So behind...

A lot has been going on in the Gosdin house lately. On the 23rd, Jonathan went to see Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker and Dierks Bentley. Good concert, bad night. We took Cantley with us and she hung out with her Aunt Lisa and Uncle Cliff. By the end of the concert she was running fever and complaining of an ear ache. This turned into 5th disease and RSV-again! She stayed home an entire week and after a full week back at Memaw's she is doing great. Mom on the other hand got her cold which has been tough, but we are all getting better. I am going to try and upload some photos from her birthday which was a good time. Katrina had the baby, another beautiful boy named Kruse Michael. We leave next Friday for a much needed visit with them and we can't wait to meet Kruse.

We did sign Cantley up for tee ball. She will find out her team in a few weeks and her first game will be the end of March. She is very excited and so are we. It should be a lot of fun!

Cantley turns 4 and it's a....

I am sorry I haven't update lately. We have been very busy and sick around our house. I will try to get pics up from Cantley's birthday party this weekend.

Today, our little girl is officially 4!

We also found out we are having another little girl today. Jonathan and I are in shock still, but Cantley knew it was a girl all along. She usually gets what she wants!!!!!

Christmas 2008

Our Christmas was great! Cantley got lots of great stuff from Santa and her family. She has really enjoyed all her great toys and gifts. Several of them came in handy as car riding diversions on our trip, too! The pics are in backwards order of how they happened, but you can get the gist of things anyway!

Here is Cantley trying to fit in Nanna's bag to go to Virginia!
Trying on her Ariel wig from Pappy Joe.

She has to try out the new wheels from Santa!

Check out the stash that Santa left in the stocking.

Yes! I got the exact chocolate baby I have been asking for!

Santa surprised Cantley with a princess vanity. You can only open certain parts with a magic wand and the princess magically appear in the mirrors. Someone would hardly stop playing with it.

Santa left a note for Cantley.

The stash!!!!!!!!!!!!

Christmas Eve 2008

So these are in backwards order, but I wanted to get them up tonight. I know tomorrow will be full of pics that our family will want to see. Tonight we had Christmas with Nana, Big John, Jane, and Stan. It was a wonderful evening. We had a low country boil for dinner and we all ate way to much shrimp, but it was oh so good. Then it was on the to the presents. Our first gift of the night was to have Katrina, Karl, and Kason on the webcam and give Nana and Big John their webcam, too. We got to watch Kason open a few gifts and blew some sweet kisses our way. It was so nice to share Christmas with them although they are half way across the country. Technology really is amazing! Our night was fun and the highlight of the night was the Hannah Montana wig Cantley got. It was passed around....you will see. Enjoy the pics and get to bed to Santa can visit!!!

Cantley leaving cookies and milk out for Santa!

Stan trying on the wig. He even sang for us. Video to come later!

Nana was first to try on the wig. I thought she looked good as a blond! She even did a little diddy for us as well!!!!

Cantley got to open her personalized bat after Kason opened his. Later dad presented her with her new batting helmet!

Cantley got a princess puzzle, her first 24 piecer! Big John helped her the first time around, but after that, she was on her own.

And Hannah performs for us all!

Our friend's Sam and Chase came by with a gift for Cantley. Sleeping Beauty dress up clothes that she didn't take off the entire day today!

New Baby Picture

We had another dr.'s visit today and the first thing Cantley asked was "Is it a boy or girl?". He said he didn't know, but he would let us take a look. That is what we wanted to hear. We were warned it might be hard to tell this early, but we were still hopeful. We got a great picture of the baby, but no view of what we wanted to see. "It" slept the entire ultrasound and had it's legs crossed and never moved. Later I could feel "it" moving around and thought although we don't know gender, I know we have another mind-of-it's-own stinker on our hands! We got back in 4 weeks and then we should be able to tell. After today we have our hunches of what it might be, but we'll wait and see!

Merry Christmas everyone. Enjoy the picture of our newest little one to be!

A good friend of our family is an amazing artist. She doesn't do this for money, just when she wants to. This summer she offered to do a picture of Cantley for us and we got it today. We are totally blown away at the detail. She even hid her name in her hair! I thought you guys might enjoy seeing the drawing and the picture she copied. Thank you to Uncle Mike for a great picture to start with! We can't wait to have it framed and hanging in our house!

Christmas Updates...

Here we go with a few Christmas time updates. As you know, Cantley is over the top excited about Santa coming. Our bedtime is still 8:30, but C doesn't actually fall asleep until after 10! We chalk it up to excitement! As I type, Cantley is playing Santa with daddy-can you say EXCITED!! We are finally out of school for the Christmas break and it couldn't have gotten here any faster! We were in need of a break! So, our Christmas week festivities always start with the Gosdin Christmas. We drove down early to Shreveport yesterday and did a little shopping. Two of our purchases for Cantley are at the bottom. One was necessity for tee ball season, the other, just because Mom and Dad couldn't say no! So, our Gosdin Christmas was fun as always. Cantley's cousin Nolan gave her some great gifts including an acrylic paint set (thanks Tina!). We may be painting in the garage with that, not on the new wood floors. I will let the pictures tell the rest of our Christmas updates...

Below, Cantley pretending she is Santa in the sleigh guiding her reindeer to the next stop.
Cantley wore a new dress to church last Sunday and had to pose for me.

She can't always remember to look at the camera!

Cantley's first experience at Build a Bear Workshop was back in '07 with her Godmother Penny. That is where we created Penelope (aka LMP) the lamb. Well, last night Cantley got to visit again and created Ariel the bunny rabbit. We couldn't pass up the outfit of her favorite Disney princess, guess who? Ariel! The wig has kept us cracking up!!!

Last but not least, new cleats! They are light pink and black Under Armor. No cheap cleats for daddy's girl, no way! Once she tried them on, there was no turning back. She wanted to wear them the rest of the night to show her Big John. I have to say, it was a proud moment for her daddy. A tearfully proud moment! Wait until you see what Daddy bought her for Christmas to go with her new cleats...

So, here are the updates. We will try to update after Santa visits.

Thanks to those who enjoy our blog. I love being able to keep family and friends involved in what is going on in our lives. I also enjoy being able to keep up with my friends and family in the same way and watching their kids and families grow. To those who may think we are silly for sharing so much, bah humbug! Life is for living, loving, and sharing...again, enjoy!