Our Love Bug is ONE

We had a wonderful time celebrating Naomi's first birthday. The party was full of cute little bugs everywhere. We had a total of 10 of them plus one in the womb. We are so blessed to have family and friends that show us their love and affection in so many ways. Special thanks to my Mom, Step-dad, Sister and Carlis...for helping me to put a cute and fun party together! Thanks to Christy who decorated the very pretty rose cake. Many warm thanks to those who came and made the event very special for my ladybug. Lastly, yet most importantly, thank you Lord for bringing everything together last-minute. Indeed you are so very gracious even in the little details of life. Happy 1st birthday Naomi!! Daddy, Mommy and Jacob love you so very much!!

It has been a loong time (November 2011 Update)

It is crazy to think that my first baby is turning 3 this week and my second baby will be turning 1 at the end of this month.
JACOB has matured a lot these past few months. His speech continues to grown from day to day. He recognizes almost all of the letters of the alphabet. The boy is now memorizing Scripture in the AWANA program at our church. It is a blessing and a challenge at times to be a Mommy. Yet my highest desire is to bring him up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord (Eph 6:4). Jacob and I enjoy praying together and singing praises (hymns) to the Lord. He likes playing with leggos and trains. Dirt is becoming super fun. He is learning to be his sister's body guard. He tells me when she is putting harmful objects in her mouth or when she is touching something that could hurt her. I encourage him often to protect her. He is growing to be a great big brother and a loving son.
NAOMI is a cute bug. She gets a big smile when she sees Daddy and says "Papa". She loves to eat chunky food. No more baby mush for her and she has lets me know that it is time to move on. Drinking her milk causes her to have a joyful heart. She will demonstrate it by showing her big seven front teeth. She is taking one to two steps at a time. She likes to play with the exact same thing her brother is playing with. Even if it is a piece of paper, but if brother is playing with it she must do the same. Sharing is becoming a very familiar word in her vocabulary. I mostly speak to her in spanish and so far she knows: Agua (water), alla (over there) and Papa (Daddy). She understands a lot of commands in Spanish too. Jacob is picking up quite a few words from hearing me speak it to her. It is one of my big goals to have them both bilingual by when they are older. Yet my biggest desire in life as a mother is to teach my children to love and obey God. I can't force them to, but I sure can influence them to glory Him and enjoy Him forever!

Here is a verse that my Kids will hear often:

"Children obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your Father and your Mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), So that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on earth" Ephesians 6: 1-3

...and not because Daddy and Mommy say so...but because God, Creator of the heavens and the earth said so.

Photo Book

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6 Months old

16 pounds
26 inches long
No teeth yet
Eating: Sweet Potato, Rice/Oat Cereal

Naomi is a very independent baby. Loves her Mommy a lot. Smiles at her brother and likes to stare at Daddy. I call her Dora the Explorer...because she loves to explore her surroundings and likes to dive at things to get them as you can see her in this picture. I call her my ladybug because she is as cute as one.

April 2011

It has been awhile..

Now that my two little ones are sleeping I want to update a little. Life got pretty busy the moment we welcomed Naomi to this world. I thought I had my hands full with one child...now with two life is definitely stretch to full capacity. Or at least until I get the hang of it. Naomi was born 11/28/2010. Labor was hard yet easier than the first time. I got to the hospital at 9 centimeters. I was surprise and happy when I heard the nurse said "we better take you to the delivery room" It was around 6am. The Doc broke my water to make it faster and it sure did. My pain intensified and contractions were coming pretty close together. The last centimeter was the hardest part of my labor. Pushing was tiring but doable. I didn't like my nurse too much. But I was glad to have my hubby there. He instructed me better than the slow and careless nurse. You could tell he had good experience :). She was born at 7:58am. The Doc called my labor and pushing "fast and furious"...I wanted that baby out ASAP! He loved my labor. He was in and out. He barely made it to catch my baby..they didn't even have some stuff ready but eventually she made the grand entrance and Mommy and baby were happy that it was all over.
Jacob just woke up...to be continued

Anyway its now been 2 months and we are adjusting to having an infant and an energetic toddler running around. In January our Naomi got sick with a respiratory virus (RSV). She was in the hospital for 3 and a half days. Thanks to many people who prayed for her she recuperated a lot sooner than what we thought. It was a scary time yet we got to experience God's grace and mercy. A big thanks for my sister Vero and friend Carla for watching Jacob while we were with Naomi at the hospital. We are now enjoying being at home with our two little ones. It's a lot of work for Mommy but there is a lot of JOY I get in caring for them.

7 1/2 Months Pic

Yea.... Buddy!!!

Here is a pic of our big boy. He went twice this week, the first time I timed him and the second time he told me he had to go. I'm still not getting my hopes up for a diaper-free Jacob but we will keep working on it and hopefully there will be less diapers to change in the weeks and months to come. Daddy's words when I text him the news. "Yea... Buddy"!!!

6 months - belly pic

Here are some recent shots of my ever growing belly. I'm probably at 25 weeks in this picture. Time is flying and I'm so excited that in only a matter of a few months I will meet my little girl. What a blessing!!

Baby Girl at 22 Weeks

We were excited to find out in my last appointment that we are having a girl. She is about 1 pound and 2 ounces and measuring just right. I'm about 5 1/2 months and starting to feel a little big. In about 2 weeks I will be testing for gestational diabetes... (not fun!!) The test is done between 24 and 26 weeks. I have been enjoying eating all kinds of goodies. For some reason this pregnancy has been all about sweets, pizza, burgers and much more. I have a hard time saying NO to all of those temptations. I just hope to pass the test this time. Although my chances are small since I had GD with my Jacob. Ohh well...I just hope for the best. Here is the most recent pic of our baby. It looks like her body is compose of two circles..hehe. That's the only picture I got and I like it since it seems like she is smiling at the camera :) Precious!

Baby Belly - Pancita Bebe

In this picture I'm a little over 4 months. I feel that I am showing pretty early. But enjoying seeing it grow :)

A onecie for a little girl....if we get one :)

Her first gift. Su primer regalo.
Traduccion: Tú formaste mis entrañas;
me hiciste en el vientre de mi madre. (Salmo 139:13)

Prego Updates

Hi all...it has been a long time. As most of you know the Cook family is expecting another gift from the Lord. I am currently a week shy of 5 months. Wow almost half way there! So far the results of the recent testing are good except I'm a little low on Iron. I think next month I will be testing for gestational diabetes which I did have with Jacob. We are hoping we get a break from that this pregnancy. But we will see. Last week Jesse, Jacob and I went to my OB for a prenatal visit and got to see our little baby...he/she is measuring just right. We also asked the Doc to take a peek and see if we have a girl or a boy. And from the ultrasound so far it looks like it might be a Girl!! He thought it is a little early to really tell so we will be checking again at the end of July. We already received a cute pink onecie from our sweet friends the Nostrands. I will be posting a picture of it soon. So stay tuned.
BUT if it's a Boy we will be blessed either way. "Behold, children are a gift of the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward" -Psalm 127:3

Mother's Day & Zoo

Recent Photos

Baby and Dada in the snow
I love my Mommy
Silly face. He was excited!
He felt a little cold.

15 months

He loves to water the plants and the concrete.

The Personal Touch Part 1

THOU GREAT I AM,

I acknowledge and confess that all things come of thee -
life, breath, happiness, advancement,
sight, touch, hearing, goodness, truth, beauty -
all that makes existence amiable.
In the spiritual world also I am dependent
entirely upon thee.
Give me grace to know more of my need of grace;
Show me my sinfulness that I may willingly
confess it;
Reveal to me my weakness that I may know my strength in thee.
I thank thee for any sign of penitence;
give me more of it;
My sins are black and deep,
and rise from a stony, proud, self-righteous heart;.......to be continued

It's been a long time

I'm still not sure if I will continue to do the blog. We'll see. But for now I wanted to update on Jacob's growth. He just had his 15 month appointment. His height and weight are good for his age. Weight: 24.10 oz. Height:31 inches. The doctor is happy with his development. Here is a little story inside our family:
1/29/10
Jacob loves coming into the kitchen and since Mami always tells him that he is not allowed to play with the kitchen covers and frequently gets a reminder by me or Dad to close them. So the other day he came flying into the kitchen as he always loves to do...and I had 3 of the cover doors open all next to each other. And here comes this one year old and closes all 3 one after the other and walks off. At that moment I felt like he was teaching me a lesson "to keep the covers closed".

Happy 1st Birthday Jacob

A year ago our gracious God in His kindness allowed us to welcome our sweet miracle. Jacob Timothy Cook was born to us on a Monday at 2:27am. He was 7.5 pounds and 20 in long.
Happy Birthday my prince!

Smiles

Here is a recent picture of my big boy last weekend at a family gathering. I can't believe he is going to be a year old just in a few days.