Leighton is ONE!!!!

Can you believe it has been a year since we welcomed our sweet little bundle of joy into our lives? We sure can't... I know that you hear it all the time but they do grow up fast!!! We had a weekend of fun with lots of family and friends...

The Birthday Girl

We ran some errands for the party Friday morning... She loved riding with the balls...

Friday, April 2nd was her actual birthday and we celebrated with friends and family in a suite at the Stars game... The Stars beat Edmonton 6-3... Our suite was in the best spot possible, on the offensive end and all nine goals scored on our end... Very fun and exciting night!

Outside the Suite... She is not a fan of bows so you will notice that it isn't in many pictures... =)

Checking out the Stars with P-Paw...

Her "special" shirt for the game...

Here name was on the Jumbo Tron twice... Pretty special girl...

Having some snacks and chillin' between periods...

Watching the game with her daddy...

After a fun night with family and friends at the Stars game, we had her BIRTHDAY PARTY planned for more family and friends on Saturday... Leighton was in a great mood all day even after staying up so late at the game the night before... Saturday we had everyone over for burgers, cake, ice cream and some final four basketball... We all had a great time...

The cupcake display...

Gifts for the birthday girl...

Gifts for our guests...

The Birthday Girl and her Aunt Lori after her nap and before going downstairs to say Hi to her guests...

Mommy, Leighton, Kathleen, and Claire

Jill and Leighton

Ms. Denise... The world greatest babysitter... =) Soon to be a fabulous mother herself... Can't wait to meet Mr. Levi...

Our Poppa

Gage lining up the balls for some more fun!

T-Paw and P-Paw taking care of the burgers...

Hanging with Uncle Brian... She love leaves!

The kiddos taking a break to eat...

Time for the cake!!!

Happy Birthday to you!!!

Happy Birthday to you!!!

Happy Birthday dear Leighton!!!

Happy Birthday to you!!!

Like this???

I think I got it... Yummy!

Ice cream with your hands...

Time for presents...

We had lots of helpers...

To top off the weekend we celebrated Easter Sunday with more family time... We had brunch with Bobba, Poppa, Mimi, P-Paw, Aunt Lori, Mammo, Sisi, T-Paw, and Uncle Brian at Lucielle's State Bistro... It was very yummy!

Having a look at what the Easter Bunny brought her while making a noise with her mouth!

Brunch with the gang...

Playing some game...

What a weekend!!! =)

Leighton is one blessed young lady to have so many family and friends that love her... Thank you to everyone for being a part of this special time in all our lives... We appreciate it more than we can say...

LOVE YOU ALL - The Goodsells

Happy Valentines Day

The Goodsells hope that you all had a great Valentines Day!

Jeff got up on Sunday morning with the Bird for a little Leighton/Daddy time... Then he gave each of us our Valentine Day gifts and we love them... He then treated us to a special lunch! What a sweetie... After lunch Leighton hung out with Ms. Denise while Mommy and Daddy got to go see a movie... We all had a great time! Leighton and I are very lucky to have such a great Valentine in Jeff... =)

Leighton opening her present from her Daddy...

Leighton and I had a little photo shoot in her Valentine Day tutu that her MiMi made... The tutu was a little "itchy" at first.... Not sure what to think of the toole against on her bare skin...

Some Serious Catching Up!!

My oh my! Where does the time go.....

It has been almost two months since my last post... It is tough working and being a mom... =) I know that lots of people do it and are still able to blog but it is pretty difficult for me to stay on top of this... I hope to do a better job over the holidays but we will see... No one hold your breath!

First, so much has happened over the last several weeks.... We had Leighton's first Halloween, her first Thanksgiving, and her first tooth! Despite having the H1N1 flu, she is growing like a weed and doing great now!

Soon after my last post Leighton was diagnoised with the H1N1 flu... She handled it like a champ! We had one tough night when her temperature got up to 104.7 degrees but that was pretty much the extent of the super high temps... We watched her closely for several weeks and she did have a secondiary infection of broncitus and rhinitus but was able to stop it there... Jeff and I were very lucky to have Leighton's grandmother, Si Si - Jeff's mom, come and stay with us for nearly 3 weeks! It was just what the doctor ordered! She was able to rest and be loved on at the same time... I am positive that it is one of the reasons she was able to recover from the flu and do so quickly...

The OU/Texas football game fell during the flu. She was doing much better. Here she is with her Daddy and Si Si wishing them well before they headed to the game early Saturday morning. She did NOT go to the game but still sported the appropriate attire (per her Daddy) to watch the game at home.

Just resting with Daddy

This has too be the worst set of boogers ever! One morning, I went to get the precious thing and this is what I was "greeted" with... =) At least she wore them with a big smile!

After we dealt with the flu it was time to celebrate her first Halloween! Her MiMi (my mom) came in for the weekend to participate in all the fun... We went to the local farmer's market to take a few pictures with the pumpkins before it was time to meet all the trick or treaters... We had a couple of outfits for the day as well as one for every week leading up to the events! I hope you enjoy the pictures below.

Next big event was Leighton's first Thanksgiving... We were in Franklin with my family to celebrate this year... Jeff, Lori and I went to the game after we had Thanksgiving lunch with the entire family and took a family picture for MiMi and P-Paw's Christmas card... The lunch, pictures, and the game were lots of fun! Although the game didn't turn out the way I wanted it to, I guess you can say that part of the family was happy... =)

Leighton's Thanksgiving meal.... Rice Cereal with Sweet Potatoes & Corn!

Game Day Picture!

Leighton was "neutral" and wore a little burnt orange and little maroon...

On Saturday, before we headed back home, MiMi was hanging out with Leighton by herself when she found a new little addition... Leighton's first tooth! That is right folks the first tooth had broken through... It is still not out 100% but it is movin' on up! The whole weekend she started chewing her tounge... I think she had found it too!!! We were able to catch one photo of some tounge chewing but that is all you can see for now.... One more thing you will notice below... She is up and rocking on those hands and knees... Not actually crawling yet, just rocking and "scooting" backwards for now... Shouldn't be much longer, or at least that is what I am affraid of.... =)

MORE TO COME............

Leighton Seeing Stars

We had a busy weekend! MiMi and P-Paw were in town for a quick trip, we went to a baby shower, and a Stars signing event... It was a crazy whirlwind of a weekend but we had lots of fun... Can't wait to meet Baby Hamilton!!!

Can you see where Nick Grossman signed my jacket? He is one of mom's favorites...

My first teething biscuit... Yummy!!!

And can you believe that I am 6 months old?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

We also recently spent a weekend in Austin with SiSi, T-Paw, Mammo, Uncle Brian and Brandon... It was a nice and relaxing weekend... SiSi (aka Susan) took some really good pictures but I don't have them on my computer so I can't share... =( I will try to get them and post later... There is a really great picture of Leighton and Jeff before the football game...