doctors appointment

Well had another appointment today. I'm actually sitting outside in the beautiful sun writing this on my phone. My contractions were 10 minutes apart today, I was monitored for about 20 minutes. Then when checked by my doctor I'm dilated to about 3. Sooo anyday probably :) okay my fingers are getting tired, chow

Is tonight the night?

So we've been on the go lately hanging out with the kids in this beautiful weather. Walking a lot gets hard for me but it's still fun. We've been going to garage sales too, which i love : ) I've been hoping to find a plastic toddler play swing set/slide thingy but no such luck. I'm also on the look out for summer clothes for my boys. No luck lol. FYI if any of you are into garage sales my boys are size medium or 9/10 and koi is 2T and 3T, i'd go more for 3T, they'll be a little big but that's okay.

Anyways, tonight i fell in our living room. I stepped on a toy and down i went. :\ I'm heading to bed now and hoping i don't wake up in a couple hours needing to go in...i'm not ready yet! lol. Anyways, that's my quick little update on our lives. Nothing to exciting. : )

uh oh!!

I had my doctors appointment today : ) After changing my diet and getting some more exercise i've lost 6 pounds since my last appointment (2 weeks ago)! Woot.
Anyways, my doctor never checks me but since i had to have the Group B swab done today i said since i was already in this situation could she just check me, and she did. I am currently dilated to 1 and my cervix is thinning! *PANIC* LOL
With my family history and with how i carry my babies, i won't stay dilated at 1 too long : ) So i imagine in not too long (my guess is within 2 weeks) most of you will be receiving that call to let you know she arrived!

Soooo tired.

So i do have a few pictures to update but it ain't happenin' tonight honey lol. Hm...i should have told Kurt that 35 weeks ago and i wouldn't be so tired today ; ) j/k.

Anyways, i hope everyone's Easter was nice. We had the same suspects over for an outside dinner, deep fried turkey and brats : ) It wasn't anything huge but it was nice to have a get together. We took the boys down to the egg hung Sat. but it was SO cold outside it took a lot of the fun out. Then on Sunday Kurt took them to the sand pile down the road on the 4-wheeler and i hid eggs. (Derrian painted them the night before). After Derrian found all his 24 eggs we moved on to the scavenger hunt. He loved it. He was running from the front yard to the back multiple times getting his clues, which led him to his $100 Lego Space Miners, apparently the Easter Bunny forgot we're on a budget ; ) After Derrian was done i placed eggs to Koi's gift, the video will be uploaded hopefully tomorrow.

Since then we've just been enjoying family time. It's been so nice have Kurt home and having us 4 together every day. We've been going out to my moms a bit lately since they're laid off and the kids have a BLAST! Koi LOVES the "he-haws" haha it's too cute. He's so worried about his papa and papa, my poor mother will never be called grandma.

He's been talking quite a bit, tonight he gave me a little trouble because he wanted to "rock-a-bye-baby" : ) meaning, he wanted me to take him out of his crib and rock him or just sit and cuddle with him. This happened 3 times : )
Almost every morning when he wakes up, it's "mommy or daddy" a million times and "where are you?" lol of course it doesn't come out crystal clear like that, which makes it so much cuter.
The weather is getting more and more beautiful and we spend a lot of time outside. Well, Kurt spends the most time, i get so darn tired. This baby is big and getting low : ) I have almost all the basement carpet cleaned so we can start moving our bedroom downstairs this week. Then it will be moving Koi into our old bedroom and getting Macy's room set up but that isn't that important since she will be staying in our room for the first few months in her bassinet. Other than painting the only other thing we HAVE to do is get a infant car seat. We checked out Target but the fabric was so not soft.

Anyways, it's 10:31 PM, i'm tired.....aaand hungry so i must be on my way. The morning comes way to early especially with getting up 4 times a night to use the bathroom :\

Macy

Well, she's flipped! Whew, what a relief! We had my 2nd ultrasound this morning to check if she was head down yet and she was. We couldn't find out any measurements because they have to be ordered by the doctor! I thought that was silly. We got to check her out in 3D but with the way she was lying, they weren't very good. But we got to see a side of her face lol and she has some chubby cheeks already! She's going to look like me, i know it, i know it, i know it haha. She had a little tiny smushed nose, so again, after me (sorry honey lmao you know it's true). It's just so nice to know that she's down so if i do go early, it'll all be okay in that area. I asked my doctor if my labor only lasts 2 hours again from start to finish can i still have an epidural. She laughed at me : ( I said maybe they could have it ready for me, so when i checked in at registration, that'd be the first thing and nope. Why do i have to take after my grandmother and have my kids in like 2 minutes? I should watch what i say though because maybe God will teach me a lesson and give me a 28 hour labor lol (zips mouth and throws away the key).

Anyways, just a quick update to say all is good in the Goossen household. Holla!!

Duluth

So, Kurt has been laid off for almost a week and it has been SO nice! Koi has really been enjoying the time with his daddy. It's starting to finally get nice outside so that's fantastic, exercise! Kurt's been cleaning up the yard, tearing down fence, and getting the place looking nice again. I'm going to be starting inside with the carpet cleaning, painting, and getting the kids' rooms ready. Did i say i'm doing Macy's room in Tinkerbell theme?
Kurt had been dealing with a very sore tooth for awhile. He got into the dentist on Tue. and they referred him to a specialist. He choose Duluth : ) So tue. afternoon when derrian got done with school we all packed up and headed to Duluth. We spent the night at ken and debbie's, ate KFC and sat back and relaxed. Wed. morning kurt went to his appointment (he has to go to grand rapids on the 1st to finish it) and we all got ready and hung out a little bit. Isabel was there too! When he got back, we all got in the van and headed to Wendy's...YUM! After that we had thought about the zoo but there really wasn't enough time, so we went down to the shores of Lake Superior. We searched for agates, which was really addicting actually! It was peacful, and so beautiful. When it came time to leave Derrian had a hard time, the kids really had a good time and love their grandma and grandpa dearly.
So now we're home again. I have been SO tired, this pregnancy is kicking my butt! I can't wait until it's over with, i have my beautiful baby girl, and my energy level back. I'm looking forward to walks in the sun and watching my kids play : )
So again, no pictures. I had thought i broke my mom's camera, and here i just didn't know how to work it. But i swear, i will get busy taking some pictures. My aunt Rhonda is over sea's and i know a little piece of family would be wonderful for her. Miss you! Only a few more months until you can hold your new God-daughter!

As for everyone else, i hope you're enjoying the changing weather and keeping yourselves busy and happy!

OOkay now.

Alright, here's the deal. I've done a considerable amount of thinking about this blog. My aunt Rhonda is over-sea's with the Navy and just has no way of connecting with us for updates on the boys. I've decided to continue with the blog for everyone's benefit.

However, there are a few things. I think sometimes it's easy to forget that this is my blog, i'm the narrator. That means, things are from my point of view, that does not make them wrong OR right. It's just me. A lot of the times i find a few minutes, sit down, write something out, or post a few pictures, then i'm off to do something else. It's not like i sit and think everything through. I'm sure some people make take things wrong at times because it's always hard to "read" emotion or "hear" somebody's tone from letters on a screen. This is certainly not my intention. I'm just giving quick updates.

On that note, i hope to get some pictures going again soon because these kids are growing like weeds. I've been taking Koi to McDonald's to play with other kids and he loves it. Plus he always wants to "eat" just like his momma :)

Kurt should be getting laid off pretty soon so i'm very much looking forward to spending some quality time as a family, it's been awhile since it's been longer than a day that he's been home. He'll have about a month off, then it will be back to work.

Tomorrow the boys and I are packing up and heading to Duluth for the night. It gets boring around here and we run out of things to do, so i figured what the heck, the drive isn't that bad and then they can see Grandpa and Grandma Goossen. We'll be coming home Sat. morning (before the freezing rain) so we can be here for Kurt's arrival for the night.

I hope everyone is doing well!