October Fun

October was a super fun month! It was a little slower pace, but we did a lot!

We got to visit our Tahoe cabin with the kids for the first time. We talked all about Tahoe, the cabin, the lake, etc before we went to try and teach them all about it. We had a super fun weekend up there taking walks, going to the lake, and hanging out at the cabin.

Wyatt and Teagan were in heaven as we told them they could throw as many rocks as they wanted into the lake. Because at home - it is a giant No-No to throw rocks in the pool. Of course, Delux had a great weekend too.

This is our little "beach" on the lake - just two blocks from the cabin.

Wyatt flying with Daddy.

We put two twin beds into a room for the kids. Teagan slept in the big girl bed the entire night with not one disturbance. Wyatt on the other hand, couldn't really get into sleeping in that big bed all by himself. He is going to take a little more work getting used to sleeping in a big bed.

This was our pumpkin patch outing.

Teagan always seems to be a couple of paces behind Wyatt. She is not in such a hurry to get places. Wyatt runs EVERYWHERE and has to see EVERYTHING and do EVERYTHING. Teagan has a little bit different pace...

Goodrich 4-Some

Picking pumpkins...

Then you gotta carve 'em!

This was Daddy opening presents on his birthday.

We went out to a teppan yaki style dinner for Travis' big birthday celebration.

Happy Halloween!!

Teagan was a cheerleader and Wyatt was a football player. We had to dress him in the Green Bay Packers uniform because those are the colors closest to the Oregon Ducks football team.

Some friends of ours came up for the weekend and it was fantastic to have role models for Teagan and Wyatt to follow trick-or-treating. Thank you Sophie and Leo for taking Wyatt and Teagan around the neighborhood. We had such a great time!

Happy Halloween!!

Pumpkin Patch Excursion!!

So we went to a local pumpkin patch to "pick" pumpkins. The kids were mesmerized by the bounce house and the tower slides…picking pumpkins came in a distant third…but we had fun. They are definitely starting to “get” holidays and birthday’s more and more these days. They even went to a Halloween party at the Little Gym with Daddy and had a great time. They totally dig their costumes for Halloween and I can’t wait to take them out trick-or-treating!

Here is some video from our pumpkin patch excursion. It is a little slow in the beginning as we just watch the kids run around, but then unexpectedly, someone has to go pee pee in the middle of the pumpkin patch!! Uh-oh….whaddya do???? This is pretty funny – watch the whole thing if you have a minute.

1 - Yes 1 - Almost

That would be my answer to the question: are they potty trained? One yes and one almost.

I am thrilled to report we are down to three - yes just 3 - diapers a day!! They are both still in overnight diapers at bedtime and Wyatt sleeps in a diaper during his naptime. Other than that - we are outta diapers. Yippeee!!! Hurrah!! Hallelujah!!!

I guess I got convinced when we went down to the Bay Area last weekend for our friends wedding. BTW: Congratulations to the newlyweds Jeff and Johanna!! We drove down on Friday afternoon and Teagan wore a diaper on the way down just in case - but she didn't pee in her diaper - she waited till we got there then announced she needed to go potty. The next day for her nap she didn't want to wear a diaper - so I didn't make her - and she made it all the way through a 2 hour nap without a diaper. So on the way home I just put her in "unders" and she made it all the way with no accidents. I am over the moon for her. For me. For us. :-)


Wyatt will wear his "unders" around the house - out to the park and on errands with Mommy - but he still wears a diaper for naps and car trips. Which is totally OK - he is almost there - and it is still super early for a boy to potty train. We are so thankful he showed an early interest and we can cut way down on diaper usage.

For the love of God don't let this post come back to haunt me.

Like I mentioned - last weekend we went down for a friends wedding in the city. While we were there we went to the Art and Wine Festival in our old town. The kids had so much fun!

This was Teagan, Wyatt and me with G.G. at the fair.

Wyatt and Teagan trying to hula hoop! So cute.

Wyatt did the ring toss. The kid loves games. Loves to throw whatever he can!

And we got to paint pumpkins! Wyatt likes to use lots of different colors - and Teagan only used black. Just one color. If I tried to give her a different color - it wasn't pretty.

This was the view from the wedding ceremony. It was right on the water overlooking the SF Bay, Alcatraz, Marin. Majestic setting.

What up!! Table B Representing!!

Still happily married, five years, multiple jobs, multiple moves and multiple kids later!!

Sick Toddlers

We went to the Little Gym for our Friday morning class last week and picked up the first cold of the season. Teagan May started getting sick on Saturday with a runny nose and Wyatt's started late on Saturday. By Sunday T.May had it under control and as usual, Wyatt was full blown sick with a fever of 101.8. It seems whenever they catch a cold either it doesn't really hit Teagan or she Dares it to become a cold and it backs down. But with Wyatt he catches a little cold and gets full blown sick and an ear infection usually accomponies it. So we are just trying to muddle through it and if Wyatt isn't feeling better I will take him to the Dr. because he probably has an ear infection.

This weekend we celebrated our five year wedding anniversary. Can't believe it has been five years already. Who knew you could fall deeper in love? I thank everything on this planet that I have been gifted with such an amazing man to be my partner and the father to my two beautiful children. Love you.

Other than that things are business as usual on the Goodrich front. We are getting ready for Halloween, a wedding, and someone's birthday...!

Lots of visits...

The month of September was such a fun month! This month we got to stay home a lot - 4 weeks in a row - to be exact. This was the most consecutive time that we have spent in our new house. It was heaven!

We have such great friends and family. We have had so many wonderful visits this month - it has been great to have everyone up to our new house and catch up with quality visits.

September 2009

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Busy, Busy, Busy Summer

It has been a crazy busy summer. We have literally had something going on every single weekend for months now. Such fun as the kids get older to see them interact with all our family and friends. Here are some pics of recent outings.

One weekend we happened to be home - and thought it might be a good idea to go check out some of the local attractions. So despite the hot summers in this area, we braved it one weekend, and hit the Folsom Zoo. We had heard such good things about the zoo that we thought lets check it out!

Wyatt as a black bear.

Teagan as a black bear.

The Three Little Goodrich's...where's Goldilocks anyway?!

Me taking the kids on a train ride. They are totally into the "idea" of a train ride...but when it comes down to actually riding on the train...not so much.

Teagan, not happy. Me telling Wyatt to wave to Daddy.

Teagan May loves her swings at the park.

Wyatt is always off exploring the play structures and climbing to go down a slide.

This was us at the pet zoo at the Sacramento State Fair. I must say - these were some very friendly petting zoo animals! But the kids did great - they weren't scared at all - totally fed the animals the food right out of their palms.

Wyatt waited very patiently for his turn to "ride" the tractor. He could barely reach the pedals, and didn't know how to pedal, but man he loved sitting on that tractor! All boy this kid.

Teagan found the saddles on the haybales and had to get on up! She was in heaven. Even though it was easily 100+ degrees we did have a fun time. And next year, we will know exactly where to go, where all the food is, etc. We were such State Fair virgins this year!

This was Wyatt waking up from a car ride back home from the Bay Area...he slept the whole way home...it was a big weekend!

This was Teagan on the car ride home too. She will usually only nap for 45 minutes in the car. She is not a car sleeper like so many other kids. It is pretty funny because she will wake up and Wyatt is still sleeping - so she will yell over to him and try to wake him up! She says: "Wake up Wyatt!" When she gets no response from him she will say: "Wyatt, you sleeping?"

While we were down in the Bay Area one weekend we went to see our niece's soccer game. The kids just love cousins and we got to say one last good bye to our other niece that was leaving for college. Good Luck Kaitlin!!

This is Uncle Rolo playing soccer with Wyatt. More like 'keep away!'

The whole family!