Happy Halloween

Our little Pirate Garrett at the Mommy and Me Halloween Carnival

Pumpkin carving at home...he loves those froggie shoes

After the carnival my mom and I went to lunch at this cute historic house that was converted into a restaurant.

Penny's At The Manse

is one of those places that you search for when visiting a new area. It is a hidden treasure surrounded by trees in downtown Templeton. They have great gourmet sandwiches, salads and soups. Although, I would not suggest taking kids, since the mac and cheese (which was Kraft Mac & Cheese) was $7 off the children's menu.

It is pricey, but the food and ambiance is awesome. I had a BLT with avocado on a focaccia roll, with homemade minestrone soup. Mom had a tuna melt on toasted Parmesan bread with brie, and we shared a peach cobbler for dessert! Yummy! It was a fun girlie outing!

Garrett Quote of the Day

Garrett: I need a vacation

Me: (laughs) We can go to the park tomorrow

Garrett: Ok

One Week Old Today

Sweet Lily Jane

I had a little photo shoot for her birth announcements today. I'm enjoying every second with her sweet little face. She is such a happy and content baby, and Garrett is totally in love. He checks on her and if she is crying he runs to get her binky or blanket. He is really adapting well. Life is sweet!

A little more of our Little Lady

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Our Little Girl is Here!

Lily Jane was born after an hour of labor this morning at 11:02 am. She is 6 lbs. 3 oz and 18 1/4" long. She is a precious little thing and both mommy and baby are doing great. We plan on coming home tomorrow but I thought I would make a post before I head back to the hospital to stay the night with Sarah and Lily. All is well but we are no longer Smith Family of Three, and we are very excited about being Smith Family of Four! Enjoy

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False Alarm--Round 2

Ok, still no baby! I was admitted to the hospital last night, they check the babies heartbeat, my blood pressure, labs, etc. We were there for about four hours before they sent me home. Since I was fine, except the high blood pressure, I was SENT HOME! The hospital was full, so we will wait for the induction until Monday. Meanwhile, I'm on bed rest!

So much fun, I just can't stand it:)

Sincerely,

The Very Pregnant Momma

Baby Arrival Update

We had our 39 week check up today, and unfortunately my blood pressure was up and I was leaking protein, so the doctor send me to the hospital to do lab work and if the lab work came out ok then I could wait until Friday to get induced, otherwise I was going to have to check into the hospital and have the baby tonight!

Luckily, my labs were great, so we are scheduled for Friday for the big delivery. The doctor said it is too risky to wait for me to go into labor naturally. I'm totally disappointed that I will not be able to labor at home, since I was also induced with Garrett.

Positive things:

1. My doctor said Lily had a strong hearbeat, and is estimating to be about 7lbs. 8 oz., Garrett was 5 lbs. 15 oz.
2. My mom came into town today, so she will be here to watch Mr. Garrett
3. I gonna have me self a baby to hold and love in just a few days!

Wish me luck!

The Great Flood

It was 85 degrees today, and we still experienced the Great Flood in our backyard. Aaron turned on the sprinklers at noon and forgot about them...I didn't notice they were on until about 4:30 p.m. (was out at the park, etc.). There was about 3 inches of water in the backyard. We are thinking that even though the sprinklers were on a total of four and a half hours...we shouldn't have a flood in the backyard, right?

This is a blessing I suppose...build in some drainage in our back yard before the first big rain comes and washes the house away!

Fun project for Aaron:)

Garrett "van Gogh" Smith

Rule #563: Rockets Don't Go in the Toilet

Exhibit A

9 a.m., Wednesday

I was at my usual pregnant position, on the couch with feet propped-up, when I noticed the house was quite...not a good sign. I walked down the hall to the kids bath room to find 2 inches on water on the floor and a plunger in the toilet!

AHHHHH...

After spending most of the day on cleaning up the mess, washing 10,000 towels, going to the hardware store to buy a snake, Aaron taking the entire toilet out of the floor we finally figured out the problem...a toy rocket had been flushed down the toilet (picture shown in exhibit A)

Two things I learned from this experience:

1. Garrett is pretty cleaver to figure out if something is stuck in the toilet, you get a plunger.
2. If you have a 3-year old, there is no such thing as putting your feet up and relaxing.
3. Buy more door locks!

Nappin' With my Papa

Baby Update

OH BABY!...

I had my Ob appointment yesterday and I'm already 4cm and 80 percent effaced! No contractions so far, so if I don't have the baby this week, I will be induced next Friday....oh my!

So excited for her to come, so not excited for the pains of labor!

Lily's Shower

Thank you mom for the darling pics of Miss Lily's shower. I know can share what a wonderful, and beautiful shower my family and friends put on. It was a so much fun having my first big event at the new house too! We were able to get the living room painted just in time.

The menu consisted of homemade lasagnas, garlic bread, Caesar salad and cheesecake (homemade by Alissa). It was such a blast. Thank you Mandi, Shelli, Jenn, Alissa and Ashleigh for all your sweet and thoughtful hearts for hosting the shower!

Lily is all geared up with cute outfits and ready to enter into this world!

Lemons are Sour...

Fall at the Avila Valley Barn

Beautiful friends

Cool tractor hayride

Garrett in ahhh

The Bob

As many of you may know, we are expecting a little girl very soon, so I had one last chance to sneak away and do some hunting before my season comes to an end. So why not make it an adventure. 25 miles into the Bob Marshall wilderness in MT would do it. We left a week ago last Wednesday for the Danaher camp of WTR Outfitters in the Bob Marshall wilderness complex. We rode 25 miles on horseback and enjoyed a primitive but comfortable camp for a whole week. The hunting was tough, it was really hot for this time of year and the elk weren't practicing their normal yearly ritual of rutting.



All and all it was a tough week but I did manage to take a pretty nice bull on the third day. One of five guys that was there and the only one who was successful in taking an elk. I love the chase for elk, they are such a majestic and challenging animal. Oh failed to mention that I had to rebuild the hitching post after my guide's colt spooked while tied to it and torn the thing out of the ground. I guess I earned my wages while I was there. Hope all is well with everyone. Talk to you soon.