So naughty!

I have been so bad at updating lately! We are just playing the waiting game around here.... The signs are all there but the baby is still apparently not quite ready to come. We are trying to be patient but its sometimes hard when it involves a lot of pain:) Ahhhh well. Life is great! The kids are enjoying Mom alot these days. I have been trieng really hard to do some extra fun things because soon we won't be leaving the house much:) But for now we are getting in all the playgroups, mall trips, library mornings, and "hot cocoa picnics" that we can:)
Russell is already pretty apprehensive about this new one but I am hoping that all the extra attention now and the fact that Dad will be home for a week will ease the transition a bit! Emma is still as excited as ever - she cracks me up. She will go in to the babies room and look at the tiny diapers and clothes and say "Oh, this is so cute it makes me almost cry". I have NO idea where she gets that!
We have the house all decorated for Christmas and are so excited to get to have a fun holiday at home! Keep checking back often - I am guessing that our next post will be the big announcement!
Meanwhile - MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!

Starting out right

This is an email my Dad sent to me with pictures that he took of the kids over Thanksgiving (which was wonderful by the way!). You can tell he is very pleased at their choice of reading material! In case you can't see it very well it is a hunting magazine! Gotta love it:) Thanks Dad!

The 3rd

Our 3rd little baby is going to be here on December 3rd if not before! The Dr said he wanted to induce me on that day if I have not already had her. (actually he wanted to do the 30th of Nov. but I really wanted to let her wait till at least Dec.!) So... we will see! It is hard to believe, but that is coming up really soon! We can hardly wait to bring our little Christmas miracle home!

The rooms!

We have finally finished the kids rooms and gotten the nursery set up! I know it seems silly to go to so much fuss over the 3rd baby's nursery but this is the first nursery I have been able to do/have so I am sooooo thrilled! It turned out even cuter than I thought it would. Emma and Russells room was also even better than I imagined! I am sure grateful for an amazing husband who can do ANYTHING! Thanks again hun!

THE NURSERY!!!!!!

Can you tell I am a little excited?

Happy Birthday Dad! We love you!!!!!

We had a great party with Daddy on Monday night Nov. 12! We are so grateful for such a wonderful man in our lives!

This is your last year in the 20's - make it count!

My "baby bro"

Ok, if you know me then you know how much I love my little brother. I can't help but believe he is one of the greatest people on the earth. He is one of the most loving and kind people I have ever known and I have always been proud to be his sister.
Currently he is serving in the NY NY South mission (pretty much Long Island and Bermuda). He has loved it and has tried to do his best in all of the ways he has been asked to serve.
This past week he was called to be the Assistant to the President (AP) and although we were not at all suprised by this we are so thrilled at the new ways he is going to be able to touch peoples lives. I especially think it is awesome because of the way he will be able to help the new missionaries to transition to mission life.
We love you soooo much Elder Goodman and pray for you always!

The latest

Ok - here is the latest since I went to the Dr this morning! I am starting to dialate and the baby is dropped and ready to come! After he checked me the Dr asked, "Is it ok if you don't have the baby in December?" I told him we didn't care when she comes as long as she is healthy! My projection (based on the last two kids) is that she won't come at all early but it is fun to think that it could be any time now!!!!

Temple work

On the Thursday after Halloween we got to participate in a special stake Temple Day. Our stake filled the temple doing Baptisms, Initiatory, Endowments, and Sealings all day for two days. The spirit was so amazing to have so many involved and every area of the temple working at full capacity all day for 2 days! Our temple district has a small temple (Snowflake) so everything has to be scheduled in advance, you can't just show up to do baptisms or whatever... So it was really incredible all of the coordination that took place and all of the people that participated. The Temple president has already begun to call on other Stakes to set up the same thing in their areas! What a wonderful thing that was to be a part of!

Suprise Shower

So, yesterday I was supposed to meet a friend to go to the mall and when I showed up to pick her up - there was a suprise baby shower for me! I am still in shock over it! It was so much fun and so nice to feel loved like that! I could never possibly tell those women all how much that meant to me!
We got some really adorable things for the baby - it will be great for her to have some things that aren't "hand me downs":) We also were soooo blessed that they did a group gift and we got a new swing!! The cradle kind , so I don't have to worry about dropping my kids (you try putting a kid in a traditional swing with one hand:)). We feel so loved and so blessed and so EXCITED! Thank you a million times over to those who were involved! I love you all!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!!!!

Russell was KILLER cute in his WAY too big fireman suit!

Emmas hair turned out even better than I thought it would! Who says you need two hands to do cute hair??



Cute kids!

Emma all dressed up as her favorite Princess Cinderella!

We can hardly wait for Halloween to come again!