The Newest Cookson

On Friday, we went for our ultrasound and were able to get some pictures of the newest little Cookson! All looks good and he / she gave us a few little waves. Here is a picture from our appointment. (Imagine the baby flat on his / her back and looking up at you. The head is towards the left side.)

Sunny November

We had great weather today (and some house showings!) so we decided to head to the park for a little fun.

Kylee had a lot of fun running up and down the ramp. She stopped every once in a while to plan her next move.

We brought Elmo along for the trip. (Elmo was actually a gift from Daddy which some of you will realize was quite a BIG deal! ha!) Elmo went for a ride on the slide ...

... and for a ride on the firetruck.

Another great day at the park . . . hopefully this nice weather will stick around! (A little disclaimer -- this outfit does fit Kylee. The shirt just rolled up for this picture.) : )

Manassas Playground

After Kylee's doctor's appointment, complete with shots!?, we decided to take her to the little playground near by. Of course, driving the train and airplane were a big hit but Pete and I were very surprised at how long Kylee spent in the bouncing house. Since we couldn't go in with her we weren't sure if she would go in at all because there was a "double door" that she had to go through first. Once she got in there though, we started wondering how we were going to get her out! There were a lot of balls in the house too so that helped her want to go inside to play.

Here are some pictures from our morning at the playground:

Fun with "Hu-In"

It was another nice night, and Pete's tutoring night again, so we went back to the Pumpkin Playground but this time we got to spend the time with Hudson, Barrie, and Jennie. Hudson and Kylee really seemed to enjoy playing together and kept looking for each other. If Kylee turned around and he wasn't there she would call for him saying, "Hu-in, Hu-in." I think the kids could have stayed there and played all night. It was a great time with some great friends!


It was another day of us spending a lot of time on the Pirate Ship!

All three kids enjoyed spinning and this one was perfect because they each had their own section to hold onto. Of course it did turn into seeing who could climb over all the bars the quickest but it was still a good time. : )

Kylee and I got to go on the slide again and this time Hudson came with us. Every time we got to the bottom they would ask to go again! : )

Jennie and I joke around that some of these pictures will be shown at Kylee's and Hudson's rehearsal dinner when they get married . . . we shalll see. : )

Burke Nursery

Kylee and I took advantage of the nice weather, and Pete's late night tutoring, and went to Burke Nursery's Pumpkin Playground. There was a lot for Kylee to do there and we had a great time! The Pirate Ship and Giant Slide were the two biggest attractions for us so we spent a lot of time there! Kylee also enjoyed driving all of the different things that were there.

Here are some pictures of our night at The Pumpkin Playground:

(Grandad will be happy to know that the slide required me to walk up the stairs with a rug and sometimes carrying Kylee. She walked when the line behind us wasn't too long. Of course it wasn't even close to the size of the slide that he used to carry me up at Dutch Wonderland. : ) No pictures this time since I was on the slide with her.)

Hartland Orchards Take 2

We decided to go back to Hartland Orchards this weekend. The weather was MUCH nicer this time and we got to spend the day with Grammie, Grandpa, Aunt Laurie, and Aunt Sue. There was a lot to do there and we all had a great time.

We started out at the corn maze.

Hmmm ... which way should we go?

We took a detour out of the maze though and headed to "Slide Mountain." This was definitely one of the highlights for Kylee. She went down with Daddy ...

with Mommy ...

with Aunt Sue ...

and all by herself!

The actual apple orchard was also a big part of the day. Kylee was a great helper and picked quite a few apples from the trees.

She carried the apples over and put them in the bag when she was done picking.

After all that picking, she needed to relax and enjoy her apple.

Kylee even helped Daddy use the apple picker to reach the apples that were way up in the tree.

Kylee was also VERY interested in the fuzzy caterpillar that was walking around.

We had a GREAT day and are already looking forward to going back next year!

Baking Brownies with Mommy

Kylee helped me make a batch of brownies today. I wasn't sure if this was going to be a good idea or a complete disaster but as you can see from the pictures it turned out just fine and with no disasters! Kylee actually did a really good job "helping."

She waited patiently for her next job ...



She helped pour in all of the ingredients (except the egg) ...



She mixed and mixed and mixed ...

And finally . . . she got to try some of the batter! After the first taste she kept repeating "more" "more." : )

Hartland Orchards

We decided to head out to a pumpkin patch today, complete with a mountain slide, corn maze, and hayride! Turns out though that by the time we got there the rain really started to come down so nothing was really up and running anymore. We did get a chance to hang out with the goats a bit and Kylee had fun feeding them.

I've also added a new ticker to the side of the blog if you want to keep up with our newest little one and his/her "expected" arrival. Enjoy! : )

Go Patriots!!!

Even though the Patriots don't play their first game until tomorrow night we thought it was fitting to get Kylee ready for the first Football Sunday of the season!

Daddy and Kylee are definitely ready for a new football season.