Nine Months and feeling great!

Well, all I can say is that it has been a very eventful 3 months in Brigham's life. He's learned so much and become so incredibly mobile. He continues to be one of the most content kids around and we love it!

Brigham started eating baby food the last week of December. Let's just say that he didn't like the green beans very much.

Eating time was a fight for a couple of weeks until he finally realized that it wasn't that bad afterall. Now he loves eating again and gobbles down almost anything we give him (especially if it's table food). :)

Brigham also finally mastered sitting on his own around his seven month mark. Yeah!

We went with our friends the Hubbards down to their cabin outside of Zions at the end of January. Brigham loved following around and watching their little boy Calvin. They were instant friends and got along so well all weekend long. Thanks so much, Eric & Tiff! We had a great time with you guys and loved seeing your cabin! Brigham started army crawling that weekend at the cabin and has quickly progressed to hands and knees crawling. He loves moving around and is very proficient at getting pretty much wherever he wants.A couple of weeks ago we stopped to visit Great Grandma and Grandpa Rose. Brigham loved seeing them and playing with their toys. Visiting with them was wonderful! We really should be better at doing it more often.Grandpa did "Doodely-Doo" with Brigham for the first time while we were there with them. He loved it and I got the sweetest picture of it. That brings back GREAT memories. I even remember when Grandpa did it with me when I was little. We love you, Grandma and Grandpa!

Brigham sure is fun to watch. He now knows how to pull himself up to standing and can open drawers and some cabinets. (Now a lot of these belong to him and his things - or at least things that he can safely play with.)

He really is getting into EVERYTHING! Soda anyone?
One of Brigham's favorite drawers!We love you all! Thanks for being so patient with our blog and the lack of posts.

Brigham's BIG days!

The week of December 10th - 16th was a really BIG one for Brigham!


We went to the court for finalization of Brigham's adoption on the 10th. What a cool experience!


Saturday, December 15th landed us at the temple. He was so good and looked like an angel!



The following day, Sunday, Dec. 16th Jared blessed Brigham. Again, what a sweet experience and a great end to a busy and wonderful week!

Cook Family Cruise!!!

December started off with a WONDERFUL cruise adventure with the adult versions of the Cook Family members. It was such a great opportunity to have uninterrupted time with Mom and Dad and all of the siblings. We miss the daily contact with you already!

We cruised on the Norweigan Spirit and left port in New Orlean.

Day One: At Sea

Day Two: Roatan, Honduras

Jared gave me my birthday wish and took me windsufing. It was so much fun even as amateurs! Jason, Sally, Travis, & Ashlee also came along on our excursion!

Day Three: Santo Tomas De Castilla, Guatamala

We had so much fun biking in Guatamala. We headed to a waterfall to swim, had fresh fruit smoothies, got pastries from the local panaderia, and then headed to a local beach (if that's what you can call it - no sand and cement louge chairs). The best part were our little Guatamalan tour guides. What awesome boys!Day Four: Belize City, Belize

Scuba Diving and coconut eating filled our day. That is, once Jared was able to pry the coconut open!

Day Five: Cozumel, Mexico

This was the laziest of our port days. Consisting of souvenir shopping and snorkeling / hanging out one of the local beaches.

Day Six: At Sea

Day Seven: Fly home as fast as we possibly can.

We missed Brigham so much and were so thrilled to see how cute he was!

Well, there's the abbreviated details. Hope you enjoyed them.



Thanks again, Mom and Dad, for an awesome trip!