Happy Halloween!!

Our jack-o-lantern -- My class and I carved it this afternoon.
Very stressful with 15 2nd graders breathing down your neck!!

Since Lila's obviously not here yet to celebrate Halloween, Josh and I headed over to his brother's to see our nephew Clete all dressed up as a knight. He's quite the cutie with quite the personality to match! :)

Baby's Room

Lila's room is definitely a work in progress, but we got one step closer today with the delivery of her baby furniture! We were very excited to see the empty room be officially transformed into her room. Now we just wait three months for her to use it! :)

Lila's First Shower

We had our first shower this afternoon for little Lila, and it was quite amazing to see how blessed Josh and I are! It was a wonderful afternoon surrounded by family and friends, and I truly enjoyed being able to visit with everyone. It was very apparent that Lila will be just a little spoiled ... this child got some of the most precious outfits! We got some really great things -- her highchair, her stroller, bathtubs, washcloths, towels, and the list goes on! Josh and I were overwhelmed going through it all tonight. We are just so excited to put it all to use!

I don't know how to do a slideshow yet, so here are just a few of the great pictures that we got.

The sweet hostesses

The clothesline with all the onesies

My mom and sister

My family made it down for the shower, and it was wonderful to be able to visit and hang out with them. They also brought something special with them. Lila will use the bassinet that was bought for the very first grandchild (42 years ago), and the same bassinet that all of my cousins used (plus more!). We dressed it up with the skirts that my grandmother made for the bassinet when I was born. I am so excited that Lila gets to be a part of such a sweet tradition!

The things kids say ...

When you teach school, you often hear funny things throughout a school year. Well this year, I am fortunate enough to hear funny things daily. I have some of the funniest kids -- the things that they think of just crack me up. This happened yesterday, and even though it was a jab (an unintentional jab, but one nonetheless) at me, I had to smile.
I bought a small office chair with wheels on it so that I can scoot myself around the room. My feet have been unbelievably swollen, and buying the chair was an attempt to stay off of them. I was having trouble scooting, and one of my little boys got behind me and was kind of pushing me along. Well another child, Za'Jaelon, the king of funny comments in Mrs. Cook's room, said, "Oh, Mrs. Cook! Let ME push you -- I'm REALLY good at pushing heavy things around." I gave him the eye, and asked him who he was calling heavy. He simply said, "You, Mrs. Cook!"
Ahh...the joys of teaching! :)

Our Dogs

Josh and I have two great dogs, and at times they can be two great pains as well! Gibson is a Weimaraner and a little over a year old. Rudy is a Westie and is two years old. They have wonderful personalities and are very lovable, but we are constantly struggling with them tearing something, somewhere up. When we moved into our new house, we made a deal that they would stay outside in the wonderfully large fenced-in backyard that we have. Well on Saturday, I noticed that they had finally destroyed part of our screened porch -- specifically one of the screen panels. Then, the two boys proceeded to use it as a doggie door for the next two days.

Josh worked hard this morning, and I think we have finally fixed this problem. But between watching Gibson going in and out of the make-shift doggie door, and then Rudy's terribly dirty self dig around the yard ... well it all just made me laugh!

New to the Blog World

Well ... at the absolute incessant insistance of my dear friend Erin, I have finally joined the world of blogging. What we will talk about ... I'm not so sure, but as the days come and go, life gets a little more interesting around the Cook household. Between crazy dogs (see next post) and a sweet little girl on the way, things have been pretty eventful lately. Hope you enjoy!