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.

Baby Talk

Original due date: July 11th
New Estimated Date of Arrival: May 28th

We may have a new little Smith a lot sooner than expected. Today I went to my first non-stress test for this pregnancy. I wish I could say oh everything went great....but it was pretty much the opposite. Lets make a little list of what went wrong:

1. My Amniotic fluid is low
2. She has an irregular heartbeat, every 4th beat it skips a beat (which meant a 20 minute non-stress appt. lasted 3 hours...poor Bradley and Maycie who I thought could tag along to my "quick" test, they were troopers, but next time I getting a sitter)
3. Her heart wouldn't show any variables in the rate
4. My blood Pressure is still super high

We are praying that everything works itself out and we can have a happy healthy baby. We will try our best to keep everyone posted!

Bond James Bond

I know...I know... what am I doing letting my little boys run around with a gun...well its a BB gun that has a CO2 cartridge so when you don't put any BB's in it, it still makes the same sound and the boys have fun playing with it, and there is no risk of anyone getting hurt.

(They are under STRICT supervision and both know about gun safety)
With that being said, Grayson LOVES going shooting with his dad. It is fun to watch him because he gets so excited. Adam really enjoys shooting and guns so when we got the chance to go shoot his newest toy we made it a family event. The pictures crack me up...

My dirty Laundry

I know its not good to waive around your dirty laundry but after 6 years of trying to get my laundry under control we have finally found a system that is working and I'd like to report we have no more dirty laundry..YAY! I seriously can't tell you how excited I am to finally have all of the laundry done, folded and put away. With our house being 3 levels it has really been a chore to find a system that will work for us, the kids rooms are on the 3rd floor and the laundry is in the basement so with 2 flights of stairs between them it is a ton of work to get the laundry done. It is such a great feeling and I am so happy I was able to combat this issue before we added another kiddo to the laundry list.

Feelin Crafty

With number 4 on the way and the school year coming to an end I am frantically trying to get all of my crafting done. I'd like to report I have made in the last month or so...

1. New hair bows for Maycies collection (they get ratty after a while and needed to be updated)

2. A bow holder for all of her new bows (it cost me $4)

3. Carseat carrier cover for the baby

4. Baby quilt

5. Burp clothes to match the quilt and carrier cover

6. Magnet board to organize my monthly dinner (it is awesome!)

7. Burlap wreath

I love doing crafts!!! It seriously would consume my life if I didn't have 3 kids, a job, and a house to clean!

My Camera

When I bought my newest camera I had two requirements...one it had to be small enough I could carry it in my purse all the time so my monsters couldn't get a hold of it, and two was for it to be durable, so when they did find it, it could withstand a little knocking around. Whenever I decide to blog I come across all sorts of pictures my kids have taken. I honestly don't know when they take them but they sure do crack me up. Here are some pictures from when Grayson was playing photographer a couple weeks ago.

I guess he thought this drawing was picture worthy

Look at that pouty face pose

A little zoolander action

Babies

Maycie loves babies...no not dolls real live babies. Dana came to visit with her newest addition and Maycie took a special liking to her little cousin. Because Baya is so small she was able to hold her, rock her, burp and even try to change her diapers. It totally cracked me up. While all of the other kids were outside playing Maycie was rocking the baby to sleep. For those of you who don't know Maycie she is very intense and took her new found job very seriously, she was totally obsessed!!! Cousin Jason is now having to deal with Maycie, luckily he is such a good little guy and is very patient with her. I am so excited to see how Maycie interacts with her new sister....eight weeks and counting!!!