Mean Mothers that i kinda sorta wanna punch...

My blog posts are far and few between because I simply don't feel like I have anything THAT educational to post about....Today I belive I do, So if you don't want to read a long rant you can stop after this next sentence.
                               STOP BEING MEAN,RUDE & INCONSIDERATE

Alright for those of you who would like to stick around, I just need to tell these two stories that seriously have ruined my last two weeks.

Chick Fil-A:
             My family went to Chick Fil-A for lunch last week RIGHT before I had to go to work. Simply that means I wore my work clothes (A Skirt was involved) which will make a difference I promise. After eating our meal of course I let Carter go into the play place..and if you're familiar with the play place's at most chick Fil- A restaurants it is a small room with just a bench for parents to sit on while their kids play. I let Carter do his own thing until he went to the top of the play gym and decided he was scared, so it was a no brainer...i just climbed up the play gym to grab my scared little boy. Now if it was really that simple (even though it should have been)  I wouldn't be blogging.
As I am climbing up I hear one Mother say to another "Why would she be climbing up there in a skirt??" Then the response from the other Mean Mother was "Well who even wears a pencil skirt with a toddler??" *Then they proceed to giggle.*
 Uhhhhhhh ya. Its a good thing I had self control because some hair pulling would have happened if I had the balls. (Excuse my language)

SERIOUSLY PEOPLE. It was a freakin NET between me and them, trapped in a SMALL play place. OBVIOUSLY I would hear you two. What's wrong with dressing nice anyway? I know I was headed to work but does a person really even need to justify what they are wearing?

Now, I am no saint, I gossip like every other woman but come on.... At least wait until I leave or something. Haha

I was so flustered going to work that day and it seriously ruined my whole evening. Luckily I have awesome co-workers that could bring my spirits up. Also a huge shout out to my (Nice) mom for the text that said "Taylor Swift says it best, Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate." I am so fortunate to have people who lift me up so that I don't stay down in the dumps for long.

NEXT.


Wal-Mart: ( i'll keep this short)

Carter and I LOVE going to Wal Mart, its enjoyable for us both. This past Friday Carter threw a massive tantrum, he wanted my phone to play with so I finally caved in hopes that it could make the scene that he was making stop. So I set him back into the cart and gave him my phone. Now I was standing by the cheese and there was a lady and her (I assume mother) by the yogurt...which means extremely close to us.
The lady said "Well that's one way to shut your 2 year old up" & her mother responded "Its so sad to see this new generation be addicted to technology".


Uh Hello!! Over here!! The mother of that "2 year old" (whose really 1 1/2) and the one whose apparently helping her child be "Addicted to technology".
Get outta here people. If you knew anything about myself or my son you would know that it is not a normal thing to let Carter play with my phone (come on, Its an IPhone 6 and letting him touch it is just too much of a liability) hahah. Also you would know Carters age...or name...or that it was 2 hours past NAP TIME.

Once again I am not saying that I am above people and I never say anything mean but this is a HUGE wake up call. Watch what you say, even if you feel like that person cant hear you, just don't say it at all.

DONT BE A MEAN MOM. (or Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, Brother, Sister, Dog, Cat, whoever)


****You all may just find this as a huge pity party for myself, and it kinda is, but I already feel like a small weight has been lifted. Almost feels as good as I imagine it woulda felt to punch those ladies sqare in the nose...but lucky for them once again, I have self control and actually just suck at standing up for myself in general. Something I need to work on but for now I will just hide behind my computer screen because If  they can blatantly say those mean words im sure they are packin when it comes to a real fight HA!

It's official. Carter is really one now.

Well sure Carter may have turned one September 4th but it didn't seem any different by the 5th..he was still the same little boy! But now, it's Septemeber 25th & I will say he's REALLY one now.  I had the craziest morning & could only think "okay wow,  this is it...I need to blog about this". So the morning went something like this...

& I am sure a lot of you have extremely relatable mornings!

The doorbell rang at 9:45 & I woke up frantically...I totally had overslept..but WAIT! That means Carter did too? Okay so here I am contemplating weather I go to the door first or I go see if Carter is breathing...I open his door & the creaking woke him a bit so he rolled over. Alright so that's clarification for me that he's alright. I go talk to the person at the door then head up to get Carter. So you're probably at this point thinking "wow, her son slept till almost 10am?"  yes. He did, but don't worry there are indeed consequences that come with that. Which includes LOTS of energy!!


I jump in the shower while Carter just played around in the bathroom/hallway...& about 2 minutes later he peeks his little head around the curtain...with a big smile & a little muscle Carter had successfully dove into the shower (over a tub ledge) WITH all of his clothes on. Lol HORRAY...time for a shower I guess? So after dealing with that fun mess & letting him play in the water with clothes on which just made him giggle & giggle it was time to get him dressed.

Now I don't know if anyone else deals with this or not...but picking out Carters  outfit takes as much thought or more as it takes to pick out my own clothes! So once his clothes & shoes were put on it was 10:00 & we had to leave at 10:30 to be somwhere. (Like that would ever happen)

I start getting ready & Carter finds ever awkward& weird thing possible to play with in the bathroom (ie: Tampons, pads, & of course the toilet water). So I proceeded taking things from him every two seconds & washing his hands three times. So then when I took him to he Hall it was time for him to decide to take his shoes...& socks both off. Then I put them back on & he crawled into our bedroom.


I continued getting ready cause there was peace & quiet which I knew meant he was doing something not so good. ...so I headed to our bedroom. There was Carter (with his shoes & socks off AGAIN) & he successfully took all of our shoes off of the shoe rack in our closet..no biggy just another set back! So as I put the shoes back..he started crying...I look over & he's sticking his fingers in the fan that was on the floor (mom fail)  But he's fine, & still has 10 fingers...for now!  ;)

Soo I decided it must be time for him to eat breakfast I mean it's 10:30 at this point & definitly time for us to be in the car..but you can't starve you child...can you? Haha just kidding. So I put him in the high chair while he screamed "more more more" Until I actually got some food to him...& while he ate I put my make up on (already sweating at this point). I returned to clean him up & GUESS WHAT he managed to take his dang shoes & socks off AGAIN!!!! So I put them back on, for the 4th time in less than an hour.

We headed out the door (10:55am) & he was great in the car. We ran some errands & at the dollar store he happened to get his hands on a football by reaching out of the cart. So
There I was trying to put it back as he screamed & I thought "okay, this is it. I am buying Carter this cheapo football & he officially has pushed me to the point of doing so". I mean I know it's just a dollar BUT I have always told myself I won't buy my kids toys at the store all the time cause then they expect it. But I did it & I don't regret it.

So now it's nap time & just completely relived my whole morning & I feel all worked up again.

AND THAT is how I know that I now have a One Year Old. 

Now heres the positive twist!!

Now that we have a very fun & active 1 year old little stinker we get to have more fun! It really is so amazing teaching him how to walk & play with other kiddos. We get to do more adventurous things now! Another positive is that now that I break a sweat by just getting ready...by the end of the day I won't have to workout! I will be burning calories like no other. So heres to many more fun adventures of motherhood & don't get me wrong..this is TRULY the most rewarding job I will ever have!! I love our little man! :)

Spit up, Crying, pooping....Life just wouldnt be the same without it.

Life has been so stinkin' crazy! 

 & i mean that literally. 

Lets see, we have celebrated so much in such a short time, but i guess thats what you call the Holidays! 

We celebrated Thanksgiving, & all of the Sloop family was in town for Christmas at my parents house, then we threw a little shindig in our new house for New Years Eve! 

  The week before Christmas i started watching a little 9 month old boy for some extra income & it was hard adjusting to two little boys, but  its becoming alot easier with a set schedule and such. 

Mitchell finished his Fall semester with all A's cause he's kinda a stud.

 (lets pray Carter gets his brains)

& now he has started his Spring semester and it will be a difficult one because of Organic Chemistry. 

...Let me just add that he is a Full Time Daddy, Full time Bank Teller & a Full time Student. 

I am so blessed to be his wife. 

 Carter has just been amazing us daily! 

The day before he turned 4 months he started to scoot a little toward toys. 

& a few short days later he started sitting up. 

He has pretty much mastered the sitting up thing now and is working on crawling next! 

I absolutly love being his mommy but man if one more person tells me that Carter looks nothing like me i may go crazy. I mean SERIOUSLY! 

I carried that little boy for over 9 months and all i get is random people constantly saying 

"He's so cute, He must look like his daddy? I just don't see your resemblance" 

...uh thanks? lol 

I mean i guess its a good thing his daddy is hot. 

Well here are some pictures for your viewing.

Thanksgiving 2013

Christmas Morning 2013

New Years Eve Kisses 2013

Carters first time eating rice cereal (4 months)

Right before Rachael got set apart to serve a mission in The London England South Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. We will miss her soo much, Carter will almost be 2 when she gets back, CRAZY! 1/21/14

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just a Sunday afternoon in our back yard, Carter absolutely loves being outside and swinging on his swing set! 1/26/14

Until Next Time! :)

Our newest addtion! :)

Carter James Cook is here! We love our little bundle of joy....soo much that I have no time to blog anymore.lol

Heres the scoop:
September 3rd I went to my 40 week check up with hopes they would say "Oh hey look, you're in labor"...but that was wishful thinking. Instead that day they told me that my day to be induced got pushed back a day (which is an eternity while THAT pregnant).
Naturally after my appointment I went home and cried myself to sleep. When I woke up 3 hours later I woke up to extreme pain. All I could think was "there is no way these are contractions because that would be too good to be true".  By 2 am I completely convinced myself (with my moms help) that I was indeed in labor and this wasn't another false alarm. Yay!

We got to KU medical at 2:30 am and I was already dilated to a 5 when I got there. I was immediately admitted to my room and things progressed quickly all on their own. I endured a few contractions before receiving the most AMAZING drugs invented (epidural). After that things were fine and dandy. I pushed from 7am-8:38am & at that point our little boy entered the world!
My exact words at that moment were...
                                                          "Mom, I feel so skinny"
Carter weighed in at 7lbs 10oz and he was 20.5 inches long. He was perfect from the beginning...cone-head and all ;)
We have LOVED having him join our family and he has amazed us daily! Exactly a week after he was born we gave him a bath and layed him on our bed as we layed there watching him and he randomly rolled over! Of course it was from his tummy to his back, so not AS impressive but still crazy! He is a very strong baby and can hold his head up extremely well.


Also in the last while I had my 19th birthday! That morning I work up and texted Mitchell "If you would have told me a year ago that I would wake up to an explosive diaper on my 19th birthday I would think you were drunk". Because yes. That was indeed my present from my little man!

My day was amazing filled with shopping, amazing food and lots of fun! :)

(photo credit to Chelsey Sloop)

Until next time folks!

(who knows when that will be)

Experiencing some new experiences...

Well starting last Friday we have been house-sitting Mitchells parents house. Let me tell you, i have learned ALOT about living in a house out in the country! 

-First off we are watching & tending to their chickens. I am definitely a suburb kinda girl because this is not coming naturally to me at all! I have learned that you can NOT talk to Chickens like you can talk to a cat or dog....they don't understand you AT ALL. Sooo starting day one i tried to actually "talk" like a chicken, i got the advice from Dory (When she speaks whale on finding Nemo). It has not been successful, imagine that. After looking dumb for a few days i've learned that you can just shew them and they will kinda go the direction you want them to. Its an interesting task because its like having Easter every morning and night...i go into the chickens pin and its like all of a sudden i am on an Easter egg hunt as i search for all of the eggs.Although,  let me tell you its not as easy as plastic eggs. Some of the chickens like to just sit there all day...so therefore you have to stick your hand under them and grab the egg out....which is both scary and disgusting because the eggs are so warm. & Lastly let me just say...after tending to chickens you CANT wash you hands enough...in fact the only thing that makes you feel clean again is to take a shower! 

- We were told to make sure and close the garage at night with the cat inside it so that Raccoons don't come in and eat the cat food.....of course we learned the hard way as we tend to always do and as i walked by the door leading to the garage i heard a big crash....i instantly realized we had not closed the garage door. Mitchell ran out there as he saw a raccoon run out of the garage. This sparked some anger in Mitchell...thus he waited in the garage for a good 45 minutes for the animal to come back so he could beat the crap out of it with a broom...lol. That's my boy! 

- I also learned that 2 people do not ever need to live in a 7 bedroom home.....This house is just too big for the both of us. We haven't even been in any of the rooms except ours which makes them useless if we actually lived here. I now understand why older people move into smaller homes...less to clean...less places for monsters to hide and it is just simply realistic! 

- The BEST part about being here was definitely yesterday. Mitchell and i got in a bit of an argument...but then as we made up it started pouring outside...so we ventured that way! It was super fun to walk up and down the country roads in the pouring rain and having the few cars that passed us wave to us even though they were probably so confused seeing a pregnant lady in a skirt and shirt & a boy in regular clothes casually walking on the road in the storm. But it was fun & gave Mitchell and i a new experience together. 

I am sure there will be more to come! 

The Fourth Of July & Omaha

This past weekend we spent with lots of different people!

We got to spend the 4th of July at Mitchells parents house with his family and other friends and family as well. It was a blast swimming and eating amazing food with everyone! 

 ....Usually I am a huge pyro when it comes to fireworks and such. This year unfortunately as I tried to bend down and light a tank for a tank war I was stopped by a big beach ball in my way.... It was a sad realization that I would not be able to light fireworks...although it made sense considering I cant even tie my shoes. :/

We woke up early Friday morning and headed out to Omaha to spend some time with my Aunt/Uncle and Cousins. It was a special trip for me to be able to show Mitchell Omaha because that is where I remember spending a majority of my summers growing up. We had a blast! Went to the Farmers Market in Downtown Omaha, we went to bug Kersten as she worked at Peachwave. We also went and saw World War Z...which I would totally recommend! Anyway we did lots of other fun things as well.

I think we gave Mitchell a good taste of Omaha this weekend & had lots of fun while doing it!



We got home Monday in time for yet another Doctors appointment for me & Baby. Its always good to get to hear his strong heartbeat & to know that he has been growing big. We are still so anxious to meet this little guy:)


Until Next Time,
Brooklyn Cook

In Honor of one of my sisters! (Nicole Dschaak)

Well seeing as I am new to this I have been sitting around waiting for something exciting to happen so that I could make a new post and I think I've got it!

Birthdays have been a really big deal in the Sloop family since I could ever remember because my Grandpa Sloop is the "Birthday King".  He can make any one have an absolutely amazing birthday! Nicole seems to think that her birthday should be some sort of "National Holiday" or something so I will make a post in honor of her today!


Nicole is my second older sister and is about 6 years older than I am. She has always been a great example to me and I have always liked to look up to her for things...but some things in particular....

1. When Nicole and I were younger and sharing a bedroom I used to bother the crap out of her. Every time she had a new "Favorite Color" I would magically have the exact same one. For some reason I felt as though I always needed the same favorite color and now interestingly enough my favorite color happens to be yellow just like hers. (I will admit to copying)

2. Nicole used to always clean our bedroom while listening to the backstreet boys and Nsync and she would blast it while singing along, because of that & how "Cool" I thought she was while doing it....to this day I still blast my Taylor Swift music while singing loudly when I clean.

3. Although you may think that I always copy Nicole...I have also done the opposite. I can clearly recall Nicole hating Peas SO much that she would refuse to eat them at dinner, my parents forced her to eat them one night and she flat out threw them up everywhere over the balcony. Because I wanted to be an annoying little sister I instantly began to love Peas and I would eat them ONLY because I knew she hated them.... & Now thanks to her Peas are my favorite vegetable. So thank you.

4. Nicole has always had a great talent of doing hair. She always had her friends over before school dances so that she could do their hair for them. Because of that I thought I was good at hair too (Genetics right?) ....Wrong. I told my cousin Sam that I could do her hair for her senior prom a few years back just thinking that I would be naturally good at it...fortunately after lots of tears and me re-doing her hair 5 times it turned out to be something presentable and I realized at that point...Nicole really did have a talent, I am just a wannabe.

(She even does my hair!)

5. Now that we are closer to the same point in our lives we have a lot more to talk about together. Nicole has helped me a TON throughout my pregnancy so far and even showed me some stretch marks that I get to look forward too after this little nugget is born. YAY! haha But In all honesty I can only hope that I look as good as Nicole does after 2 children because she is a smokin' mommy if I do say so myself ;)

All in all Nicole has been a best friend and a great person to copy for the last 18 years of my life! I hope she has the best "National Holdiday" of a Birthday today! I love you!

Happy Birthday,
Brooklyn Cook