watching them. Here are just a couple pictures of our time spent with them.

This is Addison, she is stinkin cute and definitely keeps you on your toes and always entertained!

Savannah made waffles for dinner one night, which I was very grateful for, and I have to say they were some of the best waffles I ever tasted! I didn't get pictures of Kayla or Connor but they were definitely there too :) We love our cousins!

A year and half later...

Well I do think the title of this blog post says it all...it's been awhile. I've been thinking for the past few weeks that I really needed to update my blog so I'm very excited to get started again! Of course, to catch up on a year in a half is a little impossible so I'm letting some pictures do the work.

Aw Rocky Point, Mexico! These pictures are from our trip in March 2011, this is a family vacation I look forward to every year! This one was even better because my Grandma Spencer got to come with us!

We went over to Faith and Shauns' to celebrate Cruzer's 1st Birthday in May. We have loved having Faith and Shaun in AZ with us. We are able to do a lot of stuff together and always have so much fun, and Court and I love playing with Cruz! He is our favorite little guy!


What is Summer without a family trip to Bear Lake?! We had the Lynch reunion this past August and it was a blast! Being in AZ we don't get to see everyone as much as we'd like so we love these family vacations!



We were so happy we got to get away in June to head up to good old Norco! Almost everyone was able to make that trip and it was so nice being all together again. We were especially grateful for the time we were able to spend with Marv!


While on the Norco trip in June Court and I left for a couple days to go to Disney Land! I hadn't been since I was 11 so needless to say I was so excited! We had a wonderful time! Shelby and Josh went with us one of the days we were there and it made Disney Land even more fun!



Some how we were able to take a weekend trip to our Cook family cabin in July with some of our best friends!


For the 4th of July we weren't able to go anywhere so we stayed and had a BBQ with friends who were in town also!

Me and my buddy Cruzer :) Me and Court have about 100 pictures with this kid, I'm pretty sure we take a picture of him every time we hang out with Faith and Shaun. We spend many of our weekends with them and always have a blast!



In October the Cook family took a trip to the Grand Canyon! It was so beautiful! Sad to say that was my first time going. We had so much fun spending time together and hiking. All the brothers and sisters were able to go except Tanner who was up at school.

In December me and Court went to a Suns game! Unfortunately this is the only pic I had on my computer around Christmas time, so this represents our December :) We had a great time together and a wonderful Christmas as well, which we got to celebrate with both sides of the family!


That about does it for catching up! I do want to add a couple more things that have recently happened...First my amazing sister Lindsay got married in November to Andrew. It was a BEAUTIFUL wedding and it has been so nice to have another married on the Cook side :)

The last thing I want to add is about Court :) Everyone is probably wondering what this picture at the bottom is about...well, Court got a new job in February working at a company called Vision Makers Int. They do stone work on custom homes, buildings etc. He works mostly as a construction manager and has loved his new job. It truly has been such a blessing for us!




Court also was able to take a dirt biking trip in Baja with his Brother-in-law Greg. Needless to say he had the time of his life! The trip sounded very intense and very Court like :)Thank you Greg too for all you did for him on that trip! It was a happy 6 days for Court and I'm so glad he got to go!

Well, this about wraps it up. And yes, be expecting more posts! We have some big adventures coming up ahead :)