A Large Weekend

We had a lot going on the past weekend. It started on Thursday with Mea Mea moving out. My sister had been living with us for almost a year and we were all excited about her getting her own place. Now I have a place to escape to! Grandma and Granddaddy Wise drove a U-Haul over the mountain on Thursday with all of Mea Mea's belongings. They are excited to have a garage back and Mea Mea was excited to see all of her stuff.

On Friday we celebrated Caleb's birthday, followed by Seth and Granddaddy's birthdays on Saturday. Then Sunday of course was Easter.

Here's a link to the Picasa Photo Album where you can see more photos of all the festivities: http://picasaweb.google.com/kathrynmgood/April?authkey=Gv1sRgCOa4wNSQn76qUQ&feat=directlink

Snow!

We received several inches of snow on Friday night. We mostly enjoyed a lazy day staying warm inside, but we did get the kids out for a little while. Clara wasn't very impressed.

Poor thing had to wear blue because it was the warmest thing we had for her. I did adorn it with a pink pacifier. Clara enjoyed watching her brother act silly. Caleb loved sliding down the slick slide.

Here's Caleb playing baseball with a tennis ball and golf club...

Daddy and Caleb having some fun in the snow.

Mea Mea joined us for some outside fun too! Thanks to Mea Mea for making us yummy chili for dinner!

Christmas with GranWises

We were very excited to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in our own home, and we were even more excited to have the GranWises and Mea Mea with us.

Thanksgiving 2009

We had our Thanksgiving in our own home for the first time this year. Grandma and Granddaddy Wise made the trip from Hickory to spend it with us. We very much enjoyed not having to travel but missed the rest of our family. We bought a fried turkey from a fundraiser at church but did the rest of the sides ourselves. It was a great weekend - so much to be thankful for!

Mea Mea and Clara on Thanksgiving

Family Picture Take 1 - look how Caleb feels about it!

Take 2 was a little better!

Caleb wanted to hold hands during grace but he wasn't about to let go of his roll!

Dressing Up - Numerous Times

We had lots of events that required dressing up this year, and Caleb had a blast each time.

First stop was the Fall Festival at church. Caleb went as a ghost.

The Thursday and Friday before Halloween were pajama days at his school. Here he is with Mea Mea who dressed as Dorothy for her school events.

We just dressed Clara up once - on Halloween night. She went as an adorable ladybug.

On the actual Halloween, Caleb dressed up as a kangaroo. He was being extremely uncooperative about getting his picture taken.

Introducing Clara Marie

Clara Marie Good

May 24, 2009 at 4:05 p.m.

7 lbs, 13 oz. 20 inches

We got to the hospital about 11 a.m. and she arrived 5 hours later. I couldn't believe how easy the delivery was - I pushed for 5 minutes at the most. Caleb was taken away from us almost immediately when he was born because of medical reasons, so we felt very blessed to be able to spend some time with our little girl.

Our new family!

Grandma and Grandaddy Wise were in town and were able to visit us at the hospital. It was so nice to have so many family and friends be a part of this experience.

Aunt Meagan ("Mea Mea") is living with us right now until she gets on her feet here in Nashville. I'm so excited she is moving here! She has been a huge help with Caleb and has taken good care of me as well.