Cravings

We made it to 20 weeks!! On Monday June 8th we find out the GENDER. I have to say the pregnancy has been SUPER great... no nausea, no weird pregnancy issues, and only one craving to speak of so far... HOT DOGS!! My dad would be proud.. he would love to get the Goode Dog Wagon out !! Sorry Dad, these are Soy dogs in whole wheat buns!! not " Dirty Water Dogs"

Stassa and Jon Bergmann, The wedding

This past weekend, I watched one of my best friends  get married!! I didn't take any pictures.. WHY?.. because my dad covered the entire wedding and when Bill Goode is around... It is COVERED! Here is a sneak preview of the rehearsal and some extra pics of Stassa and Jon around Asheville. 

The happy couple had such an amazing weekend and today they are off to St. John for their Honeymoon. I will post some of my favorite pics when I can ... Have a good day !

Biggest News

Welcome back ! Francois and I have the biggest news to share with you all.  Francois and I are expecting our first baby on October 22nd!! On June 8th we find out if we are having a boy or girl!!

This is the first ultrasound taken at 7 weeks,  on March 6th.  I will be 18 weeks this Wednesday. Everything has been progressing along and we hope to share with you all the gender of the baby on June 8th. 

We are very excited and this will be my parent's first grandchild!! 

I hope this news makes up for my recent lack of posting :)

Here is Ian and me surprising my dad for his birthday this past weekend... Goode times.. Always great to hangout with the Family!!! 

Here is a pic of the past Jr miss winners and the current Jr Miss... 

Real Quick

Just to catch you up to now,  Francois and I have been, of course, working hard. I think i worked 7 days in a row with one day off in between... I did not plan that! I know that I was not the woman Francois married after all that !! Whew! 

Let's see. Cooper also had an exciting week after we returned from New York. He was SUPER sick.  I took him to the vet when there was no more to left in coop, if you know what I mean. He was given a 500 ml fluid bolus, antibacterial meds, and anti-nausea meds. Poor Coop!! He is all better now!!

The next weekend I went to judge an America's Jr. Miss program, Edgecombe County.  I was judging interview, presence and poise, talent and fitness. What an experience Here is a pic of the past winners. It was also great to be back home where i could relax, FINALLY!  

After this excitement, Francois' parent flew in from France and stayed for two weeks. They spent their time reading, going to the gym, dining out, and just relaxing. Meanwhile, they were planing a big  trip cross country on route 66. They will be gone approx 1 month and then return to Charleston for another 2 weeks. 

I just returned from Asheville and Tarboro in one weekend, where i threw my friend Stassa a bridal shower one day and drove to Tarboro to surprise my dad for his birthday the next!! Needless to say.... We have been busy!!!!!!! 

Pictures to follow... just wanted to get this out

Monday, Feb 16th... Last Day.. Tourist 100%..well maybe

So today, we decided to play full blown Tourist!! We got up early and went to NBC studios for the Today show. I guess we weren't 100% tourist because a better tourist would have been there at 6:30am... we got there at 7:15am.. pushed our way through the crowd only to look at the back of the heads of Al Roker and Meredith Viera.  ( 90% tourist)

We could have jumped in front of others to get our one wave to " Mom" but, we opted out and took pictures with Mr. and Mrs. Potato head. ( 85% tourist)

Next we waited outside NBC studio to get some info on a NBC tour possibly later that day ( 89% tourist)

We didn't realize the line was forming to be the 1 of the first 50 people in line to see Patricia Arquette and receive a copy of her TV series Medium... we opted out, not interested, grabbed our mini info packets and left ( 70% tourist)

We then went back to the hotel to workout... in the hotel gym ( 80% tourist) then booked our tickets for a "On Location TV & Movie Tour" ( 100% tourist)

I think Francois slept a little during the ride ( 70% tourist) , however he managed to be awarded a lollipop after answering a trivia question on " I am Legend".. 

Question: " What  is the largest loop hole of the entire movie...." Francois states, " They blow the bridge up.. therefore no one can get on the island and it is near impossible for the other people to save Will Smith and make it on the island without a way to get there" 

As a matter of fact, Francois was the first tourist to guess this answer out of 200 some odd tours that our tour guide had given.. Hearing that, Francois finessed another lollipop . 

We also stopped at the sites of "Friends apartment", Cosby show, Spiderman's apartment, countless Enchanted scenes.. managed to see flyers out for shootings of upcoming 30 rock episodes.. If you see a sheet of paper on a pole or anything... it usually tells you what is being shot and at what time.. for example.. 

Anyway, every time, we would stop.. Francois and I would listen  and then quickly make our way back to the bus... I think the SNL and Will Ferrell shows spoiled us ( 50% tourist) we left the other 50% to the German, Swiss, English, Greek, and French tourist. Here are some tourist shots we took .. ( 100% tourist) 

( I am Legend House of Will Smith)

Peter Parker's Apartment in Spiderman II

Grace Adler's Design business in TV show Will and Grace

Cosby's house... however, as you  know in the show.. the stair case to go upstairs is on the right hand side ... so.. if this outside shot is correct.. they would be going up in the neighbors house. This is  what they call an "establishing shot".  They use this shot to have you think this is where they lived. The owner of the house actually got 1,000 dollars, every time it was shown. And did you know, that the original Heathcliff and Clair Huxtable were written to be a Limo driver and plumber ... since it would be impossible to believe they could afford a home in that area... they had to be Doctor and Lawyer  

Friends apartment on the corner of Bedford and Grove Street 

As we made our way off the bus, we headed to FAO Schwartz and managed to check out a new Whatnot shop of Muppet Making. It was really neat, creepy .. and neat. 

AFTER ALL THIS... we took our 35 dollar cab back to the airport and hurried home to our little Boy BABBERS!! ...... our dog Cooper :) What a Fantastic trip!!!

Pictures of Will Ferrell " You're Welcome America" production

Inside the Cort Theater in our seats
Tickets to our show!! Will Ferrell! He is only performing for 8 weeks!!

Will Ferrell acting as George Bush, fresh in office.. take a look at this if you want a taste!
Our seats!! we were in the box seats same as Seth Myers, just opposite side of theater. Ok, look at the 4 boxes.. now look at the bottom 2. Now look at the box furthest from the stage. That is where we were sitting. You can see Seth Myers leaning between the bottom 2 boxes. 

Line to go into the Cort Theater