Lola said-

I was pouring Lola a Bowl of cereal and she said, "Mom, now put the milk on it and that will be the finishing touches!"

I was helping Lola in the bathroom and I heard Ray shouting from the Living room, "Ray poop! Ray poop!" so I walk out and find him with his Jammie pants around his ankles and his poopy diaper off and all tangled up in his pants. Poop was smeared down his legs and all over his hands, sick! I started cleaning him up and Lola walks in and says, "This is a very messy situation!"

Lola- "Mom, I made a Patter-rhen"
me- "It's pattern!"
Lola- "Patter-rhen"
me- "No, It's PAT-TERN!, PAT-TERN!"
Lola (Mumbling under her breath) "I'm saying it right, I said it right!"
me- "what did you say?"
Lola- "I'm right!"
She is very sure of herself!

I was driving and talking to Tony on the phone, and Lola said, "Mom talking on the phone while your driving is dangerous, it's a safety violation!" I said, "I know, who taught you that? She is spending way too much time on the computer (playhouse Disney)

Lola, I don't know how we ever survived with out you, you sure are a funny little girl, we love you!

Three weeks!

I Can't believe Carver is one month old Today, Crazy! These are a couple of pictures from his three week photo shoot. enjoy! I threw in a couple of Ray and Lola, so they wouldn't feel left out.





I love this Picture of Lola and her cousin Holden. They are only ten days apart, I think they look like they could be brother and sister.

One week!

A BIG THANKS to my Sister Chellese (cbcg photography) for taking these for me. If you need pictures give her a call at (801)822-9999 she is awesome!
This picture cracks me up. Tony always does squishy faces to our kids, so I love that Carver is doing it to himself at only one week!


Three for three - Looks like baby #3 is blue-eyed as well. I should have married a black guy- just kidding Tony! I love you!
-Read Carvers birth story below.

The Arrival of Babe #3!

I know, I'm pathetic at blogging and that baby #3 is almost 1 month old (tomorrow!) and it seems as though we don't care about the little guy, but that couldn't be farther from the truth, he is absolutely adored at the Goulding house.

Birth Story-

I was supposed to be induced a week early January 28th, I was traveling to Delta to have him, and I was worried that I wouldn't make it to the Hospital in time. Tony took two weeks off of work and we planned on spending a week at my Moms house and then a week at his house. I couldn't wait to be spoiled with good meals and lots of attention for Lola and Ray so I could just hold the new babe. Well, nothing went as planned. I drove to Delta for my last apt on the 26th and my Doctor decided that the 28th wouldn't work for him and he had a basketball game the next day and they aren't allowed to do inductions on Saturday or Sunday, so I would have to wait until Monday the 1st of Feb. What? I was irked to say the least, but I hung out in Delta for a couple of Days, thinking I would go into labor on my own, but nothing happened. I decided to drive back home and on my way I got a speeding ticket, then I was just plain ticked! I kept thinking, if I were having a baby I would be in the hospital and I wouldn't have gotten this stupid ticket, Lame! We also had planned on getting our kitchen counter tops and sink put in on the 1st and so we decided to just go home and get a few things done before the baby came. We (Tony) painted the living room and the kitchen and we got the cabinets all cleared out and ready to install the counter tops. They were supposed to come around 1:00 on Monday, they called at 3:00 and asked if they could come the next day, I laughed to myself and thought, "why not, this baby is NEVER going to come!" So we spent the rest of the day and night getting everything squeaky clean and were anxiously awaiting the new counter top, and dying to have this new baby! The counter top guys arrived around 10:00a.m. and we decided to run a few errands, when we got back the entire house was covered in dust. I decided that I couldn't handle anymore construction messes and we decided to pack it up and head to Delta the next day. I called and scheduled to be induced on my due date Feb 4th because Tony's time off was shrinking and I was worried the baby was going to be huge. They had scheduled me to come in at 6a.m. Ridiculous! I am so not a morning person. I was really nervous about being induced, that night I said a couple of prayers that I would go on my own. At 2:30a.m I was dreaming that I was having a contraction and I woke up and I really was, it was crazy. I decided to get up and pack my hospital bag and get the kids clothes out for my Mom. I kept forgetting to time my contractions, I would have one then I look at the clock and say to myself, "what time did the last one happen?!" (Still not quite awake) Then at 3:00a.m. I had another one and I was able to keep better track, they were every 5 minutes so I woke up Tony at 3:30a.m., he got ready, gave me an amazing blessing (He had a strong impression that Grandpa Ray was there) then we headed to the hospital. We arrived a little before 4:00a.m. and I got my epidural around 5:30a.m. and I had him at 7:45a.m. He took a lot more pushing than the couple of pushes for Lola and Ray. I pushed for 40 minutes, I now can see how pushing can be exhausting. He weighed 8lbs 9oz and was 20 and 1/2 inches long. I couldn't believe how chubby he looked. Both Tony and I felt really emotional this time. I don't know exactly why, but it was really neat. We are all so happy to have him here! Lola wants to take care of his every need, and is right beside me when I am doing anything for him. She was so cute, when she first got to meet baby Carver and hold him, she sang him song after song, it was so sweet, she kept saying, "he likes me to sing to him!" Ray keeps saying, "I hold mim!" and, "baby, Carber sad" anytime he hears him cry.
Side story- Another reason it took me so long to post anything is because of his name. We didn't have one, or I didn't. At the hospital the nurses kept calling him a "she" because several girl babies had recently been born. When Tony went to give the baby his first bath, the nurses were saying, "he needs a name so we can quit calling him a "She"! Tony said, "it's Carver Rockwell!" I had liked the name Carver months before we had him and then it kinda faded for me. A week before we had him Tony decided he really liked it, and started calling him that in my tummy, and he would be saying prayers with the kids and I would hear him in the other room, saying, "Please bless Mom and baby Carver......." and I would think to myself, "What, not fair?!" But I still didn't have a name that I loved. After the baby was born and they brought in the birth certificate info for me to fill out, and nurses and visitors coming in and out and I was so tired, I just jotted down the name, thinking I have ten days to change it, I am done for now and can take a nap! Well on day nine, after Tony and I had both been calling him the wrong name, "Carter, Ray, Lola". Tony said, "You can change his name if you want" but I couldn't think of another name so I guess Carver will just have to grow on us. It's kind of strange, that the name feels a little weird, but I'm sure he'll grow into it. Even if he doesn't, I don't care, I 'll still love you like crazy baby boy!

Sorry for the poor pictures, Most of them have blurry spots on them because there was a smudge on Tony's Moms camera lens and we didn't realize it.

My Mom had a Dentist appointment at 8:00a.m. and she couldn't believe it when I called her just after 8 and had already had him. she was Carvers first visitor. Thanks everyone for coming to see us, we love you!

First family pics, I can't believe there are five of us!

Jane, Sorry I didn't get any pictures of you, know that we still love you O.K.

Catch up time!

So, I really need to get this blog caught up and write down some of our latest happenings before I forget them. First off our new bundle of joy arrived on Feb 4th at a whopping 8lbs 9oz and 20 and 1/2 inches. We are so happy to have him in this world with us and not in my belly anymore.(Stretched to the max!) Now, I am going to jump back a couple of months so I can document some of Lola and Rays cuteness before the baby arrived. Stay tuned for more on baby Carver!

Lola- Months ago a donation bag was left on our porch with a picture of some children from Africa stapled to it. It had instructions to place all unwanted shoes in it and set outside for pick up at 9a.m. So I started to put all our shoes that we had out grown and Lola was following me around asking me what I was doing, I explained that I was filling the bag with old shoes for kids in Africa who didn't have any shoes. Lola was so excited, she kept opening the front door to see if the bag had been picked up. She checked about thirty times, she was sure the little kids from Africa were coming right to our porch to get them. After this little experience she started making all sorts of things for the kids in Africa and setting them out on our porch (Broken crayons in Ziploc bags, drawings on paper, scrap wood boards colored and decorated with stickers, some of Rays toys, and decorated Ziploc bags) all for the kids in Africa. She would say, "I'm giving these crayons to the kids who don't have any, and they will be so excited!" I bet she colored 50 pieces of paper. Our front porch looked like a mess. She would check all day to see if the kids from Africa had come to pick up whatever she had made them. I started having Tony take them off the front porch and throw them away, then leave her a thank you note from the kids in Africa, it was about to become a full time job for him until I told Lola that we could take stuff to the DI and it would be delivered to the kids in Africa. She was a little disappointed that she never got to meet any of the African children that she had been so generous too but she really loves to donate to the DI and to anyone who comes to our house, she wants to give everyone something when they come over. She has even started wrapping her gifts to make them extra special. I will be really glad when the roll of wrapping paper is gone,and I wish her Daddy hadn't given her her own pair or scissors, can you say- confetti. she loves to cut, cut, cut all day.

Ray- Absolutely loves Trains, particularly Thomas the Train. He carries him around all day long, and asks me to hook the train cars together about twenty times a day. He knows all of Thomas the Trains friends too and says their names so cute. He also insists on watching Thomas movies every day, he sings along to the theme song- super cute! I'm hoping to get a video camera soon so we can record his cute little voice. He adds sounds to the end of his words, one example that we hear several times a day, "Lola Take-e Thomas Train-ahh!" He sure is sweet right now. He likes watching Polar Express and he is always taking our reciepts and any piece of mail or scrap of paper and hauling it around and calling it his "ticket" and saying, "all aboard!" He's not much of an eater these days, but he loves any kind of cracker and he would live off his soy milk if I let him. He talks so well, he can say anything. He started making up knock knock jokes a few months ago, he mainly uses this one, "knock knock, who's there?, Thomas who?" He says the whole joke to himself, then he laughs. He also loves Yo Gabba Gabba right now, he sings the good bye song off of it so sweet in a super high voice, we can't get enough of it.

Lola and Ray- When we were trying to think of a name for the baby, we kept asking the kids what we should name him, these are some of the ones I remember. Lola- Polka-dot. Ray- Thomas, Percey, Emily, Gordon, James. Then Tony decided that he liked Carver, so we asked the kids if we should call the baby Carver and Lola said, "no!" then Tony asked Ray and Ray said, "No, Harvey!" Tony kept trying to get Ray to say Carver and he just kept repeating, "Harvey!" then Tony said slowly, "Say, CAAARVEERRR! but Ray said it back to him in the same way, "HAAARVEYYY!" We thought that was pretty funny. After Ray suggested Thomas and all of his friends, then Lola got a great idea, her eyes got really big and she excitedly said, "I know, lets call him Sir Topham Hat!" Jokingly I said, "but what would his middle name be?" She thought for a tiny second and said, "St. George!" Funny girl! So glad we didn't take her suggestion seriously, even though we really like that she thought it up and was so excited to tell us about it. There will be No Sir Topham Hat St. George Goulding in this Family!

Get to bed!

Lately we have had a hard time getting Lola and Ray to stay in their beds all night, or to go to bed for that matter (energizer bunnies). Ray recently decided the crib wasn't for him and he prefers to sleep on the rug in his room. He was doing really well at staying in his room even if I left the door open he would lay on his pillow pet and fall fast asleep, it was amazing. Well, a few nights ago Lola decided she wanted to sleep on the floor too so I made them both beds on the Rug, said prayers and read them each a few books, then I turned on the Polor express book on Cd and gave them both a smootch and I was outta there. (this was all part of my new years goals, get the kids to bed by 9) I was feeling pretty good, then about five minutes later Lola comes out to tell me she loves me and that she wants to give me one more hug and kiss, so she does then I tell her to stay in her room and go to bed. This happens about 10 more times. I'm glad she LOVES me so much, but seriously help me out with my goals kid! Then she comes out one more time, but with a different request, "Mom, can you help me put my goggles on?" me, "what? No!" Lola, "but I need them to fall asleep!" Me, "no you don't, but whatever!" So I put them on for her then I can't stop laughing and I completly cave on my goal and took pictures of her an Ray looking so silly in their "Sleep goggles" can you even imagine the rings around their eyes if they did keep them on all night. P.S. We went to bed at 11:00

Lola cuteness!

This year Lola and I were both super excited to set up the Christmas tree and decorations (We didn't set up a single decoration last year, so this year we started early, the week before Thanksgiving) I figured I better do it before I lost my excitement!. I got out all of the ornaments and Lola proudly placed each one on the tree (really close together and all basically on the same side of the tree) then Tony asked her to come and help him work in the attic and I rearranged the ornaments and plugged in the tree lights. When Lola came back down and saw the tree she said, "Mom, I didn't know it was going to be this beautiful!" she paused for a second then said, "it looks just like me!" She makes everything so much more exciting, I'm so glad I have her!

ME- I went to the doctor Yesterday and all is well, baby has officially taken over my body! Doctor said, no amount of tape will fix my belly button and that surgery is the best and safest way to go! ( no more scars from pulling off tape!) I am ready to be done, but not quite ready to have a baby. We haven't gotten any of the baby clothes out yet, we don't have a baby car seat anymore (expired) and we aren't quite sure where we are going to put the little fella, (1,000 square feet of house seems to be getting smaller my the minute!) but I am excited to see him!

side note- 34 weeks, gained 20 pounds (weight gain slowed down, thank goodness)

Excited-
Tony and I are heading to St. George for our 6 year anniversary this weekend, can't wait to eat at all our favorite restaurants and have a little break from the kids before we have one more little babe on our hands!

Hope Everyone has a fabulous Christmas, 2009 has been SO good to us!

Halloween Part Three!

No, I am not dressed up like a "Pregnant Ladybug", I really am pregnant and just dressed up like a Lady Bug, phew I said it! I was worried I would NEVER catch up on my blog and all of the sudden I would start posting pictures of some strange new baby. Anyway, we are due the end of January and it's a BOY! I am really excited. It took Lola awhile to warm up to the idea of another Brother, she really wanted a sister. When we found out what we were having Lola was bummed, to say the least. We were driving home from the ultrasound, Tony aimed the rear view so he could see Lola and he said, "Lola are you okay with having another brother?" she replied, "I'm not talking, I'm just chewing on my strap!" she then tilted her head and started to bite on her car seat strap. What the? (She never does stuff like this, it was pretty funny!) Part of the reason I was delayed in posting was because I miscarried again (not a big deal, I'm fine) and so I was super worried this time around, so I waited until I didn't feel so nervous about it, which took a lot longer than I thought it would. Anyway, I need to add this just because I do! -My second miscarriage, I volunteer once a week at a day care so we can get a free family membership to the rec center, I was there and I was only four weeks along. I wasn't going to tell anyone since I had miscarried before, but I decided to tell the ladies I work with that day because I figured why not get some extra prayers. About an hour after I told them I went to the bathroom and started bleeding, I felt so stupid for telling them then they made a big deal about it and sent me home. I felt super emotional thinking what is wrong with me, and I grabbed my stuff and Lola and Ray and headed out to my car. Lola didn't notice that I was crying, she was too concerned about the fact that she didn't get a treat or go Gymnastics like she normally does right after we finish in the daycare. As we were walking out to the parking lot Lola was whining and throwing a big fit and asking a million questions about why we were going home, at the same time I was calling Tony to tell him, and I really started to cry when he answered, then all of the sudden Lola noticed that something was wrong and she said, "Mom, why are you Whining?!" It totally made me laugh, man I am thankful that I have her! That was a REALLY long story just to get that one line of hers in but I didn't want to forget it. A little info about this pregnancy- Baby seems to be growing at lighting speed, I have already gained 17 pounds (one pound away from what I gained with Lola full term, and 4 pounds away with Ray) I try not to think about where the numbers on the scale will be by the time I gain that one pound a week from here on out, yikers! My belly button is all the way out and then some, My Doctor said it is herniated-not cool! I tried to tape it down last week with medical tape and it worked, but the removal process-not so much! It pulled my skin off, so now I have an outtie and probably some scars-Suckey! Any ideas? I started to feel the baby move at 16 weeks, it never gets old. I can't wait to meet him! We are having a really hard time coming up with a name, I'd love some suggestions!

Annual Frampton family Halloween party- Sister in law Sally and I picked out Dick and Janes costumes, We couldn't stop laughing when they tried them on, classic Mario and Luigi, they are such good sports, and so funny!

We were sad that Tony couldn't make it, second year in a row that he has missed the party, hopefully next year!

Halloween Part Two.

Is it just me, or does it seem like all the holidays get extended longer and longer every year?! This was Lola the day before Halloween, I got her all ready to Trick or Treat at a few different indoor events, but when I went to wake up Ray from his nap he sounded horrible. Instead of trick or treating I took this cute little Genie to the Doctors office to have Ray checked out. I felt really bad, but Ray ended up with RSV (AGAIN!) the kid is always sick!

Ray and Lola are really into having me take their pictures lately, usually they are pulling goofy faces, but I don't mind!

We went to Pirates pizza for the first time a few days before Halloween, we had a lot of fun, now Lola asks to go back everyday. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Goulding, Good times!

Some Halloween Fun!

Lola wearing her wax mouth from Grandma Jane.

Halloween Jammies.

Lola fell asleep on the way to get pumpkins, so Ray and I started decorating with out her.

Lola decided Tony was the Pirate, I was the Princess, Lola was the Witch and Ray was the Vampire. She got such a kick out of her idea, and thought it was so cute. She had me take Ray out on the porch to tell him who everyone was and when I told him he smiled really big and said, "Ya!" He liked her idea too! Sidenote: Ray loves his snowboots and puts them on all by himself, he even wears them to bed!

Catching up sucks!

I tried several times to get a picture of Lola and Ray together when they were both ready for the day (Hair combed, dressed in clothes- not jammies, etc.) impossible! Lola was quite obsessed with this little monkey (she named Barbie) she got out of a quarter machine she insisted that we get a good shot of him.

I love these pictures, mainly because of Rays crazy shaggy hair. I just love it when my kids are cute with each other!

We took the kids bowling for the first time, they really had a-lot of fun. Ray was more into getting the balls out of the ball return than actually watching to see if he knocked down any pins, but go figure he beat everyone!

I was making waffles and went to set the garbage bag on our front porch (White trash!) anyway, when I came back to the kitchen Ray had decided to help me stir all the dry ingredients, kids are so good at making quick messes.

This Summer-

We Re-roofed our house, so glad it no longer leaks! Thanks so much to everyone that helped- much appreciated!

We tried new hairstyles on Lola. Here she is displaying a shampoo-set, pretty snazzy! Ray tried NOT to EVER wear clothes, and he was mostly sucessful!

Lola went through a phase of wearing as many acessories as possible and carrying a purse or two full of "treasures" (aka crap!)

We had a sleep over with cousin Kael, and made lots of funny faces! Tried to limit the acessories here, I was sucessful on the hair clips, not the bracelets! Hey, you win some you loose some right?!

Even MORE Summer!

Just Lola and Ray being cute! My favorite is the picture of them trying so hard to make pig faces.

One of our favorite things to do this summer was go to Gardner village and feed the ducks. We usually went after hours and could get every single duck to come to us, kinda freaked me out, I am totally afraid of birds of all kinds! The kids were thrilled about it though. when we left this day we were about ten feet away from our car when Ray face planted and he and I were covered in blood, I swear that kid gets hurt more than anyone I know!

We also watched my Nephew a couple of times a week, my kids were in love with him. He is so cute. Lola cracks me up in these pictures, she is wearing part of her Halloween costume from last year and an infant headband. She is so particular about things, especially when it comes to what she is wearing.

We sure were sad when our baby sitting days ended, now Baby Stace gets tended by his Grandma who lives much closer to him. Lola Still talks about him almost everyday. We miss you buddy!

More Summer!

We went to several parades, had the kids faces painted a few times, the face painters are so quick and it only costs a .50 cents. They pump the kids in and out in a minute or less. I was seriously considering being a face painter for a second after we left, Tony thinks I'm silly! ($30 bucks an hour, and the line of kids NEVER stops!) Not to shabby to be a Carni worker!

I was watching my sisters kids, they were all in Lola and Rays room and it got really quiet, so I thought I better go see what kind of mess they had made and was pleasantly surprised to find them all dressed up in hats and mittens, actually got me pretty excited for winter, I love winter hats. Ray really grew up this summer, he all of the sudden knew how to play with the BIG kids, crazy how time flies!

Lola started Preschool this year and really Loves it, she goes with one of her favorite friends Aspen so that is extra fun for her. She is really doing well, she can write her name and knows most of her letters and some of the sounds. I am happy she is excited about learning.

Some funnies....

Lola has been saying some pretty good stuff lately so I thought I better document them before I forget.



A few weeks ago we were driving home from my Sister Chellese's . Lola was whining and crying the entire ride, when we were getting off our exit she said, "Mom, am I being naughty?" I replied, "no" then she said, "Then what am I doing?" I laughed and said, "your just really tired!" It made me laugh, she is all girl and trying to figure out all those emotions is pretty tough for a little person!



Last week I spent a good portion of the morning on the phone with our insurance company, which means my kids got ignored and the house in turn got destroyed. I had given the kids both a gingerbread cookie on a stick, that I knew they wouldn't eat (they don't like baked goodies only candy!) but like I said, I was on the phone and I wanted to not be bothered. A few minutes later I was put on hold and I hear this from the other room-

Lola- "Oh great Ray, look what we've done, we have created a complete disaster! This house is a disaster! We have done exactly what our Dad doesn't want us to do, we better clean this up, so he doesn't get mad!" There were cookie crumbs all over the place!



Lola was going to the bathroom the other day, and asked me to help her wipe, when I came in she said, " I am exhausted!"



Lola has been drawing about 20 pictures a day and posting them all over the fridge, some of them are several papers on top of each other and the magnets just can't keep up with her artistic abilities and speed. She also has been asking for lots of pieces of tape to compensate for lack of magnets, her paper ends up looking like a wadded up ball with tape covering the entire thing then she gets one long strip to hang it to the fridge, It looks nice, real nice! Lola not only colors on paper, but scrap wood we have from all the projects around the house. A few days ago Lola came up to me with a very colorful board and asked if she could measure me (it was only about 2 feet long) then she held it up to herself and said, "It's only half the size of what I appear!" She is always surprising me with new words, and funny things, I sure love you Lola lady!

Summer things!

I have been the worst blogger! I just wanted to put up some of the pictures from our summer fun, that I didn't want to leave out!

This past summer we spent lots of time on the porch eating Popsicles. Lola spent most of her time wearing dress-up clothes and sparkly gymnastics leotards (She seriously wanted to wear her leotards with every out fit) when Wednesdays gymnastics rolled around she NEVER had a clean one to wear. I just want everyone to take a close look at Rays belly and over all chubbiness in the top middle picture, so cute! He is totally losing all of that and I am so sad, but I still love the little guy too much!

Poor Boy!

Back in July we found out Ray was anemic, not fun! I took him to the Doctor and his blood count was 16, it should be 36 for his age, so We were sent to the ER at Primary children's. Such a scary day for us, especially for Ray. He did so good while they ran all sorts of tests on him and gave him an I.V. (Dang nurse was telling me all the possibilities and the word cancer escaped her lips and I was a mess waiting for the results!) Ray would look up at me touch my cheek and say Mama and I was in tears. He had to have a blood transfusion which took four hours and we didn't get to leave until midnight, such a long day, but we were so relieved to know it was an Iron problem and not cancer or anything Life threatening. We also found out his Iron was low because his body can't break down proteins in Dairy so he wasn't absorbing Iron like he should, so now he drinks Soy milk and takes Iron supplements, all in all an easy switch. Now we are working on getting his numbers back up, last visit he was at 29, we are slowly getting there. I am really thankful for good Doctors and I'm especially thankful for this little guy! Mommy and Daddy couldn't live without you Ray!