About my Family

My Heart is now and always will be with my family they are my reason for everything. I love the Country and soon will be in the Country but I will miss the Sierra Mountains and some of the Desert's Beauty. But we are planning on coming back every summer to visit.
Hello My Life Story Starts My Parents Jack and Martha Ann Were Born and Raised in Alabama and then they moved to California in 1966 later I was born April 3, 1968 Wednesday I was 4lbs 6 ozs and we lived at the time in Huntington Park on Randroff Street. Then when I was about 3 we moved to Cudahy on Flower Street where we staied until I Moved out in 1987 and had a life for 12 years i don't want to talk about anymore. Dewain Cook I meet him first time back when i was pregers with my first child and only one from that life. I would ride the Bus in town and he was the driver and he also Grew up with my ex too. I felt safe with him then. He placed an ad on yahoo personals and I was looking for friends at that time I didn't have any. so I answered an add that started out "IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SANITY DON'T LOOK HERE" I thought that was some with a sence of humor and could be a good friend so we started talking on there and then I signed my name one day Barbara Ann Daly and he asked me if i was related to a John Daly I told him sort of i am his ex-wife and then he told me his real name and I asked him I thought you moved out of town to see if you band would hit it off in Hollywood he said you remember that I said yes and then we really started talking more and more and one day he asked if he could come over and I thought i felt safe with him back then so sure. When he came over it was like 9:00 p.m. and we sat up talking and talking all night until about 3 a.m. and then when he left he kissed my hand and then he came again the next night and left gave me a hug and then the next night a kiss on the cheek. and we feel in love and found out we have so much in common and things just feel into place and. so that helped me feel even more saver with him. I moved in with Dewain in Dec, 2001. Feb 16 we found out i was pregers (our first time) and he was so HAPPY the nurses heard him yelling YEAAAA over the phone two rooms away and it wasn't on speaker too. and then we went out to eat and called family to tell them. MAy 3 we were married. It was a great day full of happiness,love, friends and family with us made it even better. Jay Gallaher was His best Man and Dawn was my Maiden of Honor and her Daughter Shleby the flower girl and Dewain's land lord was the pastor and The Wedding was performed by Jim Neighbors (who passed away 2007) at Calvary Church on Upjohn in Ridgecrest. Jerimiah was Due September 30, 2002 but was born September 20, 2002. Dewain was so funny when we brought him home he was right beside the bed and when he moved coughed snizzed anything Dewain would jump up what wrong I would say nothing he is breathing coughing moving what ever he was so nervous it was cute. We had our second little man named Nathaniel Alexander Eugene Cook (we added in Eugene to honor Dewain’s Dad who passed away January 21, 2006 just a month and a day before Nathaniel was born) was born Feb. 22, 2006 at 7:41 am and weighed 5 pounds 1 ounce and is 18 inches long and he was born 5 weeks early we just got home today at about 3 pm. They tried 4 times to do an epidermal but couldn’t get it in then they had to do an emergency c-section (My first) cause my blood pressure was up in the 180 range I had Pre-eclampsia and he had a touch of ammonia and Jaundice plus he has a hard time keeping his body temp up. You can look at the pictures I have on this and it is hard to believe he was ever a pre-mature. But isn’t he a cutie And our last child is Alexander Edward (middle name is after my grandfather on my mom's side, I can't use her name in my child's name to honor her so this is a way to honor her) Cook born July 11, 2008 19 inches long and he weighed 6 pound and 4 ounces look at my pictures. I also have three girls from Dewain’s ex girlfriend Linda no they are his blood but they are by the heart they think of him as dad and he thinks of them as his girls and I think of them as my Daughter and Family I also then have 4 Grandbabies Amanda and Bethany are Twin and then Kayla. My Grandbabies are Amanda’s Kids : Katie and Wesley and Kayla’s Kids : Landon, and Payton they are also both married Amanda to Mark and Kayla to Tony I love them all just as much as I do my birth kids they are all special to me. I am so proud of all my kids.I have a few other kids that have adopted us as family too Jessie and India. My children and Husband are my life and my soul. Dewain makes me feel very Loved and Special and Wanted Forever. He is so open to me and my best friend something I have never really had before. So, I am totally open with him about anything. I Do Love Him With All That I Am. We have a 2002 Dodge double cab silver truck done up in Steelers decals HE loves Steelers and a 2000 Dark blue/ dark purple depends on the light conversation van we nicknamed it Twi-Van cause it is all Twilight out in Decals too . We now have 1 dogs and 1 cat. Dewain is a bass player for a local band and has been playing for over 25 years. I loved to go to his practices and when they play out he is very good at what he does when he was able to play now a days he can't ................................................................But at this time he can’t do any of this cause of his Back Injury back in April 2009 We are still waiting on the surgery. As you can see I love kids and if we ever came into money I would adopted a daughter too as a baby so I can spoil her all though her life. Dewain and I are so much into our Kids and yes we have made mistakes along in our lives but we try to learn from them and talk though a lot of mistakes we have made before so not to make them again and help our marriage to we do a lot of talking. He is my BEST FRIEND but I do have other friends that are like family also Virginia, Julie, Delfa, Gabby, Jenny Perez, Jenise and a few others. I have family in Alabama but 99% don’t talk to me so I made my own family here. I also have a Nephew Dale, Brandon, Tony and a Niece Rachel. I also have brother and Sisters Debra, Jacquelyn, Donnett, Becky (who isn’t with us anymore) and Cynthia and Brothers Jack Jr. (who isn’t with us anymore) and Hugh and many more family. Along with nieces and nephews though all of them I will name them all off soon. I didn’t forget you Ann. Trust me. I love my family and want to keep them around always.
UPDATE ON THE FAMILY
....The summer of 2012 we are planning on moving to Cookeville, Tenn. it will give Dewain time to heal from surgery and time to recoup. Alex is in Head-Start and Jerimiah is in 4th grade and Nathaniel is in Kindergarden. It will also give us time to do yard Sales every month maybe twice or more a month. to get rid of things we don't want or need. and time to load up units for the move back. then with Dewain doing better he wants to open up a wood shop there to do furniture . I want to make it a beautiful home and have a garden and pets. with a bar-be-que area and a party area for kids and friends. we will be almost in the middle of my family in alabama and his family in illinois so we can visit family once a month and have the kids have a connection with their family something I did't get to have. Dewain is thinking of going to Tennessee Tech University and take Chemistry. Later I go. We have lots of plans and we will be in the forest and all so camping fishing and being a real family again. it will be great can't wait to get there and start our lives again.