The Goodman Gang

Christmas 2011

2012-02-05T15:11:00.006-07:00

Merry Christmas!! We love the Christmas season when we are able to reflect on the birth of the Savior and all we have been blessed with.

We always spend Christmas at our own home we love being close to family so we can spend time with them but still do our own thing. This year we spent Christmas Eve at the Goodman's. We did the usual dinner cousin gift exchange and the white elephant for the adults it was so much fun. After that we did our own little tradition where we drive around looking at light it helps settle our kids down for the night.

Christmas morning was so fun, We had to wake the kids so we would have enough time before church. The kids each have a tree in their bedroom so, we started another tradition where they wake up to one small present under that tree! They both got a movie this year under their tree. It was so fun to see Paetyn be excited as she opened her presents. Of course Jaden could care less he was tired and just wanted to get back to his bed.

We had a Merry Christmas and hope you all did as well.

Christmas day after church

This was the kids' big gift

Paetyn with all her presents(didn't noticed her eyes were closed)

Jaden with his gifts ( he was tired and over all the picture taking)

Paetyn hugging Jaden after opening the present he gave her

Checking out their new ride:)

Christmas Eve opening presents from cousins

Christmas Eve Jaden

Christmas Eve Paetyn

Ward Christmas party. Paetyn loves the idea of santa and seeing him from a distance but when it comes to sitting on his lap not so much. just glad she warmed up to him by Christmas Eve.

Merry Christmas

Halloween 2011

2011-11-07T10:58:00.002-07:00

THis Halloween chris was gone on a business trip to washington state so I decided Id take the kids to go visit my family. My family never gets to see the kids dressed up on Halloween so i figured this would be fun and probably the only time we get to do this. Paetyn has insisted for months that she wanted to be a butterfly so thats what she was this year and Jaden just wore his little skeleton pjs.

Its nice to be able to go visit family and have help with the kids. My little sister would get up and feed Jaden before leaving for school in the morning and my Dad LOVES babies which mean he took care of Jaden a lot(even when he was fussy) and my mom well she made all the meals and went with us to all the places we needed to go. It was fun but we were ready to come back home guess its true theres NO place like HOME!

chris and I went to a party a few days before Halloween

Paetyn turns 3

2011-11-07T09:59:00.005-07:00

Paetyn had her 3rd birthday. I can't believe my little girl is 3 where has the time gone? She sure is a stubborn little thing but she has blessed our life so much and in so many ways. She is a GREAT big sister to Jaden and such a helper to me. She is Usually pretty grateful for things and is so easily pleased. She is smart some times a little to smart and can always make us laugh we Love her so much and are happy she is ours!

This year I decided we would do a little party for Paetyn and her cousins. It was a princess tea party. When the girls first got there they could choose a dress up then they got their hair done Then we did lunch and the tea party part, played pin the wings on tinker bell, had cup cakes and opened presents! It was a lot of fun Im so glad we did it. (the party was the day before her actual birthday)

Paetyn had a lot of cousins that traveled a ways so they could be there and we are so glad they did, it made it that much more fun and their moms were so much help to me. I have the best family on both sides

Paetyn said she wanted a Dora cake so this is what we made for her on her actual birthday

Birthday morning opening the gift Jaden got her

For her Birthday we went the the pumpkin patch with some cousins

Birthday breakfast

This is what we gave out for the kids to take home. I got the tea cups at the thrift store for 10cents the necklace bracelet and wand on clearance at Walmart then just added some candy

opening presents at her party

blowing out the candle on her cupcake

playing pin the wings on tinker bell

having lunch

everyone all dressed up

Getting their hair done. My sister in law amy is the best she was so much help

blowing out her candle

All ready to party

Fair Time 2011

2011-11-07T09:12:00.002-07:00

Every Oct. we have our little county fair and every year chris has had to have a booth there for work. This year they decided not to do a booth which mad it so much nicer for us we were able to go and just have a good time. All the pictures are of Paetyn, Jaden just rode the stroller maybe next year he will be big enough to ride some rides!

This was a little roller coaster for kids! Paetyn had a ball on it she is such a little dare devil and that makes for one proud daddy:)

I swear every time this ride would fling her around the corner my heart would stop i thought she was going to get thrown out! of coarse she wasn't concerned one bit she was just cracking up.

little train ride

the mirror maze we thought she run into them all kinds but no she did really good she just wanted to get the top to go down the slide.

Jaden's blessing

2011-11-07T08:26:00.003-07:00

We blessed Jaden on Sunday September 4th. Most of our family was able to make it for the special day. We Just bought a house and started moving the monday prior to the blessing day. Let me just say moving with a new baby and trying to get it all done in a matter of a few day so super stressful! But we were able to get everything in its place before people started arriving for the blessing.(I'll have to post about the move later) Chris did a great job as usual on the blessing. It was such a good sacrament meeting and the spirit was so strong. It was just one of those days thats sort of like heaven on earth and being able t remember whats REALLY important in life.

Some of the people that came

in his blessing outfit

in Chris' baby blessing outfit it was a little small;)

our little family

Meet Jaden

2011-08-21T19:14:00.007-07:00

Where to start? I guess with the story of how our Jaden boy got here!

On Wednesday July 6th I had my last ultra sound to check growth on the baby. They said I still had a lot of extra fluid and he was 8lbs 7 oz which wasn't as big as I expected them to say. Then on Friday July 8th I had a Dr's appointment; I was 38 weeks 2days and I was feeling it to say the least:) Right before my Dr appointment I decided to push Paetyn in the cozy coupe car while running laps! Call me crazy, but I was hoping to get something going so hopefully I could get my Dr to induce me. I got to the office did the stress testing and as normal was showing contractions like crazy. Then I went back to meet with the Dr!

I had decided before I got there that I was going to see what she would do as far as inducing me. I knew she was leaving town in a few days and would be gone for a week. I was hopeful, but didn't really know what to expect! She asked me how I was doing and I said I was ready to have this baby. She said ok well lets check you. I was dilated to a 3 and she said, "do you want to have this baby tomorrow?" I almost fell off the table! "Are you serious? Uh ya!" She told me to go to the hospital at 6 the next morning! So that night I got a pedicure while Paetyn got her nails painted, cleaned the house, did all the laundry, and then we took Paetyn to McDonald's to play and eat while trying to explain to her what was going to happen the next day! She spent the night at Grandma's so we wouldn't have to wake her so early the next morning. I maybe got an hour or two of sleep that night because I was nervous. It was around 7 by the time we got into the labor and delivery room and got the antibiotics going! Those had to be in my system for about 4-6 hours before they would start me on pitocin. Paetyn came to visit that morning so she could see where I was, this was just before they started the pitocin. It was around 11:15 when they gave me the meds. They didn't think it would take long because I was already having contractions pretty regularly. Unfortunately they were wrong, the contractions weren't that bad and they just kept upping the meds, but it stayed about the same

:( By 6 pm I had only progressed to a 4. The Dr said she was going to talk to me about going home but when she checked me she felt like I had made enough progress to keep me and break my water, thank goodness! (she is the Best dr I hope She delivers all my kids) Oh my word they were right I did have a Ton of fluid, it just kept coming and coming! That was around 6:30 and that was all it took to get things really going within minutes the contractions were getting way stronger by 8 I asked for the epidural and it was about 8:45 before it was in! I was dilated to a 6. Through all of this the baby's heart would drop when I was contracting and they said depending on how it all went I would maybe need a c section. That of course made me nervous but we would just have to wait and see. It was about 1 am Sunday morning before I was at a 10 but wasn't quiet completely effaced. By 2 I was ready! They called the Dr and she got there @ 2:10 went to check and was like whoa ya the head is right there lets go! It was different this time because I could Feel the pressure and knew exactly when I needed to push! I started pushing about 2:15 and at 2:22 JADEN ROBERT GOODMAN was born! It was such a relief to hold him in my arms to know that everything was fine with him and no c section was needed! When the Dr delivered him she kept calling him a brute! She even showed us the umbilical cord and how it only had the one artery. It was cool to see his artery was almost right in the middle she said that was probably why he wasn't small. The nurse took him and I swear she was taking her sweet ol time cleaning him and stuff before she ever weighed him! Right before she went to weigh him he peed all over so who knows if that would have changed his weight but he was 9LB even (guess all the ultra sounds were off he was BIGGER) his head was 37.5 cm and he was 20in long! I feel like there were so many little miracles that happened that made it so this little guy could get here 10 days early and I am so grateful for that. I don't think I could have delivered much bigger!

I was the only one having a baby that night/morning, so there was no rush to get me into the recovery room! Chris went home around 5 am to get a little sleep since it had been 24hrs of being awake by that time! They got me moved to recovery and Chris came back around 8 and then Paetyn came around 9! She got the biggest smile on her face when she walked into the room and saw the baby! At first when we asked if she wanted to hold him she said "uh no thanks he's to heavy!" Haha, but that didn't last long. I can say that I am honestly shocked at how well Paetyn handled having a new addition to our family she has been so sweet to him and a big help to me! If you ask her what the baby's name is she says Jaden Robin Hood. Haha it cracks us up every time guess Robert and Robin are similar. I was really worried it would be such an adjustment for her and that she might be mean to him, but it has been the total opposite. We were in the hospital until Tuesday and when I came home my mom had come to help for a few days, she is seriously the best. She would cook, clean, and just do whatever. It's always so nice to have her come and help me. I don't know what I'd do with out her. My mother in law was also a huge help, she would come and get Paetyn whenever and help with the baby or groceries basically everything:) I'm so lucky that she lives so close because I couldn't have done it with out her either! Jaden is 6 weeks today and growing like a weed we love him and feel so blessed to be able to have him be apart of our family! He had an ultra sound on his kidneys and bladder and then an ekg and appointment with a cardiologist! His Dr. wanted us to get these done just as a precaution to make sure everything was Ok for certain! Everything came back good so nothing to worry about, guess the artery was just a weird thing, but didn't cause any damage! Life has been busy but honestly it hasn't been as bad as I thought it would be; that being said we have still had rough days, but all in all things have been awesome! My pictures are out of order but this is what we've been up to lately.

It has been raining alot here lately and we LOVE it

Paetyn insists on picking her own clothes and its a battle I choose not to fight at this stage in life. It has been nearly impossible to get her to wear this shirt on the same day as Jaden wears his and this was the best picture i could get.

Paetyn all ready for church waiting for dad to come home and get her since me and Jaden weren't going yet.

This guy seriously deserves an award for the BEST dad and husband ever! He would come to the hospital early every morning before work and then stay late into the night so i could get a little sleep since the hospital doesn't have a nursery anymore:( He seriously changed more diapers in the hospital then I did as soon as he would get there he would take over and do whatever was needed! He has been so much help to me and I really don't know how I got so lucky! PS he loves having a Boy.

This is one of the many things I love about Jaden he loves to be all waded up and snuggle

He is such a sweet boy

Paetyn using her big sister skills

1st bath

Ready to leave the hospital

Paetyn Holding Jaden

Just born so glad he is here even if it is 2:22 am

These were pictures a friend took when he was 2 weeks

Love them

I love this it totally shows their personalities

Big boy

My favorite Picture he is such a good baby!

"The boy"

2011-07-04T08:59:00.004-07:00

Pretty sure everyone already knows but we are expecting baby #2! We found out back in February that it's a little boy, Chris couldn't be more excited! He is frequently referred to as "my boy" or "the boy" it's like he's the coveted child:)haha! I wasn't to sure at first what we were going to do with a boy guess i've gotten used to Paetyn but i've gotten pretty excited too. I've been surprised at how many cute little boy things are out there that i didn't realize before. This next little spot is for journaling I plan on printing this and i want to be able to remember the things going on feel free to skip ahead it could get long. When I found out I was pregnant my first reaction was excitement and that lasted about 2 minutes then I worried how Paetyn would handle a baby or how I would handle 2 kids for that matter. Of course I was still excited, but now I not only have Paetyn to think of but a baby too. I still worry some guess thats just part of being a mother But am excited to see what the future holds. Pretty much ever since our first sonogram things have been a little crazy. At the first sonogram we found out that he has a single umbilical artery. Neither one of us had ever heard of that before and of coarse were nervous. Basically an umbilical cord is supposed to have 2 arteries and one vein and his only has 1 artery. They don't know why it happens or anything like that. We met with a specialist the next week and he was able to rule out some of the more serious things and said his heart look really good we just mainly needed to watch his growth now (it can cause babies to be small). Because of the artery I have to get ultra sounds more frequently to make sure everything is looking the way it should! At my 32 Week ultra sound the baby was huge and not proportioned with lots of extra fluid so they wanted me to do the extra diabetic testing and it came back completely normal. Then at my 36 week ultra sound he was weighing 8lbs and in the 96th percentile. From what I hear the ultra sound can be off + or - a pound so who knows but either way he is growing a lot! This whole experience has just made me realize more than ever that babies really are a miracle that somethings just can't be explained and that the lord is in charge! I know this little guy is pretty special he's already made a big scene and he's not even here yet:) I love him and know no matter what happens everything is going to be just fine. I only have a little more then 2 weeks left hopefully sooner but I cant wait to meet him.

profile picture

His little foot

proof he's a boy;)

My parents came through town on Thursday and begged to take Paetyn up north with them for a few days, I'm always hesitant to let her go, guess I'm kind of over protective of her. Anyway I gave in and decided it might be a fun thing for her to do before the baby comes and life gets a little more hectic. She has been playing with cousins, going to the rodeo, and honestly who knows what else! Any time I call she is having to much fun to even talk to me:( Guess she doesn't miss me like I miss her. This Picture is from yesterday morning Don't you just love her hair from the night before and the look on her face? I do! I miss her and can't wait for her to come home today!

I HATE this picture but it's the only one I have of being pregnant and I don't plan on taking Another one. This was at 36 weeks

Fishing,zoo and much more

2011-07-02T09:47:00.005-07:00

Here i am once again months later updating our blog. I know I am really bad at this... Anyway here are a few of the things we have been up to over the past few months.

This was from memorial day weekend we met up with some friends at a splash pad

Every once in a while a dove gets into our chicken coop and can't get out,This last time chris thought it would be cool if Paetyn got to pet it. As you can tell she thinks its the coolest thing ever:)

Easter morning

This year i was really excited to color easter eggs with Paetyn because she is getting older and i figured she would really be into it. She had fun but was over the whole thing after doing a few eggs.

Chris' 26th Birthday! The day started with Breakfast in bed then of coarse he worked all day but later that night we had a family dinner out at his parents house.

Back in march we made A trip down to mesa for spring break. We did lots of shopping the zoo and just hanging out.

I bought these sunglasses for Paetyn while we were in mesa every time she wears them it makes me smile.

My Grandpa died a few moths back and this cowboy hat was his. I actually got it for the baby but for now Paetyn loves to wear it and I cant help but smile and think of him whenever I see her wearing it.

About a month ago we decided we would take Paetyn fishing she has never been before and figured it would be a fun little outing. It was so fun to watch her start by just dipping her toes in and work up to being covered by the water past her waist. I started to get a little worried at that point she didn't quite understand that is was just getting deeper and she doesn't know how to swim. Chris was finally able to catch a fish right before we were going to leave Paetyn thought it was so neat until the fish was close then she squealed and hid behind chris:)

Snow and a haircut

2011-02-21T15:03:00.004-07:00

This first picture has nothing to do with the post but i just love it!

I've been wanting to cut Paetyn's hair for a long time now but have been putting it off. Finally a couple weeks ago I decided the mullet could no longer be hidden and had to go:)

This is the after Picture

Before (1st haircut)

Chris' family did pictures a little while back and this is one i was able to get of Paetyn

Last Saturday we went up to the mountain to play in the snow! It was so windy and actually snowing so we didn't stay out long! Paetyn and Chris had a ball and I had fun Messing around with the different settings on my new camera.

Paetyn makes Chris so proud she is such a dare devil. Chris just can't wait until she is old enough to go with him on roller coasters.

She just kept saying,"again"

Love these Two

Birthday, Christmas and everything in between

2011-02-13T19:00:00.007-07:00

well here I am once again trying to get all caught up on my blog. yet im starting to realize that is probably never going to happen. anyway I guess i will start with Paetyn's birthday ya i know it was over 3 months ago.

What can i say about my Paetyn girl? the last 2 years have gone by so fast and i can't believe how much this little girl has blessed our lives. She can always bring a smile to your face even when your feeling down. she has way more attitude than any 2 yr old should and some days i'm not quiet sure what to do with all that attitude and stubbornness:) Paetyn we love you and are so happy you are a part of our family. The day started with waking Paetyn up to us singing happy birthday she had the biggest smile on her face!(she loves the attention) She was even more excited when she saw the house was all decorated for her. she opened presents had breakfast, went to mc Donalds for lunch followed by the park, then had a little family party later that night.

opening presents

playing on her power wheels. it was so funny to watch her try to figure out how to steer this thing

family party! I made her a fufa cake(character from yo gaba gaba, a show she loves) she was pretty excited to have a fufa cake all to herself!

THis was the fair. chris has a booth there every year. Paetyn was actually big enough to ride some of the rides this year but none of those pictures turned out to good. So this is the only ride me and chris went on it was fun but not worth the money!

In late Oct we went and stayed with some friends and did some fun stuff. We went to the zoo, the pumpkin patch and just hung out

pumpkin patch

Paetyn got her face painted at the beauty school for Halloween

love those curls

Cutes pirate i've ever seen

Finally, Christmas it was so fun this year Paetyn was old enough to be excited and some what understand!

She loved her karaoke machine

getting her stocking

she loved the idea of santa until he was up close then she wanted nothing to do with him

Christmas eve

Chris' Christmas gift(tv)

mini vacation/ more happenings

2010-10-03T10:30:00.006-07:00

Here i am updating again i know i'm shocked myself. Hopefully this post isn't to confusing the pictures are kind of out of order but better than noting right? anyway these are some more of our recent happenings.

About a month ago our little family took a mini vacation down to chandler it was nice to get away and just be able to do a few fun things together. We went to Cabela's of coarse Chris and Paetyn both loved it and i didn't mind it to much either. Then later that day we went to the Bounce Jungle with Waylon and Whitley; that wore the kids out pretty good and us to i played just as hard as the kids. I had originally planned for us to go to the pet store then Chris found a place he thought would be fun so we went to the bird store instead. We had so much fun just being together as a family we will have to do it again sometime soon.

A couple weekends ago we decided to go up to the catwalk. Amy and Lexi came with us too. It was fun but we decide next time we need to go without the kids.....it wasn't very stroller friendly.

Catwalk

This is what happens when a 2 yr old doesn't get her nap

Bird store; chris failed to tell me they weren't in cages so as we approach the door and I hear the squealing i freak and tell Chris and Paetyn to have a good time i'll be waiting outside whenever they get done. After some serious convincing I say ill go in only if chris holds my hand the whole time. It took awhile but i warmed up to the birds also.

Feeding the bird

kid at heart

Bounce Jungle

on the big slide with dad

Cabela's

Fish aquarium at Cabela's

Cabela's

Labor day flying a kite at the park

attempting to potty training has begun

First black eye (walked in front of the swing)

Helping Daddy wash the truck

She thinks the treadmill is the funniest thing so i turned it was down and let her walk on it. she got tired fast and slowly fell off the back.

painting

Around the beginning of the summer Paetyn learned to climb out of her crib. Unfortunately I was the one that taught her by accident. anyway since it's impossible to contain her anymore we just moved her to the big bed. :( She's growing up so fast.

The last 6 months

2010-09-26T19:14:00.006-07:00

I'm terrible at the whole blogging thing obviously; its been FOREVER since the last post. So much has happened in the last 6 months: graduation, vacation, new job, lots more time at home, our anniversary, grad school...just to name a few. once again this post will mainly be pictures to bring everyone up to date on what we've been doing. i hope to keep it more up to date from here on out HOPE being the key word:)

playing with daddy's work stuff

my personal maid

our anniversary 3yrs down forever to go

I saved all my tips at school and a bunch of other money to buy this for chris for graduation/anniversary. He was so surprised

we took a cruise for our graduations/anniversary with our friends the Gardners it was so fun

Ensenada, Mexico(cruise)

I graduated Cosmo School Hallelujah!!! 1600 plus hours were spent there although i'm so glad i did it i'm super glad to be done. Special thanks to my awesome mother in law who kept Paetyn all those hours.

Chris received his associates(E.A.) and Bachelors(NAU) in the mail on the same day. HaHa. After he opened them i asked him if he felt smarter now that he had the papers he said ya. lol Way to go babe we are so proud of you.

Paetyn playing with her cousins Waylon and Whitley

mother's day with my baby

first time bowling

4Th of July parade

cool editing i can do with my ipad

So there you have it! Chris was accepted to ASU and UOW for his masters program after a lot of thought and prayer he decided on UOW. He gets up and does school before work then works all day and comes home to more school at night. He works so hard for our family and me and Paetyn sure appreciate it. I just got a job working at a salon 3 afternoons a week so i'm still able to stay at home with Paetyn the majority of the time. And Paetyn, well she's almost 2 but I'm pretty sure she's been in the terrible 2's for months now(must be that Goodman blood haha) but she sure is the light of our lives and such a cutie.

Catch up

2010-04-18T17:41:00.009-07:00

A lot has happened since our last post. Life is busy as usual, Chris is going to get his bachelors degree next month and I'm going to graduate from Cosmetology School in May also. They say pictures are worth a Thousand words so most of this update is going to be pictures.

She really did not like Santa.

First limo ride to look at Christmas lights and she loved it.

Christmas Eve at the Peters' looking at Christmas lights in a big bus.

She loved her little Christmas Tree.

Christmas Morning.

My Birthday

Playing in the snow on the mountain.

While going down the mountain she started screaming like a big girl.

V-Day

Uncle Brighten leaves for the MTC.

Tucson Zoo and she loved everything.

Chris' birthday 1/4 century old.

Playing at Grandma's.

Picnic in the poppies.

Hanging with mom during spring break (note pigtails on the top)

Her first ice cream cone and she thought it was the greatest thing ever.

Easter egg hunt.

Easter morning. Outside toys.

Called to Serve.

2009-12-13T21:35:00.004-07:00

Brighten got his mission call and opened it on thanksgiving. He is called to the Florida Tampa Mission. He reports Feb. 24th. We are proud of him and will miss him.

Halloween

2009-12-13T20:04:00.002-07:00

This Halloween Paetyn dressed up like a little piggy, perfect don't you think? We went to a trunk or treat to see grandma and grandpa and to get a little candy. We carved a little jock-o-lantern and she wore one of her favorite shirts during the day and it said "Daddy's Little Pumpkin." Teesha and some of her friends at school dressed up like Trolls.

Paetyn turns 1!

2009-12-13T19:31:00.002-07:00

On Oct. 22 our baby turned 1. The day started out with a Birthday pancake made by Daddy. We didn't have her a birthday candle at the time so we had to improvise. She went to Mom's school just before lunch and got her nails painted. Then we met Dad at the park for lunch. She had a little bit of an eye infection that week so her eyes are a little goopy and squinty in the pictures. She had a little party on that Saturday. Oh yeah and dad saved her life at Walmart on her birthday, literally. To make a long story short, she was falling out of the cart head first and dad quickly swooped in and grabbed her by the pants when her head was millimeters from hitting the concrete floor. We love her and are so grateful for her and the joy she brings us.

Disneyland

2009-10-04T17:50:00.004-07:00

This summer Chris's family all went to Disneyland for a big family trip. It was a lot of fun. Thanks to Mom and Dad for taking us all and helping with the kids. Grandpa even got to take Paetyn on her first ride on the Merry-Go-Round, I think Grandpa had an even better time than Paetyn. After Disneyland we went down to San Diego for a night and day. Paetyn loved the sand at the beach but not the water, it was kind of cold. It was a really fun summer, but now we are both down to the nitty gritty in school.

Our Trip to Cancun

2009-10-04T17:24:00.003-07:00

This summer we had a wonderful trip to Cancun, and the best part was it was all expense paid. Chris earned it through Arctic Cat(work). The resort was fantastic, and all inclusive. There were a bunch of different restaurants that we could eat all we want of the great food and didn't have to pay anything. It was beach front and our room had a jacuzzi in it. We hope to go there again some day. We went scuba diving, we went to the water park, went to a local mall, swam, went sailing on a small sail boat from the resort, and just spent a lot of good time together. Teesha had some trouble with scuba diving, she couldn't even stay under unless Chris was holding her hand, what a nice husband!

Cancun Cont.

2009-10-04T17:07:00.001-07:00

The view from our balcony!

Our wonderful room!

Having Fun!

Breakfast!

Milestones

2009-08-17T20:58:00.004-07:00

Paetyn started crawling June 5th, 2009. This was right before our vacation to Cancun and Teesha was worried that she would start crawling while we were gone. On this night we were getting home kinda late from some friends' house. We were changing her before we put her to be and she woke up, so we decided to giver her a bottle. After she got done with her bottle she just got on her hands and knees and started to crawl like she had known how to do that all along. Once we busted out the camera it took a little encouragement to get her to crawl.

Paetyn took her first steps July 26th, 2009 and has been getting braver and braver ever since. She is getting to the point to where she will walk a little distance before she gets down and crawls. This video is from tonight.

Chris' birthday

2009-04-03T14:36:00.003-07:00

Chris turned 24 on monday shh he's sensitive about the subject! well sunday night I went to wrap his presents and discovered we were basically out of wraping paper except a little bit of Christmas paper. I guess Chris used the last of it and I didn't kno so I had to get creative! I wraped One of his presents in tissue paper and the others in Christnmas paper oh well I guess the wraping doesn't matter it's whats inside or is it? Anyway I wrote all over his Truck windows sunday night so he would get all kinds of obnoxious people honking at him haha secretly i know he loved it. I got up early Monday to make him breakfast in bed and suprized him by making a avocado shake along with it. I heard him talking to some one about how good they were in brazil so I found a recipe online that I thought would be good and i guess I was right cuz he said it was just like the ones in brazil. Then that night we did a cook out with Chris' family and had cake and ice cream. All in all he said he had a good Birthday!

Work work work!

2009-04-03T13:16:00.003-07:00

We have been so busy lately doning things around the house. We planted our garden a few weeks ago and are pround to say our plants are actually growing! Yay! we are so happy about this we feel some what sucessful since last year we didn't really get anything to grow. We planted corn, watermelon, carrots, cucumbers, chilies, and tomatoes! We also planted A peach and apple tree. Chris has been working so hard on our garden he even made a little irrigation system so watering the garden will be easier and now thanks to Brady its buried in the ground. Chris also built a chicken coop so we could get our little baby chicks. We are do all these things to trying to be self sufficient and it has been alot of fun along the way!

Our big girl

2009-04-02T16:09:00.010-07:00

Paetyn has been learning so much lately and I haven't posted about it so I figure it's time! First off Paetyn got her ears pierced. I have been waiting since the day she was born to get them done so i'm way excited to finally have them done. She had her 4 month appt and she weighed 16lbs 3oz she was 25 in long and her head was 43 1/4 that puts her in the 95th percentile for her head and weight and 75th for her length what a fatty huh? And that was a month ago! Since then she has learned to roll over and sit up, although the rolling over is only done when she feels like it she does sit up all the time! She has also started eating solids she eats pretty good except for green beans as you will see in the pics. We are excited to see all the new tricks she will learn in the next few months!

Valentines Day

2009-02-15T21:01:00.003-07:00

This was our third Valentines day together and we are trying to be more frugal so we set a $25 limit. Well Teesha did pretty well with the limit, but she did go over, so she labeled part of it with Paetyn's name to get by. Teesha's gift took her forever to make, but it was awsome and very thoughtful. Chris' sister was in California the day before Valentines Day and she text him a picture of a coach purse and asked if Chris had already gotten a gift. Well originally Chris said he didn't want to buy one because it was way over the limit, but turns out the Coach Factory sale was having an awsome sale and the deal was unbeatable. So, needless to say Chris went over the limit, but got this purse for less than $100 which is a steal. We hired a babysitter and went to dinner and a movie together.

Teesha is Legal

2009-02-15T20:47:00.003-07:00

It is official Teesha is 21 years old now. Holy Crap!! We rented a hotel room in Mesa for a couple nights and Teesha was able to fulfill one of her life long dreams, to swim on her birthday. Good thing the pool was heated. For her birthday we had dinner at Texas Roadhouse and desert from the Cheesecake factory. To top of the desert we were selected by them to do a survey and in return we got a gift card. Lauren was nice enough to babysit Paetyn for the afternoon so that we could do all this stuff without having to worry about a crying baby. For her birthday she got a Snowboard, bindings, and boots. She was suprised to see her board because she never saw it in the car when Chris picked her up at her parents. Well, turns out Chris had snuck down early and checked into the hotel and hid the board under the bed.

Paetyn and her new little cousins

2009-02-15T20:32:00.003-07:00

As you can see our little baby just doesn't seem to be so little any more, at least when she is with her new twin cousins, Waylon and Whitley. This is two days after they finally got to come home from the hospital and they are so small. Paetyn was having the best time in the wagon having two of her Aunts haul her aroung, but when the twins joined her she wasn't so sure what to think about it.

Let it Snow!

2008-12-30T22:01:00.002-07:00

We didn't get much, but it doesn't happen too often here in Safford so we had to get a picture of Paetyn in it since she has never seen it before.

Christmas

2008-12-30T21:43:00.004-07:00

2 months old and she already wants the big presents!

Here Paetyn is with all her wonderful gifts.

Her first experience with Santa was a good one, she didnt cry or anything.

A couple of family pictures that we took, one of them we used for our Christmas Card.

Christmas Decorations

2008-12-30T21:31:00.003-07:00

*Note - Paetyn's stocking was filled weeks before Christmas. Good thing

she doesn't understand the concept of Santa yet.

Paetyn's Blessing

2008-12-30T21:00:00.011-07:00

On 12/7 Paetyn was blessed.

What a doll!

These are most of the people that helped with the blessing.

This is our little family the day of the blessing.

Growing up so fast!

2008-11-16T18:48:00.004-07:00

Already? I can't believe we are saying this already, but it is true. She is almost four weeks old and she has changed so much. These pictures was taken when she was only three weeks old and she is so strong.

Family picture

2008-10-31T21:11:00.003-07:00

This is our first picture as a family after we got home with the baby on october 24th.

Happy Halloween

2008-10-31T20:51:00.003-07:00

This is our first holiday together as a family! We couldn't resist taking pictures of her in the pumpkin. Isn't she the cutest? our night consisted of ordering pizza, carving a pumpkin and waiting for the trick-or-treaters. Things have been pretty good so far. She is a pretty good baby and doesn't cry too much. For the most part she is sleeping really good.

Paetyn Sophronia Goodman

2008-10-23T19:25:00.002-07:00

She's finally here! We can't believe we are parents now! We're to young for that, right? Our beautiful daughter arrived here on October 22 at 12:23 p.m., 5 days late. It was a lot of work for Teesha to get her here, but Teesha did great. The contractions kicked in good around 7:30 p.m. on the 21st, so needless to say that we did not get any sleep. The contractions started getting really bad around 2 a.m. The nurse came to check her around 4 a.m. and as soon as Teesha heard the word seven she blurted out, "Can I get the epidural now?" I've never seen her respond to something so quickly. After that she was in a lot less pain. She started to push hard aroung 11:30 and a little less than an hour later Paetyn was born. She was 8 pounds 6 ounces and 20 inches long. She has a pretty good size head, 37.5 cm, no wonder it was so hard for her to come out. She is the cutest little thing. We are so happy that she is finally here and we can acctually see her and hold her. We should get to finally go home from the hospital tommorrow. Teesha is excited to go home, but I think she is going to miss all the help of the nurses.

Summer comes to an end :(

2008-09-09T20:11:00.004-07:00

Well, Chris never did get a complete summer because he still had some classes and work, but he wasn't as busy as he is going to be since he is starting the Business Administration program with NAU. I planned a suprise get away trip for me and Chris. I reserved a nice hotel room up in the mountains and figured out how to get Chris to bring his 4-wheeler without catching on to what was happening. He never found out that we were taking this trip for us until we were actually in the mountains. I planned a weekend full of activities that he loves to do like 4 wheeling, fishing, and we made a trip to the temple. He never had a clue and I wish that you could have seen his face when he found out that I had set up a whole weekend off from the stresses of life. Now that the summer is over life is busier than it ever has been since we've been married. Chris works full time, then he has class Monday until 7 and Thursday until 10, in between he has a ton of homework, and then he has his church calling. There never seems to be enough time now.

7 more weeks!!!

2008-08-31T18:32:00.004-07:00

As you can see by the picture, we will soon have a new addition to our little family, a little girl! She is due on Oct. 17th, but we wouldn't mind if she came a week or two early. We are so excited and Teesha is more than ready.