Riplee Jane Goodwin

Pregnancy this time around and Riplee's birth have been very different from Dane and Camryn.

At my routine 20 week ultrasound we found out that I had a complete placenta previa. This meant that the placenta was completely covering the cervix which is bad as baby needs to be born before the placenta comes out. There are lots of possible outcomes with placenta previa. It can sometimes move as pregnancy progresses, you can have bleeding problems, etc. So we closely monitored the situation with ultrasounds every couple of weeks and it wasn't moving. At about 32 weeks pregnant I had some bleeding and had to go to the hospital. Since it was way to early to have the baby they kept me in the hospital for observation and let me go home once everything had quieted down. I did however have to be on complete bed rest in the hopes that I could keep baby in as long as possible. Then at 35 weeks at about 3:00 am, I woke up bleeding very heavily. I won't go into details, but it looked like a scene from a horror movie. So Paul and I hopped in the car, and drove as fast as we could to the hospital during one of the few snow storms that Minnesota has had all season. Once at the hospital and being assessed by the doctor, we decided it was best to do a c-section right then. The c-section was not fun, but it went well. I had lost a lot of blood and had 2 blood transfusions. But Riplee Jane Goodwin was born and weighed 6 lbs 0 oz and 18.5 in long. She was breathing on her own and looking great! She wasn't able to stay in my hospital room with me though, she had to stay in the special care nursery. She was looking like she was going to be able to go home the same day as me, but she started to have trouble with her feedings. She gets tired really easily and runs out of energy quickly when she is eating. So she needed to have a feeding tube put in to help supplement during her meals. Once she gets stronger and able to do her feedings on her own, then she will get to come home. We can't wait to have all our family together!

We sure love you baby Riplee!

First Snow of the Season

This last week we had gorgeous weather. I was even wearing my flip flops! But all good things come to an end I guess... Today we got a ton of snow dumped on us. It was SO pretty to wake up to and the trees looked amazing! The kids were so excited too! So after a quick trip to Target, the kids were decked out to go play in the snow.

They had a great time!!!

Halloween 2010

Highlights and Lowlights

I know it has been several months since our last update... So I wanted to at least share some of the things we did.

This year we planted our first garden and it was a huge success! I had tomatoes coming out of my ears! Dane had a mohawk all summer and was super cute!
Camryn turned 3 years old!

We installed our very own pool in the backyard!

Camryn had surgery. She had been having sleeping problems due to hear tonsils and adenoids and so she had to have them removed. Since surgery though we have all been sleeping better and are happier for some reason.

Camryn has turned into an artist!

My children are serious monkeys. Especially Dane. His acrobatic adventures have resulted in...

... him breaking his collar bone. I felt terrible for the little guy. He hasn't let it slow him down though. He is still climbing on anything he possibly can.

So those are just a couple random highlights and lowlights since our last post.

Oh Time, where do you go?

I feel like no matter what I do, time just seems to fly by. My kids are getting so big and growing up to fast! All of these pictures in this post have been taken by my camera on my phone because my kids just move to fast for me to have time to take out my real camera!

My dad has been staying with us since December, and it has been such a blessing for us! Camryn and Dane just LOVE having grandpa around! It has been really great to have them develop such a close relationship with him. And now in a couple of weeks my mom will be moving out too! I am excited for this special time the kids get to have with their grandparents!
Dane has turned into such a little boy! It seems like all the "baby" is gone. He is so fast, a fearless climber, a great sister copier, and a sweetie!

Camryn continues to crack me up everyday! This is the outfit that she chose to wear to Target (her favorite store). She comes up with funny little songs and dances and can be so girlie one minute but then she gets obsessions with Iron Man, robots, Buzz Lightyear and Emperor Zurg.

We have been blessed with some GREAT weather! So we've been taking advantage it by grilling and going to the park!

Then I just had to share what we do at Target several times a week. Go and look at the toys at Target. It seems to never get old to the kids. As long as there are buttons to push they will be perfectly happy.

Its been a great couple months!

Six Fantastic Years

Great Day At The Park

We had an awesome time at the park today! Unfortunately Camryn was impossible to catch still long enough to get a picture but I did get a cute one of Dane!

Whose Children Are These?

Dane's First Birthday!

Happy Birthday Dane!

My baby boy is a year old already. How does that happen?

Dane had a great birthday! Grandpa Romeril is currently living with us, so he was here for Dane's birthday. And then we were able to have Grandma and Grandpa Goodwin with us via webcam. So we just did cupcakes for Dane's birthday. And I think he had fun with it. He didn't really eat it, but he sure loved to play with the frosting! It was all over his hands!

I love my little boy SO MUCH!!! He brings such a sweet spirit into our home. He is doing so much too! He is a house ape and has to climb on everything. He has been walking for several months and tries to run and jump. (Its pretty cute and funny!) He can say "wow", "uh-oh", and "ball". And Dane loves his big sister! He tries to copy everything she does. Even when Camryn has pushed Dane over or taken a toy from him, he continues to follow her around. Dane is my little man and my sweetness. I sure love you Dane!

Couple Things...

I just had a couple random things I wanted to share. Here is a picture of Dane, Paul, Paul's brother David, and nephew Alexander, doing what Goodwin guys do. Playing video games!
Dane and Camryn helping me with the laundry like usual. Actually it was mostly Camryn just trying to bury Dane in the laundry.

Oh, and one more thing. Dane is totally walking!!! All over the place! He really took off walking the week before Christmas. Walking at 10 months old, just like Camryn did.

Christmas 2009

We had a really great Christmas this year! We were able to go out to Ohio to visit with Paul's family for over a week. It was really great to see everyone, hang out, eat food, play games, and have a really fun time! We were even able to bring Max with us too! (We somehow managed to fit two car seats and a 90 lb dog in the back seat of our sedan...) But anyway, it all worked out and was totally worth it!
The kids had a great time Christmas morning! They loved their presents and loved playing with them the rest of the morning! It was a great day until the afternoon when Camryn had had WAY too much chocolate, excitement, and not enough sleep... it was a little scary. But what a wonderful Christmas day it was!

One of Camryn's new dress up clothes. Notice the play high heeled shoes over top of her PJ footies.

Camryn loves her play dresses! And Dane just loves to play!

Camryn was very proud of her tall tower!

This was the best family photo I could get. 3 out of 4 smiling is good, right?

My two sweet babies!

I Don't Know Where The Time Goes

I just saw that it has been about 5 weeks since I posted on my blog! I really just don't know where the time goes. Its almost Christmas! Dane and Camryn have grown so much. They are becoming pretty good buddies. Sometimes they can play so nice together and then... well one of them ends up crying. But they still have fun together!
Dane is moving all over the place! He is SO FAST too! I tried taking this picture of Camryn and Dane sitting so nice together and as you can see he was just about all the way over to me before I could take it!

Dane is a great eater too! I had to include both these pictures. He is just SO CUTE!

My three babies are great buddies!

Sometimes I think the kids really wear Max out and he has to find a cozy place to take a nap!

HILARIOUS!!!

For all you Twilight lovers out there... I thought this was awesome!

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HALLOWEEN!!!

Happy Halloween!

We had a pretty awesome Halloween up here in Minnesota. We had Halloween parties and Camryn went trick'or'treating for the first time. She loved everything about Halloween except the pumpkins. Once again Camryn is still afraid of pumpkins. Zombies, monsters, ghosts, etc. are nothing to Camryn. But pumpkins... yikes! Here is Camryn and her little pal Lucy at our ward party. They were so cute running around and having fun! Lucy (like Camryn) had to help with her make-up. So cute!
Camryn was a zombie for Halloween. Easiest costume ever! But I think it turned out really well.

And my sweet baby Dane was a skeleton! Poor guy has impetigo on his face though. It looks awful but he is his usual happy self!

Anyway, I hope everyone had a great Halloween!