The Goff Family

Thunder Up!

2012-01-10T08:22:00.001-08:00

We took Daisy to the Thunder game this weekend. She has talked all year long about going again, since she went last year. We told her that they were in a 'fight' and that we weren't sure if we could go. She was so excited when she found out the 'fight' was over. We got a babysitter for Hudson so it was a special Daisy night.

Here we are running down the hall on our way to the game. SUPER excited!

Dancing to music.

We were trying to get a cute smiling picture of us together and right as Chris was taking the picture the Thunder scored....look how excited she was! She was hilarious. She truly LOVES to watch and cheer.

oh, and eat popcorn!

What a fun night it was. If you haven't been to a game you should go. It makes you so proud to be from OKC!!! We LOVE our team!

Even though it was 50 degrees outside, Daisy found her and Hudson's warm items and insisted on wearing them. So we arranged a photo shoot. How cute are they???

Oh my!!!!

2012-01-06T04:16:00.000-08:00

Seriously, where does the time go? Has it really been another month???? A lot has happened this past month, Christmas, New Years, two trips to Joplin, I started back to work, Chris has been working 90+ hour a week, and Hudson is now 3 months old!!! WOW!!!!! Here are some photos, I have to say I have been slacking lately with the photos, sorry:

Happy Hudson and a tired mommy---pretty much sums things up!

We spent an entire week in Joplin before Christmas and then we were there again over Christmas. We had such a wonderful time. Here are some photos from Christmas Eve!

Daddy and Daisy playing in her tent!!! How cute is this photo?? Thankfully the tent stays at Nana's!

Daisy not only opened her gifts but Hudson's, which she often talks about how he can share his new toys since he is too little to play with them. We will see if the sharing goes both ways once Hud is a little older, I have my doubts about this.

We also got to spend some quality time with cousin lilly. Older cousins are great, but sometimes not the best influence.....we might have been pressured into telling our first lie to daddy over Christmas.....WOW!!!!

Hudson started school (day care). It is definitely easier to drop him off than it was daisy. Not only because he is the second but because I trust our day care. Here he is looking at the family board I made him!

Not sure what this photo is of, daddy took it. Daisy plays so well sometimes. I love watching her play and talk to her toys! She is seriously so cute!

Huddy's 3 month photo.....he has totally gained control of his head and is SUPER close to rolling from back to belly. He is definitely vocal like his sister. I starting to wonder what I'm going to do with two chatterboxes!!!

Sissy of course had to be apart of the photo shoot. She is so much help. Doesn't Hudson look so old here??

Love them.

Thanksgiving and more...

2011-12-06T09:19:00.000-08:00

Sorry it has been so long since I have posted. I do have a lot of photos to share:

Huddy-Buddy, Hud-ster, The Hud, or Booger as I have been calling him. Isn't he so cute?

Thanksgiving....we were so fortunate to be able to celebrate Thanksgiving with friends again this year. We are blessed. We had such a wonderful day. Here we are playing outside before lunch.

Aren't they too cute? Rebecca, Bailey's mom says the picture above looks like "Trendy Daisy taking granny Bailey on a walk!" Hilarious. These girls get along so well, which is so nice for the parents. They play together without fighting--there is a little over a year between them. Bailey turned 2 this past week.

In the tradition of Thanksgiving for the Mayberry's I carried on the Christmas PJ gift. The girls couldn't wait to put them on and wore them the rest of the day!

Bailey practicing being a big sister. Her brother Samuel was born last week. We are so happy he is here. Hudson is so excited to have a new friend!

Painting our toenails after bath.

Reading stories as our toenails dry. We also jumped on bailey's trampoline and went on a ride around the neighborhood looking at Christmas lights. What a wonderful day!

As any good PT should, Hudson is doing really well with his tummy time. Here are some photos.

Daisy loves to encourage him. He even has started rolling over to his back! Which is actually more like falling over.

Daisy LOVES to have her picture taken with Hudson and constantly ask me to take their picture. Here are some of my recent favorites.

2 months old. Can you believe it. He weighs 10lbs 4oz(25%) and is 22 inches long (50%). He is doing well. We are so blessed to have a happy healthy baby boy.

I had Chris take a picture of me and the kids the other day. I feel like I am not in any photos. As you can see we got our tree up. Daisy had such a good time decorating it. She is also enjoying playing with all of chris' car ornaments. I keep finding them all over the house instead of on the tree!!!! I hope is enjoying getting ready for Christmas. Daisy has asked me every day if Santa is coming---it is going to be a fun one this year!

6 weeks old!!!

2011-11-17T15:29:00.001-08:00

I cannot believe it. When you are living in a fog time seems to fly! Here is a photo update....
Chris had vacation last week so we headed to Joplin for part of the week. We had "thanksgiving" since it was the only time we were all together--uncle steven was even there!!! So in true thanksgiving fashion we decorated the christmas tree and Daisy had such a great time!

Papa Jim and Hudson

Papa meets Hudson

Papa Jim brought John Deer hats home for the kiddos! How cute are they??

This week the Firestone's have been in town. It has been so WONDERFUL to have them here and Henry and Daisy have been having the best time. I have to sneak photo's once in a while so they will have something to put in their slide show at their wedding! :)

Daisy is really starting to adjust and back to her cute self at times!

The hud-ster in his boppy. He graduated to 0-3 clothes and size 1 diapers last week. He also weighed in at 9lbs 110z.

These are are new friends that we have gotten close to so fast. We are so thankful they are in Oklahoma! Rebecca is expecting baby Samuel in a couple weeks! Note how tired I look in this photo! oh the look of a mom with a newborn!

Daisy and Bailey playing princess.

These are some of my favorite pictures to date. This was one morning when hudson and I came in to get daisy!

They definitely look alike.

I am going to TRY like so many people to take monthly pictures with Hudson and his Thunder Monkey from Daisy. Daisy made this for him at build a bear while we were in the hospital. It is super cute. It has her voice recorded saying, "I love you Hudson". It makes me tear up still!

Well, I am half way through my maternity leave, I cannot believe it. So thankful for my two healthy, wonderful kiddos!

Photo Overload

2011-11-01T11:50:00.000-07:00

Prepare yourself. I have been behind on updating, so here comes one HUGE update!

We had a super fun/busy weekend. Our friend Bailey is turning two next month, but her parents were smart and had her party early since baby brother Samuel will be here one day before her birthday! Bailey had a pumpkin party with a bouncy castle--so fun!

I know I go on and on about our neighborhood, but is really is fabulous. One of our neighbors had a Halloween party Friday and here is the best photo we could capture of the kiddos....Hudson didn't make the shoot, he was sleeping and I really didn't want to wake him up for this!

Getting ready for the party

Daisy, a.k.a. Malee the baby elephant at the zoo, and her surgeon brother, Hudson

Grandpa and Hudson

Grandpa and Daisy at the same ageHudson and his comb over

Hudson's first bottle

Playing with brother. So cute, can you see her tangled doll right beside Hudson? She kept trying to get him to put the doll in his hand!

Getting ready to trick-or-treat

Showing off the tail.

Sara. The cute strawberry that we went trick or treating with. We are so going to miss them next year!

The girls had a great time! We got too much candy for sure!

We are doing well. Still lacking sleep of course. Trying to get Hudson on a schedule---this is a challenge for me as well. I am not good with schedules! Anyone had any luck in this area?? Daisy is adjusting and we are doing well. Chris is on vacation next week! YEA!

3rd annual pumpkin patch trip

2011-10-16T11:44:00.000-07:00

Well, the tradition continues. We headed out to the Orr Family farms this weekend. The weather was nice and mommy was feeling good. It was our first trip out as a family of 4! I have to say that it all went well! Hudson is such a good baby--we are beyond blessed! Here are the photos!

First stop, as always, the Carousel.

Here is Hud, taking in all the sights and getting some fresh air! I cannot tell you how good the sun felt to me that day!

So, so, so cute! Daisy helping push Hudson around.

oh, yeah, Mommy was there too!

Our friend Bailey was there as well. Daisy and Bailey had the best time, and they seriously wore Chris out!

Picking the perfect pumpkin!

The Train ride!

Isn't this so sweet? Let me just tell you what an amazing husband/father Chris is. He has been a HUGE help, even though his schedule can be hectic! I LOVE watching him with the kids, and there is nothing he'd rather do on a Saturday than spend it with his family! We love you daddy.

Family photo!!

We had another wonderful year at the Orr Family Farms and can't wait to go back next year. I have a feeling it will be a little more difficult once Hudson doesn't sleep in his stroller the entire time!!!

New Pictures!

2011-10-12T16:24:00.000-07:00

So I followed Hudson around with a camera today, I feel that I have not been able to take many pictures. So here we go.

First a picture of the big sister eating cookies! She is such a great big sister and has been doing so good. Just a little needy at times for attention.Getting ready for an outing (right after this picture we spit up and pooped and had an outfit change)

Outfit number 2, playing on the playmat. He was wide awake for a couple hours today.

Trying out the swing.

Outfit number 3. In our crib for the first time. Look how small he looks!!!

I love that I fixed his hair yesterday after his bath and it stayed all day yesterday and today. We are doing well. Getting little sleep of course but each day is one day closer to sleeping through the night, right??? Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers.

Mommy checking in

2011-10-07T15:28:00.000-07:00

Hello to everyone. We are home! YEA! We are really doing well, just adjusting back to the no sleep routine that newborns bring! However, thankfully we have a good eater on our hands so that has decreased some of the stress we had with Daisy(in fact Hudson lost weight only his first day---from 7lbs 8oz to 6lbs 13oz, and then he never lost any more, which his pediatrician said is very uncommon! YEA Hudson) Here are some pictures to update you--they are not in order and I cannot use what little energy I have to rearrange them, so here we go.

Just in case there was any doubt. Could they look anymore alike? Who knew the Goff gene was so dominant?

Hair twins for sure. Chris is so excited about this! He is already fearing the hair loss!

Visitors! We had so many great visitors at the hospital. Here is a cute photos of the Powitzkys. Baby Sara was NOT happy when her mommy and daddy were holding Hudson! She did so well when it was her turn, she will make a great big sister one day!

Daisy meeting her brother for the first time. She was excited to hold him, but the excitement quickly wore off. She said he was 'very heavy', and kept asking why we were holding him, why he couldn't lie down in his bed? Everyday she has gotten more and more excited. She brought toys up to the hospital to play with, she has helped change his diapers. She has been SUPER hyper excited! She was able to bring a picture to school of her and Hudson and tell all her friends!Kisses all around! So sweet! Getting ready to take Hudson home.

LOVE daisy's expression here. She is seriously so excited. Daddy and Daisy went to the mall yesterday and they built a monkey for Hudson that has daisy's voice recorded and says, " I love you Hudson"---so sweet! She brought it up to the hospital to give him as a present. She is really doing well so far adjusting!

Aren't baby feet so cute?Packing up the car with a family of 4! Pretty difficult when mommy really cannot help!! This will take some getting used to!

Nana! How we could not survive without her. She has been so super helpful to Daisy, mommy, around the house, with food....etc, etc. If you don't have a Nana you should get you one!"Hudson's" gift to Daisy. A doll house with a family of 4. (Nana really bought her this, but it has worked out great!) She loves it!

This week has been a whirlwind. As I am sure you picked up on, I was lucky enough to go into labor AND have a C-section! Things happened so fast I'm like, did that really happen???? I am going to tell you women who do things all natural----I have NO IDEA how you do it! I was 6cm dilated with contractions every 2 minutes and I thought--there is no way I am going to make it! Thankfully we got our act together and Hudson arrived safely and mommy is relatively all intact this time around! Everyday I really feel better and better. We will be updating more soon! Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers!

Hudson Christopher, October 4th 2011!!!

2011-10-04T09:50:00.000-07:00

Chris here. Here is my once every 3 years blog (the last being on Daisy's Big Day!)

7 pounds 8 ounces, 19 3/4 inches tall

Pictures tell the story!!!

Mommy was so brave!!!

Just after bath time

Skin to skin time

Is that some reddish blond hair?? Very handsome.............................

wonder where he gets it from?? :-)

We love you Baby Hud!!

No we do not have a pink bow in his hair. Just some reminders of our beautiful Daisy 3 years ago!! We love you Daisy Bear!!

Mommy, Daddy, and Daisy

September 15th, 2008

Daddy, Mommy, Daisy Day.

2011-10-02T18:57:00.000-07:00

Look at what we did today!

Showing off our Thomas tattoo

Getting on the train

What a perfect day it was. The weather has been beautiful and we took full advantage! Can't believe Hudson will be here in 36ish hours!!!!!!! WOW!!!!

38 Weeks!

2011-09-25T18:24:00.000-07:00

Hudson is almost here!!! I am definitely growing. He is measuring 7lbs 50z, which is what daisy weighed at birth!!!! No longer a small baby boy! We can't wait!

And a picture of me at 38 weeks with Daisy! I think I have definitely caught up!

Another picture update

2011-09-24T06:03:00.000-07:00

A Picture of Daisy before school on her birthday! This is her Tangled shirt that she also got for her birthday. I love how she is starting to show preferences. We braided her hair like tangled for school!

Disney on Ice.

I have been looking forward to taking Daisy for the past 3 years. I knew she wasn't old enough, but this year was PERFECT! It was Toy Story 3. She was hilarious! So excited the entire time. She talked and asked questions constantly, seriously cracked us up--I had more fun watching her than the show! Cannot wait till next year!!

These first two pictures are her expressions the entire time.

Afterwards Lilly and Daisy with their prizes! They kept arguing because daisy calls Ham, Evil Doctor Pork Chop, but Lilly kept insisting that his name was Ham. Funny stuff!

Hudson's Cars and Guitars Room........

We are not finished but here is the progress thus far!

The bookshelf, no toys or books yet, but I think this turned out so cute. Jen made us the Hudson shelf which fits perfectly!!! LOVE IT! The two cars on top are night lights from target--I also LOVE them!

His dresser wall is unfinished. We are looking for a shelf to go above the mirrors which will hold a couple "Hudson" collectible cars. The car photo to the left is also a Hudson. (and just FYI I would have had no idea that Hudson was a car if it weren't for CARS the movie and Doc Hudson is a Hudson Hornet!)

Jess painted another set of wonderful pictures for Hudson! (she painted a set for daisy's nursery as well) Didn't they turn out awesome? There is a mirror in his crib that we are going to hang on the wall to the right, as soon as we get another coat of paint on it!

His adorable hat hook.

This is the view from the door

We have a little more to do, but really we have made A LOT of progress! Funny how with your second things don't quite get done as fast! Pretty sure daisy's room was done WAY in advance of her arrival!!!

BUSY!

2011-09-20T11:47:00.001-07:00

We have been busy around the Goff household. Last week was Daisy's 3rd birthday. We cannot believe it! Here is a photo update about what has been going on.......

First, we finally have Daisy's big girl bed. After months of her sleeping with her mattress on the floor!

Daisy's "Tangled" cake for this year. Her request of course and the best mommy can do!

Daisy blowing out her candles with buzz and woody (her gifts this year along with Disney on Ice tickets to see Toy Story 3)

Basketball goal from Nana, she is a natural!

Birthday party in the park. We were blessed again this year with fabulous weather. Everything turned out wonderful! It was a knight and princess party.

VERY difficult to get a group shot, here are some that we captured! The knights.

The princesses.

Eating cupcakes

My favorite part was looking around the park and seeing all the girls playing in their tutu's and the boys with their swords! So fun!

As soon as we got home we HAD to open our gifts!

Grammy and Grandpa got her this 'pink' kitchen. She had been asking for one for awhile. She was so excited. Her pots and pans make noise as they cook!

So much more to update on. We went to disney on ice sunday. It was perfect. Pictures to follow. We have been working on Hudson's room, I will update with that as well! WE are counting down, two weeks from yesterday he will be here!!!!! I still have a long list of to do's......one day at a time!

Potty Training--Revisited

2011-08-27T11:52:00.001-07:00

Well, since my post a few weeks ago Daisy has shown MUCH improvement in her potty skills. She has been asking everyday to use the potty, and she does, but then she wants a diaper back on. So I have not been pressuring her and been putting a diaper on her. I felt like it really had to be her choice. Then last week she started preschool (at day care)---LOVE me some peer pressure right now. She has been in her big girl panties everyday without accidents!!! The one exception being #2. She knows when she needs to go so she asks for a diaper. SO I have been letting her. (I cleaned up one poopy in the panties and it was totally disgusting!) I just decided if that is how it goes for a while so be it.

AND THEN TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She pooped in the big girl potty--twice!!!!!! She was so proud of herself. (and I am so proud of her)......Right after she finished and we cleaned up she looked at me and said, "Mommy, my poopy looks just like a hot dog"........hilarious! The second time she pooped she said, "Mom, I have some good news, come look in the potty." So I did, "Look my poopy looks like a reindeer, or a horse" She is one funny girl. So I guess all that work a couple weeks ago paid off. I am hopeful that this continues so that it is habit before Hudson gets here, 5 weeks and counting!

Baby Hud's Shower

2011-08-21T11:53:00.000-07:00

A.K.A. the BABY-Q. I have the most creative friends. They threw us the most wonderful family shower for Hudson. It was a barbecue theme so they named it a BABY-Q!!! How cute is that? I have been slightly stressed about not having the nursery ready and not having clothes/blankets/burp cloths etc for Hudson. So we were truly blessed to have this shower. I feel SO MUCH BETTER NOW! I even made my final list of needed items. Thank you so much to our friends!!! I cannot thank you enough! We are so blessed.

Here are some pictures from our shower. Unfortunately my husband didn't get any pictures of the cute decor/food set-up. I will have to locate some from Danielle and then share with you. But trust me it was SUPER CUTE! However, my hubby did a great job of getting photos of our friends and family......

Hudson update

2011-08-19T13:34:00.000-07:00

We had our ultrasound this week and Hudson looks great. He is just on the small side (measuring 4.3lbs which places him in the 26th %)--amazing what they can do with ultrasound. Daisy was 7lbs 5 oz at birth, which is average, but obviously she is on the small side now so we are not concerned about his smallness right now. He looks so cute. Since we didn't get another ultrasound with Daisy I had never seen a 3rd trimester ultrasound--it is amazing how much bigger he is! He is already squished! You could see the outline of his face so clear and he was sucking constantly--so cute!(praying for a good eater!) Overall a very good appointment, they are going to re-assess his size in another month, which may mean another ultrasound--but I feel good about things.
In addition, they did an ultrasound to my 'hernia' and they think it is likely a varicose vein! This means no surgery necessary--it should go away after delivery. Basically we are just going to wait and see--if it goes away great! If not, then I will go and see a general surgeon. So we had a very good week around here!
This ultrasound made Chris and I very excited. Although we both aren't sure if we are ready for the sleepless nights we are so excited to be having another little one around. Daisy is such a blessing. I looked back at her photos the other day and found this one. Amazing how fast they grow! We will keep you updated!

Fun Weekend!

2011-08-14T16:46:00.000-07:00

We have had a really great weekend. Lots of time with friends! Our friends are all in from Temple and we got to spend time with Tam and Luke, Brian, Jess, Henry & Harrison, and Adam & Suni! It was so good to see everyone and we are so encouraged that everyone wants to come back to OKC!!!!!! WE CAN"T WAIT!!!! Here is a picture of Daisy listening to Henry's heart. They were so cute playing together.....quite the pair. She is VERY bossy and Henry is so laid back (little Brian) and so he just did whatever she told him too!!! Funny, funny!

Here they are eating lunch, and although Henry looks older than Daisy he is actually 7 weeks younger!

Finally a beautiful photo of myself at 32 weeks~! Don't mind the puffiness in the face--it has begun! At least I am on the final countdown. Thursday is our ultrasound day. Pray that it goes well (especially because I will likely have to go alone).

Chris and I were also blessed to be able to go out last night (went to see Crazy, Stupid, Love--and we both enjoyed it!) Thank you to Uncle Mike for watching Daisy. She had the best time and has asked for Mike to come back over multiple times today! We have the best friends in the world.

31 week update!

2011-08-07T16:40:00.000-07:00

A few things to update on......

First we have a name!!! YEA!!!! Hudson Christopher Goff! This was a difficult decision for us, but his name seems so perfect now!

Secondly we have a date! Hudson will be making his debut on October 4th 2011!!!!!! We are so excited. That means only 8 weeks left!!! YIKES!!!!!!! Lots to do!

Thirdly, I had a less than stellar doctors appointment this week and ask that you all pray for us and me in these final weeks. First of all my doctor confirmed that I indeed have a hernia. Not so fun. This means that in addition to my c-section I will now face hernia repair surgery. The good news is that my doctor is going to try to coordinate with a general surgeon to have them done at the same time, the bad news is that 2 surgeries at once does not sound fun to me. I am electing to do the c-section to avoid what happened last time, however, the way things are shaping up for me I am not sure that I was designed to birth babies!!!
In addition to the hernia news, I am measuring small??? HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE??? Look at the photos below....

Daisy Pregnancy--31 weeks

Hudson Pregnancy--31 Weeks Last Pregnancy I had gained 21lbs at 31 weeks, this pregnancy I have gained 18 so I guess that is the difference???? They have scheduled me for another ultrasound just to double check that everything is okay and take another measurement. Please pray that Hudson is healthy. Daisy was not particularly small--7lbs 5 oz and at our first ultrasound Hudson was measuring a week ahead--so, I am trying not to worry but obviously I am concerned! The ultrasound is scheduled for 1:00pm Aug 18th. The doctor acted like she was not concerned, so I am trying to look at this as another time I get to see, baby Hud before he comes!

Lastly I leave you with some photos of our girl. These were taken at a birthday party last weekend. She LOVES her cupcake icing! I cant believe she will be 3 next month! CRAZY!
PS--we go see the eye doctor again this week and I am hoping we will be done with the eye patch! Its going to be a big couple weeks for the Goff family! (oh and don't forget to watch the video post below)

Daisy Spears

2011-08-06T13:51:00.000-07:00

Potty Training

2011-07-17T14:09:00.000-07:00

Oh man. So I have been dreading this milestone for a while. Over the past few months Daisy has been showing signs of readiness. Asking to sit on the potty, telling me when she needs to go #2 then walking in the other room and doing it, and stating facts like, "when the diapers are all gone, that is when I will use the big girl potty" So I told Chris we should pick a weekend he was off and I was off the two days before giving us 4 days to work through it. So we did.
This past Thursday we started. Daisy is exactly 8 weeks away from her 3rd birthday, and we are 11 weeks away from baby #2. I really felt like she is old enough, communicates better than most kids her age, and the closer I get to 4o weeks the less likely I am to get on the floor and clean up messes. So off we set. We threw away all the diapers and donned our big girl princess panties and here is how it went.
Day one--lots of accidents. Every time she peed, "mommy I just pee peed". No successes peeing on potty.
Day two--fewer accidents, but no successes on the potty. She started resisting sitting on the potty.
Day three--she definitely is holding it at this point. She had only one accident. The other times she went in her pull up at nap time and bed time. She started throwing a fit saying "I cant" I cant' when she sits on the potty. (yes, even despite stickers and m&m's and prizes)
Day four--today. We went to church and decided to use a pull up so they wouldn't have to clean up a mess. Before she went to nap at 1:30 she was still dry. Again she is holding it. I know she CAN it is just a matter of her being WILLING.
So Chris and I have concluded that even though she met some of the criteria mentioned above the most important one we overlooked......she is not willing and motivated to learn! I am thankful for a strong willed child however, it can be VERY challenging. So all the information says to pack up the potty and the big girl panties and try again in another month or so! So I guess this is our new plan. YIKES. NOT WHAT I WAS HOPING. (and again there is a slight part of me that feels like I have failed--strange how we put so much pressure on ourselves as mom's)

I know that A LOT of you have been totally successful in potty training your child and I would like to say congratulations and well done. However, for me I have learned that not every child fits the mold. Just like we were told to let daisy cry it out at bed time and in 3 days she would stop......(she still cries EVERY night at almost 3 years old). So I raise my flag and surrender round one and remind myself that eventually they all learn to use the potty. I share this story like I have shared many of my motherhood stories (breast feeding, bed time routines, temper fits) just so you know that I AGAIN don't have this mommy thing all figured out!

The Inevitable

2011-07-07T12:57:00.000-07:00

Every mom knows this day is coming, but somehow secretly hopes that her child will be the one that wont participate. I seriously thought we were going to miss this wonderful event, however, Daisy chose today, at 2.75 years old to draw on our furniture! AND, on daddy's television speaker box---lets just say we are both in trouble tonight!! :) Yes, I know they make washable crayons, and yes that is what we have in her box, on her princess table where she always colors! Today, she is not feeling 100%, allergy type stuff, she has been so good and while we were at walmart I told her she could pick one of the $1 items out for being so good--she picked a sponge bob color book with 4 crayons. I didn't think twice about it, until now. Oh my!

June?

2011-06-23T11:40:00.000-07:00

Can it already be June 23rd??? Where does the time go??? We have been having a wonderful summer. Daisy and I have been spending a lot of time at the pool and pottery barn kids (it is her new favorite). We are excited for Daddy to be starting his 3rd year of residency!!!!! WOW!!!!! We are definitely over the hump (4 years med school, 2 years residency DONE.....only 3 years left!). Chris and I celebrated 8 years of marriage last week!! We are so blessed and thankful for everything that God has given to us! I am so thankful for such a wonderful husband!

Please keep our friends Danielle and Craig and their new baby McKinley in your prayers as McKinley is possibly facing surgery tomorrow (things are going so well she is TOO CUTE!). Tomorrow will be a tough day for everyone! Also our friends the McLaurins as they are facing some health issues and life changes right now. Again, we are so blessed.

On a lighter note here are some pics

We have done a terrible job documenting this pregnancy. Here are some pics taken this past weekend: 24 weeks. Daisy is also showing the baby in her belly.

I have been feeling "LARGE AND IN CHARGE" as Chris likes to put it. When people ask, "when are you due? and I say October they always look at me surprised and say, "oh". But I looked up my photo's from my pregnancy with daisy....here I am at 22 weeks. I don't think I look that much different??? Do you???Here are some funny daisy sayings: Today daisy was asking me if I liked onions. I told her that I used to but with this baby in my belly they make my tummy hurt. She says, When you get the baby out of your belly then you can eat onions again mommy. Seriously---how does she come up with this stuff? Also, she was talking on the phone to uncle Steven the other day and she said, "Oh, I'm Sorry uncle Steven I have another call." She hands me the phone and sure enough Chris was beeping in on the other line! She is so grown up sometimes!

So, most of you know I have really bad pregnancy varicose veins, so I have these lovely compression hose that I am supposed to be wearing......here is daisy putting them on after I washed them one day! Hilarious!We hope everyone is doing well! Yea for 4th of July coming up and Chris being off of work! Hope you have a wonderful holiday!

Update!

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

It has definitely been a crazy couple of weeks. Here is a quick update!

First we had our ultrasound May 19th and ITS A BOY! We can hardly believe it. We are so excited! Pretty much the only thing decided is that his nursery will be guitars and cars, orange, gray, white, and turquoise (the walls are already this color). WE haven't fully decided on a name, but we have lots of time RIGHT????

Everything checked out at the ultrasound. He looks nice and healthy. Funny story. He is measuring a week ahead.--he was 12oz at this ultrasound. I looked back at Daisy's ultrasound and she was measuring 6oz!!!! (her ultrasound was two weeks earlier than this one, but still 6 oz difference is A LOT).

We are excited to have a new addition and I think daisy is warming up to the idea. For a while she told everyone she didn't want either a brother or a sister, then she started telling everyone that she was having a little sister. Finally, this week she has been saying there is a baby boy in my belly! SO CUTE!

Last weekend we went to see Steven graduate pharmacy school. So proud to have a Doctor Mayberry in the family. We then picked daisy up in Joplin on Sunday May 22nd and left around 3:30. The devastating tornado ripped through there around 5:30!!!! We are so blessed to report that everyone in our family is safe! Please continue to pray for Joplin as they rebuild and recover!

A few photos:
I have not taken any pictures of my belly---we are so bad!!! Second child syndrome is already occurring!!! I did happen to get in a few photos from Steven's graduation...here is a pretty good one of my giant self at 20 weeks!

So this coming weekend we are having two baby showers for two of my very best friends from college! So, I have been doing a lot of preparing.....through all this preparing I happened across two items that baby boy Goff could not do without! It is definitely more challenging with boys but then it is easier to justify when you find something cute!

His first pair of shoes! Completely not practical but absolutely necessary!!!!

I am not sure if you can see but this outfit has motorcycles all over it! So cute!

More destin.....

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Here are the last of our photos:

We took some Easter photo's of Daisy at the beach! I think they turned out so cute!!!!

Can't wait to go back!

May 3rd.....

2011-05-03T06:00:00.001-07:00

Most Oklahoman's remember this.....

But for me it is sad for a different reason (I am also sad for the Oklahomans). Cannot believe 5 years have passed. I have had two really great thoughts this year about dad that I keep reminding myself of so I thought I would share!

First, two of dad's brazil buddies, godly men have passed away, one just recently and I can picture the three of them having the best time right now! They love to fish and joke around.....I am sure they are having a ball!!!

Secondly, my friend Becca was sharing some thoughts about heaven that her pastor had been speaking about....to paraphrase.....one thought is to think that heaven will be a lot like the garden of eden, so it is feasible to think that we will all have jobs, however, obviously some jobs wont be needed, like me and physical therapy, so i have been thinking alot about my career in heaven--but it gives me a really big smile to think that my dad is there right now helping God prepare/build all of our houses for us!

Anyway, I know this is totally random, but just thought I would share. Thanks to all my friends who have been such a wonderful support through the years! LOVE YOU ALL!

Destin 2011

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We LOVE Destin, Florida and we had another wonderful week there this year! Can't wait to go back! Thank you to the Goff's for a wonderful week!

Please be prepared for picture overload.....and these are just some of the pictures from our camera.....John took tons more!

First let me just say how well behaved Daisy was this entire week! She is really at the perfect age for a vacation. She enjoyed it as much as we did. I was a little concerned about the flights and even though we had to get her up at 5 am.....she did awesome!

Here we are waiting for our first flight. Please note that baby is in her seat beside daisy waiting as well!

She look so OLD in this picture! She was hilarious on the flight. She wanted to listen to daddy's music, so she was dancing and reading a sky mall magazine! TOO FUNNY! My favorite is when she would start singing out loud, LOUDLY, since she had her earphones on! We seriously laughed so hard at her!

First moments at the beach! Look how cute she is with her hat and glasses, she was so excited!

So beautiful the first day, she could not WAIT to get into that pool!

Mommy and Daisy were being E.T. creatures....

So fun with Grammy and Grandpa!

POOL TIME!

I totally could live somewhere warm, where you eat with the windows open, no bugs, just the ocean breeze!

Shaving with grandpa has now become a daily ritual!

The view from our condo!

We took daisy to 'THE TRACK' one day and she was just tall enough to ride the BIG rides! She had so much fun!!!!

Isn't she so cute?

Yea for the heated pool--seriously even I got in....it was WARM!!! Leslie, Mark and baby Jolie met up with us for a couple days! Daisy LOVES baby Jolie!

Dinner out--YUMMY!

The girls!

Isn't she going to be a great big sister? I LOVE how both Leslie and daisy have their mouths open trying to get Jolie to open hers! HILARIOUS!

Daisy wanted to look just like baby Jolie....so she finally kept her hat on!!!

We took some group photos and Easter photos of daisy on the beach that all turned out GREAT. I will have to get some up after I get copies from the Goff's......what a wonderful trip. I highly recommend it. NOW, back to reality!

October 2011

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We are all so excited!

Texas!

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We just had the most wonderful weekend in Texas! Some of our bestest friends now live in Temple, Texas, and this was the first chance we had in a long time to see them! Daisy had the greatest time with her new friends as you will see from the photo's below (somehow we did not get a photo of the adults, just the kiddos! Silly us!)

We got to Temple on Thursday afternoon and we headed to a church park. So FUN!

Luke was teaching Daisy how to dig in the dirt....luckily they didn't find any bugs! She would have been OUT after that! They did hunt roly poly's later and she had to have her daddy hold her and kept saying, "I think that needs to go back in the bucket"......funny girl!

That night we headed to dinner. LUCKILY, Adam and Suni know the owners so they put us in the back banquet type room all to ourselves with TONS of room for the kids to run around and play....that is just what they did!!! At one point they were all looking out the window together, of course it is hard to capture it all on camera....Carson(18 months), Luke(3 in June), Daisy (3 in Sept), Ethan (4 in May), Harper (18 months).....sadly henry (3 in Nov) missed out on night one but his baby brother Harrison(5 weeks) was there!!!

The next morning we headed to gymnastics for open gym!!! LOTS OF FUN!! Except Daisy was slightly scared. She kept saying, "No, No.....I don't want to go down the drain!" WHERE has she heard this????

Jumping with Harper the only two girls in the group....poor Harper is the only girl all the time, I think she was excited to have another girl to play with!

Here is Henry....you might mistake him for the 4 year old on the mat, but actually henry is 6 weeks younger than daisy....he is just a big boy! So fun to finally see our kids play together!

Lasagna night at the Savages!

So, Daisy seems to have a little crush on Ethan.....please note in the photos below.....everyday Daisy would chase him everywhere! (and harper was right behind chasing daisy.....it was so terribly cute!)

This is her new thing....the looking at you over her glasses!!! Luckily we head to the eye doctor for her follow up this week so we can get these glasses adjusted!!

Ethan and Daisy reading

Luke's house for playgroup and enchilada night!

Ummm.....

Seriously Daisy......not okay

It was amazing how well our kids got along. They seriously had the best time! The adults also had a wonderful time. Chris and I spent a lot of time convincing them all how great OKC was and how they all need to move back after residency!!!!! Thanks friends for taking the time to make such a wonderful weekend for us! We miss you all!

School photos

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We are so blessed to have such a wonderful place for Daisy to go while I am at work! Here are some recent photo's her teacher sent me.

Happiness!

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It's 45 degrees outside, the sun is out and there is no wind!!!! So we went SLEDDING! We took Daisy a couple days ago when it was 15 degrees out and we only stayed 20 minutes.....but today she was ready for round two!!!! She LOVED it!

We then built a couple snow people.

Sometimes these two girls are so sweet!

Gracie making one of MANY snow angels, while we are trying to gather for a photo!

I love how both the girls had to be touching the snow-person!

And of course a quick stop at the park for some fun!

Last I heard we are supposed to get two more rounds of white stuff this week! So enjoy the sun while you can! Oh and today was day one of eye patching and Daisy did great!

Photos finally

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Everyone has been asking for pictures of my little princess and her new glasses....these aren't the best but it isn't easy to get great pictures of your toddler! I think she looks adorable! She has been doing really well keeping them on and LOVES to get a prize out of the prize box each night after she has kept her glasses on ALL day!

Here is Daisy and Gracie at a birthday party last weekend:

Daddy and Daisy on their "puters"

Snow day!!! Which means all day in our PJ's......we had a fun fun day. Daddy was even here for most of the day! Here we are playing in the snow! (daddy was dying to go sledding outside and I had to keep reminding him that it was -20 and daisy could not tolerate that!)

Feeding baby some 'puffs'

Hopefully everyone stayed safe and warm today! Happy February!

Strabismus

2011-01-21T14:50:00.000-08:00

Hmmmm....I have heard more words that I do not know how to pronounce or understand in the last few hours. However, I have a feeling that I will soon know more than I ever wanted to know.

Let's start at the beginning: a few weeks ago Daisy's teacher at school noticed her eyes weren't quite focusing correctly. Chris and i also began to notice it. After talking it over with a few great Optho guys we made an appointment for daisy to get her eyes looked at.

Here is the short version: Basically her left eye sits slightly towards her nose--not very noticeable. She is having difficulty focusing with that eye....so her brain is only using the images from her right eye. This is very evident if you cover her right eye, she squirms and pushes your hand away because she cannot see well out of her left. What this means--she has Accomodative Esotropia. What does this mean?

That these:

and these(her glasses are purple on the outside and pink on the inside with little flowers on the sides, this picture is of the brown and pink ones)

are in our future. Starting next week!!!! Full time glasses and 2 hours a day with an eye patch on her good eye! OH MY! Any tips and advice on how to get a toddler to keep glasses on and an eye patch will gladly be accepted.

I am having a hard time with all of this. Not really sure why...I know there are millions of people that wear glasses but no one her age should have to wear glasses! So, I am a little sensitive about it so no jokes please! :)

Daisy hasn't really realized what is about to happen. Next week should be a challenge for both of us. The good news is that this treatment should correct her problem and often kids outgrow it with treatment. (I did read that patching can last until they are 6 or 7!, please pray this is not the case!) She could need glasses in the future for a totally unrelated issue, so lets hope it is a quick recovery!!!!!

Daisy did so well at the Doctor's office. And received well deserved ice cream (smoothie) afterwards! I will keep you posted on how the adjustment goes and of course pictures of our little princess in her princess glasses!

Let's go Thunder!

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Last night Daisy attended her first ever NBA game. She was SO excited. I wish so much that I could have taken video of her, but I am only one person. Getting the two of us to the game was enough challenge for me!

She was so excited after we parked the car. It is kinda a long walk, indoors but through some sky walk tunnels. She kept asking, "where's the basketballs?" and she was running and falling, running and falling. It was hilarious!

Once we were there she had to walk up all the steps by herself! OH MY! Our seats were all the way to the top on the back row! Luckily they were on the aisle. Before the game she sat in her seat mesmerized by the court, she danced and then Rumble the bison came out.......WOW.....she loved that bison! She wanted to know what he was doing at all times!

She even got into the cheers! I was so proud. She would sit her sippy cup down and clap and yell De-fence......(a little out of sinc!) and "let's go Thunder" She was seriously so cute!

Here are some photos of us before the game!

I am so thankful that we are able to do fun things like this together! LOVE this girl!

Colorado!

2011-01-02T14:02:00.000-08:00

We just got back from our wonderful vacation to Durango! We had so much fun with Jake and Courtney--we were so lucky to be able to go with them! Here are some highlights!

First Day getting ready to hit the slopes....sun is out 40 degrees so beautiful!

At the top. This was seriously one of the prettiest places we have ever been!

Day 2 and 3 LOTS of snow....over 30inches!!!! Have you ever skied in snow that deep? VERY challenging! On the up side, it doesn't hurt when you fall into 30 inches of snow!

I was trying to capture how much snow had fallen, here is a good shot of the firewood shed at our condo building....

Last day....sun is out! Unfortunately the high was only 9 degrees that day! Lots of good skiing!New years eve!New years torch parade (ski patrol skiing down the mountain with lights! pretty neat) and firework show.......great thing was it was at 6:00pm....so we were in bed early!

Driving home.....the car reports negative 23 degrees as we are leaving Colorado!!! That is COLD for anyone wondering! We had such a wonderful time and no one was injured! Not bad for taking a 10 year break from skiing! Lets hope it is not another 10 years before we are able to go again!

Missouri Christmas

2010-12-25T09:14:00.000-08:00

Last week I decided to make some sugar cookies and have the girls decorate them. Gracie LOVED it, Daisy LOVED to eat all the decorations! Funny what a difference 6 months of age will make! Daisy ate so much candy she had a tummy ache!

We were lucky to be able to spend last weekend with our families in Missouri celebrating Christmas. It was a fast trip, but so much fun! Daisy really enjoyed presents this year!

Daisy saw this car with Grammy and Grandpa one day at the mall, she just kept saying, WOW, that is so neat. WOW, that is so cool.......now she has her very own!

This is Daisy's 'CHEESE' smile. It is impossible to get a good picture with her eyes open. Please note the face in all the following shots!

She is getting so big! These pictures of her riding the Tricycle really showed me how big she is!

When we got home there was a package from Auntie with lots of great presents. This one is a dog, "jingle" who speaks while you read the story!!!! It is really neat! Daisy LOVES it!

We had such a great time. Thanks to our families for doing Christmas early. We celebrated Christmas yesterday, (Christmas EVE) as a family. I will post pictures later. We also took some really cute videos! Merry Christmas to everyone!

Thanksgiving and beyond

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We were so fortunate to celebrate Thanksgiving with the Bratchers and the Powitzkys. We are so blessed with wonderful friends. (and as an extra bonus Uncle Steven was here to celebrate with us).
Funny Story: While the adults were eating Thanksgiving lunch the girls (Gracie and daisy) were playing. They were being really good and then someone decided to check on them and this is what we found!

They unwrapped all the presents under the tree and they were undressing themselves to put on the new PJ's!!! So sneaky! No wonder they were being so 'good'~!

My mom accidentally started the tradition of buying us PJ's for Christmas and letting us open them every thanksgiving! So I thought I would carry on the tradition and buy matching PJ's for Sara, Gracie and Daisy. Here are the girls after they finally got all dressed! So cute!

Daisy and baby Sara....although they are almost the same size!

Last weekend we took Daisy to see Santa. Here we are waiting in line. Isn't she so cute.

Again, not sure about Santa this year. We did give him a high five and tell him that we wanted 'Barbies' for Christmas, but she would not get any closer than this.....

Another photo of Daisy being silly. She put on 'daddy's shirt' all by herself and was so proud!

I am in the process of getting out Christmas cards......they might be new years cards by the time I get them out! Sorry!!! Hope everyone is doing well!

First Haircut!

2010-11-20T17:16:00.000-08:00

Okay, so I know that this sounds really silly, but I have been putting this "FIRST" off for a REALLY long time. I just LOVE Daisy's long hair! I LOVE that she has hair to fix into a pony tail and pig tails and braids etc...., but the day finally came that it was getting TOO long! So........

Afterwards we had our nails painted. She selected pink and glitter for her two polishes! LOVE it! And they let you keep the polish!!!

I know these pictures mean absolutely nothing to anyone else, but it was a big day for us!!!(and they only trimmed her hair, but they took about an inch off!!) We went to this wonderful place called Snipits. It is an all kids haircut place. (They also have birthday parties--I cannot wait until daisy is old enough.....they fix each girls hair up in a glitter up-do, they paint their nails, then they get to dress up and have a fashion show on the red carpet!!! How cute is that?) Anyway...I highly recommend it for haircuts for your kiddos, they have movies, suckers, and prizes, mini-manicures, so fun!

In other news we got our Christmas lights up today!!! I can't believe it is already time for lights!!! Next comes the tree and then I need to get shopping! Thanksgiving first!!!!! Hope you have a great Thanksgiving!!!

Who do I love?

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Daisy! Daisy!

FUN DAY!

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WARNING: PICTURE OVERLOAD!

So the pictures I didn't take at Daisy's birthday I am making up for today! We had such a wonderful day. We went back to Orr Family Farms this year, so Chris suggested I put some old photo's up from last year to compare! Enjoy!

We are so blessed by good friends and were so happy to go with the Bratchers to the farm and meet up with the Powitzkys while we were there!

LOVE the flying pigtails in this one!

The slide was a new addition from last year. I am still not sure who had more fun Chris or Daisy?

I have to say the pumpkin patch was a little picked over this year, but Daisy still found the perfect one!

Trick or Treating! Lets just say that our neighborhood is really into trick or treating! Which was super fun! Lots of families out front having parties! I have to say the girls were a big hit in their costume! I am not even biased, but they are so adorable! Here are some pictures!

We made it down one side of one block. Pretty good considering that at our second stop a man dressed as a skeleton (dinosaur as Daisy calls it) hissed in the girls' face and scared them to death. Then it took convincing to get Daisy to walk up each driveway telling her, "it's not scary the scary man went away".....some people!

After trick or treating we had dinner with some other friends in the neighborhood. We are so lucky to have such a wonderful place to call home! What a fun day!

Daisy's party

2010-10-25T19:02:00.000-07:00

I am definitely slacking on my blogging.....sorry......I have been meaning to post about Daisy's wonderful birthday party we had earlier this month, however, we got away with very few pictures! All that planning and I didn't designate a picture taker, ugh!......so if anyone has some good pictures PLEASE SHARE!

Daisy had a wonderful time at her party with all the family and friends here! It was a beautiful day and we couldn't have asked for anything better! Thanks to everyone who came!

I cannot believe October has already flown by!!! We have been enjoying the nice weather spending as much time outside as possible! I have a feeling winter will be upon us soon! I will leave you with a photo of Daisy and I and our hats! (a staple of mine!) More photo's to come soon after this weekend for sure!

Doctor Daisy

2010-10-05T19:08:00.001-07:00

Here is a conversation we have daily......she is so funny!
Daisy: Where's my daddy?
Me: He's working sweetie. Where does daddy work?
D: At the hospital, hard.
M: That's right daddy works hard. What does daddy do at the hospital?
D: DOCTOR DADDY!
M: That's right, he makes sick people feel better. What does mommy do?
D: DOCTOR MOMMY!
M: No, mommy's not a doctor she works in the swimming pool!
D: oh.