Hey guys! My name is Natalie and I'm excited to share the ups and down of my life with you. I hope you enjoy following the life I share with my husband Aled, our golden Hendricks and twin boys! We're currently living in Los Angeles but have moved a lot and love to travel! Since 2015 we have moved from Dubai to NYC to LA to Seattle and just recently back to LA...... so who knows how long it may be until we move again!
Uploading weekly vlogs on Tuesday Mornings and sit down chats every other Friday! Thanks for following along with our journey x
Lets work together: nataliealexandragoff@gmail.com Instagram: @natalieagoff
Hello Natalie My husband is British and we are moving back to the UK from the States ...any tips ? Were you happy with your overseas moving company? Cheers
Wow I can't believe they stayed still when you changed their diapers just by using the little book I thought you would need a toy or something. Does the book still keep them calm when you change them at other places?
For smaller cribs we used the IKEA gulliver 60×120cm. Smaller than usual. And also had the bugaboo stardust travel cot that we used almost full time. Again it is skinnier than a regular crib and has adjustable height for newborn/toddler. It was pricey but it was the BEST purchases we ever made. It folds with a single click rather than faffing with the 4 sides with a regular travel cot. The mattress is so lovely, not like regular travel cot (or pack and play like the Americans say). As its a mesh side my two (almost 2.5 years) haven't managed to climb out of it yet so thats a bonus. Well worth the money but think it only comes in black or grey.
Lovely video Natalie and you are blooming. My second pregnancy I carried my son very high so I had really bad rib pain and where he was pressing on my lungs I was out of breath a lot. I carried all 3 of mine differently. My first, a boy I carried very low so was pretty small, but given that im only 5'2'' a 7lb 8oz baby was declared big for me. My second as I said I carried high so I got big all the way round! He was 7lb 11oz so another big baby. My third pregnancy I carried in the middle so had a neat bump right out front, a girl. She was 7lb 6.5oz. The medical staff all thought I would have had smaller babies around 6lb - 6lb 7oz. Take care you will get there x
My lovely fur bay was my little shadow, he followed me everywhere and I loved it. What a lovely old church and the walk with Hendricks was so nice. The boys really did give us cheeky smiles at breakfast. I found that with mine, they were so tired after school so i had to adjust the routine. Perfect way of dealing with the boys disagreements, when they know mum isnt going to do it they have to figure it out themselves. You have a lovely garden and will be great to see what plans you have x
Oh Natalie that garden is fabulous 😮Can’t wait to see it growing. Looks like you have an amazing outdoor space. I felt so sorry for you when the boys were fussy and Hendricks wanted to play ball too. Your hands are certainly full but somehow you always manage. You are amazing for sure. Really enjoyed the video. Its OK to show the struggle of every day. (Hugs) You are doing great 🎉
Ah thank you Kate, we’re hoping next month with a small budget just to open it up a little to give the boys and pup some grass and open space to play. Im excited to make use (as a real beginner) of the greenhouse. One day I hope it could be very pretty! Oh thanks for saying I’m doing great, this month has been one of the hardest in a long time - I plan to explain more in the next vlog but I know it’s all normal motherhood challenges but wow it’s hard x
Hi Natalie, I just saw that you are pregnant with another little boy! Congratulations! I have been following your channel since I was pregnant with twins. Got a lot of twin tips and must haves (I have two Mina Baie bags haha). I have two year old twin boys and a baby boy of 5 months old. It was hard at the beginning but we are finding our rhythm. It is the most wonderful thing to be a mum of 3 boys. I’m based in London and now on mat leave so if you are ever here please give me a shout. Best wishes to you on your pregnancy x
Hello Eva, thank you so much for commenting here - I’m so glad you enjoyed some of my twin videos … now I need some of your tips. Right now the boys are being really challenging and I’m nervous for this big transition coming up. I’d love to hear any advise you have on things that helped you deal with twins and a newborn seeing as we’re in a very similar situation not many months apart! Sending Love xx
I watched suits a couple of years ago. I liked the first couple of seasons but never finished it. Try to watch the first 10 episodes to have a better idea. Take care of you and do the things at your pace
Oh Natalie its always good to see you. Love the chats and the DIY updates. Honestly the wall looks great white too if you decide to leave it. I love hearing the boys talk they have such cute accents. I am glad you are taking time to sit and rest each day. My house is empty now….all the kids are grown and gone with families of their own and I would give anything for a bit of that chaos. It passes so quickly. 😢 Take care sweet friend until next time. ((Hugs))
Natalie please dont apologise there is no need, love watching whatever you film. Maybe with Henry's sleep pattern being disrupted he was overtired so didnt want to go to preschool, but seemed fine when they came home. It is difficult fitting in their routine when they start in the school system, I feel for you. I didnt realise your home was on three levels. The grey or green in the boys room makes sense to match the colour scheme for the bed linen x
Happy new year.🎉 I can relate to the photobooks and photo storage. So hard to delete photos even when there are loads of photos of the same thing. I haven't printed a photobook yet. In theory its easy to do but once I sit down to do it i get overwhelmed with all the photos and all the memories coming flooding back and I get distracted! Would you do a book for each twin? Or one to share each year. Or both?
So glad to hear you Natalie. I came to follow you from your caramels. Long time ago. I have loved following your journey in the USA and the boys plus Hendricks. So happy about you adding a baby boy. What a great time. I am older and my children are in their 30’s. Take time for yourself and your boys. I know a clean house and eating well are important plus goals but I wish I could just go back to when my children were little and just watch them and talk to them with undivided attention. The other goals will come chores will get done but I wish I had not worried so much about these things and spent more time just being present and not guilting myself. Also, would you ever consider doing a video about the differences of living in the UK vs. USA? Like housing, shopping, transportation and so on. Take care.
Thanks for the video! So many of these goals were resonating with me, but especially regarding finding things that I ENJOY to do with my twins. They are still very young so going out alone with them is a big challenge itself and while they love to go somewhere with news toys/ things to play with I find myself over it pretty quickly. Before they were born I also had the goal of spending one-on-one time with them separately but exactly as you say it's impossible to find the time or you have to take up the chance to get a break when someone else takes them both at once. -Lily xx
Hi Lily, oh it's so hard isn't it, i'll let you know if I have any success but Im not sure what it will be yet! I used to love just going for a walk and grabbing a coffee when they were younger but now they wont sit still to sit in a cafe. People always tell me about the one on one time too but it is a lot harder than i expected and now the boys are older they don't want to do things seperatly either 🤣xx
Happy new year to you all, lovely to see you back, just don't put to much pressure on yourself to have/get everything done just right if you are happy then the rest will follow, you have the most wonderful time ahead soke this time up as a family of four, I'm looking forward to the next chapter 👶 =5 😜Xx
Ah Thank you Valerie, I love that outlook and you are right, everything will follow but it's hard not to expect more from yourself sometimes isn't it. Happy New Year xx
So happy to see you Natalie. Glad your doing well. How did the boys like the Ruko remote truck? I was hoping to see the smiles playing with it. I never make New Years goals anymore. Each new day brings its own surprises so I just wake up and make a daily list and do the best I can. You look amazing. Don’t be hard on yourself…..growing a human takes a lot of energy. Best wishes for a great New Year 🎉Kate
Lovely to see you Natalie HNY sounds like you ad a great Christmas. Bump is coming on lovely lol. It is good to make some intentions but important to be realistic as when I set my self targets that I dont achieve I really berate myself, which isnt good. I have the same issue of feeling guilty, and I have to stop myself from doing it. I had a cleaning schedule when I had my little ones and it was really lovely when they joined in with me, sweeping, mopping and dusting - all good memories and you get the tasks done. Id love to see your plan. Take care and see you, the boys and Hendricks next time xx
Thank You Lynne, happy. new year to you. You're right about being unrealistic about goals, I think a lot of us do that and and then it's half the reason we don't end up achieving any of them over the year. Im trying to change that this year. Oh i love to hear you had a cleaning schedule too, any tips are welcome here 😀
Happy birthday Hendricks you beautiful gorgeous doggy! Congratulations another little boy, how wonderful and you will have so much stuff from the boys to use x
Lovely video Natalie really fun with getting the xmas tree, the village light up and that remote car is huge and the boys are going to love having them, mine got remote control cars one year and loved them. I think you will need to get Aled one as well or he will be trying to nick it off the boys lol Hendricks looked so happy running around and it pulled at my heart with him having his advent as I always bought Buddy one and this is the first year of not getting one, so very sad xx
Oh Lynne, I’m so sorry about buddy, did I tell you my mum recently lost Bailey, you may have seen him in a video but she is devastated. They’ve always had 2 dogs so the first time ever not having a dog at home. Don’t feel like home does it 😞 sending lots of love c
@@NatalieAlexandraGoff Oh Im so sorry about Bailey he was a lovely dog. I really feel for your Mum as next Friday 22nd we would have lost Buddy a year ago. It has been so hard not buying anything for Christmas for him, we always did an advent, stocking, treats and presents for him. He was my shadow as he followed me everywhere, he was my work Buddy as I work from home and he laid next to my chair. I still cry everyday. The house is so quiet and empty without him, thank you x
That trip for the Xmas tree looked like lots of fun and fresh air but seriously cold❄️☔️.Your tree looked lovely and cosy afterwards….and they were such good little helpers Jack and Henry!
Haha you’re right about it being seriously cold. Still not used to this weather yet and it puts me off doing anything to be honest but gotta power through and get used to it!! X
Natalie this was one of my favorite videos. I loved the Christmas tree farm 🌲Looked like everyone had so much fun including Hendricks. And your tree is perfect for that spot. The boys did great helping decorate. They are just too cute but……one word of advice……you need 2 of those Ruko trucks or there will be tears fighting for the remote. Two they could have races……I have been there. My girls were 15 months apart so it was like having twins at the toddler stage. I had to buy 2 of everything. 😂 I hope your feeling good and sending Christmas wishes to you and your family.
Haha oh gosh thanks for the advice, I’m also quite shocked at how big and noisy it was, I was planning on them playing with it about lot but I think it might strictly have to be an outside toy!! Thanks for the advice 😌x
Hi Natalie, long time subscriber of your channel. We are based in the US on the East Coast and are also looking to move back to the UK for the same reasons you have. I have a question for you. How did you ship all your items/furniture? What company did you use and would you recommend them? Was it a faff? Thank you! Alison
Hi Alison, thanks for reaching out and being a long time subscriber. I love meeting people who have been in a similar situation of moving and living away from “home”. So we used a company called Pickfords, they were really good and communicative. It did take about 3 months for the furniture to leave the us and arrive in the UK, handy if you don’t need it desperately but be aware of that. It wasn’t too much of a faff but time consuming and definitely not the easier thing to arrange x
Oh Natalie your hands are gonna be so much fuller when the new baby comes. You will definitely need some baby carriers to wear the baby. So glad your mum is close by for you. I hope you have a girl! Can’t wait to find out. Don’t feel bad about taking a rest you need to rest and nap when you can.
It wasnt mundane Natalie its lovely just seeing you, the boys and Hendricks. I cant believe how much the boys have grown and changed, they look so grown up. Im so excited for your gender reveal x
I enjoyed your vlog still even though you say nothing’s really happening.Life I suppose for most people is mostly just the normal everyday things and its nice to see your life with the boys and your family.Makes the rest of us feel normal:-).Hats off to you for handling pregnancy….still adjusting to the new environment and handling two boisterous boys🌸
Oh my goodness how awesome for you…..a new baby……WOW…so happy for you. One will seem like a breeze. Stay healthy and so excited to be going through the last part of your journey with you.❤
