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.

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