Out of Order

I finally finished my Christmas post! Woohoo!!!

 You can find it HERE.

I want the posts to stay in chronological order by their occurrence, so that is why it is back in the December category even though I only just now posted it!

(I have a few more that will probably be like this, so bear with me!)

Enjoy!!!

Hadley's Newborn Sneak Peek!!!

Hadley had her Newborn pictures taken by Lindsey when she was a little over a week old.

You can check out her sneak peek here!

So sweet!!!

Lindsey will document her 1st Year just like she did Max's.



Introducing....

~Hadley Boyd Goodwin~

Born January 4, 2011 at 8:28 a.m.

She weighed 6lbs. 11ozs. and was 19.5 inches long

She is pure sweetness!!!  

Proud Poppa!!!

Sweetness!!!

 

Such a sweet moment right after Hadley's arrival!

 

Max came to visit that afternoon. How sweet is this picture?!

It makes my heart melt!

 Such a sweet big brother already!

Love this picture of our two precious babies!!!

 This picture makes me laugh :) Max is like, "Oooh! A real live baby!".

 Hadley is all ready to go home.

Her going-home dress was made many, many moons ago by Daniel's Mamaw.

Daniel's Mom took it to the hospital each time just in case she had a little girl...but, she had three boys!

So, my niece Eliza wore it home from the hospital when she was born.

And, of course, Hadley got to wear it home.

(FYI: Hadley & Eliza also share the same middle name-Boyd, which is also Daniel's Mom's maiden name.)

 All ready to go!



We are home!

And, Max was excited to welcome his baby sister home!

The birth of our sweet baby Hadley has been such a special time in our lives.

Words cannot describe how thankful we are that God

has loaned us this little darling to take care of and love on.

We are truly, truly blessed!!!

We are all doing really great and adjusting well to life as a family of four!

I have a gazillion posts to do, including Hadley's birth story.

So, stay tuned! Many post coming up!

p.s. I find it mildly amusing that the ticker on the right of my page indicates that I am 43 weeks and 6 days pregnant! Haha! I guess because I have not updated my blog in a loooong time, the ticker just assumed that I was still pregnant! Don't worry...I will be changing it soon ;)

38 Weeks!!!

Here are my Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 38 weeks on Christmas Day. (I went to see Dr. Garner on Tuesday this week.) At most, we have 3 weeks left!!!

Size of Baby: She weighs ~6.8 lbs. She measures ~19.5 inches from head to heel.

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I lost 1/2 lb. since my appointment last week, so I have gained a total of 20.5 lbs. (I am more than certain that I will not have lost any weight after my Christmas indulgence!)
Maternity Clothes: Mostly all maternity. Some dresses in my regular clothes :)

Gender: It's a GIRL! Her name is HADLEY BOYD!!!

Movement: Wow!!! This girl is a kicker! She really likes to move in the morning & in the evening. Dr. Garner said that she is in the head-down position and is facing the right direction. So, hopefully NO back labor this time!

What I Miss: I miss being able to do regular things (i.e. walking up the stairs) without feeling like I just ran a marathon. I feel so out of shape!

Sleep: I have been pretty restless lately. I attribute some of that to the decrease in the amount of exercise I get, but I am sure that pregnancy is the main culprit for my restless nights. I am still getting up a ton at night to pee. Just getting prepared for those every-two-hour feedings!

Appetite: Still difficult to eat a regular meal. My eyes are definitely bigger than my appetite at this point.

Energy Level: I get tired so easily these days. I have so many things that I want to do, but I don't get them done because I would rather just sit down. I definitely take lots of breaks :)
Symptoms: I continue to nest even though I am oh, so tired. All of the usual symptoms are still present too.

What I am Looking Forward To: Becoming a family of FOUR (+Jasper)!!!

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year...Our Christmas 2010

Christmas Morning

This was our last Christmas as a family of three!!!

We had a wonderful Christmas celebrating with family and friends.

Being that Max is nearly 1 1/2 years old and that next Christmas we will have two little bundles of joy,

we really put a lot of thought into how we wanted Christmas to look each year for our little family.

What traditions will we practice each year? How will we make sure that Jesus is at the center of our Christmas celebrations each year? How will we handle gift giving, so that it does not get out of control?

Although some of these things will sort themselves out each Christmas, we did decide that we would give the children (3) gifts/categories of gifts each Christmas. We will follow the gift-giving of the Three Wise Men: wants, needs, and educational. This will also help us to keep Christ at the center of our Christmas festivities.

Some other traditions that I would like to follow include: Christmas p.j.'s for the whole family (Daniel's personal favorite! Haha!); attending Christmas Eve service at our Church; looking at Christmas lights together as a family...in our p.j.'s of course; reading the Christmas Story to our kiddos each Christmas Eve; and making an Advent Calender each year.

Below is a plethora of pictures from our Christmas celebration(s)!

Cookies for Santa!

Time for bed so that Santa can come! Yippee!

Santa came!!!

(Watching A Christmas Story on TBS is a MUST on Christmas morning! Ha!)

Yay for bins for organizing!

It's sooo hard to wake up...

I'm ready to see what Santa brought me though!

This is Max's tree in his room!

Woohoo!!!

Max's very own Red Rocking Horse

He was not too sure about it...it's too early to be riding a horsey!

Max was such a blast this Christmas. He was super excited about everything!

He learned how to say "Ho, Ho, Ho!" just like Santa!

Cutest.Thing.Ever.

Daniel had to work Christmas morning, so we had to wait on him to get home to do our little family Christmas. We just covered what Santa brought up with a huge blanket until Daniel got home!

(That may get a little more difficult to do in the coming years...especially with TWO curious little ones!!!)

And, then we were off to Searcy to celebrate with Daniel's Mom & the rest of the gang!

 Christmas with Family

Aunt Erica helping Max jump on Cousin Eliza's new trampoline!

 
It was a long day! Sweet baby sleeping.
It is a rarity that we get to see Max asleep!!!
Presh!
The day after Christmas we celebrated with my family. We went to my Mom's house along with both my grandmas, my brother & the twins, and my Uncle Chuck and cousin Ashley.

I love this little jon-jon!

Max was super fascinated with the bubble machine that my nephews have.
He was not very interested in his presents after the bubble started!

A couple of weekends before Christmas Day we celebrated Christmas with Daniel's Dad in Searcy.

(This is so out of chronological order, and it really bothers me, but I didn't want to mess with rearranging ALL these pictures! So, we will just have to deal! Ha!)

Max LOVES him some books!

Don't tell his Daddy, but he may love pink cars even more ;)

Eliza got a pink Barbie car for Christmas & Max wanted it!

Here he is going for the steal! Haha!

Cutie-patootie!

Max is definitely a gift that keeps on giving!

We LOVE him more than words can describe.

Christmas WAS wonderful this year--the best yet!