Busy Busy couple weeks!

Well we have had a very busy couple of weeks. First, we took Evelynn to her very first Washington Nationals baseball game. We all had so much fun and the weather was awesome!

The next day she pretty much slept like this all day!! I don't think she moved out of this position ever! She was so pooped!

Evelynn is already a pretty big daddy's girl! She loves Preston so much. This was the night before he left us for 10 days to go on a mountain biking trip in Colorado. We have both missed him a whole lot!

While Preston was away on his trip with his brother and dad, his brothers wife and their 1 year old son came out here to visit with me! We did lots of stuff. We went shopping, to the National Zoo, down town to the Natural History Museum and the Air and Space Museum, to the pool and some other little things. It was a good time!

This is Lowe, our nephew, playing wild with Tonka. Tonka loved it.. and so did Lowe! He would always ask for "Tonk". He would be very concerned if we put him outside and wouldn't let him back in soon enough. They were little buddies!

Lowe kept wanting to ride him and would get upset when Tonka wouldn't stand up. Tonka misses Lowe a lot I think!

Lowe loved his cousin so much! He would come over and say "baby" and wanted to play with her really bad. He had a hard time being careful enough but this is his really happy I love my cousin face I think!

Evelynn wasn't quite sure about him. Even if she was fast asleep and heard him anywhere close by her eyes would pop right open and she would start squirming to get away.. lol.. Becky and I got a big kick out of it a couple of times! This is her "are you really letting him be this close to me??" look. Seconds later she was screaming!!

We had such a good time and can't wait till Christmas when we get to see everyone again! By then Evelynn will probably be big enough to handle all 3 of her boy cousins! :) We cant wait to see you guys!

a couple of pictures

Evelynn is 5 weeks old in most of these pictures. In the last one she wasn't even 2 weeks. She is getting so big now and is so much fun to be around.

2 WEEKS

Yesterday Evie had her 2 week appointment. She weighs 7lbs 4oz and is doing great! She is still such a sweet baby. This week she has been smiling more and more and this morning she was even laughing a little bit. She is so cute! Also, her belly button stump fell off this week so we were finally able to give her a real bath and she has been much happier about it. Preston went back to work on monday and my parents also left on tuesday so it has just been little Evie and I all week! I was a little nervous in the beginning about doing everything all by myself but we have been doing great all week! She is a really easy baby.. hopefully it stays this way.. :) anyway.. we are all doing well. Preston and I are loving being parents and we are just enjoying everyday with our baby girl.

Introducing....

Evelynn Grace Goodrich

Born July 7, 2010

6 lbs 8oz 18.5 inches long

Evelynn is the sweetest little girl ever! We are crazy about her! She is such a good baby. She nurses great already, sleeps thorough the night for the most part only waking up to eat a couple times and then falls right back asleep. She has the biggest blue eyes ever and makes some of the funniest faces that just make us laugh. We are loving being parents and are thrilled she is finally here! More pictures to come!

The Birth Story.

So people are asking to hear her birth story. It's kind of a boring story so I wasn't going to share it but I guess I still should. Evelynn was due on the 4th of July and the doctor decided that if she hadn't come by that Wednesday they were going to induce me. By that point I didn't care what they had to do, I was ready to have her out. So Wednesday came around and we went into the hospital at 6:30am. At 7:30 they had the Pitocin in. My contractions were going great and not too bad until they broke my water and then instantly I was no longer able to talk. That's when they put in the epidural around 12 o'clock. It really only took on my left side so I was still able to feel most everything on my right side. The nurse came in to check me at 2:30 and I was 5 cm dilated. By this point Preston thought he was in for a long night but just 25 mins later I was feeling a lot of pain on that right side and the nurse checked me again and said that I was ready to have a baby. 5 mins later the doctor came in, I pushed about 6 times and at 3:03pm Evelynn Grace was born. I have to say that the worst part of the whole process was the epidural! I hated getting it and I hated having it in, but I'm sure it would have been worse with out it! I also really hated having a tube coming out of pretty much everywhere. I am not the kind of person who likes being tied down with a bunch of tubes or anything and it was like every time I started to get comfortable they wanted to stick something else in me! Even a min before we left the hospital to come home they stuck a shot in me! I was so sick of the hospital by that point! Anyway.. It went well and Evelynn is doing great and I am starting to feel better! We are so grateful for our little girl and thank our Heavenly Father for her every day.

40 weeks and..........

Still Pregnant!! Sounds fun huh.. Well here is a picture of me at 40 weeks. Not a great picture but I guess it still shows how huge I am right. It has gotten to the point where even sitting down is uncomfortable now since her head is about as low as it can get.
This little girl has been playing lots of games with us this past week. Last Tuesday I was having some pretty strong contractions that were about 10 mins apart and then all the sudden they just stopped and I went the rest of the week without to many at all. Today I have been having some contractions all day too but they are not that close yet. We are just hoping she will come soon! The good news is that if she doesn't come by Wednesday they are going to induce me. I never thought I would want to do that but right now I don't really care to much. So either way we will have a little baby girl in our arms by the middle of the week which is a little scary but we can't even wait! While I was in Colorado I had a my Dad and my Sister take a couple maternity pictures of me and my sister is still working on them so I will post those when she sends them to me.

So for the 4th of July the Pentagon was letting the people who work there bring their families into the Pentagon to watch the downtown firework show from the roof. We would have loved to go, but we were a little afraid that it would be way to hard to get home fast if we needed to so we decided not to go. Maybe next year I guess. It would have been really fun! Instead we took Tonka to a park a couple miles away and let him play in the creek. He is so funny.. Preston kept throwing rocks in the creek for him and Tonka would go in after them, stick his face all the way in the water and paw around for them. I thought he was going to suck in all the water! It was so funny. Then we came home and played some pretty intense tennis and golf games on the wii. It was just a low key day but we have enjoyed spending time together before the baby comes. Preston has tomorrow off too so hopefully we can find something else fun to do! Happy 4th of July!!

FINALLY!!!!!

Well Preston is finally home! He has been gone for 10 weeks in Mississippi doing job training and it is now over! He made it home just in time for fathers day. Even though neither one of us are parents yet it was so much fun to celebrate what will hopefully be happening in the next two weeks! We are both very excited to meet our little girl and can't believe it is so close! Anyway.. since Preston is home now I can finally post pictures! YAY.. so this first picture is a picture of our new living room furniture. I had a heck of a time getting it home, but it all worked out in the end and it looks very nice in our living room!Over the past couple weeks I have been sewing a whole lot. I have made a ton of maternity skirts lately. Some for me and a couple for some friends who are pregnant also. On top of that I have sewn flowers to all the pillows in our bedroom and made curtains for our room out of our old ones. I have also made quit a few baby things. This is a picture of one of the nursing covers I made lately for a friends baby shower here. I loved the monkeys on it so much! It turned out really cute!

And here are a couple pictures of the babys room! It is finished and ready for her to come anytime! I think it turned out pretty cute! I was worried that the dark pink on the bottom made the room look smaller than it is but it is still so darn cute!

Now if we can just decide on a name I can get that all finished up and on the walls and there will be nothing else to do in that room till she is here! Which could be anytime now! Crazy.. I have 2 weeks till my due date. I am hoping she comes a little early so that the timing will all work out for my mom and dads visit out here. We will just have to wait and see!

Well nothing else has really been going on. The weather is super hot here. Somedays are worse than others. The humidity feels like you you are walking through a shower sometimes. Those are the days I am so glad to have a pool! My mom will be here in just 2 weeks and my dad in 3. Preston is back at the Pentagon today and was pretty excited to start his real job. Life is finally back to normal and I am so glad to have a husband again!

4 weeks to go

Well I can't believe it, but my due date is only 4 weeks away now. I am back in Virgina and getting ready for our baby girl to get here. I have spent the last 2 days painting her room, with some help from a friend, and it is just about done. Now I just need to wash her clothes and get everything else I don't have from babies r us and that will be it.. sounds easy right! It's crazy how much stuff you need to have a baby! We are getting so excited to meet her. I am feeling great still. I am sleeping through the night with out any problems, well except to get up and use the bathroom, and I am not really uncomfortable at all. Sometimes she seems heavier than others but I can usually make that stop by laying on my back for a couple mins. So all together I can't believe it's only 4 weeks away. It's gotta get worse than this right?? Hopefully everything goes super smooth! I will post some pictures of her room as soon as preston gets home, which is only 2 weeks away now! YAY!!