The Goudie Chronicles: 2015

Wow.

It's been a while.

There were many times I told myself I should blog these past few months... but I just kept getting more and more behind and the task just felt more and more daunting so I kept putting it off. Cause that makes sense.

So how about a crash course in the Goudie family for the past few months?

Rose. Three is a great and horrible age. I'm not so sure why people call it the terrible twos, because three is for sure harder then two. That being said I love my spunky, beautiful, sassy, loving, kind, sensitive girl. Rose is always constantly telling us how beautiful and great we are. She is also almost always giving us some type of attitude and never stops talking. She is loving pre-school, loving tumbling, and loving life. I love seeing her grow into her own personality and am so grateful to have such a wonderful daughter.

"Scissoring snowflakes"

Listening to the Christmas Book Papa Brad recorded for her.

OCD at it's finest.

Being a pilgrim at her pre-school Thanksgiving feast (pre-flu).

"I'm the Doctor. I help people!" *swoon*

So. Much. Drama.

Go Utes.

Drinking a literal glass of tomato juice.

At the Museum.

Her "super hero jammies" that Braedon got her.

"There is snow everywhere! I love snow everywhere! Thank you clouds!"

And because I skipped over blogging about Halloween - Rose in her cute Kangaroo Costume!

Haevin. Officially 10 months old at this point. At her 9 month check-up she came in at 17 and a half pounds (20%) and 26 inches long (75%). And no. she is still. not. crawling. While yes it's nice to not have to worry about her getting into things and such, Haevin is wanting to crawl. You can tell she wants to be mobile and gets frustrated and ornery when she is stuck in one stop. She is finally starting to show more signs of getting closer to crawling (scooting around on her tummy, etc). So hopefully she will be crawling here sooner rather then later. In other news, Haevin also has 5 teeth coming in - 4 of which are all cutting at the same time. Poor thing has been pretty miserable but still super smiley luckily.

Her cheeser smile.

Living life in style.

This smile cracks me up every time.

Practicing.

So. Much. Smiles.

Her tongue is killing me lately. It's always sticking out and always to the side of her mouth.

Going to bed in style.

More practice.

When you look down and realize Haevin found a tissue box.

She loves us. I promise.

Braedon. Basically he is amazing. I am always humbled by how hard he works for our family and for all the love and support he gives us. I don't know what I'd do without him. Period. Plus his hair is getting super long and I love it.

Nothing like a man snuggling a baby.

Or a puppy.

Hanging out and waiting around with me at one of my competitions.

Tap dancing with Rose!

Such a good dad. :)

Me. Crossfit, being a mom, working, enjoying time with my cute family. I'm pretty boring. My foot is almost back to normal at this point. Lunges are about the only thing that still hurt/suck. Beyond that, nothing fancy.

Me and my girls.

That one time I got ready for the day for no particular reason and Rose goes "Mommy! Where are we going!?" - apparently I only get ready for days we go out and do something fun. Apparently I should get ready more often so it isn't such a rare thing. But let's be honest - that probably wont happen.

In other general more recent news.

The whole family got some type of stomach bug over Thanksgiving weekend. Lamest. Thanksgiving. Ever. It was a really rough weekend and hard to not see any family or friends for the Holiday, but at least we had a nice long weekend to rest and recover and get over the sickness before having to go back to work. And luckily the bug didn't hit Braedon and I until after we got our Christmas decorations up. So, ya know... silver linings.

In other general less recent news.

We are selling our house. As in - we already have a contract and will be closing in two weeks. Where are we moving, you ask? That is a good question. We have been searching like mad and have seen so many different houses my brain hurts. We may decide to build a new home, but we keep going back and forth on the decisions... obviously we are running out of time though and need to make the decision final. Luckily our buyer has his own lease that isn't up until June 1st, so is willing (and really wants) to rent back from him for a bit, so whatever we do decide, we have a bit of time to figure it out. All we know is we are ready for an actual home. We have loved this townhome and love our neighborhood... but we are ready for our own big yard and ready to not share a wall anymore.

The past couple of months have been a whirlwind with all the showings, house inspections, house searching, etc. I'm ready for the whole process to be over... but know it will all work out how it's supposed to and will be worth it all in the end.

So there you have it. My crash course in the happenings of our life right now.

I am so excited for December and for Christmas. Already we've been enjoying it as best we can. Rose loves the snow and is so excited for Christmas. She told us she wanted to ask Santa for "A robot with big wheels, the sun/stars/and the moon, and coloring pencils and pens. And that's it." Kids really do make holidays so much fun.

That's it for now. Until next time.

Loves and hugs.

I'm all sorts of behind on blogging - I started this blog back in October and never got around to finishing it. So it's a bit outdated, but still happened, so I'm still posting it. Plus then I'm one step closer to NOT being behind. Eh?

- Rose got a stomach bug a while back (like back at the beginning of September - did I mention I'm behind?). While this may not seem that big of a deal to most - it was the first stomach bug she ever had. And first time she has ever thrown-up. While I am all sorts of grateful she hasn't had to deal with this type of sickness before, it also meant that she about had a panic attack when the first throw-up went down.

We happened to be at Seven Peaks finishing up our time there after a lot of slides, wave pool fun, and general splashing around. Rose had seemed fine all day. We decided to be done as it was getting a bit chilly so while I went to change Haevin's diaper, Braedon volunteered to take Rose down one more kiddie slide. In the middle of changing said diaper I all of the sudden I get called over to Braedon who looks anything but happy. I then notice that Rose is bawling and both are covered in... stuff. Luckily (well luckily for Seven Peaks, not so lucky for Braedon) Braedon's body acted as a shield and spared the kiddie pool from the gross carnage that was Rosealynn's throw-up. We cleaned everyone up as best we could and started the trek home... which of course had to include a quick pull off of the freeway since sweet girl lost the contents of her stomach again. All over herself and the carseat. Awesome. Thank goodness we happened to be in two cars since Braedon had met us at the park straight from work. We transferred Rose to the other car, gave her a thermos that Braedon happened to have in his car and finished the drive home. While Rose didn't enjoy throwing up - she did find it amusing to throw-up in the thermos.

Not wanting to worry about her hair getting in any throw-up during the middle of the night - we put it up in a top knot and she got pretty excited that her hair matched mine.

The rest of the weekend was a bit rough with up's and down's and with Rose telling us "I don't like thrown-up's". But she was still her sweet loving self all weekend and also loved that we gave her a red bowl to use as her throw-up bowl. Thankfully the sickness only lasted about 4 days with two of those days not being as bad... but it still was not fun to see her so sick and miserable. Glad it's over!

On a side note: I said a version of the word "throw-up" way too often in that pharagraph. End side note.

- Another fun September activity was when Braedons dad invited us along to go to San Fransciso for a weekend with him and Lori. We of course said yes and had a really fun weekend! Beach day, driving the coast, seeing some redwoods, seeing the Golden Gate Bridge, a hike to the sea lions, ~~dealing with California traffic~~ - where all some of the highlights of the trip!

The first day we were driving the coast and stopped at a pretty beach and Rose was so excited.

So were we. :)

Tight squeeeeeze.

These two melt my heart.

Rosealynn's excitement got to be too much she just couldn't help herself anymore and had to plop down and make a sand angle. In her street clothes.

Love the happiness and joy this girl has.

Have I mentioned how much I love the Northern California/Oregon/Washington Coast?

On our hike to the Sea Lions

This girl loves her daddy.

Light house and bright sun shine.

The two that made the trip happen. :)

Me and my girls.

I love the Redwoods.

A picture where we are all actually looking at the camera!

We happened upon a little camp fire event while hiking around the redwoods. They let the kids make masks and s'mores.

Haevin was happy to get out of the stroller/front pack.

On our drive to the beach we passed a little farm/carnival thing kinda like Cornbelly's. We made a quick stop to feed some goats, do some dancing, and ride the 'train' around the 'haunted village'. Rose loved it.

Train ride!

I just love her.

Then we made it to the beach - it was amazingly warm for a Northern beach. Braedon and I did quite a bit of swimming in the ocean and I also happened to take quite a few tumbles trying to get out. Swimming apparently is not my strong suit.

Words cannot express the love I have for this man.

Chasing waves.

Waves chasing them.

She would have stayed all day if we let her.

Golden Gate Bridge

Such a clear day.

She seriously gives such amazing hugs.

And kisses.

Pier 39. Had to ride the carousel and of course had to ride the dragon.

Smiles.

Grandma Lori and Rosie watching the Seals bark.

As we were driving around I had to look up where the Full House house was... and found out it was like 2 miles away. So Brad as nice enough to drive by it for me. :)

It's a good thing my kids like to sleep just about anywhere.

I promise she can breath.

And now for just the random phone photos!

Once upon a time I moved this little mat to the end table while I vacuumed the floor. I turned around to find Spook snuggling down on it. He has never once tried to lay on this while it's on the floor... just when it's on the hard end table. Weirdo.

Can we just pause for a moment and talk about how awesome this guy is. I love how active of a dad Braedon is. Us girls are really lucky to have him.

And of course Rose had to have a turn.

I can't get over how big Rose is getting!

Or how long her hair is getting.

Rose loves to take trips to the Gardens in Thanksgiving Point. She loves smelling the flowers and running around. And of course she loves to feed the fishies most of all.

Love her.

The crazy creepy fish that LOVE to eat food.

My attempt to get all three of us in a photo....

After my competition earlier in the month I treated myself to a Vanilla Bean treat from Starbucks. Haevin REALLY wanted some too.

Some mornings Rose just get's so excited to see Haevin. Snuggles always ensue.

Rose is getting more and more "into" Crossfit. She now keeps asking to wear this outfit because it is her workout shirt and she likes to workout with me. And show off her awesome muscles.