I'm 6 weeks out from the end of my second pregnancy. And I do have to say I'm definitely ready to be finished with the whole "pregnant" part! I was out running errands this morning with Keira and it's getting harder and harder to carry her let alone be in and out of the car seat and walking through stores and digging in my purse for things. It's cause she's still little and while she can walk next to me, it takes 3 times as long to get where we're going when we do that. :) Yes, it won't be much easier to carry the car seat AND Keira but at least I'll be able to set the car seat down. Anyways...I'm just ready to be done and hold my baby boy in my arms!
This pregnancy hasn't been much different than the first. I think one of the things that is different is that I'm carrying our little guy much lower than I did with Keira. I felt her all the time up in my ribs and I haven't felt that once with him. I feel a ton of pressure on my pelvic bone and the doctor told me last week that it's because his head is so, so low already so he's resting comfortably on my bones. :) Last night I could barely walk without serious pain. Even when I was laying down I just felt pressure. He moves a lot more than I feel like Keira did. There is constant movement in my stomach and I want to cherish it because that is what I would consider the best part of being pregnant. I also get a ton more braxton hicks with this guy than with Keira. And they are painful! I literally have to stop moving and breathe through them. I don't remember them hurting that much with Keira.
We still don't have much set for this guy's room. Actually...all we have is the bedding, crib and clothes. Which I suppose is all you need at the beginning. But I'm a planner. And not feeling ready stresses me out. We're moving Keira downstairs (which I am dreading!!) Halloween weekend so once she's out of her room we can start getting his room set up and ready. Pete has to paint it and then we'll get everything set up. I'll post pictures once everything is ready. A friend is throwing me a shower the first weekend of November which I am thoroughly grateful for and was not expecting at all so I'm taking Keira this afternoon to register at Babies r Us. Not really sure what I'll put on the list, but I'm sure I can find a few things (aka - diapers, diapers, diapers!).
Well the girl is up from her nap so off to Babies R Us we go. Maybe at the rate I post on here, next time I'll be sharing my delivery story. :)
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Nearing the End
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Thank the LORD for cooler weather!
This summer has been tortuous!! I never thought I would ever want summer to be over. Growing up I always said I wanted to move somewhere that it was hot and nice weather all the time...but I gotta tell ya...this summer was rough. Kansas weather is beautiful in the spring and fall and definitely not as cold as Chicago winters, but summer is HOT!! This summer was especially bad as it was the hottest summer since 1936!!
"September 1, 2011
2011 is officially the hottest year in Wichita's history.
The temperature reached 100 degrees late this morning, marking the 51st day Wichita's temperature has reached or exceeded 100 degrees this summer. That breaks the old mark set in 1936.
KAKEland Meteorologist Ben Pringle said the temperature should climb above 100 on Friday."
Why oh why did I pick THIS summer to be pregnant??? I told Pete the other day now that it's finally starting to cool down (and by cool I mean 80 degrees) that I feel like Keira and I have been locked in a cage for the last few months and I'm finally getting to breath fresh air! We literally didn't do anything...no walks, no zoo, no park. This preggo mama couldn't take it when I would take 3 steps my eyeballs felt like they were crisping over and starting to melt. All I wanted was to lay on my cool leather couch with a fan and the air conditioning blowing on me.
Soooo....with that said, now that it's nicer out, we've been spending out much needed time outside! Keira has learned that outside has much more to offer than the upstairs of our house and so frequently goes to the sliding door and tries to open it and looks at me and says in her own 17 month old way "Mama outside?" And with it now 80 degrees outside instead of 113, I'm much more willing to say "LET'S GET OUT OF THIS HOUSE!" :)
In other areas, I'm feeling good with this pregnancy. 28 weeks tomorrow which is just crazy to think. It's gone much faster than it did with Keira which I'm so thankful for. I'm much more active and and busy rather than just waiting in the anticipation of what having my first baby will be like. I'm getting anxious to meet our little guy and excited to have a boy!! That's new territory that I feel like I know nothing about. Growing up with 3 sisters and having a girl first, I feel like I know nothing about raising boys or how they work. I guess I'll find out soon enough right?? :)
A week and a half ago was a big marker in my life - I turned 30! Crazy! I feel like I'm officially in a different "class" of "adult" now. 30 sounds so much older than 29 and I will admit for maybe the first time, I really do feel older. I'm thankful for where I'm at in my life. I suppose it's exactly where I thought I'd be when I turned 30 - I have a husband, a house, 1.5 kids, a life of my own....it's all so great!! I'm thankful where God has me and I couldn't imagine it any different!! My actual day was great! It was a Friday so Pete had off which I was so thankful for. My Best Buy gift card I earned from Thirty-One came a day early (that was the LORD!) so on my actual birthday morning, we got to go on a $1,600 shopping spree!!! Awesome!! We ate at Chili's the night before, I got free Starbucks that morning and then Chipotle for lunch....mmmmm. :) We had a bunch of friends over that night for a BBQ which was lots of fun. The day couldn't have been any better! Now to start this next decade of life hoping and praying that God does great things in our lives!!
Here are some recent pics from life lately...
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Thirty-One update
It's been awhile since I've posted anything about my Thirty-One business....and lately, it's absolutely taken off!! For the last year (to the day actually - August 10!), I've been "working" the parties and trying hard to be successful so I could continue to stay home with Keira. Just in the past 6 weeks or so I'm seeing what has potential to be a huge thing for me!! Back in February, Cindy Monroe (the founder), announced that we would be going on a recruiting freeze. I didn't think a ton of it because when I signed up, I really had no intention of building a team and "working my way up" so to speak. Little did I know what God had planned!
I've always known that I am a motivated and driven person when it comes to something I love. And in the past year, I've found that I love working with Thirty-One! The past 6 months during the recruiting freeze I began to realize how much I was enjoying what I was doing and how it could actually provide the income we needed for me to stay home with my babies. I saw potential for it to do more. People would ask me about it and I would give them honest answers about how much I loved it, what it had done for me as a person, as a mom, as a wife...giving me something to work for at home while still being there full time for Keira. My passion for what I was doing started to come out and I think people saw that....and wanted to be apart of it as well.
We had a waiting list and by the end of the 6 months, I had over 18 other ladies waiting to join my team (in addition to the 3 I already had). And then as of a couple weeks ago, the freeze was officially over and somehow, I now have a team of 26 women who are under me and I am just absolutely blown away! I have been working so, so hard these past couple weeks connecting with each of these women and helping them get started. From phone introduction phone calls to training emails, I've been learning very fast what this is going to look like.....and I like it!!!!! It's definitely a lot more work and I only expect it to become more as my team continues to grow, but it's so fun for me!! And best of all.....I'm there when Keira goes to sleep and I'm there when she wakes up!
Not only do I see myself promoting very fast, but I see the amount of money I'll be making each month increasing very fast once all these ladies get started! I want to be clear though....yes I started doing this job for the money, but it's so, so, so much more than that for me now!!! It's something that I love and am able to work towards. I've never been apart of something that allows me to "move up the ladder" so to speak and for me, it is extremely motivating!! I see the ladies on the top making so much money and just loving what they do and I want to be there one day!! Yes, the money will be nice, but like I said before, it's so much more than that for me. I want to build a team because I want other women to experience what I have through this company. I absolutely LOVE the morals and the motivation behind everything they do. I love that it is a faith based company (Thirty-One = Proverbs 31!) and that it is founded on Christian morals and principles. I LOVE knowing that I am working for a company that I completely stand behind what they are all about and any success I have is ultimately for the Kingdom!! I know that Scott & Cindy Monroe are leading this company with God's blessing and that is just such a comfort to know and stand behind!
I've been studying Acts and just this morning read Acts 6. The first part of the chapter talks about how some had to be delegated to "wait tables". The apostles felt that they should pass this onto others because their job of "prayer and ministry of the word" was first priority, but the waiting of the tables still had to be done. While that job seems trivial compared to "prayer and ministry of the word", it had huge significance. Stephen was full of the Spirit and of wisdom (vs 2), full of faith and the Holy Spirit (vs 5), full of God's grace and power (vs 8) and had wisdom and spoke in the Spirit (vs 10) and he was one of those given the task of waiting the tables. And in the next couple chapters we see how God used him to great, great extents!! He was the first one martyred for his faith!! What a bold man of God!! I kinda feel like that's me lately. I have been wondering and asking God what my ministry role is these days and what that's supposed to look like. With Pete being out of youth ministry now, I'm just trying to figure out where I fit. I kinda feel like I'm one of the ones that God has possibly taken me out of the "prayer and ministry of the word" role and called me to "wait tables". And again, even as I type this it feels and sounds much less significant and not as "spiritual" so to say. But I really, really know from the bottom of my heart that God has given me this opportunity and I want to use it to my greatest potential. I'm leading a team of women who don't all know Jesus. And I want to use that to speak truth to them in any way I can. Whether that be through my phone conversations or whatever...God has put these women in my path for a reason and I want to bring God glory through it. Not to mention the countless new relationships I've developed through my parties!
I'm taken back to the verse God gave me 1 year ago today when I felt him calling me to do Thirty-One:
"Then this city will bring me renown, joy, praise and honor before all nations on earth that hear of all the good things I do for it; and they will be in awe and will tremble at the abundant prosperity and peace I provide for it." Jeremiah 33:9
I really do from the bottom of my heart want to bring God joy, praise and honor as I do this task that he's set before me. And through that, I trust and know that what will come of it will be abundant prosperity and peace! What an honor to "wait tables" during this stage of life!! Who would have ever thought??
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
July Happenings!
On July 1st we found out that we are having a little BOY!!! I can't tell you how excited I am!! I would have loved to have another girl, but there was just something inside me that really, really, really wanted a boy this time. Maybe so we'd have one of each and now for the next two I won't have to worry what we're having. But regardless, we're having a SON and I am just thrilled!! Here are a few pics of our baby boy and the proof that he's a boy. :)
Keira was also very excited to have a little brother. We tried getting a good picture to post on facebook but were pretty unsuccessful after many tries. Here are some of the best ones. :)
The Saturday before the 4th, we had a staff get together out at the Wallace farm. It was fun to go out there and hang out with everyone and watch the kids play. I actually got to shoot a gun!! :) haha. The joke was this is what we do in Kansas....pregnant women shooting guns. :) Yikes!! I felt very country! Here are some pics from that afternoon:
Our fourth of July was very, very low key. Pete had to work a lot of the weekend and so Monday it was nice to have him just be home. We slept in and then went to the Riverside park and there was supposedly a "Children's Parade". I just saw it online so we decided to take Keira. Well, that's exactly what it was, children parading on their bikes, strollers, etc. It was still fun to be out and about and Keira got to play in the water fountains and at the park. It was pretty warm outside already so we didn't stay for too long.
We had lunch and then Keira went down for her nap and Pete and I spent the next 3 hours doing this:
We were pretty impressed how quickly we got it done for how hard it was!!
That night I wanted to go to the fireworks so we decided to wake Keira up and head down to the river. We found a parking spot and put our blanket out. And waited. And waited. We waited with hundreds of other people and only saw fireworks off in the distance! :( I guess Wichita did their fireworks on Saturday night and we never got the word. SUPER disappointed!! Booo!!! :( Oh well, I suppose we'll know better for next year. We should have just got on our roof and watched our neighbors cause from what I hear, they put on a pretty good show.
Anyways, I'm off to a Thirty-One party tonight and praying for success! I'm officially in my DIQ right now (Director in Qualification) and if I hit the goals I need to I'll be a director next month. THEN if I hit them 3 months in a row I'll get a $1000 bonus!! Whoo hooo!! The pressure's on!! I'm still loving my job and working really hard at it!! I just earned a $1,600 Best Buy gift card and next year will plan on earning a trip to Mexico for Pete & I. I'm so thankful for the opportunity to work from home and still make a good income!! And it only goes up from here!! :)
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Summer Days
Summer is well underway as we've had multiple 100 degree plus days so far. I always said I wanted to live somewhere warm, but quite honestly, I'm not a huge fan of that degree of heat. Unless I'm in my swimming suit at the pool, give me the air conditioning and fans. Speaking of air conditioning...last week on one of those wonderful 100 degree plus days, our lovely air conditioner decided it wanted to take a break and quit working on us. UGH! This preggo mama was not a happy camper by the end of the day. When I put Keira to bed that night our thermostat read 94 degrees. I had a huge headache and all I wanted was the air conditioner man to get to our house STAT!! Needless to say, it went out Sunday morning and he came Monday afternoon and Tuesday I got sick. Who knows if it's because of the heat but I wouldn't doubt it. I woke up with a 101 temp and was on the couch all day. Not a fun week to say the least. Oh well, all is good now and my house is back to a comfortable 78 degrees (yes I keep it that warm during the day). :)
Keira and I have taken a few trips to the pool and I'm loving it. :) She looks so stinking cute in her little swimsuit and I feel like a beached whale with my preggo belly. I finally broke down yesterday and bought myself a maternity swimsuit and as I look at it, I feel like I've officially moved to the "mom" swimsuit. Hmm. Don't know how I feel about that one. Not feeling very cute at the pool these days that's for sure. I suppose that's my life these days, I mean, I AM a mom of soon to be 2 kids so that puts me in a different category than the single, skinny, sexy, bikini wearing girl at the pool, right? That's life these days and while it's not as thrilling as strutting my stuff at the pool, I'd much rather have the life behind the "beached whale" body than that of the single, bikini girl. I have a husband who I am desperately in love with, a daughter who I can't kiss enough and a baby on the way who I know will steal my heart the minute I meet him or her. Life is good and I am more than blessed!! I'll take the "mom swimsuit" look over the other any day.
My sweet girl is getting so big!! She's 14 months on Thursday and just full of life!! Her new things these days are:
* Hearing and recognizing when airplanes fly over our house - she points to the window and looks and me and says in her own way "airplane"
* Getting scared. This is a new one that has just started this past week. The two things that scare her are when the fridge makes the ice and makes a funny noise and also when the door bell rings. I have to say it's kinda cute when she gets this terrified look on her face and then runs to me. I hate that she's scared, but she's cute while she does it. :)
* Running. She's quite the confident walker and gets ahead of herself sometimes and leans forward to go faster and usually ends up tripping over herself.
* Pickiness. She's not a fan of the veggies and won't pick them up herself and eat them. I still have to make the pureed veggies and feed them to her. She'll usually eat them this way and I always feed them to her first when she's really hungry, but she's definitely starting to like the breads and pastas and sweets much better! Smart girl haha! I still haven't given her many sweets, it's usually pretzels or vanilla wafers or something like that and I want to keep it that way for the most part.
* Naps. She's been fighting her morning nap lately which makes me think we're getting ready to transition to 1 nap. I like the morning nap and would like a month or two more of it, but I will say yesterday she slept for a good 3 hours after not having a morning nap so that was nice. :)
* Things she loves - books, books and more books, her shopping cart, wet washcloths (?), taking her clothes out of her drawers and walking around with them on her shoulder (?), baths, swimming, kicking in the water, cheese, yogurt, her sippys, Wrigley!
Life is going quickly and I can't believe I'm already almost 16 weeks pregnant with this second baby. We find out July 1 what we're having (2 weeks from Friday!) and I can't wait!! I think I'm secretly hoping for a boy, but will be so happy for a girl as well so Keira can have a sister. The Lord knows what will be best and I completely trust His judgment. :) Our little peanut is growing like a weed and I'm just so thankful for BOTH of our kids. :) God is GOOD!!!
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
A new chapter
And so we begin yet another exciting chapter in the Goodman family.
I'm pregnant. Again. :)
I feel like it was just yesterday that I was shouting it to the world that I was going to have my first baby....and now here we are pregnant with the second! I have a 1 year old and a baby on the way! Crazy!!!
I am so, so, so excited! Really nervous, but really excited. I've always wanted a big (4 kids) family so this is Lord willing just going to be one of a few more pregnancies. Right now I'm just about 10 weeks (tomorrow). This time around I wanted to wait a little longer to "announce" my pregnancy. I'm not really sure why, but I think I've just heard of so many friends miscarrying I have been a little more nervous for this one. However, we went to the doctor for the first time this morning and got to see our little peanut squirming around! It is one of the most incredible things!! The lady who was doing the sonogram was pointing out the arms and legs and heart beat and it's just such a different feeling this time. I think with Keira all the unknowns were so obvious and we had no clue what we were in for. This time, I know how much I love my babies and I know how much fun it is to cuddle with them and I know how great of a feeling it is to get kisses and lovies from her and I know how much fulfillment and satisfaction I get from watching her learn and grow. Having kids is the most incredible, fulfilling thing I've ever done and I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I was made to be a mom. It is by far the greatest thing I've ever gotten to experience and so that's why this time, I think there's a different spirit in my heart about what's to come with this new baby!
I have to say the whole two kid thing does make me a little nervous. Like how do I grocery shop with two kids? And how do I get two kids into and out of the car without Keira running away? And how do I nurse an infant in one room with Keira running free in the other? How will I function with a 19 month old and a newborn and NO sleep? We are definitely into a routine and schedule now and it's kinda nice. That whole transition took a lot of getting used to when Keira was born so we'll see how I do with it the second time around. I think maybe now that I know what to expect it might help a little bit. In more areas than one!
I am already counting the weeks until I can find out if we're having a boy or a girl. I don't know how people do it and wait until birth! Hahaha. I know it's a great surprise, but I am way too much of a planner to wait until I'm taking the baby home with me. I love it when others wait (okay if I'm honest the suspense kills me!!), but I will find out the gender with every baby I have. :) If I'm honest I'm hoping for a boy. I want a son and I know Pete wants a son as well so I would love to get the "one of each" thing taken care of. I would love to buy boy clothes and get to do boy things as well. I grew up with 2 sisters so raising a boy would be something completely new for me. I was 99.999999% convinced that Keira was a boy and completely dumbfounded when they said she was a girl so I'm not making any predictions this time. I will say though that I would love to have a girl as well. I love having sisters and I would love for Keira to have a sister so close in age to grow up with and share clothes with and life with. Not to mention the BINS FULL of girl clothes that we already have would be nice to be able to reuse. :) Whatever the sex of our baby is, I know it's what God has planned so I will be excited either way. I just can't wait until July when we can KNOW!!! :)
Here are the first pictures or our little babe that we got this morning. Isn't he or she SO CUTE already?!?!?! :) :) :)
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Weaning
For the last couple weeks I've begun the weaning process with Keira. I was nervous for it expecting to be in a lot of pain but honestly, I haven't really felt anything which is very nice considering I heard horror stories from my friends of how painful it was! I will admit it is kinda sad to think that my days of nursing my first baby are almost finished, but I know once I'm done with it I will be glad. We're down to two feedings a day and it's kinda nice quite honestly. :)
Keira's birthday is 1 week from today! I'm so excited for it and can't wait to just celebrate her all day!! Granted she won't really have any idea what's going on, but it will be more fun for us to make a big deal out of her on that day. You only have a 1st birthday one time and you have to make it special. My mom gave me a bunch of decorations that we'll use and I'm going to figure out how to make a special cake this week. Cyndi will be here so I'm sure she being the expert in the kitchen will help make everything wonderful! We're having a birthday party from 1-3 pm and I hope a lot of people will at least stop by. It's just fun to get excited about our little girl!!! :)
I ordered a bunch of pictures this week to fill up her baby book with and included a monthly shot of her each month. Here are the ones I have. My girl is getting so big!!!!!
