5 YEARS!!

Rob and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary this year!! As cliche as it might be I can't believe we have been married THAT long! But at the same time, life without him seems so long ago. We knew that on our actual anniversary we would be back in Phoenix actually moving and it would be a very busy time to try and celebrate our anniversary, plus we wouldn't have our favorite babysitters to use, so we celebrated early this year! Since Rob was working and we actually had a paycheck and it was a bigger milestone (AND I was finally done nursing) we decided to splurge our poor student budget and go to a resort! We got Mimi to babysit and Rob and I got to stay up late, go out to eat (at Oregano's yummm), go shopping, go out for ice cream (at Frost yummm again), and go hot tubing without any parenting responsibilities! It was a little strange, yet nice, to be able to get out at the mall and just run in without unloading the stroller, baby, and the mando bag of distractions in hopes of making it to a few of my favorite stores before a meltdown exploded! It was a perfect celebration and just what I needed! I couldn't be happier and more in love than I am today! I am so happy with where our life together is today and I love how much joy my best friend and husband continues to bring into my life each day! I love you sweety! Happy Anniversary!

Of course we forgot to take ANY pictures and only got this ONE!

And of course we need a little flashback!

As a side note, on our actual anniversary we did take a break from moving and my mom, sister, and C took us out for an anniversary dinner --haha--we looked so crummy so we just picked Chipotle, but it was yummy!

Disneyland!!

Rob's parents got the most fabulous idea to take all of their boys and their families on vacation this summer and guess where they picked our destination to be?!... only the happiest place on Earth.... Yes, Disneyland! We seriously were so lucky and excited! Rob and I love Disney and we were totally excited to take Carson on his first adventure there and to see the new Cars Land! Cars Land was busy busy busy, but totally looked just like the movie. Disney, yet again, did NOT disappoint!  Since I have been in the family, we haven't taken a trip like this with ALL and JUST Rob's family and it was tons of fun! We love spending time with his brothers and our sisters-in-law... we don't get to do that enough now days! They are fun people and their kids are SOO cute! Can you tell they are all Cook babies in the picture below?! So funny huh! We owe a HUGE thanks to Craigo and Kath for taking us on this awesome vaca. and helping us make such fun memories! You guys are the best!!

And I have to admit, we were a little nervous about how our little guy would do on the trip. He hadn't been the biggest fan of being in his stroller very long and 3 days of stroller-going around Disneyland made us scared, but much to our surprise he did an awesome job and even took a few naps in his stroller (for the boy that won't sleep anywhere but in his crib, not even on Mommy or Daddy, this was HUGE)! By day 3 he was begging to get in his stroller.. he loved people watching! He even was a trooper when we kept him up late! He was a super-traveler too and didn't have ANY crying fits either way. AND he rode backwards the whole time. (yes, paranoid parents that watch You-Tubes on the dangers of forward facing too soon... but he doesn't mind)! Of course he had a few moments when he let his tiredness get to him, but OVERALL he was an AWESOME little guy and Disney Go-er! We can't wait to go back...someday!

Picture Time!! 

All the cousins in their matching shirts

Carson's all time FAVORITE ride this trip. We seriously rode it like 6 times!

 

Mickey Mouse House Club LIVE!! His face says it all!

This Man LOVES Meat... so of course he got a turkey leg!

THANKS AGAIN YOU TWO!!!!