Latest Gosdin News

We have some catching up to do around here. It is getting harder to find time to blog and I can only imagine how much less I will have after Ryne gets here! We have had some fun events in the last two weeks. We'll start with the GCHS prom. Cantley's baby sitter and her boyfriend(a ball player) stopped by to see her before they left for the prom. She was so excited to see them both and they looked great! We then went out to eat and thought we would stop by for a minute and see all the kids going into the prom. Well, Cantley got invited inside by the HS principal and it was all over after that. She found her baseball boys and danced and played baseball with balloons for at least an hour. She had a great time and it was nice to see our boys all dressed up! She even got to dance with her favorite senior Dakota.

On Monday night, Jonathan and those boys won their first ever conference championship for Genoa. It was a huge win for our team and put us in a great spot for the Regional Tourney, which starts today at noon. When we win our first game, we will be in the state tourney. They then have to play for seeding in that tourney which happens to be in Parker's Chapel this year. For those that don't know where that is, it is right in the middle of Magnolia and Crossett. God was looking out for this pregnant girl so I don't have to travel far and have comfortable places to land in between games.

Last, but certainly not least, my wonderful friends and co-workers threw us a beautiful baby shower this week. They really out did themselves. We got lots of great and needed stuff. Several people have been so sweet to think of Cantley and sent her gifts as well.

Below are some pics of a few of these events. Coming up will be our trip to the state tourney and Cantley's dance recital. The next 2 weeks are going to be busy for us, but should be fun. Only 6 weeks or so until Ryne will make her big arrival and we are ready!!! Jonathan and I have found ourselves loving to see her name in print-it makes it so much more real that we are about to enter the land of having two children in tow! I hope we're ready!!!!!!!!!

The cute, cute cake! It tasted great, too!

My friend Sandra made this ring stacker. It is so awesome!

My great friends who were part of making the shower so wonderful!

Myself, my mom, Granny, and Cantely at the shower.

This is a onsie that Paula made for

Ryne. To the left is the front, right is the back. It's one of my favorite things! Who knows, with 2 girls I may get a Miss Arkansas if they choose to participate in pageants one day!

This was one of my hostess gifts. I absolutely love it!

It is handstamped from an artist in Little Rock. If you can't read it, the circle says

Cantley and the rectangle says Ryne.

Ashlyn, Cantley, and Kenny before the prom.

She loves these two and all "her baseball boys".

Just a quick shot of mom and Cantley before a birthday party.

I was sitting to hide some of my size!!!!

Prayers

I am asking anyone who reads this blog to please pray for my friends Katie and Whit Sandifer. They had to deliver their baby girl, Lilly Claire, on Friday. She was 29 weeks pregnant. Lilly passed away today, thankfully with both of her parents having time with her.

I will update with pics soon. Jonathan's team plays for their conference title tomorrow night and then we start the war path back to the state tourney this coming weekend with regionals. Life should slow down for us in about 2 weeks after ball season for J has ended and dance will wrap up for Cantley.

Thanks for your prayers for our friends.

A t-ball win

So this was a long week in the Gosdin house. We had 6 days of baseball in a row. Jonathan's team played at home(thankfully) Mon. Wed. and Fri. Cantley played Tues. Thurs. and Sat. Overall we are still tired, but thankful for surviving it all. This week we have only 5 nights of ball. ONLY! So, out of all those games, Jonathan's team won 2 out of 3 with a devastating last inning loss to Prescott. Cantley's team won 1 out of 3. She totally doesn't care either. She is having so much fun. On Tues., her best buddy Brayden, pictured with her below, came to watch her play. Also, her favorite player from dad's team, Dakota, came to watch as well. She didn't care that got smashed by the other team, just loved to be watched. At her last two games she has actually chased after the ball a few times and scored runs. She just loves to run the bases. We have a lot of great kids on our team and a great coach so that makes it all worth it. She is learning a lot from the process.

Dance recital is coming up, too! We got our costume this week. Recital is on May 9th so that will be another big event to come.

These two are enjoying their favorite food...bread!