Grandad Chitwood came to visit for Christmas. It was so nice to see him. It was his first time to see Greyson too. I will always cherish these pictures!

Christmas 2009 was very wonderful. It was so nice to be around family and it was very special being Greyson's first Christmas. We spent Christmas Eve with my family. We went to see my grandparents in the early afternoon. Then out to my moms for the evening. My Grandad came up from Silver City. It was his first time to see Greyson. I'm really glad he got to come to visit. We had quite the adventure trying to make tamales. Us girls vote to buy them next year! It was a great dinner and then it was time to open presents. My kids are extremely spoiled! They got some great gifts. Then my mom surprised us with a very special gift that she had worked on for months. She created a cookbook that is full of our favorite recipes and tons of family pictures and stories to go along with. It is very special and had all of us crying. Thanks mom. Here are a few pictures from Christmas Eve.

Christmas morning Tristan and Greyson opened their gifts and it was great fun. Greyson loves his activity center he got from his nana.

Christmas afternoon went to Chuck's parents and had dinner. Its always fun with all the grandkids around!

Here are some pictures from the past few weeks... we are so excited for Christmas!!!




This is a picture of Greyson at Thanksgiving and in the picture frame is a picture of my Dad (Grumps) from when he was young. Its one of my favorite pictures of all!

This is Greyson drinking out of his first big boy bottle... man it looks so big!!

My baby enjoying a bath...he loves them!

Our Christmas tree in all its glory.

My boys who I love so much!!!

I promise I have not forgotten my blogger friends. I just have not made time to make some new posts. That is my goal this week..... get some new pictures and stories posted. Wish me luck!

Yes Greyson is 3 months old today. *wipes a tear* I can't believe our little boy is so big. He is 11.3 lbs and 23.5 in long. He is smiling and cooing so much more. He recognizes our voices and Tristan just loves that he smiles back at him. Tristan is such a great big brother. Greyson's eyes are such a beautiful blue. I am blessed to be a mom to this wonderful child. I can't wait to see the things that God has in store for him. Momma loves you Greyson!!!

Tristan had his 11th birthday party this saturday night. We had it at the Big Bounce. He had a blast and got lots of great gifts. He had a wonderful time with his friends.

This past Wednesday we had our church's Thanksgiving Dinner. It was wonderful. Soooooo many people showed up. I was so blessed to have my best friend Crystal and her sweet son Kade join us. We love her so dearly! Kade was the entertainment for the evening. The food was great. Thanks to everyone who helped. My mom and dad worked all day getting stuff together. We missed eating with them since they were working so hard. Greyson looked so stinkin cute if I do say so myself. He is a stud with his little mohawk.

and you may get tired of hearing it but I can't tell you how much I love this kid. He has the most wonderful smiles and sounds! He is now 11.3 lbs and he'll be 3 months next week. Everyone tells you having a child will change your life but you have no idea till you have them.

Here are the boys. They love each other and it shows.

Greyson loves his daddy and gives him the most precious smiles. Chuck is so good with him and they have a good time during the day while I'm at work. It melts my heart to see them together and see these smiles.

I am dead on my feet exhausted! This full time work and full time mom thing is absolutely exhausting me at the moment. Not going to bed till 10:30-11 and waking up at 4:30 isn't all its cracked up to be. Just thought I'd share.....

Just thought I'd share a few pictures of my cute little man in a new outfit his nana got him. He is such a doll!

So Greyson is starting to smile more frequently now and it is just too cute! Him and I were hanging out last night and I caught a few of them with my cell phone. They are fuzzy but I love them! I love this kid!!!

So even though yesterday was the first day I had to leave Greyson it ended up being a wonderful day. Everyone was happy to have me back at work, I got home to find that Chuck and Greyson had a good day no screaming just hangin out, Greyson woke up as soon as I got home and gave me lots of precious smiles, Chuck surprised me with a new beautiful ring, we went to dinner and a movie and then picked up Greyson from my mom's house. It was a day I want to bottle up and remember forever. Just fun and oh so sweet.

Well I started back at work today. Extremely bitter sweet! Its nice to be back around my friends and feel productive... but oh it was so hard to leave all my boys all sleeping peacefully in their beds. I got here at the crack of dawn so I can leave early so that will be nice at least. Just a few more hours to go. I do love my job. I have a great boss and I work with great people. And we are very lucky that Greyson gets to stay home with his daddy but oh I miss him. He is smiling more these days. He was super cute for Halloween. Tristan and him had a great time Friday at the fall festival here at the office and then Saturday at the trunk or treat for the church. It was a nice weekend with the family. Greyson was dedicated at church last night. It is so special to know that there is a church full of people praying for him and our family. He is a very much loved little boy. Funny story though.... we were up on stage and I was holding Greyson well I just happened to ask Chuck if he wanted to hold him so I passed him over. Well Pastor Bardwell came and they prayed over him and anointed him with oil and then they went on to the next baby. I look at Chuck and he whispers "he just peed all over!" Greyson had soaked his diaper, it leaked all over Chuck's tie and shirt. Well then Pastor and Sandi were gonna come and hold each child, Greyson's pants were soaked.. we had to apologize to Sandi afterwards. So I had to take him out of his cute little outfit and put him in what ever I had in the diaper bag. Of all times for him to soak his diaper! Oh well.... I guess we'll have a story to tell him when he's older.

Greyson is now two months old... I can't even believe it. He is smilling and getting so big! Here is one of his halloween costumes...he only has three! lol I go back to work on Monday and I'm really dreading it. I don't want to be away from him so much. He is lucky he gets to stay home with his daddy but I'm still gonna miss them both! So here is our little cutie....more to come after the weekend.

So its been about two weeks since I last posted and so much has happened. The night of my last post our son, Greyson Allen Cook, was born. He was born on Aug 22 at 11:55 pm at 34 weeks and 2 days. He weighed 3 lbs 8 ozs. He is beautiful! I am so in love! I had a C-Section and it all happened so fast I didn't have time to get too scared about it which I'm very thankful for. My husband was wonderful with me the whole time. He is a great man and I love seeing him with our son. Greyson is still in Albuquerque but hopefully he will come home soon. His momma really needs him home! Anyway.... to bed I go for now because I need to wake up early to see my baby in the morning.

Thats right folks, I'm in the hospital. I was admitted to the hospital yesterday in Albuquerque. I will be here until the baby comes. The doctor says it won't be longer than a week!!! Thats really hard to believe. The amniotic fluid is really realy low so that is one of the major reasons I'm here. So here I am... never been in a hospital before and now stuck here for a week! Thats all I have to say about that.

Just a short update. We are still hanging in there. I am 33 weeks now and the baby has put on a little bit of weight over the past few weeks. He is doing good. They will try to keep him in there until 37 weeks but if anything changes they can take him around 35-36 weeks. Which means he could be here in like 2 weeks! I'm so not ready for that, thats for sure. I had a wonderful baby shower at work and got some lovely things! I'm excited for the baby shower at the church as well. I'm trying to be good with bed rest but it gets difficult. I went to a movie yesterday and I went to church today. But I'll do better... or at least try. Well folks, thats all for now, back to my movies.

So we saw the specialist in Albuquerque. I am so glad we did, he was very informative and explained things so well. So as of Tuesday Aug 4 our baby is in the 17th percentile of the growth rate for this stage in the pregnancy. Which means he is very small. His head is in the normal range but his body and torso are about a month behind in size. There are no deformities or anything like that. They are not considering him technically IUGR until he is in the 10th percentile but the Dr. said with what he was seeing he will be there in just a few weeks. They are watching his measurements and the blood flow thru the umbilical cord very closely. Which means I get ultrasounds twice a week now. The Dr in Albuquerque said there is no way we will wait any further then 37 weeks which mean we will have a baby in 5 weeks if not sooner. If Greyson does not start putting on a little weight in the next couple of weeks they could take him sooner. The way they explained it is if he is not getting the nutrients in me then they should take him and try to get him better nutrients outside the womb. So all this is what we were told on Tuesday. So Wednesday I went for an ultrasound here in Farmington. They show his measurements at 11%. But the Dr wants to wait and see what the measurements are on Monday before deciding to do anything. So its official....... I'm on bedrest. I finished the week at work and am now sitting in bed. I am not allowed to go to my step sons football games. I am not allowed to go to church. So here I am sitting in bed....wish me luck.

I don't even know where to begin. We had an ultrasound yesterday and there is some concerns with the baby. They are calling it possible asymetric IUGR. I've read all I can about it and it doesn't seem too serious but it still is scaring me to death! With this the baby's head is at a normal size and the stomach and torso is not growing at the same rate. My baby is not getting enough nutrients, don't know if its my fault or just something that is happening with the placenta and baby and all that stuff. But man.... do I feel like a bad mom already! I know this added stress is not good now either but its really hard to not worry when there could be something wrong. My Dr. is sending us to a specialist 3 hours away for a second opinion. If this Dr. feels the same way then it looks like the only treatment is bedrest. I know I know.... it could be worse. It can always be worse and I should be thankful for the blessing thus far, and I am, I really am but I would be lying if I said its not eating me up inside. I'm not sure if there is even anyone out there that reads this stupid blog... but if there is.. if there is someone out there that cares, say a prayer for my little one.

So its been about 2 months since I've posted.... I need to get better at this blog stuff! As you can read we found out we are having a boy. His name will be Greyson Allen Cook. I am now 7 months along and he is kicking and moving so much. It is amazing. I have had a breeze of a pregnancy. I've only thrown up one time and my worse symptom is heartburn. I can handle that! Its getting down to the wire though and I'm getting nervous.... but on to other things.

We have been unbelievably busy lately. Every weekend seems to be full. We took pictures at a wedding, had our 2 year anniversary, celebrated mom's and Steph's birthdays and got to visit with Aunt Debbie. Then it was the 4th of July and that was full of visiting family and celebrating Alexander's birthday. Its hard to believe we have a 15 year old! I can't believe he starts high school next month, man do I feel old. So that is my update in a nutshell. Still have lots going on for the next few months, getting into the new church, baby showers, school starting, Tristan playing flag football, Chuck getting lasik..... I swear there is never a dull moment!

I will try to post more often.... that is when I get a second to breathe!

BOY!!! We found out yesterday that our little bean is a boy. He was moving around like crazy in there! The doctor had a hard time finding the heartbeat because he was moving around so much! He is measuring 6 days ahead of my dates and so far so good. We are very happy to have another little boy in our family. We havn't decided on a name yet but have a few in mind. I can't wait to meet my little man this fall. So send some prayers this way for me and my little man that things continue to go good and healthy!

A short update... we're still here. Nothing much going on. Kids are getting ready to be out of school, I'm ready to be out on the boat. Lots of working in the house, cleaning and getting rid of so much stuff. It's amazing what you collect of the years that you really just don't need. Its been nice to have some warmer weather now and then and I'm looking forward to a relaxing Mother's Day next weekend. Until next time......

Well I kind of let this blog go to the wayside for awhile and decided I'd pick it up again. A LOT has happened since I last posted anything. I got pregnant right after my last post (thanks to Moab, hehehe). And we lost the baby not long after that. Chuck and I went to Hawaii for Christmas and had the most wonderful time. I'll never forget it! Everyone made it thru the holidays and started the new year good. Found out the end of January we are pregnant again and this time everything is going good so far. We are very excited about this baby but also stressed and nervous. Time is going by so quickly and it seems like I'm running out of time to get things done. But it will all work out I know it. I am 14 weeks along right now. We had an ultrasound a couple of weeks ago and got to see our little treasure. It is amazing what God does! So anyway... any of you out there who might see this blog keep us in your prayers over the next few months. And I promise to try to keep up this blog better and let you know what is going on in our lives.