Emma Cooke Ch 2- Here come the Gardeners

Emma(26) her husband Jack (29)

Narrated by

Jack and I have never been busier than now.  I am trying to get into the thing called a garden club.  While Jack is trying to help his law firm grow. Amongst all that we discovered I was pregnant.  We were so excited with our news.

Like I mentioned before I was trying to get into the garden club but I also had to keep my business up and running.  Clients are beginning to flock to my store and that makes me happy.  I am glad that business is definitely picking up.

The gardens are alive and doing well. I needed to make sure that my fields were presentable  The famous garden club were going to come to judge it..

While I was busy with the garden club, Jack helped me by being my temp cashier. He didn't like it but I though he looked cute behind the register.

But soon it was time for me to take over the register. I had no time to celebrate that I made it into the garden club.  Yes I sure did!! Of course I wanted to celebrate but couldn't do it at the moment. I had a bunch of customers waiting to be attended.

I invited the girls over to celebrate. Jack took the opportunity to hang out with Delaney, Malcolm and Carter. Its great that they get along like we do.  We all had news to share.  It was great getting caught up with our daily lives. I still remember when we used to live in the same home.  Now its sad that we all live separately. But we had to grow up and here we are.

We sat down to watch some movies.  We had such a blast watching movies and trying to come up with baby names. 

Its sad when its time for everyone to go home. There are times when I wished we all lived together.

But then again I love when Jack comes home. I wouldn't trade my life for anything in the world.

Then it was time to welcome our baby.  Jack was worried and wanted me to go to the hospital. I wanted to wait a little more.


That night we welcomed our son Brody Jack Cooke.  Jack was ecstatic but nervous to hold our baby boy.

*NEW* The Cooke Family - Ch 1 New York transplants complete the set.

Emma Grant-Cooke (24) her husband Jack (27)

Narrated by Emma.

Our house was finally complete. Moving here from New York took a lot! I guess it will all pay off in the future. For now I am just happy that a lot of my plants got transported right on time. Jack just loves that our house is four floors. I honestly think its too much space for us.

All I wanted was the little addition of my business. My friends Parker, Laurel and MacKenzie had all been settled in already. Meanwhile Jack and I stayed in New York to make sure everything was taken care of.

I loved my new cozy flower shop. It was the only one in Colorado Springs of its kind. I know that soon I will need some assistants to come to help. For now I am just happy doing things on my own.

Before long Laurel was there to see me. I had not seen her since her wedding to our good friend Delaney. We all grew up together but never imagined that our businesses would actually succeed under one name.

Parker was inspecting the flowers and making sure the builders did an appropriate job. Parker is the president of our business and we would not have it any other way. She keeps us in check and keeps the check depositing into our account.

Parker went to inspect the other parts of the house when Laurel noticed my new wedding band. She would be the one to notice. I couldnt lie to my best friend so I told her the truth. Jack and I decided on a small civil ceremony in New York. Delaney was our witness and she was so upset. She had a feeling Delaney was not going back on business.

In the end, she was happy for us. She was just sad that she was not there. I didnt want a big wedding. Besides Parker is going to marry soon and she and Laurel can have the big weddings.

MacKenzie hugged me and congradualted me as well. She too was upset that she was not allowed to take my pictures. I have agreed to have Jack and I do a session with her soon.

I managed to get everyone in and settled into our new home. Carter was amazed at all the floor space and didn't fail to mention the waste of floor space that remained unused. Those were my thoughts exactly. Jack likes everything big so the size of his dream home did not shock me.

We sat down and discussed business. It seemed that business was picking up a little. MacKenzie had several photo sessions scheduled. Now that I was here there would be no need to overnight flowers to her. She can come and hand pick them herself.

Jack and I looked at our dinner table and realized that we were the luckiest people on earth. We were surrounded by our best friends and business partners. We in fact were surrounded by pure love.

Later that night we went into our new bedroom and laid down on our new bed. We were both tired of the trip. We rehashed the days events and of course Jake would notice that I said we were married but did not reveal I was pregnant too. I guess I wanted to keep that to ourselves for a little bit longer.

********************

I started working at my shop and customers were coming in like crazy. Who knew that this place was that in need of a flower shop? I think that many people came to look at my garden more than to actually buy something.

One customer was shocked when I told him that I also sold the outdoor plants. If it were up to me I would have everyone's garden like mine. I loved my job and I knew that Jake, I and our future baby would make this a great home for us!