Saturday, January 26, 2008
Isn't this cool!!
I didn't stencil this. It's actually a 40 ft. long sticker! Yeah, really! There's a lady that has a business out of her home w/ vinyl lettering. She mostly does signs and poster size wall letters. I think this was her first and last of this type of big project. Justin and I put it up...it took a couple hours. It was super tricky b/c nothing in our house is level. Ahh! So we had to go by "looks" and not by "level" :)
~So to help his tummy, I made him a cup of spearmint tea. While I was making it, he informed me that he really wanted the cocoa tea kind. (You know, the yummy kind he got w/ Daddy at Starbucks w/ the whippy dippy creamy stuff on top)~~ And, yeah, that came right back up too.
~This morning, Justin left around 7:30 to go have coffee w/ his friend, Pat. Samuel was given some instructions by Justin. (not sure what those were) I was awake, but just trying to squeeze in a few more zzzz's before my feet hit the floor running. I heard him rustling around in the kitchen. I thought he was probably in the Rice Krispies. All of a sudden, the house seemed really quiet. So, of course, I got up quickly to investigate. Samuel was pleased as punch to show me the pumpkin bread he had dug into. "It's really good, Mommy." He had successfully eaten off the whole top of the prize winning pumpkin bread. Well, glad he taste tested the carefully wrapped bread I was planning to bring to some friends. At least we know it's not poison. :) That loaf will be staying home to be eaten by us instead...and good thing I made a triple batch.
A smile would be nice!
Ahh, that's more like it. :)
Come on boys, do I look that scary?
~~ I decided to get the video camera out yesterday. To get some fun footage of the boys, you know. Well, Samuel told me several times yesterday that he didn't feel good. Yeah, yeah, I thought. (surely he's just repeating something he's heard) I had the camera focused on William for a minute when the lovely background noise of Samuel throwing up was caught on video. Eww!! Home videos at its best!~~
Come on boys, do I look that scary?
~~ I decided to get the video camera out yesterday. To get some fun footage of the boys, you know. Well, Samuel told me several times yesterday that he didn't feel good. Yeah, yeah, I thought. (surely he's just repeating something he's heard) I had the camera focused on William for a minute when the lovely background noise of Samuel throwing up was caught on video. Eww!! Home videos at its best!~~
Hi My name is Will Will
My Dad and Mom think I'm cute~
...as cute as a button...
Always identify your target!
Yeah, Blank and I are friends
What's up?!
My crawling technique(a close up) Check out the form!
Watch out, here I come!
Bottoms up!! (It helps you go faster)
...as cute as a button...
Always identify your target!
Yeah, Blank and I are friends
What's up?!
My crawling technique(a close up) Check out the form!
Watch out, here I come!
Bottoms up!! (It helps you go faster)
Sunday, January 20, 2008
A little too close to home!
I'm quite relieved to be feeling better. I'm almost to my 2nd trimester now, and am regaining my endurance and appetite. I've come to the conclusion that having 0-1 child was easy, 2 and pregnant pretty tricky...what about the next ones?! I'm not going there for now. And I don't have much to complain about since I didn't having "morning sickness" (er, well, let's say according to some I didn't have it, since I never threw up.) What's better: being nauseated and trying to function, or throwing up and trying to function. (definitely the latter!!!) For that, I'm so thankful! But I read this post off some newly pregnant girl's blog and thought it a little too familiar:
WARNING:DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD CHILDREN YET! THIS MAY ONLY BE APPRECIATED BY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH A SIMILIAR EXPERIENCE. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. :)
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After poking around the internet for weeks looking for morning sickness cures (there aren't any btw), I've seen morning sickness described as everything from having the flu, to being kicked in the stomach by a mule. In my opinion it is far worse and yet somehow more bearable than that.
To the novice, it at first feels exactly like you're coming down with the flu or you just realized that the tacos you ate across the border were a bad idea. On a scale of one to ten (one being normal and ten being wrapped around the porcelain throne begging for an early death), generally when you have the flu or food poisoning you're in denial until you hit about a level five. You keep thinking that you just need fresh air, or a nap or something. After you finally admit you're sick, you spend a few hours sweating it out and resisting it for all it's worth, gritting your teeth and telling yourself you WILL NOT throw up. At some point you go almost instantly from an eight to a ten at which point you go tearing for the nearest bathroom to let your stomach wring itself inside out. Later you emerge crawling on the ground, dragging your weak body from the bathroom to the nearest couch where you repeat the whole process for the next 24 hrs. Sound familiar?
Morning sickness is totally different. It's worse because after a week of bloodshot eyes, getting kernals of corn (or rice) stuck up your sinuses, and having all the enamel worn off your teeth, you tearfully realize that this isn't going away anytime soon. There is no 24 hr time limit, it's like some vicious, sinister practical joke. You don't even have the relief of briefly feeling better after you deposit your lunch back. Instead of a cycle of feeling better and then horrible, you never have a break, you always feel nauseas, always hovering between a six and a nine. This has a bright side though, when you discover that it really means nothing. Since nothing is seriously wrong with you, (there's no bacteria or virus holding your stomach hostage), you learn you can just ignore it. What used to put you in bed, in a fetal position, praying for mercy suddenly doesn't make you bat an eyelash, because it's all a big joke. You're not actually going to die nor is it going away any time soon. Somehow you just press on, circle the end of your first trimester on the calendar and hope you survive. The problem with this facade of normalcy is that anything can put you at a ten nearly instantly. All it takes is standing up straight, smelling any food, seeing something gross on TV, or even sneezing and suddenly you have run to the nearest bathroom. (although planters, ziploc bags, and water bottles work in a pinch). Even though throwing up doesn't make you feel any better, it also ceases to impress you after awhile. You brush your teeth, or pop a mint and are done. It's a very different experience.
I personally think the worst effect of morning sickness is the loss of my beloved appetite. I used to love food; smelling it, eating it, savoring every mouthful, but right now I honestly can't remember what it felt like to enjoy the taste of something. Food I previously loved makes the hair on my arm stand up, and my stomach cringe. People keep asking me if I'm feeling better and that's really hard to answer. Jim says I'm doing better because I'm throwing up less, and it's true. I also feel as good as a level two or three on some days which was unheard of previously, but I forget to be grateful because now there is nothing left for me to eat. I have exhausted all the usual meals/recipes and food. I typically only eat something once and then I hurl it up and never want to see, smell or taste it again. When you do that for two months you eventually run out of things to eat. For awhile I was hanging on with peanut butter & jelly sandwiches or ramen noodles, but those are on the black list now and I'm down to potatoes and apples. I can also manage to keep stuff down if it's put in front of me suddenly. In other words, if I don't have to smell it, think about it, anticipate it or cook it, then I can typically eat it. (with the exception of anything containing tomato sauce, most especially spaghetti). My first trimester is technically over this Tues. (yay) It's circled in red on my calendar, and I'm hoping it will magically disappear then, but I'm being nice and giving it an extra week to leave before I really get mad.
ALL THAT TO SAY, IT'S ALL DEFINITELY WORTH IT!!!! MORNING SICKNESS, ACHES AND PAINS...AND LABOR. SOMEHOW IT ALL GETS FUZZY AND WE FORGET (SOMEWHAT)AND CAN'T WAIT TO HOLD ANOTHER NEW BABY! :)
m.E.g.
p.s. if i had more time to waste, i would blog about the cruelty of the 12 week glucose test i had to endure last week. (and the 5 other times I've had it the past 2 1/2 years!) i will spare you the bore of reading it and save myself some time. but, i still think it's disgusting to have to take it 2 x's in one pregnancy.
WARNING:DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD CHILDREN YET! THIS MAY ONLY BE APPRECIATED BY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH A SIMILIAR EXPERIENCE. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. :)
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After poking around the internet for weeks looking for morning sickness cures (there aren't any btw), I've seen morning sickness described as everything from having the flu, to being kicked in the stomach by a mule. In my opinion it is far worse and yet somehow more bearable than that.
To the novice, it at first feels exactly like you're coming down with the flu or you just realized that the tacos you ate across the border were a bad idea. On a scale of one to ten (one being normal and ten being wrapped around the porcelain throne begging for an early death), generally when you have the flu or food poisoning you're in denial until you hit about a level five. You keep thinking that you just need fresh air, or a nap or something. After you finally admit you're sick, you spend a few hours sweating it out and resisting it for all it's worth, gritting your teeth and telling yourself you WILL NOT throw up. At some point you go almost instantly from an eight to a ten at which point you go tearing for the nearest bathroom to let your stomach wring itself inside out. Later you emerge crawling on the ground, dragging your weak body from the bathroom to the nearest couch where you repeat the whole process for the next 24 hrs. Sound familiar?
Morning sickness is totally different. It's worse because after a week of bloodshot eyes, getting kernals of corn (or rice) stuck up your sinuses, and having all the enamel worn off your teeth, you tearfully realize that this isn't going away anytime soon. There is no 24 hr time limit, it's like some vicious, sinister practical joke. You don't even have the relief of briefly feeling better after you deposit your lunch back. Instead of a cycle of feeling better and then horrible, you never have a break, you always feel nauseas, always hovering between a six and a nine. This has a bright side though, when you discover that it really means nothing. Since nothing is seriously wrong with you, (there's no bacteria or virus holding your stomach hostage), you learn you can just ignore it. What used to put you in bed, in a fetal position, praying for mercy suddenly doesn't make you bat an eyelash, because it's all a big joke. You're not actually going to die nor is it going away any time soon. Somehow you just press on, circle the end of your first trimester on the calendar and hope you survive. The problem with this facade of normalcy is that anything can put you at a ten nearly instantly. All it takes is standing up straight, smelling any food, seeing something gross on TV, or even sneezing and suddenly you have run to the nearest bathroom. (although planters, ziploc bags, and water bottles work in a pinch). Even though throwing up doesn't make you feel any better, it also ceases to impress you after awhile. You brush your teeth, or pop a mint and are done. It's a very different experience.
I personally think the worst effect of morning sickness is the loss of my beloved appetite. I used to love food; smelling it, eating it, savoring every mouthful, but right now I honestly can't remember what it felt like to enjoy the taste of something. Food I previously loved makes the hair on my arm stand up, and my stomach cringe. People keep asking me if I'm feeling better and that's really hard to answer. Jim says I'm doing better because I'm throwing up less, and it's true. I also feel as good as a level two or three on some days which was unheard of previously, but I forget to be grateful because now there is nothing left for me to eat. I have exhausted all the usual meals/recipes and food. I typically only eat something once and then I hurl it up and never want to see, smell or taste it again. When you do that for two months you eventually run out of things to eat. For awhile I was hanging on with peanut butter & jelly sandwiches or ramen noodles, but those are on the black list now and I'm down to potatoes and apples. I can also manage to keep stuff down if it's put in front of me suddenly. In other words, if I don't have to smell it, think about it, anticipate it or cook it, then I can typically eat it. (with the exception of anything containing tomato sauce, most especially spaghetti). My first trimester is technically over this Tues. (yay) It's circled in red on my calendar, and I'm hoping it will magically disappear then, but I'm being nice and giving it an extra week to leave before I really get mad.
ALL THAT TO SAY, IT'S ALL DEFINITELY WORTH IT!!!! MORNING SICKNESS, ACHES AND PAINS...AND LABOR. SOMEHOW IT ALL GETS FUZZY AND WE FORGET (SOMEWHAT)AND CAN'T WAIT TO HOLD ANOTHER NEW BABY! :)
m.E.g.
p.s. if i had more time to waste, i would blog about the cruelty of the 12 week glucose test i had to endure last week. (and the 5 other times I've had it the past 2 1/2 years!) i will spare you the bore of reading it and save myself some time. but, i still think it's disgusting to have to take it 2 x's in one pregnancy.
To anonymous:
I thought about writing a post in response to someone's reminder to "Update!!!", but I've decided against it.
~a busy, pregnant mom and wife~
:)
~a busy, pregnant mom and wife~
:)
What is in the mind of a 2 year old?
...most of the time, I'm not sure. He wanted me to put his lunch box on his back, like a "backpack". Of course, he couldn't forget his "onoculars".
P.S. Does anyone have a link for how to cut boy's hair? (not just a crew cut...I can do that :)
P.S. Does anyone have a link for how to cut boy's hair? (not just a crew cut...I can do that :)
Monday, January 07, 2008
A Definite PTL!
Justin and I were so excited to learn that our friends, Daniel and Faith, had their 3rd baby early Sunday morning, January 6th. We were especially thrilled to read the email previous to the one containing these pictures. The reason? Daniel was able to get leave for the delivery of their baby! During the birth of their 2nd child, he was connected to Faith via telephone only and they all experienced a traumatic several days as there were some major complications. This time, Faith was again looking toward another birth without Daniel there. Her in-laws flew to Japan to be with her and the children. The other night, she told her MIL that she needed to go to the airport to pick up her "friend". Faith didn't arrive home till midnight that night. After visiting a few minutes with J and R, there was a knock at the door. There stood Faith's "friend" Daniel! Imagine their surprise to see him standing in the doorway when they thought he was somewhere in Iraq!
30 hours later Andrew Jonathan was born! No complications and perfectly healthy! We were SO excited Sunday morning when we woke up to their great news! We had specifically prayed for them the night before that she would have the baby early while Daniel was home! She did! And the amazing thing is that she wasn't due till the 18th.
~Thought I would share their great news and the adorable pictures~
Sunday, January 06, 2008
The Boys...
Have An Announcement:
Another baby will be joining the ranks of the Goff Household in late July (Lord willing). Yeah! Oh, my! What if it's another boy?!! Mommy will be really outnumbered! We'll be on our way to making that basketball team, though!
Another baby will be joining the ranks of the Goff Household in late July (Lord willing). Yeah! Oh, my! What if it's another boy?!! Mommy will be really outnumbered! We'll be on our way to making that basketball team, though!
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Last but not least~
Justin and I were able to go out on a fancy dinner date, thanks to our gracious babysitters! I don't know how long it's been since we've sat a a table just the two of us and ate dinner w/out interruptions. We went to a great restaurant and ate delicious food. This particular restaurant is known for it's baked desserts...you order it first so it can bake while you eat the rest of your dinner. The plus was that we didn't have to wait too long to be seated, even though it was New Year's Eve. One of our New Year's Resolutions is to go out on dates more often...definetly!
DATE NIGHT!
DATE NIGHT!
Hanging out...
We had so much fun hanging out w/ George and Krista! We ate great food, thanks to Krista's great cooking skills, laughed a lot and stayed up to late. Last night we stayed up till midnight, visited, and drank sparkling juice to welcome in the new year. The fireworks were great!
Thank goodness someone in the family can cut hair!
Thank goodness someone in the family can cut hair!
A Visit to George and Krista's~
The Aquarium
The Zoo!
William got to "meet" the godly man he is named after: Noble Adigbli. Here we are pictured after church on Sunday with Noble and his wife.
Afternoon visit w/ Aunt Carolyn
We had so much fun this past weekend! Here's a little photo show of our visit:
The Zoo!
William got to "meet" the godly man he is named after: Noble Adigbli. Here we are pictured after church on Sunday with Noble and his wife.
Afternoon visit w/ Aunt Carolyn
We had so much fun this past weekend! Here's a little photo show of our visit:
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