Merry Christmas everyone! Less than two weeks to go! This has been a very exciting Christmas season in our house. Cantley started to "get" Santa last year, but this year, the girl has his number! She is so excited about what he might bring her and most of all when he is coming. We made a paper chain that she tears off each night so she will know how many more days until Santa comes. She is also very excited about being a big sister and talks about it daily. Imagine that, Cantley talking!

Last weekend she went to stay with Nanna and Big John for the weekend. What a weekend it was! On Sat. morning they went to the Albemarle Christmas party where she won lost of cool toys and played lots of games. That night, Nanna hosted a grandparents party and it was lots of fun for the kids and the grandparents. By the time we got her back home, we got the meltdown! It was worth it b/c she won't stop talking about her reindeer party at Nanna's.

Cantley is quite the singer. I can't get my video to work, but as soon as i do, you will see our future pop star in action. Right now she is very into Christmas carols. Jingle Bells is at the top of her list. Her version goes something like this...jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. Oh what sun, and then to horse, and hey, ho, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the waaaaaaaaaay! The middle part is harder to understand than what I typed, but it is to cute for words!

Below is a pic I took a few weeks ago before church. She is getting very good at posing for mom. She says she will teach the new baby, too. When I can, I will add this year's Santa pic where you can tell she is asking for a chocolate baby! I sure hope Santa got one for her!

As for Jonathan and I, we are just so happy to be home. We ate out last night for the first time that we "wanted" to! It was nice. We love being home more than ever. Nothing like hotel living for 3 months to make you appreciate your home. School is great for both of us. We see our dr. again in a week and we are going to beg he let us find out what we are having a few weeks early. We even tried to get Cantley to practice begging, but she remembered we don't allow is at home and told us we were not supposed to beg either! Neither of us really care what we get, but it is an easy guess what Jonathan wants deep down. We are also excited that we will have our final meeting with Terminix and be settled with our house! HOORAY! It has been a long and painful process to get here and there were times we never thought we would, but it is happening. We have both grown a lot through this and are now offering our knowledge and counseling services to all Termite sufferers!

Merry Christmas everyone. I hope you have a blessed holiday season!

Big Girl

Cantley has really gotten to be such a big girl since we found out we were going to have another baby. She has lots of plans for her new little brother or sister. She says she will share her toys and change stinky diapers. The biggest accomplishment she has made in preperation for a new member of the family is to stop sucking her thumb! We are SO proud of her!!! We tried not to say much about it when we first noticed, but after prayers the other night, I told her how proud I was of her. She replied, "Mom, will you call the dentist and tell him, please?" How could I resist!

Among other big girl things, Cantley made her first official list for Santa. The first thing on her list, a chocolate baby. No, not the kind you can eat. For months, she has asked consistently for one. You can bet Santa will have one on that sleigh or Nanna will have one with her! She has also asked for a bicycle, Pixie Hollow movie, Jasmine, mermaid and Tinkerbell dress up clothes, along with a skunk doll and baby Dr. Barbie.

Should be an interesting Christmas at the Gosdin house!

I can't wait! Merry Christmas early!!!!

Halloween 2008

Halloween was a lot of fun around here. We're finally home and back in our great neighborhood. CAntley did a great job of knocking, saying "Trick or Treat" and doing a little hoola for everyone. Eventually we got her to knock, then hoola while she waited on them to answer the door. We got a lot of good laughs out of that! We got a lot of good trick or treaters at the house which included some students and friends. It was a great night and it was even better since we were HOME! Enjoy the pics and hopefully video to come.

Updates, Updates, Updates

So here we go...we have had a lot going on in our world. We started moving back into the house this past Thursday. It has been a busy weekend! Nana came to help us out and without her we would not be where we are right now. She and Jonathan stayed up late unpacking two nights in a row. I am proud to say I even stayed up until midnight one night! We got a lot done and the house really looks nice. Below are some pics from the house. You can see first this pic of Cantley helping Jonathan carry out the trash. She has been a trooper through yet another move and more changes in her little world. We are all glad to be home! And we are glad to have A.J.home as well. At the very bottom you will find video of Cantley skipping. We are really proud of her new skills.

Master Bathroom

Master bedroom

Dining Room

Cantley's new big girl room!

Cantley at her friend Ella's birthday party.
The cowgirl on her way to the party. She had to pose. It's her "new" thing. Then she has to see.

This is Cantley before her latest dentist appt. She wanted to take her picture with this for Kason to see.

And last but not least-our newest news and addition to our family. This is from our first dr. appt. We are all very excited, especially Cantley. We will add to our family in June.

A skipping we will, a skipping we will go...

New Floors

We feel like our house is really starting to come together. They still have a few things left to finish on the punch list, but once the floors get down they will get that list completed. Next week all the different cleanings will start, carpet will get laid, and we will officially start moving back in on Thursday afternoon. Here are a few pictures of the floor after it was partially laid today.

The "real" house

We are almost home! We are supposed to be moving back in the house in two weeks. Everything is scheduled to happen on time right now so we are holding out hope it will. Here are some pictures of our new shower and our new closet. When I open the double doors to the closet I will immediately see SHOES!!!! I can't wait to get settled back in. I will try to get more pictures in the coming weeks of the rest of the house. I have also included a picture of Cantley's new very green room!

Pumpkin Patch

Cantley and I went to Benton this weekend to stay with Aunt Sister, Uncle Mike, and Jackson. We took the kids for a great time at a pumpkin patch. They had pig races, petting zoo, pumpkin patch and hay rides. Here are a few pictures from our fun time!