COGSWELL'S FOREVER

TRYING TO GET TO SUMMER

2011-05-27T15:42:00.001-07:00

TRYING TO GET TO SUMMER
Wow! Its been a long time since my last blog entry. So much has happened since last year!In October I started a part-time job at JC Penney's and I absolutely love it! We've had a long hard winter beginning with back to back family deaths including my Aunt Jolene, Cousin Lary, Chris' Uncle and our cat Miss Meow, a freak emergency room visit for me in January and what seems an endless cold winter. All together it has been a difficult process but it has made us stronger.My emergency room visit helped lead me to a wonderful therapist who specializes in panic attacks; something I have been suffering with for many years now. After 6 months of therapy I put my whole heart into, I am finally on the road to recovery! Chris and I began fertility treatments once more in January as well. So far no luck, but we have faith that it will happen when the time is right. Also in January, Katie made a reappearance back into or lives. We missed her so much and have been worried sick about this this sweet girl that we have gotten to know over the past several years.Katie's situation at home took another turn for the worse in April and she was pulled out of the home into foster care. Currently we are seeking to have her come stay in our home until her family becomes stable again. Things don't look good for Katie's family right now and she may be with us permanently in the future. For now, we stressfully await her and the courts final decision. Its been the longest wait, but we've been apart much longer before so we are hanging on to our hope and faith that all will work out as it should. Please keep Katie in your prayers.
Posted by Our Cogswell Family at 2:55

2011-05-27T15:12:00.000-07:00

I wanted to post a few pictures taken over the past year, and decided to include Katie too since she is someone close to our hearts right now. The younger pic of Savannah was taken last September for family pictures and the older ones are mainly from Easter and early May this year. The pic of Katie and Savannah is from her January visit and her seperate pic was taken during Katie's trip to Michigan last summer.

Mother' Day Cards

2010-04-28T10:51:00.000-07:00

Well, Mother's Day is approaching........

Savannah and Mommy got together and made our Moms and Grandma's cards this morning. Then we played dress up and photoshopped our top 6 favorite pics! Here they are.....I think they turned out adorably cute!

Spring Break in Provo

2010-04-12T13:10:00.000-07:00

Mommy & Savannah

Grandma Thompson & Savannah

Nathan

Kathryn

My parents came down this past week from Thursday to Saturday to help my brother and his family remodel their bathroom. The guys worked on the big project and the girls go to hang out. Thursday we went to Centennial Park, Friday we went to the "bird pond park" along the Provo River Trail. It was such a gorgeous weekend and the kids had a blast! Above are the photos shot at Centennial Park.........

HAPPY FREAKIN' SPRING!!!!!!!!!

2010-04-07T12:50:00.000-07:00

Spring 2010

2010-04-07T12:38:00.000-07:00

Savannah can officially stay sitting up on her own.....but, if she decides she wants to lay down....she kinda goes boom boom, down down all the way! Easter has come and gone now, it was a rough holiday for us. We had to drive almost all day Sunday. My parents had an Easter brunch at 10am Sunday morning in Syracuse, following an Easter egg hunt for the grandkids. Then, we had to travel back South to Highland for a light dinner with Chris' parents. Finally, we made it home about 9pm. We were so tired and stressed from the drive we through our stuff on the ground and hopped in the bed to crash for the night. I hope the next holiday isn't such a stress.....definitely need to cut down on the travel........trying to decide if we need to switch holidays between families to eliminate so much traveling. Anyhow, not much else happening. Chris is working himself to death to keep our bank account flowing and I'm trying to think of new ideas to help out too. Sushi night pretty much disintegrated so, as of right now, I am looking into making sushi at the Pioneer Park Farmer's Market. Also on the side, trying to do the "Savvy Shopper thing" with plans of hosting a get-to-gether for friends and family. Savannah is growing before our very eyes and new milestones abound. The cats, well, they are still cats and getting on each other's nerves waiting for the Spring weather to arrive.
Yes, I know so much interesting aspects of our lives, I'll try to bring you more interesting updates in the future. Too ta loo for now :]

2010-03-30T21:58:00.001-07:00

A Little Princess ***7 Months Old***

Happy Freaking St. Patty's Day

2010-03-16T04:13:00.000-07:00

Yes, I know today is not St. Patrick's Day.......just getting things done ahead of time for a change. It's better to be early than late, right? Savannah is now 6 1/2 months! Last week she finally decided she was ready to flip over from back to belly and belly to back consecutively. She is definietly stubborn like her Mommy and Daddy! In fact, I think she has had the ability to perform her newest milestone but she just "didn't want to do it." Hee, hee! As far as sitting up goes, she's so close----but seems to need her back muscles to be slightly stronger. My oh, my! Is she growing up fast! Her favorite thing to do in her "play time" is to roll on her back, chew on a toy or toss and crinkle up her balloon. She loves to eat Mommy's newspapers when she is clipping her Savvy Shopper coupons. I have to keep pulling it out of her mouth before she really does eat it.....evidently newspaper is YUM YUM YUM!!!!

My sushi classes have been a hit thus far! I'm probably breaking even discounting the classes for ward members and family.....but it has been so much fun it's definitely worth it. It also helps me to have something to look forward too and keep my mind busy. I've never slept better at night since I was prego!

This past Sunday was a lot of fun for us. It was my nephew Carter's baby blessing. We were exhausted and so full to our stomach's we wanted to throw up, but it was a blast and nice to visit with family and friends we only see at family get-to-gether's. Savannah had so much fun she kept passing out off and on during the after party. She slept a little too well on the way home so it took us forever to get her to sleep. Daylight savings time has really thrown us off! Sunday, when me and Chris got home we were still so full.....that is until 10pm rolls around and we both decided we're starving. Chris and I stayed up "playing" until midnight....shame on us! The 3 of us were running late yesterday morning; Savannah slept in until 8am! Fantastic for me, but boy did it throw us off the rest of the day! Chris was so tired when he got off work, then I went and crashed on him about 7pm.....sorry Chrisy! Still not certain how late he was up will "Annah", considering I just typed this up at 5 in the morning. Whoops!

2010-02-16T13:27:00.000-08:00

I am so behind on my blog! I even got some new tips to improve it back during Christmas time.....and now I'm just getting to it. Let me know how ya'll like it!

Savannah will be 6 months old next week....unbelievable. Its amazing to watch her grow so fast and slowly become more capable of her surroundings. As I teach her new things, its like reteaching myself almost. But, I think the best part about having my little girl is being loved by someone who unconditionally loves you back. When I look into her eyes I can see me and Chris. Looking back at me, I feel Savannah's warmth glow back and me, and I feel complete.

Moving on past the "mushy stuff"......I have been so busy! I'm trying to earn some extra money on the side. Chris has had work more off and on than normal because of the bad position the economy is in. I guess I want to do everything I can to do my part in participating in bringing in funds. Anyhow, beginning in March I'm going to begin teaching sushi rolling classes on Tuesday nights. It's taken a lot of time and energy to learn new and the best techniques, but its definitely worth it. Who needs the restaraunt? I am also designing and selling momento cards. Haven't had much luck yet, not sure if it will be a hit, but I sure love making them for my family and friends!

2009-12-02T04:43:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving weekend was a lot of fun for our family. We went to Grandma & Grandpa Cogswell's house for Thanksgiving dinner with Chris' fam. Then we drove to Grandma & Grandpa Thompson's house for the rest of the weekend. When we arrived, we took a famoily photo, ate pie and watched movies. Black Friday was a clostrophobics nightmare......as always. But after shopping with the Thompson girls, Vannah and I went to play with Aunt Lizzy. Vannah got to meet Lizzy's mom and then Lizzy took me out for birthday sushi! It was so yummy.....I want more tuna! Saturday was another fun shopping day until it was time to go home. Me, Vannah and Chris woke up Sunday morning sick.....yippy skippy! I took Vannah to the doctor Monday morning but she just has a bad cold. It was also my 29th birthday and I was feeling congested and weak. However, once my hubby came home the day got better. We went to The Happy Sumo for more sushi fun and then on a free carraige ride. Thank you my love for a wonderful birthday!

Halloween 2009

2009-11-09T15:45:00.000-08:00

I spent most of October in and out of the dentist and on Halloween I was I had to be on loratab because I almost had to have a root canal done the following week. That turned out not to be, but our Halloween party plans fell through. We did dress up though and make the best of it. Went out with Grandma and Grandpa Cogswell and Uncle Shawn to "Up" Chuckarama. We watched scary movies at night and handed out candy to the little door knockers.

Little Miss Savannah

2009-10-19T11:53:00.000-07:00

It has been way too long since I last put up a post! To update.......after my long, horrible pregnancy I had my little baby girl Savannah Elizabeth Cogswell 2 weeks early on Aug 25th 2009. She weighed 5lbs 9oz and 17 1/2". She has been a blessing and a miracle! Her blessing was held Sept 27th and Chris gave her a beautiful blessing from Heavenly Father. It was wonderful to have so my family and friends their to support us. Thank you, thank you! Afterwards we had a luncheon with our family and friends. I can't believe she's almost 2 months old!
Savannah aka "Vanna" took us 4 long, grievous years to be blessed with her. Through a lot of hard work, stress and fertility she made it into our lives. We love her more than anything in the world.....yes, even more than the cats!

Carson's First Birthday

2009-05-05T12:15:00.000-07:00

This past weekend Chris and I went up to Syracuse to my parents' house to celebrate my nephew Carson's 1st birthday! He's my brother Matt's baby boy. And he is a little boy with a lot of expressions and attitude so I had a lot of fun taking pictures of him destroying his cake! It was so much fun and a lot of people came. Carson had a lot of presents to open and plenty of attention from his little friends and cousins. Happy Birthday Carson!

2009-04-27T06:59:00.000-07:00

This weekend was a blast! My best friend Elizabeth came down for a visit in celebration of finding out about the sex of the baby. Friday night Chris, Lizzy and I went to Denny's and announced Lizzy as our daughter's godmother. Yes, I know we are not Catholic....which was Lizzy's response......but the title will be used in answer to our will. Later in the evening we watched movies but we were drained afterwards and went to bed.
Saturday morning we got up refreshed but lazy and we ended up having a late brunch with our high-rise german hotcakes. Yum! On Saturday afternoon Lizzy and I scavanged for scrapbooking ideas at the University Mall and went shopping while Chris went and exchanged some fish for more fish. My silly husband! By early evening we were exhausted from the day plus it was raining cats and dogs! So we set back off for our house and came back for a leisurely late dinner. Afterwards we decided we were bored and went to a game store in the Provo Towne Center mall and decided to try out the famous Settlers of Catan. Chris was so excited when we brought it home that he set it all up for us, read the instructions and went over what he learned to us. Lizzy was intently listening but I was having a horrible coughing spell and couldn't concentrate. Late into the night, we were still playing and the 3 of us were crazily laughing because of the late hour. Somehow someway I ended up winning by pure dumb luck.....Chris was not happy with me!
Eventually we got some sleep in around 1pm and none of were able to move until 10:30am Sunday morning! Lizzy was feeling a little under the weather too so we decided not to go to church. Of course at this point, Chris and Lizzy had to have their rematch with me......but of course since I was more aware I lost by a long shot to Chris! It was probably just beginners luck anyway...... In between games we ate my favorite clam chowder for lunch and Lizzy won the 3rd round. Once we were tied, we scurried to clean up the game and the rest of the household messes we had made because Chris' parents were coming by to see the new closets Chris and I built in our room . That was an hilarity of fun having them over! We are the biggest smart alects I know!
We ended the evening and the weekend with our "man's meal" which consisted of steak and a baked potatoe with a glass of sparkling cider and a toast to babies and godmothers! What a weekend! Thanks for coming down Lizzy we look forward to your upcoming visits!

2009-04-22T15:09:00.000-07:00

Chris and I are pleased to announce that we are going to be having a baby girl in September. Her unofficial name will be Savannah Elizabeth Cogswell.