My phone is seriously so cool! Had I known 14 months ago that I could set up my blog so that I could post to it from my phone, I doubt that I would have gone 14 months without a blog post! :-) I am very awed by this trick! But hey... just means the posts will keep coming! :-)

So... here I am... another day overdue... waiting for baby Goode to come. There's this song on the radio that Ryan and I have heard several times in the last few weeks and its so funny... its about waiting for Jesus... yet its definitley how I feel waiting for our baby to come! Check out the lyrics:


Your Arrival
-Phil Wickham

Here now in the final hours
Hope lifts its tired eyes
Here now, we are waiting
For you to arrive

Great things are set in motion
The sky breaks with a trumpet sound
You call all your children
To meet you in the clouds

We are waiting, anticipating
Your arrival, your arrival
Voices raising, celebrating
Your arrival, your arrival

We'll keep the candle burning
We'll watch for every sign
Here now we are waiting
For you to arrive!

Great things are about to happen
Lord, let your kingdom come
And call us home to heaven
The city of our God

Haste the day!

We wanna be with you!

Oh this is our song
Wherever you are
Is where we belong, O Lord

We are waiting, anticipating
Your arrival, your arrival
Voices raising, celebrating
Your arrival, your arrival


So... the song is about Jesus returning, not waiting for a baby's birth, yet so much of that is how I feel today! "Haste the day! I am waiting, anticipating your arrival little boy! Great things are about to happen! We're watching for every sign! Here now we are waiting for your arrival... baby we want to be with you!" Please little Goode... come soon!

And a blog isn't as fun without a picture... so here's one of all the paintings I've made so far for the babys room... Noah's ark theme... 2 of each animal. I can't wait for him to see his animals! :-) Have a great day!

Hello!!! Long time no post!! :)

Hey all!!

So... I haven't posted in FOREVER on this blog... I'm sure I haven't been too busy to get online and post for the past 14 months... but for some reason I haven't. I just updated Ryan and my blog... you can check it out by clicking here... and I thought I'd pop in and put an update on this blog too!

I am very pregnant. I was due yesterday... here's a recent goofy picture (more belly shots are on Ryan & my blog!)... and I am very ready for a baby outside of my belly, 6 weeks off work, and summer!! :)
The past year has been a really good year. God is so good and faithful! Our church is doing really well, is a lot of fun, a lot of work, but God is moving and blessing us and we are growing. It's exciting to look ahead to the future - and to look back and see all that God has done since we've moved to Canton. Some of the highlights: we've just started an Upward Sports Soccer League - first game April 16! We have a small group that meets at our house on Sunday nights that is really good and we're talking about forming another group. Each week there are 3 different groups that meet with Jesus regularly - Tuesdays and Fridays at 7am and Wednesdays at 7pm. It's so exciting to meet with each other and pray and see how God is molding and shaping us as we seek Him! And we've had several new families visit our church in the past month. God is working!

I am working at a hospital as a social worker - and I LOVE it!! :) I was a Child Welfare Specialist and worked with abused and neglected kids and had a really rough time in that position... this new position I have held since the end of December - it's part time, so I work 3 days one week and 2 days the next - but have insurance and it's not stressful at all!! I am loving the extra time off to get ready for the baby and pour into the people at our church... and I look forward to this summer and fall to with a new baby be able to have time to bless those around me due to the blessing of my part time job. :)

Ryan's doing good... he's been busy building and creating for our new little man. He has completed a crib that he made from scratch out of oak - here's a picture I just took this weekend:

He also is working on a changing table and a sweet little shelf for the baby's room. Yes, yes, we know the baby was due yesterday... but there is no rush to finish the furniture and it is all almost done anyway... it is all beautiful!! I'm so proud of his new learned wood-working skills. Thank you church for buying him a table saw this past October... it was the nicest gift ever and has definitely been put to use and will continue to be used! :)

And then of course you need a Claxton update! I love our puppy more than ever... he's so funny... and peanut butter makes him go crazy! :) I will have to show you the next time you come to visit... don't let me forget! I laugh sooo hard at him when he eats peanut butter. He's excited about his new brother too... I really think he knows there's a baby on the way! Two weeks ago I had contractions 2 minutes apart and so Ryan and I ran around the house packing our bags for the hospital in a panic... and wherever I went Claxton followed me and several times put his nose on my belly... like he knew something was up or wrong! :) He's such a good dog... now we just have to see how he does with a new baby! Here's a funny picture of him reading my "What to Expect when you're Expecting" book! :) So cute.


I promise I won't wait 14 months to post again. Have a lovely day!!
:) Kara Joy