Brock, Whit & Baby Cohen

Trick or Treat!

2011-11-03T15:51:00.000-07:00

Sorry in advance for ALL the pictures but Halloween is one of my favorite days of the year and with kids it is like a million times more fun! We started our Halloween fun a few days before Halloween.. This is the hayride and pumpkin patch on Saturday night with Grandma Stephie and Grandpa Matt. It was freezing but Co LOVED it!

Later that night we got together with Cohen's cousins and decorated pumpkins with the kids favorite stickers.. Cohen's was of course Mickey Mouse!

Very proud of his decorating job..

Cute boys!

Sunday night we had a fierce pumpkin carving contest with Brock's fam. You be the judge:)

pumpkins in order..Grandpa Scott's, Grandma Netso's, Mine, Josh's.. Don't know what happened to Sky's, but it was really good!

I ordered Cohen this Mickey costume on ebay and I was so nervous it wasn't going to make it but it did and the second we took it out of the box he wanted to wear it. So this is Halloween morning and he is watching cartoons in his Mickey costume, Love him!

Family picture before Trick or Treating:)

Sister was Minnie Mouse..

Mickey Mouse and Crew-the-Hobo!

Seriously, trick or treating with a two year old, maybe the funnest thing I have ever done and I'm not exaggerating! He was hilarious! I loved how he waddled in his little costume. He wouldn't let anybody put a treat in his bucket he had to do it himself (I don't know where he gets his stubbornness:))

With the cousins..

After we trick-or-treated we went to my parents house and Grandpa Matt always lets the grandkids have as much candy as the want in their buckets and believe me we had Cohen well trained before we got there! He was taking candy from the bowl and putting it in his bucket so fast. He got about 3 times as much candy from grandpa in 30 seconds than he did in 30 minutes of trick-or-treating,

love it!

Londyn Cole Bowden

2011-10-31T09:40:00.000-07:00

Londyn was born on October 8, 2011. She was a little early and much smaller than her brother! She came to us weighing 6lb 3oz and 19in. long. She came about 3 weeks early so she was just a little thing. By the time we brought her home she was only 5.11!

I just have to start her birth story by saying we have been ripped off on both of our kids births. When Cohen was born it was swine flu season and nobody was allowed in the hospital to see him and with her she was taken to the NICU about 8 seconds after she was born so nobody got to see her either. If there is another baby up there, hopefully that birth will be better.

Anyways, the night she was born Brock and I had decided to go on one last date night before we were officially the parents of "children". So we went to Sonora Grill and to see Real Steel (which we loved!). We had dinner and were sitting in the movie theatre and about half way through the movie I started having contractions and they didn't stop like they usually do. So after the movie ended we decided to run up to the hospital to check things out while we still had a babysitter for Co.

When we got there I was sure they were going to send us home but we waited. Everytime the nurse would come check, there was just enough progress to keep us for one more hour. So by about midnight they decided we were in active labor and they gave me an epidural. After that it was a pretty boring night. They said she had a really strong heart beat and it shouldn't be a problem at all that she was a little early. After about 12 hours she was finally ready and she came at 9:23 on Saturday morning.

Once she came out the nurses took her and were getting all her measurements when they noticed her color and her breathing were a little off. She was gray and her chest was contracting really strange every time she took a breath. So they let me see her for about 5 seconds and then they took her to run tests. It was a sad day! I had to wait for the epidural to wear off before I could go see her. It was really sad in the NICU.

They said she must have breathed in the fluid when she came out because her lungs were wet. They weren't sure if it was pneumonia or wet lung so they started her on antibiotics right away and she was on oxygen and and IV for her fluids. They didn't feed her for about 2 days and that was sad. She looked all puffy and miserable in her little incubator. Her oxygen levels were low and it was like she was hyperventilating with each breath. She had a hard time keeping her body temp up and she had to learn how to eat. But each day she made a little progress and we were able to take her home on Wednesday. When we left the hospital on Monday without her, it was really hard. But she wasn't up there too much longer. Now she is home and she is such a good baby. Here are some pictures...

NICU with a million chords and IV's. She was so hard to hold all taped to the wall.

Her little bed. The NICU nurses at Ogden Regional took really good care of her. They made her a little sign for her bed and made her pretty every day with a bath and a bow:)

Yay!! Finally going home. She has the longest hands, look at her hand compared to her little face, it looks giant!

Of course we had to get Cohen a present before we brought her home. He was feeling a little neglected so he got rock and roll Mickey. I think he loved it more than he loved his sister at first. Now he gives her loves and helps me with her all the time. He's a good big brother!

First family pic all together!

4 Weeks, 4 Weeks, 4 Weeks!!!

2011-09-22T14:40:00.000-07:00

I can't even wait for this little girl to get here! I know it would be the most boring post in the world, but I want to take a picture of everything I've bought for her and post it on my blog so you can see how cute she will be every day:) I've been a little out of the blogging world for a minute for two reasons.. 1) I couldn't get my blogs to post, they kept saving as drafts blah blah blah it was annoying! 2) I have been so busy on my summer projects which has been getting the kids rooms ready for new baby to arrive! I have almost finished Cohen's new room and I'm waiting on a few more pieces for baby Girl's room, but for the most part they are finished. I kinda went a little crazy with the girl stuff at Swiss Days this year... (good thing Brock is forgiving!) but it will be worth it in the end! I will post pictures as soon as they are done. Co's bedding is going to be here till Christmas so it might be a little while, but they are turning out SO cute!!

Anyways, news on baby: She is growing and growing and growing! Last week i went in for my appointment and he said I was a week ahead of what I thought so that was good! I'm not getting my hopes up though.. I'm sure she will make her appearance at the end of October. I'm getting so anxious and uncomfortable but more and more excited everyday!

Anyone who knows me knows I hate preg pictures of me and that is why none of them ever get posted, but this is a cute pic at about 8 months with all the sisters at swiss days...The other pictures are of my Coco transitioning from crib to big boy bed. Hahaha he is hilarious and every nap time is a new adventure, usually he sleeps on the floor right in front of the door. Night time is getting better, he is learning..

These were taken with my phone so they aren't the best, but look at that face! Night #1 and SO EXCITED!

This is usually how he is laying when I check on him in the night..

And this is what our naptimes have turned into haha!

Love him! I will try my best to get pics of the new rooms up and keep the blog updated as soon as she comes!!

Summer Pics

2011-09-22T13:30:00.000-07:00

We have had the best summer! Grandma loves to get the kids pictures taken and what a better time than by the pool in the summertime! Here are some pictures of little Coco Bean and his cousins that we love so much. How lucky is he to have ALL of these COUSINS!!

Thanks Amber and Grandma for the awesome pictures:)

Summertime!

2011-08-01T21:10:00.001-07:00

Summertime is our favorite time!!!! Here are some fun pics of our eventful few months!

We've been all over! Every Monday is swim day at grandmas, we've been to St. George and Park City and we've had the best 4th and fireworks! I've been sucky at pictures but I'll try to do better!

5k, Family Night & Baby #2

2011-06-16T16:14:00.000-07:00

We were up and ready to go this past Saturday! We were up in Uintah for the Udays 5k. As you can tell, Cohen wasn't so happy to be there at 8am on a Saturday:) Brock ran the 5k, I walked it and Co got to ride in his stroller with grammy on the 1 mile fun walk/run.

Seriously, is he freakin cute or is it just me?

He did eventually get happier when he found out there was food:)

Who knew Brock was so competetive? Him and Josh took 1st and 2nd in the 5k. Congrats!

We had family night the other night at the golf course. I bet you thought you couldn't take an 18 month old out on the course...Wrong! We took him in the cart and he chased after Brock's golf balls and then we headed to iceburg for some ice cream cones. (haha don't mind his hair, he was wearing a hat)

As for our newest addition....

We couldn't be happier!!! We will welcome baby girl Bowden into our family on October 26th. I can't believe it's a girl, seriously what luck!

Easter

2011-05-24T13:31:00.000-07:00

I know I'm super behind in my blogging, somethin's up with my computer and I can't get my pictures to load! But of the ones that worked, here are a few. We had an Easter egg hunt at grandma Netso's where co found the GOLDEN EGG! and then we had an Easter egg hunt at grandma Stephie's. Co go a sweet minky blanket and a bunch a candy! What a good Easter:)

He wouldn't smile in ONE picture, this crazy face is as close as it got!

Cruise!

2011-04-21T09:00:00.001-07:00

So I've been a little absent from the blogging world as of late! We went on a cruise in Feb/March and I lost the battery pack to my camera so I couldn't get any pictures onto my computer... but after much searching I found the charger!! I'm BACK:) Here are some pics of our cruise, SO MUCH FUN!!

The whole gang on formal night

The Cruise ship:)

Snorkeling on St. Thomas, the best ever!

Atlantis! This was the shortest port we had but it was still so fun!

Formal night

Fantastic four at the show!

MMMM...Mango Swirl!!

Last night with our waiters

Had to get a picture of Brock and Corey at the black jack table, this is where we spent 90% of our time! I was the big winner, not to brag or anything:)

Sorry I've been so out of the blogging world, I'm back! I will update more often, I promise!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY BOY!!

2011-01-13T17:38:00.001-08:00

I know I say this on EVERY SINGLE post, but this boy is my favorite thing in the whole world. I think it's because I'm his momma or something:) But we had a fun-filled first birthday! Here are some cute pictures of the best baby boy in the world!

wakey-wakey!

birthday bubble bath!
hahaha he's crazy!

post-bath wandering the house in his birthday suite and superman cape

Picking out a big boy car seat..

festivities:)

Cohen's sweet Yankee's cake, thanks to dad!

He wasn't enthused about the presents but he made a haul!

Just eatin' cake!

Night-night in his new cowboy jammies to go with his rocking horse, ridin' cowboy, yeehaw!

Love him, can't believe he's already a year!! Where did the time go? He is our little pride and joy. He is crawling like crazy, no interest what-so-ever in walking. He speaks cohenese and we have yet to understand what he is saying but he jabbers like we can all day long! He is a good little sleeper and he grinds his 4 teeth like he's the most stressed a person could be. We love him so much. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY!!

Family Pictures

2011-01-06T16:46:00.000-08:00

We got some family pictures taken with Brock's family back in November. I absolutely LOVE them!! I want every single one! Amber Togisala is seriously the best photographer and I want to plaster my wall with these pictures, believe me, if I could figure out a way to make them into wallpaper I would do it!

Cohen's First Christmas

2011-01-04T10:48:00.000-08:00

We started my baby's first Christmas off by going to my parents for dinner and presents. Oh, how I love Christmas Eve!! We had the tastiest dinner thanks to mom and then we played games. Haha I wish I has set up my video camera. We are CRAZY!!! But I did end up winning the Nordstrom gift card! Yay me! Here's some pics, enjoy!

Cohen and aunt Kenz, unwrapping his gift. For some reason he hated the wrapping paper I dunno what his deal was, but it scared the crap out of him haha.

Eating everything he can get his hands on..I think this is ice:)
We wore out Tyson before we even started:) He fell asleep at dinner.

Co thinks he a rock star now thanks to Grandma Stephie and Grandpa Matt. He seriously sings his little heart out into that microphone its hilarious!

Yay for Christmas Jammies!!

Walkin' down the stairs to see what Santa brought:)

Yay! He came and brought Co lots of stuff!!

Playing with his toys and laughing at dad..

He LOVES his sports center. He shoots hoops all day!

Then we headed off to Grandma Sue's for some more presents and breakfast.

Co loved the food more than the gifts:)

Grandma Netso and Grandpa Scott got him his first 4-wheeler!

We had a really long and fun day but this is how it ended.. ahh perfection!

We love love love Christmas! It was such a good weekend.. I should have taken more pictures of other people haha but I'm pretty consumed with Cohen. We also got to Skype with my brother in Thailand! He is so cute but I miss him way more now that we got to see him:( Only 6 more months!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

December Happenings!

2010-12-20T08:34:00.000-08:00

This is my cute boy on the Sunday before Christmas! Is he seriously the cutest thing you've ever seen? I can't get enough, by a year you would think I wouldn't be this obsessed but I still am! Grandma Stephie got him some new church clothes for an early Christmas present and I couldn't resist a picture:)

Girls night out! When Aly is in town we HAVE to go to dinner! It was so fun to see these girls I miss them so much! Dinner and gossip with the girls, perfection! (oh yeah, no longer a blonde! It was a big decision for me!)

Co with Santa, I'm not sure he loved it but I was quick with the camera before he started crying!

And here's the best new family tradition! We went to Eden and had a sleigh ride to pick out a live Christmas tree! I LOVED it!! We were bundled up tight cuz it was freezing and snowing, but it was so much fun. Don't mind Brock haha he looks high but he's not!

Seriously, look at that face!

Birthday!! I am officially 24! We celebrated with both sides, but for some reason I don't have any pictures with my fam. But here are the cute one's from dinner with Brock's. We went to Roosters and Cohen ate all of grandma Netso's dinner and then started on Grandma Sue's haha! Here he is testing Grandma Sue's pasta..

What a cute fam:)

Thanksgiving and the Rockettes!

2010-12-20T08:03:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving is one of the best days of the year in my opinion. We had a great day. We started off at my parents NEW house! and we had some appetizers..mmm cheese balls and crab dip and diet coke! YUM!! Then we headed of to Brock's parents for dinner and the annual Turkey Bowl!

Have you ever seen so many cousins!!!! Cohen is a luck guy:)

Hard to believe that this was my FIRST year participating in the turkey bowl!! This is my 5th Thanksgiving with my new fam and I have never been! It was a blast!

The day after Thanksgiving we had a girls weekend! We stayed at the Marriott and went shopping and to the rockettes and to P.F. Chang's.. To sum up it was the PERFECT weekend! No kids, no nothin' .. just a credit card in hand and limitless shopping! Love it!

My mom loves the Rockettes, we gave her tickets for her birthday and she pretty much cried through the whole thing! She always wanted to be on, sadly she is too short:) But the show was awesome and the funnel cake was bomb!

I am so thankful for my family!! I know I say this a lot but they seriously are the best anyone could ask for. Seriously, I don't know how I lucked out with awesomeness on both sides! It was a great weekend!

Witch-a-Palooza and Halloween!!

2010-12-20T07:48:00.000-08:00

Here's our little UTE!! Haha he kinda looks like he stuck his finger in the light socket!

Happy Halloween, Cohen loved all the candy, I think it was his favorite holiday yet!
We love Witch-a-Palooza at Gardner's Village. Braylee was dying to ride the ponies..

So cute!

We ran into some more family, look at all those babies!!!

Kylee and her kids, they were so cute, they didn't really love the witches!

Here's the all the girlies, we were standing in front of the witchey poo but you can't see it haha!

I know I've said this before but I LOVE the fall!! Garder Village is a tradition every year and it gets better everytime with the kids!

Pumpkin Patch:)

2010-10-27T10:18:00.001-07:00

Last week grandma Stephie took us all to the punkin patch! We had a yummy and nutritious lunch at McDonalds and then we headed off to pick a punkin!

Here are some pictures, I love Fall!!

Cohen in all the pumpkins, my favorite picture!

I made him pose in front of the old truck haha, he's kinda falling off that bale of hay.

Love him:)

All the cousins... so cute!

Happy fall everyone, so happy we actually got a fall in Utah this year!!!

Is there anything cuter??

2010-09-13T15:02:00.001-07:00

Thanks Grandma Netso for the new church clothes, I love 'em!

San Juan, and I Don't Mean Puerto Rico!

2010-09-13T14:20:00.000-07:00

We interupt this marriage to bring you... Hunting Season!! I can't believe it's this time of year already!! Brock lives for hunting season and I gotta say, I'm not a fan:) We've been married for 4 years now and I still don't love hunting haha. Needless to say, we took our family "vacation" this year to the mountains of San Juan for the opening weekend of the archery deer hunt. It was no cruise to the white sand beaches of San Juan, Puerto Rico, but we still had tons of fun! Here's some of my fav pics (mostly Cohen:))

The Famous Road Hunt

Chillin at the campsite getting Cohen addicted to Ding Dongs:)

Boys will be boys

Happy Campers

The whole reason for the vacation... our hunters!

Cohen stuck in jail, Crew thought he was at the petting zoo haha.

Mmm.. peas.

5 days + no shower = home sweet home!!

I like to give Brock a hard time about camping because it is definitely not my idea of a vacation but it ended up being really fun! Cohen can't wait to be hikin' with his dad in a few years.

My OBSESSION:)

2010-08-09T11:28:00.000-07:00

This is my obsession as of late:) He's been here 7 months and I have about 7 thousand pictures of his cute little face..

24th fireworks at WSU

Raptors Game!

We have been having such a fun summer. I need to be better at taking pictures, we just got back from Bear Lake for Raspberry Days. We had so much fun shopping and boating. LOVE SUMMER!

30 is old!!!

2010-07-12T11:37:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Brock!!! I know I'm always a day late and a dollar short but I had to wish my cute hubby a happy 30th birthday! He is so good to me and Cohen. I tell him all the time that his life makes mine and Cohen's life possible:) I love him so much and I'm so grateful for his ambition and his spirituality. I love everything about him, he is the best husband any girl could ask for. He puts up with my "high-maintenance" personality as he calls it and he is still just about the easiest person to be around. He wakes up happy and he stays that way all day. You're the best Brock, we love you!!

We had a slammin' party at the pool, (thanks mom and dad Bowden for letting us crash your backyard!) It was so much fun, here's some pics of the big day and his super surprise birthday present!!

30 candles is a lot to blow out at one time!!

He got the BEST surprise ever!! That's right, I finally found the PERFECT present for Brock this year. He thought I was trying to tell him we were having another baby hahaha but to his relief it was an ALASKAN CRUISE!!

SUMMERTIME!

2010-06-10T15:59:00.000-07:00

We are SICK of the rain! We had a couple of good warm days before the storms hit this week. Hopefully next week will be better. But we did manage to do a few fun things before we got the 60's.

MEMORIAL DAY

We started the day off by going to my parents for breakfast. Steak and eggs... yum. It was delicious. Then we headed to Brock's parents and swam the day away. It was a pretty day and it was mostly warm which was good! I was slackin' on the picture takin' so there's only one and it's of Co-baby lounging in the pool (he's very relaxed as you can see!)

Jex's Preschool Graduation

COHEN UPDATE!

Since Cohen was born there's been kind of a joke that his arms were accidentally put on backwards. This is the best shot of that I have to demonstrate what I mean. He just started to roll over and that's what this pic is, but if you just hold him in the air his arms fling backwards and he looks like he's going to fly away. It's hilarious!

T-Ball... it's a nail biter!

This is why cohen isn't a great roller-over. When we do tummy time this is usually how it ends up! Oh, he's too much like is mom.

Here's his first attempt at cereal. We've moved on to other food now and we've gotten better. But man that first time he had to be naked! He had cereal EVERYWHERE!! I even had to wipe down his seat!

So that's all for now, we are anxiously awaiting the sunshine!

Yellowstone Partners

2010-04-29T09:18:00.001-07:00

Brock recently left Zions Bank as a financial planner and joined Yellowstone Partners. It is a Wealth Management company out of Idaho Falls. He has an office in Sugar House and he's pretty much traveling the globe for appointments! We are so grateful to Yellowstone for the opportunity they presented us with. Brock is so ambitious and I know he will do great. He is always looking out for those people he can help with his success. I love him so much and I know he will do absolutely amazing in this new adventure. Good luck honey!!

April 2010

2010-04-26T11:37:00.000-07:00

St. George...

We just got back from St. George with the Bowden Fam. It was such a fun trip! It was kind of a short extended weekend trip. We left on Thursday and came home Sunday afternoon. We just laughed and ate and shopped and swam, what a blast! Here's some pics...

We found out that Cohen is actually a pretty good traveler. This picture was on the way home after he had just wet through all of his clothes, been changed top to bottom and had been in his seat for about 3 hours. What a stud! He was still all smiles:)

This will probably not be that funny to most people, but me and Sunnee sure got a kick out of bathing Cohen in the bathroom sink at the house. It was like his personal jacuzzi!

Cohen's first time swimming! He didn't love the cold pool at the condo, but when we got in the warmer one... he was in heaven!

(this is the cold one...)

Grandpa Scott brought down the four wheelers for us to ride. The kids had a blast! Brock took Cohen out, he's pretty much a dare devil:) This pic is Grandma Netso with her four grandboys.

All the men went on a hike with the kids and the women and babies went shopping and out to lunch. We've always gotta stop at the pizza factory when we're in St. George..

EASTER!!

I know, it's been forever since I updated... but these pictures are from Easter. I'm pretty sure this one with Connor is the first time he ever held Cohen.. don't ask me why but he waited 3 months:)

After all the festivities, we went to my Grandparents house for corned beef, Cohen had had it!

Co-baby and Grandma Sue. They love each other! He was just chatting away to her...

Since it was so freezing we had to bundle him up for the egg hunt... isn't that outfit hilarious?!

I think dad was more excited about all the great finds than Cohen was...

Family Picture! Haha I don't know what Cohen's looking at but he looks frightened!

Cousins!

Of course, we have to support even on Easter! Go Yankees!

Cohen matched Grandpa so of course... photo-op!

That's our month so far! We've been busy, hope all of you are having a great spring!

Kylee's Crafts

2010-03-31T18:28:00.000-07:00

My sister started a craft blog and let me tell you, she got all the creative juices in the family! Her crafts ars so stinkin cute and ususally easy to do. Check out her blog at www.kyleescrafts.blogspot.com!

Blessing Day

2010-03-29T12:29:00.000-07:00

We blessed Cohen on Sunday. He was such a doll he didn't cry the entire day and I was so stressed that he would freak out during the blessing, but he didn't! He had the cutest blessing tux from our good friends Cortney and Brandi. He was such a stud in it! Here are some cute pics of the little cocoa bean and our family all crammed into our house! (haha we had like 60 people here and it was tight!)

(Sorry I went a little crazy with the pictures!)

Cousins

2010-03-10T15:09:00.000-08:00

It's always about Cohen, I know, but I don't have a whole lot else going on in my life right now haha. So here's some more pics of the cutest boy in the whole world (at least I think so!).

These are with his best baseball cousin Tyson. Grama Stephie got them these matching outfits for Valentine's Day so we obviously had to have a photo shoot.

Here he is with Grama Stephie

Oh and this is a p.s. to a couple posts back, but I have been trying to get this picture forever. We laugh everytime he makes this face. Sorry if it grosses you out, but this is what we call his

"poop face" haha!

Here is life with a baby boy... this is pretty much a daily occurance. I've almost mastered the speediest diaper change in the world so this doesn't happen anymore but sometimes he's quicker than dad! This is what I woke up to last Sunday morning..

Cohen's Nursery

2010-02-24T13:11:00.000-08:00

Haylee this is for you (if you can't tell what it looks like you are welcome to come over anytime!) I totally forgot to post any pics of the nursery. It only got finished a few days before he was born so in the whirlwind I completely forgot. But here are some pics. It was hard to get really good ones because of the angle of the room, but at least you can tell what it looks like. I dont have any of his decorations up yet (I know, I'm slacking!) so it's pretty plain right now.... Enjoy!

Update..

2010-02-18T16:57:00.000-08:00

I know it's been forever since I updated, we are just having so much fun at home I don't ever think about the blog. But here are some over-due pictures of what we've been up to lately..

Cohen is getting so big! I can't believe he is already almost 6 weeks old. At his 2 week appointment (it was forever ago, I know) the doctor took his measurements and he is pretty much average across the board. Haha just like mom and dad! He is so much fun. Here's some more recent pictures of him.

FIRST BATH:

He really really hated his first bath! He LOVES them now but I don't think he knew what was coming. Haha I love the picture where he's sneezing, it's hilarious!

I don't know how we got so lucky with this perfect baby, but he is freakin hilarious and he makes us laugh all day long. He already has the biggest personality. He has had some of these expressions since he was born. The scowl and the one I don't have a name for are Cohen originals. He has always done them and them make me laugh.

THE MANY FACES OF COHEN:

The Scowl

The Yawn

Big Grin

I dunno... but this is my very favorite face he makes

Sleeping smile:)

BIRTHDAY BOY:

My cute cute nephew Tyson had his very first birthday on February 8th.. I'm behind I know. but we just wanted to wish him a happy birthday! He had the cutest party. Kylee made him an Elmo cake and we all got homemade party hats. It was so cute! (Sorry Ky I ripped off somde of these pics from your blog)

He is so stinkin cute! He didn't know what to do with the candle or with the cake. He starred at the cake for every and finally Kylee cut it open to at least get a picture and he decided to try a piece. He still didn't dig in, he picked at it for a second and then he wanted to play with his ball that he got for his birthday. He is so funny!

and of course... a picture of Cohen. Here he is in his party hat!

Well that's pretty much life right now. I have so much more I could add but I won't overload my computer today! I promise I will be a better updater...

We Love Our New Addition...

2010-01-16T11:22:00.000-08:00

We can't get enough of Cohen. He is so cute and he keeps us entertained all day. I don't know how we're so hypnotized by him, all he does is eat and sleep but we haven't put him down since he was born. Everything he does is so stinkin cute! We've taken so many pictures of him already but here's some of my favorites...

WELCOME BABY COHEN

2010-01-12T05:16:00.000-08:00

Cohen Benjamin Bowden is here.................Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

Cohen was born 4:46 this morning and was 7 pounds 15 ounces and 20.5 Inches

Whitnie did so awesome in the delivery and is looking good already.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

2009-12-04T13:47:00.000-08:00

We had such a fun Thanksgiving this year. We started the festivities off by going to Brock's grandparents for dinner round 1. Food was yummy and we had a good time wil the cousins.

As soon as we finished there, we went to my grandparents for round 2. This will probably be the last year of this tradition. We are super sad, but the family is getting so big. I think we had like 51 people this year and the whole family wasn't even there. I think in the future we will end up doing dinner with our own families. But, the food was so good! We missed Cole like crazy... he is still in Thailand, 6 months down! (I can't wait to talk to him on Christmas!). But it was still fun with the fam, here's some pics of the day...

Feet on the Court, Baby!!

2009-11-09T11:12:00.000-08:00

I have the cutest hubby in the world and he scored us some SWEET Jazz tickets this weekend! We were seriously center court with our feet on the floor. It was Awesome!! I don't know how he got them, but the face value was what I make in a month... I guess it pays to know the right people haha! There are so many things I didn't know about the Jazz, for instance, did you know that the letters on the backs of each of their jerseys are raised?? Something you could only know if you were sitting on the court :) Even though the Jazz lost, it was still the best night, we ate dinner before with the in-laws and then I got to hang out with Brock all night. It was so much fun!

This was taken from our seats, friggin sweet!!

I told him after the game was over that now we had been spoiled and I just don't think it will be the same if we ever sit anywhere else! I don't know how to score those tickets again, but I'm sure he'll figure out something:)

7 Months!!

2009-10-27T13:13:00.000-07:00

I don't know why but I hate prego pictures of myself, that's why I haven't posted any. However, I have the best Mother-in-law in the whole world and she promised me that if I would let her take a picture of me I would thank her one day, so here it is... It may be the only one that ever gets posted, haha! But we are so excited for baby Bowden to come that I had to post it.

Here are some other cute pictures of me with the sisters-in-law. I love my in-laws!!

My Girls

2009-10-06T15:19:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago I got to go to the Women's Conference down at the Conference Center in Salt Lake. This has been a long standing tradition in our family. It's the best night cuz it's just me with my girls and we always eat at Macaroni Grill. I don't know how that became the spot, but we always go there. We had fun, girls nights are the best! Here's a cute pic we took outside the Conference Center across from Temple Square.

CRIB!!

2009-09-24T14:54:00.001-07:00

We are pretty much the slowest people on the planet when it comes to preparing for Baby Bowden to come. I don't know why it's taking us so long because those of you who know me know I am generally the most impatient person on the planet. But for some reason we have done absolutely nothing to prepare. However, last night we had a milestone!!!! Sunnee came over and convinced us that we needed to get the crib set up because we don't have near as much time as we think. Haha I think she just wanted to see it out of the box! Anyways... here's a few step in the crib-putting-together process.

FINISHED PRODUCT...

Updates...

2009-09-15T14:37:00.000-07:00

I know I'm a little behind on the blogs, so here's a small update of the past little while...

WEDDING!!!

My Oldest sister Mackenzi got married this past week. It was so pretty! She married Luke Colohan from Clearfield. We are so excited to have him in our family. They got married on September 5th and we had a big dinner with some close friends and family at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building after they were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple. It was such a pretty day, we woke up to some wind and ugly clouds, but as the day went on it turned out to be beautiful. Here are some pictures of the dinner and temple.

The boxes on each charger had a cupcake in them with Kenzi and Luke's initials. We slaved away for hours making all of the boxes at each place, but it turned out cute in the end so it was worth it:)

This cute picture is from her bachelorette party! These are my cute cousins and sisters. We went to El Matador and got yogurt after. They are so much fun, I love my family!

DAVIS COUNTY GALA

Every year we have a Gala at my work. It's themed differently everytime and there is a live concert every year. I usually end up going with Brock's work because they buy a table. It's a black tie event. I love to get all dressed up and Brock looks so good in his tux haha. Here a picture of us in the lobby. The concert was ok this year, we had the Nylons come and sing. I didn't know who they were. Last year we had Collin Ray come sing, that was awesome! I thought the theme this year "Dream" was so much fun. The room looked so pretty but I didn't get a very good picture. (I look way prego in this dress, I know, but I thought it was a cute pic of us haha)

Our Future Yankee

2009-08-11T15:47:00.000-07:00

In case you didn't get it from the title....IT'S A BOY!! We are so excited, Brock has already purchased several yankee outfits:) We are already getting busy preparing for our little baseball player to come. January can't come fast enough!

NEWS...

2009-07-01T09:58:00.000-07:00

Ok, this news has been a little overdue and I know there have been people waiting for this post, but since I'm so weird and paranoid I have been putting it off. But we had a doctor's appointment yesterday and it looks like all is well, so I decided it's about time! Our biggest news ever... we are having a BABY!! YAY!! I had an appointment yesterday and we should be able to tell what it is at our next appointment in August, but there is a chance we will have to wait until September. We are so excited!! There are a few of you that are close to us that know how long Brock and I have been wanting to be parents. It's been a long sucky road, but it finally happened!! I just have to say sorry to the friends I went out with a couple weeks ago, I wish I could have told you in person that night haha but our families didn't know yet so I couldn't spill the beans. We will be expecting our miracle in January and we are so EXCITED!!!

Race for the Cure

2009-05-12T15:19:00.000-07:00

So, I never thought I'd say this... but I've become a runner. Thanks to Mindi:) Brock and I have just recently started to get into it. We haven't really been the racing type but all of the sudden we've caught the fever. I didn't ever think I would love to run, but we have so much fun together. We just did the Race for the Cure in SLC this Saturday. It was a really neat experience. I've done other races, but I really liked this one because it was so inspiring. There was people all over running for someone they loved. There was young girls running with bald heads and husbands pushing their wives in wheelchairs. It made me so grateful for the family I have the the health we have all been blessed with. I love to see the strength I don't have in other people. The families of the survirors are so supportive. I know people are only given trials that they can handle because I question whether or not I could go through something like that and I would never trade my trials for theirs, but they still seem so positive and have an optimistic outlook on life. It was really inspiring to look around and see 18,000 people all around me running for the same cause. The roads were filled as far as I could see in front and back of me, in fact, the first few minutes we couldn't even run because there was so many people. It was awesome! Here are a couple race day pics (sorry Mindi I ripped off some of yours!)

SLC Marathon Day!

2009-04-30T14:04:00.000-07:00

We've been out of town for the last week so I haven't had a chance to post about the Marathon. Well, actually the half marathon. Jess (my BFF ) and I started training for the SLC Marathon a few months ago. We were freakin nervous on race day, but it came and we both survived. I've never finished anything like this, I am so proud I did it! There's nothing better than crossing the finish line, I would definitely do it again. I think we're going to try the Logan half in August or maybe a triathalon. Here are some pictures...

Oh and I almost forgot the best part! We met Blaine and Daine from the Biggest Loser. They look awesome!! They've both lost over 100 lbs. and they came to SLC for the half marathon. They were so cool, me and Kenz had to get a pic since the Biggest Loser is our all time FAVORITE show!

I'm so happy I finished and that they didn't have to pick me up on the side of the road in the medical van! My time was 2:24, which isn't awesome but I'm going to try and do better on the Logan half. Yay!

What the Bangkok?!?

2009-04-07T14:04:00.000-07:00

So my little, well younger, brother is about to turn 19. He got his call a few weeks ago and we had everyone in America over to open it. We had placed bets all over the globe, everyone had a 2 guesses, 1 inside the U.S. and 1 outside. I can't even remember where I put mine, but I know my outside the U.S. one was somewhere in South America. I totally thought he we be a little Spanish speaker. They were all over the charts, some in Europe, some in Africa, some in South America, tons in North America

So as it turns out, everyone was wrong... He started opening the envelope and we were all expecting it to be somewhere in South America, but what the BANGKOK?!?

Here some pictures of us all anxiously awaiting the call!!

He's so cute! I get to see him everyday at work and I love it. He's so stinkin funny! The fam went down to St. George this weekend and he had just gotten his wisdom teeth out the day before we left. He was a little ornery because of the drugs, but he was friggin hilarious! The boys golfed and all the girls; me, Kenz, my mom and Cole's cute girlfriend Ashley got some pedicures. After all the fun the boys went to the priesthood session together. I LOVE our boys! I do have to say, though, that the girls are way funnier than the boys...

We had to drop off the garage door opener in the boys car while they were at the priesthood session so they could get in the house to change while we got a table at Texas Roadhouse. So, we go drop it off in the truck and we thought we were going to be hilarious and move the truck so they wouldn't be able to find it when the session ended. Ha ha we thought it was way funny! So the session ends and Ashley gets a call from Cole saying that they can't find the car. Well Ashley is the sweetest girl in the whole world and she was trying really hard to lie and tell them to call us if they needed a ride, but she laughed the whole time! Well then Kenzi gets a call from Luke and he's saying that Brock is freakin mad cuz his truck is gone. So we decided to end the joke and tell them we hid it, thinking we were so funny... and it turns out they found the car like 2 seconds after they walked outside and we weren't funny at all cuz we got played. Haha it was a fun trip! I love you Cole, good luck in Bangkok!!

2009

2009-02-11T20:02:00.000-08:00

So... a lot has happened already this year! We've been so busy that I haven't had time to blog about anything! First off we had our ward split and we both got new callings; I'm the secretary in the Primary Presidency and Brock is over the 12 year old scouts. We are CRAZY busy! But we have had a good start to the year (get ready for some random pics, I've had them stored up and haven't blogged forever!)...

First thing this year we had a wedding show at the Grand America. Kait and I had to put together a booth and I think we did a pretty good job! We had the most popular booth at the expo ha ha not to brag or anything...

So check out the cake we made... Pretty good huh? We're thinking about starting a business (Not really:)

Second, we went to St. George with Brock's fam to watch Skylee's softball game. We had so much fun! We went out to eat and lounged around and the best part was the massages we got from the Red Mountain Spa. We got this package at the spa where we got lunch included in the price of our massage. Ha ha the food was SICK, and those of you who know me know I am not picky, so that's quite a statment coming from me!! It was completely organic and pretty much raw vegetables. Brock said it felt like we were at fat camp. Haha but we still had fun! Here's some pics of us at the game.

Last but DEFINITELY not least, Kylee had her BABY!! Baby Tyson Skylar was born on Sunday at 10pm and he is SO CUTE! She's a freakin rock star too. We were all at my parents' house on Sunday night for dinner and they left around 8 o'clock to go home. Next thing you know the baby was here and she didn't even have time for drugs!! What a woman, an 8lb baby and NO DRUGS!! How the crap did she do it?!? Here are some pics of possibly cutest baby EVER...

Breakfast with Santa

2008-12-21T20:52:00.000-08:00

On the 13th we all went to Breakfast with Santa at the conference center where I work. We had so much fun. The event was mine to plan and it turned out so good! We had magicians, cookie decorating, face painting, entertainment and of course, SANTA! I've never seen a better Santa in my life! He had the real beard and belly and everything. He even drove a Santa car. The weather was HORRIBLE that day!! We got like a foot of snow, but we had the best turn out. There were tons of people there and everyone stayed for hours. There was a raffle and Sunnee (Brock's sister) won a sweater. She brought her 3 boys, the cutest nephews in the world. They had so much fun! Netso (Brock's mom) won a free night stay at the Hilton I work at, and she brought Skylee (Brock's 18-year-old sister). What a fun day, we all walked away with gift certificates to the Layton Hills Mall too. Here's some pics of the cutest fam there is:)

Have you ever seen a cuter baby than that?? He is seriously the cutest thing I've ever seen! Everyone I walked past would stop me and get Crew to smile. They are the funnest boys ever. Jex, the 3-year-old boy, came and slept over at our house the night before. He's says the funniest things ever and he had us laughing all night long. At like 1:30 in the morning he woke up and came and slept in between us. He was a riot, he kept kicking Brock all night long. He loves his Aunt and Uncle:)

Crew Baby

2008-12-07T20:50:00.000-08:00

So, I haven't blogged about new baby Crew yet! I'm about two months late. I'm sorry Sunnee!! Here he is, the cutest baby ever! He was born on October 6th and he's about tripled in size since he was born. He's a little chub! Here's some pics of possibly the cutest baby EVER!!

We love baby Crew and his little sweetness. He's just started to smile and laugh. There's nothing cuter that that! He looks like Tommy Boy when he starts to laugh, he's so stinkin cute.

December 2nd... The BEST Day of theYear!

2008-12-07T20:24:00.001-08:00

So... this is the best week of the year! I'm a whole 22 now and we partied it up all week long. We had a birthday party at Brock's parents house on Monday. They're the best in-laws anyone could ask for. We had cake and ice cream with Brock's family. They're so much fun! Thanks Mom and Dad Bowden!!

YUMMY HUH?!

Next was my actual birthday and Brock took me to The Broiler. It was SO yummy. I had salmon and brock had the fish and chips. It was the best! We ordered this dessert that was ice cream with a sauce on the top of it... oh it was like STRAIGHT alcohol! Ha ha we didn't finish it:)

Then Brock gave me my very favorite present! He must love me a lot huh??

Then on Wednesday we went with my family to The Mandarin. Holy crap we ate a lot of food this week!! It was really tasty and my fam gave me some sweet presents. Then we went to Kylee's and she made brownies and ice cream for us. My fam is the best!

Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-11-30T20:34:00.000-08:00

So, I know I'm a really sucky blogger, but here are some pictures from Thanksgiving. We had an awesome Holiday this year. We actually had dinner at our house this year because was the most convenient for everyone. This was the year we were with Brock's side of the family for Thanksgiving. We had each family bring a dish and it turned out really good! Brock and I were in charge of he turkey since it was at our house, and it was tasty:) Here's some pictures...

This is the adult table. Kylee is a little sweetheart and she helped me make the name cards for the place settings. We cleared out all of the furniture in our front living room and set the table in there, it worked well because the kids table was in the adjoining room.

So Sunnee and I made dinner rolls... ha ha it didn't go so well. The turkey took a little longer to cook than we thought so the rolls had some extra time to rise...

Other than that, it all went pretty good! Here's Brock carving the turkey... Look at that golden brown color:)

We had fun, all the family hung out and took naps after dinner. I love our family! Here are a few more pictures of turkey day..

NEW YORK & BOSTON!!

2008-10-11T20:28:00.000-07:00

We just got back from NY and Boston and we had so much fun!! We went with Trent and Tiffany (I work with Tiff) and we saw just about everything. We stayed in the Waldorf Astoria and then we stayed in the Financial District across from Ground Zero. Then we went to Boston and stayed in the Theatre District. We saw The Lion King and Wicked on Broadway and we went across the bridge to Brooklyn. We shopped the heck out of 5th ave and we ate, ate, ate!!! It was the best trip ever!! Here are some pics...

2008-10-11T19:48:00.000-07:00

5th Ave. My Mecca!! Oh yeah, and I thnk that's like the President or something in that car...

David Blaine hanging upside down in Central Park. He's a big fat fake!! He totally stood up and ate and went to the bathroom for like an hour. What the heck?!

Wall Street. Brock's Mecca!

We are the worst tourists, this is as close as we got to the Statue of Liberty.

That's right, it's the boathouse from 27 dresses in Central Park!

Ok, seriously the best thing ever!

YUM!!! Serendipity frozen hot chocolate is the best thing EVER!!!

This is Harvard Square. It was pretty, but I wish we could have stayed longer. There was a hurricane coming so we had to get the heck out!

Here's the Cheer's Bar in Boston. We ate there, it was ok but disappoiting because it doesn't look the same inside as the TV show.

This is Boston Commons. It's just a huge park in the middle of the city. We LOVED this park!

This is the top of the Empire State Building at night, it's a little blurry, but Trent had an awesome camera so we were at least able to get a pic.

This is Times Square after we saw Wicked... I don't know why none of us are in this one...

Well that's our trip! We had so much fun with Trent and Tiff!!!

Mexico

2008-05-30T09:16:00.001-07:00

We just got back from Mexico last month. We went with my family down to Puerta Vallarta. We stayed at the Grand Mayan and we had so much fun!! We parasailed, zip lined and swam with the dolphins. The boys golfed and kayaked while we lounged by the pool.