Officially Exhausted

Ok,
So today is the official "taking care of Kenzie while her mommy works" day. I did, however, take care of her half a day yesterday..I guess like a trial run or something. And it was just awful. Don't get me wrong..I love Kenzie very much..but she was going through this "I am going to puke up everything and not sleep at all" day. I was so exhausted when Karen came home that I upped my daycare charges to a $100 more...(I doubt she took me seriously though.)

Today is going much better. She took her bottle like a good girl (didn't spit up at all.) And she has been sleeping ever since. I'm worried about taking care of her and Gavin at the same time now. It has really made me think about what it would be like to have another baby. And I know..I'm officially not ready. Maybe in two to three years..lol.

On another note, I want to thank you all who came to Melanie's birthday party. It went off without a hitch. And she said she had the BEST time ever. Wasn't the Karaoke fun? Oh my God, I have some awfully incriminating photos here..he he he. Here are a list of some costumes that had me at "hello" :P

1. Melanie-punk rocker. This girl had a 6 inch mohawk. It was awesome!

2. Jon- it was this "got cut while shaving" costume. But it was sooooo scary. He had blood all over, he looked like a satan worshiper if you ask me.

3. Dina- bar maid. I think a few of you have seen this one. But it just gets cuter and cuter. I wish I had the bod to wear it!

4. Erik- OHHHH my gosh! He was hilarious. He had put cotton all over his shirt. So everyone was like "What are you?" And he's like "I'm partly cloudy with a chance of rain." And he would spray you with a spray bottle. It was too cute.

5. Gavin- Awwwww. My little devil. It was funny..because I would take him around and I would be like "Look at my little angel." And then everyone would be like "You mean devil." And then I would be like.."Yeah, that too!"

6. Corry- My cousin had the funniest looking Afro. Get this a 6ft. tall white boy with an afro..it had me in tears.

7. Karen- she was a cute little bunny. Who I might add..was able to take back her bunny ears and tail and get her $18 back. Devious I tell you.

8. Star- another devil in the house! She looked soooo cute!

9. Dylan- Darth vader. Need I say more?
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0. Brandon- Dennis the Menace. He had the cutest little alfafa, and overalls and a boomarang! He really was workin' the part.

11. Stacy- Last but not least! I was a Diva Witch. Had my wig goin' and my feather boa pants. I had to say..I was workin' it as well.

I hope I'm not forgetting anybody who wore a costume. There were a whole bunch of other people who came over costumeless..and we still love you! Thanks for making Melanie's birthday soooo special!

Pics

Hey!
Here are some new pics of Gavin. Man, it sure does take a long time for dial-up to upload pictures...whewww!

Silly Gavin

Silly Gavin
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falling asleep

falling asleep
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takin' a break

takin' a break
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In case your bored.

And because I just can't stand him.

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Frustrated!

If you have emailed me at my yahoo email address in the past couple of days...can you please tell me? I think I'm not recieving any emails from the people in my address book...but I'm not sure. Please comment to this blog if you have sent me stuff..and I haven't responded.

Thank you!

I'm a Jogger!

Woo hoo! I actually jogged last night. Karen and I have been staying up on walking this week...and I feel great! We were walking last night..and I was like "Let's see if we can jog to that tree." And we did! And then we would walk..and then we would jog. Right now we are up to walking/jogging for 37 minutes exactly ( I have a stop watch.) We went up from 33min/34sec. We're trying to get up to an hour a night. Oh it was so scary though. We were walking down a street that we normally walk down..and there was this big ol' dog in the middle of the street growling and barking at us. Karen was like "I think that's God telling us to turn around."lol. We did, he followed us a little ways but then stopped. I know this sounds crazy...but Erik attached a small pocket knife to my stop watch so I could have it for protection. Not that I would ever hurt a doggy...but this dog was SCARY. So I felt a little protected.
Other than that..I'm really glad the weekend is coming up. And I'm sooooo happy that we're having cooler weather. I hope it never get's back up to the 100's. Ok, well gotta do laundry. TGIF everybody!

Back in the saddle again.

Ok, so I started walking again yesterday. I've actually prolonged it for a long as I possibly could. I just hate exercising..who's with me? So anyways, Karen and I agreed that we would be each other's walking buddy. We decided that the evening would be best considering we would be cooking in the texas heat if we went earlier in the day. We started walking at 8:00pm...and it was completly dark and I thought I was absolutely going to hate it. But actually...it wasn't too bad. I think I prefer walking at night now...you have privacy..you can be silly without worrying if someone is seeing you thrue their window..and there was actually a little breeze. All in all, I enjoyed it last night.
It just sucks to be me right now. I really thought I was going to lose this baby weight..but actually I've gained. I can only wear like two pairs of jeans now..and then the rest are stretch pants. I told Karen that my goal right now is to lose 30lbs. That way, I'm sure I'll be able to fit into the 20 pairs of jeans I have hanging in my closet. I refuse to buy bigger clothes...it's just not going to happen.
I'm sure you're tired of hearing my rantin' about all of this. But get used to it. I figured I would kind of keep a self journal on here to record my triumphs and defeats...not sure yet. All in all everything is going ok, you've probably heard that Erik got let go from his job...it was actually a temp job..so we kinda knew that it was going to happen. So if anyone out there knows of anything opening up...let us know.

Oh! And I'm almost done with a purse that I've been making. I'm pretty proud of myself because I've had to do some things with it that I've never done before. Now I'm just stuck on the damn straps..uggghhh. I'll post a pick when I'm done with it.

Hope everyone is having a good week!

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I promised y'all pictures..

Karen out of it
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Here they are! This picture is of Karen right after the delivery with her beautiful daughter Kenzie. The next picture is Kenzie before she got dressed to go home. The next picture is of Kenzie in her car seat ready to go home! Oh, and the last pic I just had to add. It's Gavin seeing the baby for the VERY FIRST time. He wasn't very pleased obviously..lol. That's all for now...I'll post more later on. Bye!

BabyGirl
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Going home..
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What the heck?
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Kenzie Lynn Marie Goode

Isn't that the cutest name ever!? Ok, so it's official...we now have a new addition to our family. And she's just the sweetest little thing. Karen had her baby Monday evening at 6:39 p.m. and everything couldn't have gone better. Except for the fact that Karen's epidural went away during her hardest labor pains and I swear I saw the devil..lol. But all is good. It was sooo cool because I got to be in the labor room to see everything...it was me..my mom, Melanie, and of course Karen and the hospital staff. They actually had me hold one of her legs during the process...but that meant that I saw everything..and I mean..EVERYTHING..lol. But it was just a great moment..I'll never forget it.

So I'm glad that she's home...(came home yesterday)...and that everything is quieting down. I'll have some pics up soon...I just hate my dial-up because it takes forever and a day to download a pic. But I'll do one or two at least..promise.

I hope everyone is doing well!

Love ya!

IT'S BABY TIME!

That's right everybody! Karen is going to have her baby! She is scheduled to be induced on Monday!!! I am soooooooooo freakin' excited! So she went to the doctor on Thursday where he informed her that she was at 4 centimeters and 70% effaced. He told her that she will need to come into the hospital at 5:30 am to start the whole process. It was funny because Karen has been progressing so fast that he said there would be a good chance that she could have the baby this weekend. Nothin' has happened yet though...believe me..we've all been on pins and needles.

Ok, so if anyone would like to visit her she's going to be at the LakePoint hospital which is like five minutes away from us.

Info: Lake Point Hospital-6800 Scenic Dr.-972-412-2273

We hope to see you guys there!

I love my friends...

I just wanted to say how much I love my friends. Sometimes it takes something to make you realize how much you appreciate them. One of my very best friends needed some support this week, and it really opened my eyes to see how much we really are there for one another. I love you guys!!!

Did I tell y'all?

I have the absolute greatest boyfriend! Guess what! Ok, I have to collect myself because I am soooooo excited. Ok, everyone has been updated to the fact that Erik has to work on Labor Day weekend which has completely screwed up our trip to see Dave right? Everyone knows this right? Ok. Well guess what he did? He called Melanie and was able to talk her into going with me. Isn't that the sweetest thing ever? Knowing how much he has been anxiously waiting for this trip, he has unselfishly given up his ticket to make me happy. *Sighhhh*. I still can't believe it. I...Stacy Goode...am going to see my favorite band in the whole world...like next weekend...woooohoooooo!

Ok, in other news. I have seriously been thinking about getting a full-time job. Maybe this consideration is temporary..but it seriously has not left me yet. I've just been looking at how big Gavin is getting...and something inside me tells me that he might be ready to spend time with other babies. Oh my gosh, right now that feels like the hardest thing to think of. But in a way..it kind of seems like the right thing. And the extra money from my job would help tremendously. Except for I really don't know how much it costs to put a baby of Gavin's age into preschool full-time. These are things I have to look into too. That's all that has been going on with me lately. I'll keep ya updated on the job status.

I hope everyone is doing good!

Oh also, Melanie and Jon got a new doggie today. They saved her from the pound, and she is the sweetest dog I have ever met. They named her Lucy...and she is sooo cute...and she LOVES Gavin. I will have pics of her up when I take some...lol.

K, Bye!

So why doesn't anything work out for me anymore?

I'm pissed. And Erik's pissed too. We're both pissed off people.

Ugghhhhhhh. Ok, so everyone who knows me knowwwws that Erik and I are going to the Dave Matthews Band concert on Labor Day weekend. Well guess what, Erik's new job will not let him off on Labor Day! What the hell is up with that? Doesn't labor mean work? Isn't it a day for all the laborers out there? And he was told before he started that he gets all major holidays off INCLUDING Labor Day. So what are we supposed to do now? Erik told me that he would look for a new job...(isn't he sweet?)..but I don't want him to have to do that. I mean this job is working out pretty good for him right now. I just wish that the Dave Matthew's gods would come down and hand us tickets for the Dallas show. Why in the hell did he wait so long to say that he was coming to Dallas? And since he hasn't been here in the past two years...we really didn't expect this.

pissed...pissed..pissed.

Slumber Parties Rock!

Hey everyone! Hope everyone had a good weekend! I know I did. I had the absolute best time Saturday night. Dina hosted an awesome slumber party for a handful of girls and it was just what the doctor ordered. Why didn't we do this sooner? It's like Dina said, "No boys, no kids, no drama." Dina I think we could be slumber party planners and make boocoos of money! So we started the night off right with margaritas...woooohooo...needless to say their are plenty of pics to blackmale any one of us. We flipped through our old yearbooks, and Dina's photo albums..which was pretty fun. Then drank more margaritas...proceeded to do kareoke with a remote control as a microphone (don't ask), and then ended it with a tantalizing yet hilarious game of 21 questions. Ok, I'm about to hit it..but I just wanted to let you girls know (and you know who you are), that I feel so much closer to you guys..and you truly are my best friends. Love you!