For the love of Orange

Dearest Grayson,

I am soooo sorry,

that I let you pick out a bright orange safety coned colored costume.

Orange isn't my color nor is it yours.

Love, Mom

Grayson might have been a little excited to see us when he rounded the corner, it was so funny.
Uh Oh Maycie forgot her wings and was a little bummed. So do you see the half of a mermaid in front of Maycie???? A couple days ago the kids came home from school and said that this girl Lexi slammed grayson against a brick wall and chocked him with her backpack.....I know its sad to laugh at that but I find it a little funny. I told Grayson the next time a kindergartner beats him up he has permission to tell the teacher..........

Look at how miserable Adam is....lol, he really was excited to be there and had a lot of fun.

Madi Girl

Madi and Lincoln, she is a month older and just about the same size as him, except for those hands. That little boy has got some big paws!!!!

This is Madis little buddy Max they love eachother, he cracks me up, whenever he see's her he says, "ohhhh, Madi"

Just needed to post a little Madi update, I can't get enough of this little munchkin!!!!

Cabin Fun

We started our weekend of fun at a little mexican restaurant called Tarahumara. It was yummy!

Aunt Manon helping Grayson build a fort out of sticks. (Adam with his Angry birds game, I think he wasted like 5 hours one day playing that), Papa Smith and Celest

Man this lady can cook up one yummy meal!!!!!

The boys swinging on the tire horses.

Its become a tradition to spend Conference weekend at the cabin. The number one reason I love the cabin is for the FOOD. Let me tell you, it is always yummy, its like a marathon of food the whole weekend and I love every minute of it. I also love that this kids get to play with their cousins, they have so much fun together.

Bradleys Birthday

Bradley had a weekend long celebration this year. We had a fun family party one night, a party for him the nex day at Grandma and Grandpa Rice's and then we went to the cabin for the rest of conference and had a little celebration there. It was a weekend full of hot wheels, spiderman and cake....lots of cake! He loved every minute of the attention. I can't believe that it has been 4 years since this little guy came in my life. Fun facts about Bradley are, he loves to make people laugh, he thinks he can speak spanish, he loves music and singing, give this kid a microphone and he will entertain you for hours. I love my buddah baker!

Conference

I heart conference!!!!

Your house is filled with a special spirit all weekend,

The TVs all turned to the same channel blaring familiar voices and,

THE FOOD is always amazing, nothing like ham, funeral potatoes, corn, rolls and cookie salad!

The memories that are made with family are priceless!

Update Time

Grayson with his morning poptart.

We have been pretty busy the past couple weeks. Getting into the school groove has been AWESOME!!! Maycie is gone from 8:30 until 12:00 and Grayson is at school from 8:30 til 4:00. I miss them a ton but let me tell you I am totally enjoying the freedom! I have been spending a lot of time trying to get back into shape. I have about 5 lbs to go before I am at my goal weight. I have an awesome friend that is helping me get back into running shape. I can't remember the last time I was excited to get up at 6 am and go running but I really am enjoying it.

We recently went to Adams company party and had a blast. The hotel room was awesome and I really enjoyed getting to spend some quality time together. A little kiddo update... Grayson is enjoying school and making new friends. Maycie likes school but LOVES dance class. Bradley is my comic relief, as we walked out of Micheals last week he pointed to the halloween decorations and said "mom, look at that holy ghost up there"....lol! He is too much. Madilyn is smiling and talking, she is such a sweetheart I don't know what I would do without her. We have been spending a lot of time with family too. My sister Dana and Adams sister Haley where both here to visit the past few weeks and it was a lot of fun watching the kids play with their cousins.

Sew what!

Of course we needed a matching hairbow!

Done taking pictures

Oh my goodness I can't stop! I am becoming obsessed with sewing. Last week I made Maycie a new dress for church I can't get over how adorable she looked in it. I made her a few other new ones in the past month with a different pattern but for some reason cant find any pictures of them so that post will come soon. I am currently working on matching dresses for the girls but if I continue to sew every night I think Adam will throw my machine out the window....lol. Maybe I should let him do that because the new one I want is on sale this week........hmmmmm

Madilyns Blessing

Not a happy baby!

Madi in her dress that I made her

Grandma and Grandpa Smith

Grandma Rice

Grandpa Rice and Cousin Jason

Madilyns blessing was such a special day. Everyone was able to come and share in this celebration with us. After the blessing we had everyone over for lunch and it was so fun. We are so happy to have Madilyn as a part of our family and we are so excited that we have such a great family to share her with.

A little update

I am still alive!
This is her mad face........

Grayson trying to make her smile.

If words could only describe how much love Madi has brought into our home I would write them down but I really cannot tell you how much I love this little girl. She has been such a blessing and I feel like now that I know how fast they grow up I am truly able to cherish every moment with her. I have managed to get back to working a few nights a week but that doesn't come without a little anxiety. I hate having to leave her and all I want to do while I am gone is hurry home and kiss her little face. The kids are so loving and great with her. They help me out so much and I really couldn't have asked for a better bunch of kiddos, not saying they are perfect. This week alone they have, made it snow in my craft room (that requires taking a bag of batting and tearing into a million pieces and then throwing it everywhere), colored all over the walls in the boys bedroom after I spent 2 hours last week with my favorite Mr.clean eraser getting all of the marks off of their walls, broken Maycies bed doing "tricks" on it, and eaten and entire jar of peanut butter and 2 loaves of bread for breakfast this morning, all topped with a little ice cream and yes they left the ice cream out on the table to melt everywhere. With all of that being said I think we are doing good. Life is a little crazy sometimes but we are defiantly getting through.

4th of July

For the 4th of July this year I think we celebrated for like 3 days straight. Saturday morning we headed to Grantsville to watch the parade with my parents and sister. They have in the past taken the kids to this parade every 4th of July but this was the first year I went with them. The cars throw candy and toys to the kids and it was hilarious to watch their faces light up everytime they would get a new treat. We told them that if they waived at all of the cars that passed they would get more candy and so after about an hour into the parade Grayson started to complain that his arm was hurting from waiving so much, but every car that came by he just kept waivig and waiving. That night we went up to Adams parents and did fireworks. Sunday we went to my parents for a BBQ and fireworks and the on Monday we decided to watch the local fireworks show out of our top story window. We made some great memories this year and had so much fun.

Maycie is 5!

Aunt Manon made Maycie a cute butterfly cake for her!

So my Maycie turned 5 a week after Madi was born. Adams company party was at Lagoon and it happend to be the same week as her birthday and we didn't know if Madi would be out of the hospital for her birthday so we celebrated it at Lagoon a few days early. We all had so much fun. It was a cold and rainy day but we managed to have fun. The kids had a blast and they were much more brave than last year, I had so much fun just watching their excitement as they got on and off each ride. A couple days later we had a pool party at Adams parents and did the whole cake and present part of her birthday. We thought getting her a baby carrier and new dolls would be the perfect gift and boy were we right!

I know I know...

It has been almost 3 weeks since Madilyn was born and I am just finally getting around to posting pictures. Life hasn't changed as much as I thought it would, Madi just fits into our family perfectly! She has been a great baby so far, I honestly couldn't imagine life without her. I was so worried before I had her that it was going to be tough to get back in baby mode, but it has been a really smooth transition. Grayson, Maycie and Bradley have all helped out so much. After the crazy week in the hospital we are so glad to be home and get our life started as.......Smith party of 6!

This was the first picture I saw of her. She was on a ventilator and C Pap machine for the 1st day of life.



After I got my tubes tied they wheeled my bed into her NICU room and I got to see her for the 1st time. I was so sad I couldn't hold her.

Finally after getting home the kids got to hold their new sister, Grayson is such a proud big brother!

Like I always say Maycie was born to take care of babies...she loves her so much.

Madi at 2 weeks

Baby Madi

Our newest addition to our family was born at 5:12 PM on Tuesday June 8th. We named her Madilyn Venita Smith and she is as cute as can be, she weighed in at 5lbs 4 oz. I know everyone wants pictures but I didn't bring my cord to download pictures so I promise I will post some soon. She was having a hard time breathing which was to be expected, so she was taken to the NICU and has been there recovering from her day of being on the ventilator. I finally got to hold her yesterday and it was worth the wait. The kids came on Wednesday and they all got to hold her it was awesome, they were so excited to see her and they can't wait until she comes home. Bradley was so sad when we told him that we had chosen a name for her other than Tinkerbell, maybe he can call her that for a little while. We are so excited to have her little spirit around and we can't wait to take her home. Right now it is looking like we will get to take her home mid next week. I was so excited to hear that the hospital offers hotel stay which means we can stay in our room and sleep at the hospital as long as she is in the NICU, I couldn't imagine leaving her right now and feel so blessed that this is an option for us. I promise to post pictures in the next couple days.

My little Graduate

Maycie graduated from preschool last week. It was so fun to go watch all of her hard work she put into the program. At the end of the program they ask each kid what they want to be when they grow up, she said she wanted to be a baby doctor. She was so funny, she takes everything she does very seriously. We could at times hear her singing louder than all of the other kids, I was laughing the whole time.

She has been holding out on telling me about her little boyfriend Hunter....oh Maycie!

Grandma and Grandpa Rice

Grandma and Grandpa Smith

Baby Update

I haven't put make-up on yet today so Grayson was instructed to just take a picture of my belly.

We are still waiting for the little girl to make her grand entrance. I have officially been on bed rest for 21 days. I did really good for the first 15 or so but this last week has been really hard. I am getting more and more restless as 35 weeks becomes closer. I have an appointment tomorrow and hopefully he will give me a final date as to when she is coming out. I do however have fantastic news. As of last friday she has dropped which means almost a while week without heartburn. Her new position has brought along other problems such as having to pee every time I stand up, and not being super comfortable sitting down but all in all I am hoping for just one more week of pregnancy! I really want to thank my mom, mother in law, Celest, and Kym for all of their hours babysitting my kiddos, cleaning my house, and making us dinners I really couldn't have done this without them!

How do you have a bad day....

With this guy around!

He only gives flowers to girls he "wuvs" He must really wuv me because I get dandelions everyday.