What a good Christmas!

Owen's 6 Month Pictures

I can't believe how long it has been since I have posted. It just goes to show how busy our summer really was, but what is my excuse now? I'm just not sure! I wanted to post Owen's 6 month photo, they turned out so cute!

Owen's Blessing

Sunday was Owen's blessing day! We had everyone from my family and Fred's family here (actually minus 1 from each side of the family). It was a bit chaotic (19 adults and 20 kids) at times but over all it was a good day. Fred gave Owen a beautiful blessing, he's such a softy at times but I love it. Fred's highlight of the day was our lunch, we had a "HOT DOG BAR! HOT DOG BAR! HOT DOG BAR!" as Fred says! We had hot dogs with every kind of topping we could think of or that we thought people would eat. There was chili, cheese, tomatoes, onions, sauerkraut, coleslaw, salsa, ketchup, mayo, yellow mustard, brown mustard, jalapenos, etc. Fred loved it and the kids did too. I do have to admit it was kind of fun and easy. Anyway, we had a great time!

Thanks to all you that traveled to come celebrate this special day with us.

Owen and Daddy

Fred, Owen, and me

The Gooch Boys

Grandpa Gooch and Owen

Grandpa Gooch and his grandsons

Fred and Owen (both getting hungry)

Emma and Fred

The Gooch Family (it's growing)

Our Newest Addition

Here's ..........Owen! He was born February 19, 2010 at 2:33 PM and was by far our biggest child, weighing in at 9 lbs. 4 oz. and 21 1/2" in length.

Here is how it all went down...I was induced that Friday because I just couldn't do it any more and because he was refusing to come out on his own. It was the closest to the due date I had ever gone with any of our kids (he was due that Sunday the 21st). So, I was started on "pit" at 9:30 AM. I was quite excited because they say that it should take about half the time of your last delivery. Emma only took 4 hours from start to finish! So I was think yeah, this should only take 2 hours (especially b/c I went in there dilated 4 cm)! Boy was I wrong or what??? My doctor came and broke my water at 11:30 AM (I had only progressed to 5 cm). She was so great to come in a deliver our baby for me on her day off, but she had a hair appointment at noon! On top of that her hair lady was kind of slow. I'm thinking, great I'm not going to have her here after all. She told the nurses if I start progressing to fast, just to turn off my "pit." She leaves and everyone who is there with me is thinking of lunch. So, they all leave to see what is in the cafeteria; Fred and his dad go to Subway just down the road for a sandwich. Well, in the matter of 30 minutes, I go from 5 cm to 9 cm! Luckily, I already had the good stuff so I wasn't feeling much. Then I just started feeling all this pressure and it was getting stronger and longer. To make a long story short, Fred made it back and my doctor was a close one. However, little did we all know I could have started to push before worrying if she was going to make it back on time or not because I ended up pushing for over an hour! Actually that probably would have been a problem too; as soon as I started to push we found out he was posterior. Babies can be born posterior but it is usually a very hard delivery. No fear, my doctor was there! I guess she is one of the best doctors to turn a baby when they are posterior. She turned him with no problem, but then I had a very hard time getting him past my public bone, I'm guessing because he was so big. But I finally did it and he practically "popped" out once I got him past that bone. I look back at pictures from right after Owen was born and think "Man I look like crap!" Then I remind myself, that I pushed for over an hour and was throwing up most the time on top of it all. Oh the things that we go through for these special little ones in our lives! He is such a cute boy, we enjoy having him in our family. The girls are a little obsessed with him and love him a little too much at times, but what else are big sisters for, right?

My good friend Miranda is an amazing photographer who took some newborn pictures of our big boy for us. She said he is one of the biggest newborn she ever taken pictures of (and he was down to 8 lbs. 12 oz.). The pictures turned out so good, I love all of them! Thank you so much Miranda for capturing these memories for us. She has more on here photo blog too http://sweetpea-photography.blogspot.com/

Let's Celebrate Valentine's Day!

I'm so excited to celebrate the next holiday, Valentine's Day, because this little boy inside me is due a week later!!! Hopefully he comes that week or anytime after February 1st, for insurance purposes. Anyway, I'm just excited that the time is getting shorter because I feel like I have been pregnant over a year, oh yeah maybe because it is very close to being a full year from the time of conception! I'm just exited to meet this little guy and so are his sisters. McKenzie is counting down the weeks! I didn't think she payed much attention time, but the other week she asked "Will baby Owen be here in 7 weeks?" It was so cute! We can't wait!

Welcome Home Elder Andrew Gooch!!!

Once again, it has been soooooo long since I have posted on my blog, that's life I guess. I just wanted to welcome home Fred's youngest brother Andrew who got home from serving a mission in Chile. It's amazing how fast the two year went but at the same time it seems like it had been forever since we last saw him.

The Girls with their signs for their uncle.

Andrew is the one waving!

Andrew and Jon

Camille, Fred, and Andrew

All the little nieces and the new little nephew were so excited to see Andrew!

Ellsee, Andrew, and Emma


We are so happy to have our uncle, brother, and brother-in-law Andrew back from serving the Lord. We are so proud of him and all the many lives he changed or touched by being a great missionary. It's so amazing to see how these boys leave for their missions and come back men! I just hope we can be as good of parents to our children as Tammy and George have been and continue to be to theirs.

Welcome home Andrew, we hope you are adjusting to life !

The Latest News!

Once again, just like my journal at home, it has been forever since I have posted on here. That's what happens when school starts, it's harvesting time, and being pregnant all at one time. We are staying pretty busy around here. I had my ultrasound on the 1st of this month and the ultrasound tech said she is a 100% sure.....

I could tell right away before she even said anything. McKenzie was very sad a first, she had her head berried in the chair, because she wanted it to be a girl. Afterwards we had to go to the store, once we were there she was okay but very concerned that we didn't have boy clothes or boy toys. She doesn't quite understand how long it will be before the baby is actually born. It's good that we will have some time, because Fred and I can't seem to agree on a name for this little one. He just might have to go by two different names! Anyway we are very excited, and things will be quite different around here come February. I keep wanting to start on the nursery but right now it is the girls toy room. I have compromised, I guess mostly with myself, and said the girls can have that room until after Christmas. Then we will begin the process of moving this around and making it into a nursery. They don't understand why it can't be the nursery and the toy room. I just smile and say "Sorry, that's not going to happen!"

As for McKenzie she got into this great preschool program where she goes every day, stays just as long as the kindergartners, and she gets to ride the bus. It has been so good for her, it has really started to give her more confidence, and I think she really enjoys being kind of independent. So kindergarten should be a breeze for her next year and she won't be so nervous about riding the bus with all the big kids. I just hopping Emma can get into the same preschool when the time comes.

Emma is taking dance lessons and loving it! I wish it was more than once a week, but she still enjoys going and dancing with all the girls. I think Emma is going to be that girl on stage that is just looking around not really paying attention to what the other kids are doing. Oh well, at lest she is having fun now, and that is very important in a child's life!