Just to compare...

I thought it might be interesting to post a baby picture from the day of birth for each of our kids. With Aubrey we didn't have a digital camera, so the picture is taken from a camcorder.

New Baby!!!!

While Jenell is recovering I thought I would take a minute to post our announcement! Our new daughter Rebecca Carol Marie was born July 21st at 8.0 lbs 20 inches. Everything went really smooth and both Jenell and the baby are doing really well. I'm going to repost a link from my sis Teresa's blog page that covers the picture scene pretty well and you can visit her page here for more current post.
http://www.teresas-corner.blogspot.com/

Richard and Jenell had their little girl today! Here are the stats..

Name: Rebecca Carol Marie Goates (I love her name!)

Birth: July 21, 2009 @ 3:48

Weight: 8 lbs even

Height: 20 inches even

Now on to the photos!

Aubrey and Mason outside the Hospital.

Mom and baby. I think Jenell looks great for just having a little one.

The whole family!

The whole family take 2.

Grandma Jensen and Rebecca.

Rebecca's little feet.

Full body shot.

One happy aunt! I don't think I have held a baby this young since Jon. I don't even know if I held Jon when he was this young.

I was so happy to be holding her!

I was talking with her. :)

Her eyes are open! She is so cute! She may look grumpy but she wasn't. She was in a pretty good mood.

Aubrey with her new baby sister.

One happy brother.

Proud father with Rebecca.

I liked this shot.

Aubrey, Grandma and Rebecca

Mom, Dad and Rebecca!

Posted by Teresa at 8:56 PM

Pictures

The kids in their cute Easter clothes. Yes I am well behind on the pictures, but at last I have put some on.

So Mason, I am sure that we have some of Aubrey looking just like this. You have to love kids.

Finally...

So still no pictures, Richard has been busy with school and I forget to ask him about them when he is home. But what I do have is a Mason story, yes we do have another child beside Aubrey. We took the kids to the pool yesterday, it was a lot easier than going to the beach. Mason was normal Mason and wouldn't let go of either one of us. For some reason he decided that he wanted to swim while we were there. That is what he spent the next hour doing. For some reason my kids think that you have to have your whole self in the water to swim. He had me sit on the stairs near him and he would put his whole body in the water and kick to me. Some where in all of this he decided that he was going to walk around the pool, which ended in him stopping in the middle and climbing in. This started a whole new game for him. He would jump into me and then swim to the wall. He would let me get him and then let go so he could swim back. It was a whole new turn of events for me and I think that he enjoyed some of the freedom as well. Here's hoping that he will remember this the next time we go. And just so some of you feel better about your weather, it was 93 degrees here today, but felt like 107. We spent the morning at the splash park and now inside staying cool. All I can say is it is hot.

Last few weeks

I really was going to put pictures up, but the hard drive they are on will not come up. So I will have to tell a bit sorry. We have been busy the last couple of weeks and it seems like it will go on like this until the kid comes. Aubrey finished up school last week, I am going to miss her going there. It was a very good school and her teachers were great. I also had her in swim lessons at the YMCA. I have decided that she is part fish. She loves to swim, not just a little but get your whole head under water and go. She spent the two weeks of lessons trying to swim across the pool by her self so she could go down the water slides. She was final able to get it. I should tell you that the pool is used by the swim teams here, so it is a good length for a four year old. Now I am doing lessons with Mason and trying to get him not so scared of the water. He could care less, he just likes to play and hold on as tight to mom as he can. Aubrey was also in T-ball this last month and basketball this month. She liked doing the T-ball, but she is having a harder time with basketball. Now she is telling us that she wants to do ballet. I just have to find some place that is cheap and I can back out of if she decides that she doesn't like it. As for Mason he just wants to do everything that Aubrey does and has gotten really good at throwing fits. Needless to say he spends a great deal of time on his bed.

And another

Richard told me last night that our blog was sad. So I thought I would write a little bit since I am slowing cleaning the kitchen, long story and I am still mad about it. I haven't put anything on here, because I still have no idea where our pictures are and I forget how to get to them. And I have been trying to get the house moved around for when the baby comes. We have had a lot going on and still do, but I am hoping to get at least my room and the kids room done before July, here's hoping. In other school news, Aubrey has one day left, next week. Kind-of sad, I love where she is now and hate for her to have to move on. Richard is super busy and we are lucky some days to talk to him, today will be one of those days. He takes his big national exam on Saturday, we hoping that he will pass. I only want to have to go through this stress and money once. But I need to get some more in the kitchen done before I have to go and get Aubrey, so I will try to get some pictures on here.

Big week

We have a lot happen in the last little while and have been busy, busy. First of all, Richard finished all of his stuff for his OT degree and is done with that part. His graduation will this Friday and he has a while before he has to go back to school. We have been enjoying having him and around and have been keeping him busy. We took the kids to see Monsters vs Aliens in 3D, everyone loved it. We also had The Sanders' here for a week. It was fun to have them and spend like everyday at the beach. They are missed by the kids. We also took the kids to see Disney on Ice. They both loved this as well. We went to a couple of Easter egg hunts and i know the kids got their fill of candy just from these. We finally managed to get our Easter eggs done today. So we really didn't do a whole lot for hiding eggs and what not. It is hard to do when Richard has meeting early and then has to stay after church. In the end the kids got their eggs and baskets, so life is good. We also had a funeral this week for a little girl I had in nursery. The family did very well and I think I cried the whole time. That was the hardest part of our week, which has been filled with fun activities and visitors. Now I am ready to stay home, clean and get things done for our next visitors.