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!!!

Only 3 more months...

Yay only three more months before I can get my life back to normal...I really miss...
1.Bending over with ease
2.Skipping breakfast
3.Fitting into cute clothes
4.Working out
5.Tying my shoes
6.Shaving my legs without having to sit down
7.Take medicine when I have a headache
8.Cuddling with Bradley (the belly gets in the way)
9.Breathing normal (I'm carrying really high)
10.Going to work and not having people touch my belly (I just think its weird)
11. MY BRAIN...I'm seriously losing my mind!

Business in the front...

Party in the back! So this is what happens when Adam has to leave early from church to take our MONSTER home because he won't go to class, or sit still in Sunday school, or not act like a total maniac for the last 2 hours. So for now he gets to go home and take a much needed nap. I made Adam finish the haircut that he thought would be hilarious for Bradley to keep, but I was not about to have to explain to everyone I came in contact with it was only temporary and that it was his dad's idea.

Six

Grayson turned six yesterday. We kinda made him wait an extra day to celebrate since he was having a party. So officially his birthday was yesterday but we had a fun filled party for him today. We went to see new Alvin and the Chipmunk movie. Each kiddo got their own bag of candy popcorn and drink. They were all so good and I am so surprised that all of the kids were so good. After the movie we had pizza and cake at the park. It was such a fun day! Happy Birthday to my favorite little man, you are such a special part of our family and I can't wait to see what the future holds for you.




This year in the spirit of popping out another bambino I am going to record each kids birth story with their birthday post. I have a couple friends that have done this and I think it is a great idea so I have each of them written down.

When I was pregnant with Grayson I am lucky it was my first and I didn't know that normal pregnancies weren't that bad. From the day I found out I was pregnant I seriously threw up everything I ate from sun up to sun down. I managed to only gain 12 pounds because of my hourly visits to the bathroom. After making my way to about 32 weeks I got put on bed rest because my blood pressure was raising to unhealthy levels. I was on bed rest for 2 weeks before the finally just induced me. Adam and I were so scared and excited to be having out first baby. So after waiting 2 days in the hospital on petocin with a Foley catheter and not dilating at all the doctor decided that maybe my body wasn't quite ready and sent me home on strict bed rest. That was one of the hardest weeks of my life. I was so sad that I thought we were going to have a baby and it didn't happen. About ten day later the doctor decided to try the induction again which I was not excited about. I didn't know whether or not it would work this time and I was trying not to get my hopes up. So roughly 28 hours after getting started I was ready to push. I was prepared to push for like hours with the horror stories I heard from friends but to my surprise 3 pushes and my little man was out. He weighed 5 pounds 11 ounces and was sooo small. When he was born I remember him coming out completely grey and the cord was wrapped around his neck twice, his eyes were wide open the whole time it was kinda creepy he was just staring at Adam. Meanwhile I had an audience. Another thing I didn't know because it was my first was that it is not normal to have 6 medical students in the room watching me deliver. I remember one of them coming to me and saying I made it look so easy and she hopes that her labors would someday go that smooth...weird huh. Holding Grayson for the first time was a feeling I will never forget. I felt so protective and proud of him, I never thought I could love someone as much as I do my kids. I feel so lucky to have been blessed with Graysons amazing spirit.