Early November

At the beginning of this month there was a chance that a tropical storm would come through... luckily the only thing we felt of the storm as it passed us by was a lot of wind... which made for a lot of waves. We went down to the beach to check out the waves and the boardwalks and beach entries we all boarded up because the waves were crashing up against the dunes. It was a pretty sweet sight. Oh life is good at the beach!

Clothing provided by Aunt Tuna and Aunt Kitty

Notice the water all the way up and under the walkway we were standing on.

Goldie loves her dad

For the past 2 weekends we have been in Saint Cloud for the Harmony High School football games to support Tyler in his great coaching success. We are in the semi finals next weekend... Go Longhorns! The weekend of the 17th a cold snap came through so we were all bundled up for the game...

Goldie and her Go Dad... She was not happy about being so cold

Thawing out after the game

More Goldie

We love our baby.

Monday Nov 19th

On Monday of last week the kids in Saint Cloud didnt have school so they came over our way.

The Beach!

Yes, I know we are living in the Sunshine State but it is still a little crazy that we were at the beach 3 days before Thanksgiving.

She is our little beach baby! She was so good just laying on the blanket under the umbrella.

John came by on his lunch break to see us.

It was a little tricky to get down the boardwalk with the gear and the baby... so I just packed her up too. She was happy until I kicked sand into my bag and all over her!

The Boat!
The Quigleys bought a boat! John and I went after the beach and picked it up from the boatyard and drove it up the river to their dock. I was loving it. Ever since we moved here i have longed each time we pass over the causeways to be out on the river... the day came. The Rendezvous treated us well.

John was born to drive the Rendezvous

We stopped and picked up the kids to take them for a spin

Look how handsome

Fussy little Goldie

Goldie at one week... this was just to warm us up for what was in store

So Goldie is colicky... she cries and cries, eats, sleeps and cries and every once in a while she'll squeak out a smile or two... we still can't get enough of her though but we haven't been taking too many pictures... here are the only recent ones.

Cousin Claire loves little Goldie and wants to hold her all the time

Our horrible adorable! She is getting so big already!

Goldie Goldie Goldie

Just trying out the video options here...

Grammy and Papa

Grammy and Papa Hyde were able to come meet Goldie 2 weekends ago. It was so great to have them here. While they were here we took Goldie to the beach so we could collect sea shells for Anne's play she is directing back in Fallon. They were only here for about 48 hours so our pictures were limited... we didn't even get a picture of Goldie and her Grands. We can't wait for them to come again soon.

Handsome Hyde Men
On a mission for sea shells

Mark and Anne
The First (and only) sling trip... she hates it now


Goldie loved the beach!

Goldie Girl

We are loving our little muffin.

Goldie and her Dad

John and his little Goldie girl in the hospital. I just have to tell you that this man was so sweet and concerned through the whole birthing episode. It was a real roller coaster and very emotional but we are just so happy to have our little girl safely here .

This is what John does everyday after work. I have her all nursed up and ready to cuddle with her dad. I had to put that second one up because of those little, crossed legs.

The day we got home from the hospital John had to get back to work so Goldie and I just caught up on some sleep and waited for John to get home. True to form as soon as John walked in the door he was over to pick his little girl up. I happened to come over to them in the kitchen and found this on her tiny little wrist. John had surprised us with Goldie's birthday presents.

Little ID bracelets... Goldie's has her initials, GHH, on the front and mine just says GOLDIE... with her birthday on the backs.

What a man.

Our little peach... with her furry little shoulders.

Goldie Hart Hyde

Goldie was born October 9 at 2:47 a.m., weighing in at 7 lbs 2 oz and 20.5 inches. This is the hallalujah shot.

Mother meets daughter...

After 18 plus hours of labor. Unphased and beautiful.

The Hyde family.

We started at 6:45 a.m. on Monday morning. We were pretty stoked. We had no idea that Shelly wouldn't dialate at all for the next 17 hours. We had her bouncing on this "birthing ball" and pumping the maximum potacin in her veins and checking every hour but nothing...it looked like we were heading for a c-section. Then all of the sudden at 12:30 am the nurse comes and checks and says, you're at a four, no a five, this might be a six! What?! Five minutes later she was at a 7, and 15 minutes after that she was at a 9. Shelly's family had all left at about 1130 and driven back the hour drive to St. Cloud. But they turned right around and were there in time to see little Goldie girl jump out of her mother's womb. It was all very exciting. Thanks for all the prayers. Check out http://www.thehaughts.blogspot.com/ for more Goldie.

Don't be fooled.

So pay no attention to the count down on my Widget Baby... I am no where close to going in to labor. I am still feeling good... no contractions, no pain, just swollen feet... and not showing any signs of having this baby on my own. I will be induced on Monday... So whether the child decides to show up sooner... we will have that baby in our arms sometime, hopefully not long, after Monday morning. We will keep you posted!