how did this happen?!

41wks prego with nadia                   nadia zenevieva 1 yr ago today

one year ago                                   3 days ago

this year passed by so quickly.  it seems like the more kids i have, the more quickly time goes by.  i can hardly believe it's been one whole year since nadia joined the goodman ranks.  wow!  she's smiley, sweet, stubborn, curious, cuddly, strong, has a mean streak, loving, etc.  she's not walking yet...just taking some steps now and then.  she can stand on her own from the middle of a room.  she loves playing with her sisters and seems a bit lost if they're not around.  she also loves taking from her sisters...and is very stubborn when it comes to breaking that habit!  she still nurses quite a bit.  she loves baby dolls and real babies.  she has 4 teeth.  she weighed 7lbs 12oz at birth, and is weighing 18lbs now.  she likes holding mama's hands/thumbs for comfort.  she has a special smile for daddy.  she loves when liberty twirls her around the room.  she giggles a lot for leila.  she has a bit of a temper when things aren't going her way.  she smiles a lot!  it's hard to imagine life before nadia...it's like she's always been a part of us. 

we're not doing anything special today...just staying where it's warm after the snow storm.  planning to have a little birthday celebration on saturday. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY PRECIOUS GIRL!!  mama, daddy, liberty & leila love you very much and we're so glad you were born and we were blessed with your life!!!

10 Smiles

1.  having one of my bestest friends spend the night (angela r).  it was fun having a slumber party of sorts :). 

2.  going to frankenmuth for snowfest with angela and the girls.  we got crepes and hot caramel apple cider and walked around in the freezing cold (and it was COLD).  took the girls to the petting farm thing they had set up...they LOVED it.  then we took them for pony rides.  i didn't have the chance to get leila psyched up for it before the man whisked her away to a pony...and if you know leila, you know she freaked out!!!  no pony ride for her.  liberty, however, was very brave and loved riding the pony...until it  snorted loudly and scared her, haha!  after that we headed home to unthaw (no unthawing in the car because my car has no heat!).  it was worth being in the cold just to watch liberty ride that pony :).

3.  webcams.  jonathan has one.  i have one.  need i say more?!  the girls are thrilled to talk to daddy and see him!!  thank you webcams and skype!

4.  visiting joe, laura and baby lilah.  joe is my cousin and i grew up being friends with laura.  their precious babe is not quite 6 months old.  the girls loved holding lilah (although i didn't get a pic of libbs holding her). 

5.  mops.  always love meeting up for mops.  the lady who spoke this time was such a sweetie.  she had lots of great things to share...mainly about having a tender heart, a thankful heart, and a thoughtful heart (especially with your spouse and children). 

6.  I Cor. 13.  the love chapter.  it had been a while since i last read this and it was great to be reminded of the many things love is and is not.

7.  a night & day to myself...pretty much.  the big girls spent the night with poppo tuesday night, leave me with just nadia.  that means i actually got uninterrupted sleep that night (remember...nadia sleeps great...leila, not so much!).  i had plenty of quiet time to knit and read.  and i was able to get a lot accomplished around the house.  yea!

8.  celebrating birthdays.  my dad and mom's birthdays are just a day apart, so we celebrated a couple of birthdays recently.  always a good time.

9.  silly sisters playing together.  LOVE when all 3 get along and play together.  so very sweet!

10.  the big move.  jonathan is planning to head out here on march 6 to come get us.  he's planning to drive his truck out and we'll rent a large trailer.  one more month until we get to see him again!!  we cannot wait!!

11.  one more i cannot forget to add...liberty twirling with nadia...nadia LOVES when liberty does this.  she giggles and gives these huge smiles . gotta' love it!

what we've been up to...

i've been trying to keep us busy while jonathan/daddy is away :)  here's a peak into what we've been doing...

~ missing daddy, of course!!  one night leila woke up and said she missed daddy and insisted on sleeping in his chair.  precious!

~ being proud of jonathan/daddy.  he's working hard at his new job and enjoying it.  cannot wait until we've got things worked out and the girls and i can join him!

~ finally finishing a new hat for leila.

~ starting a new knitting project with this deliciously soft yarn.

~ playing on the couch bed (this pic is leila and nadia peaking down at liberty.

~ building houses for daddy (liberty)

~ having a movie night with my mom and sister...complete with ice cream sundaes, of course!

~ hanging out with my sister (& my mom, too, sometimes) and her boys.

~ packing exactly one box (there is no move date yet...just had a box laying around so i used it).

~ eating pizza and watching "the incredibles" (liberty's current favorite movie) with my dad.

~ having dinner with my friend angela and her 3 kiddos (we've been friends since the 2nd grade!!).  this pic is leila wearing angela's high heels (this girl loves shoes!!).

~ cleaning out the fridge and pantry.

~ praying for precious landon.  please be praying for him and the whole pollak family, too!!

prayers for landon

please remember the pollak family in your prayers...especially baby landon as he is experiencing some medical issues. thank you!

Some Smiles

we're laying low here today as liberty was sick yesterday evening and through the night.  she seems to be doing better today so far.  praying that it doesn't pass through all of us!  i planned on posting yesterday, but then libbs got sick and time just got away from me, as usual ;).  jonathan started his new job this week.  it's going pretty good.  we are missing him like crazy here, though.  it's lonely without him.  this morning liberty asked me what time it was.  i told her, and then she said, "is that time for daddy to come get us?"  anyway...on to some smiles!

1.  jonathan has been getting sales this week...yea!  he's doing better each day and getting more confident in his new role.  we're proud of you, honey!!

2.  leila has been going pee and sometimes poop on the potty.  it just started all of a sudden and she's been doing great so far!  we're quite proud and excited!  she's still in diapers at night and nap times, but it's so good to be down to just one in diapers now!

 

3.  a night of uninterrupted sleep.  sunday night the big girls spent the night with poppo and i was able to sleep through the night.  it was so refreshing.  i really wish i knew why leila wakes up all night long.

4.  a visit with great gram & gramps (my grandparents).  they are leaving for arizona this week, so the girls and i went to visit them for the day.  it was a lot of fun...i always enjoy time with them...and the girls like it, too.  (that busy time of spending the night w/ poppo then going right to great gram's for the day had liberty going to sleep at 6pm and not waking until 8am...wow!).  unfortunately i didn't get any pictures :).

5.  this sweet picture.  of course on the way home from gram's the girls all fell asleep.  when i went to get them out of the car, i found liberty and nadia holding hands while they slept...too precious!

6.  daddy & his girls.  before jonathan left on saturday i of course had to get a few pics of him and the girls.  he's such a great daddy!  his girls miss him dearly!

7.  playing bus.  liberty likes to line up the two little chairs and pretend they are on a bus. i remember doing the same thing when i was a kid.  such great imaginations.

8.  love for daddy from nadia.

9.  playing with poppo.

10.  these oh-so-cute faces!

11.  having angela, tj & kiddos over for dinner.  we always enjoy our time with them.  nadia and isabella were so funny...they were wrestling and trying to kiss each other.  so cute!

12.  my lifesaver for fussy, teething babies.

13.  just for fun.

14.  fun in the kitchen drawer.  sometimes when i am cooking the girls enjoying playing with all the kitchen utensils.  nadia especially enjoys banging two little baking pans together.

15.  gotta' smile when libbs and puny play nicely together...they tend to fight over things a lot, but they also play so very well together at times.  love it!

16.  having angela over for the day on saturday.  she helped keep my mind off the fact we had just dropped jonathan off at the airport that morning.  and of course we had a ton of fun together. 

17.  hanging with my sister and her boys yesterday.  always a good time :)