Early Birthday Celebration

Sunday night, we wrapped up the weekend with a BBQ and small birthday celebration with Jim's dads side of the family. What a difference 1-year makes. This year she can open her own cards and presents, she can use a utensil to eat her cake, and she knows it's a party for her and she loves it! Wednesday the 29th is her official birthday.

Laney Erin Smith

I couldn't resist snapping some pictures of this adorable newborn! Leah is doing great, and Laney is off to a great start. Congratulations!!

Chaffee Zoo

A fun filled morning at the zoo started our Sunday off on the right foot! Even Jeff and Jaime woke up and were ready to roll at 9am! S loved all the animals! We even got to hand feed the giraffes (which I wasn't sure how she was going to react). A fun and entertaining time had by all!

Rodeo Weekend

April 2009 2-years old

This weekend was Clovis Rodeo weekend. The same weekend 2-years ago, that I wore myself out in the heat and my water broke. We took Miss S out to watch the Clovis parade Saturday morning, and this year she actually sat and payed attention. I decided to make the red brick wall a yearly tradition picture spot, and snap some 2-year pictures of her. (yes those are raisins in her hand...this year I had to bribe her to stand there...oh how things change!)

Congratulations to my almost potty trained girl!! I haven't changed a "dirty" diaper in over a week. We take regular visits to the "big toilet" and she is very proud when we "hear something".

Big Girl!!!!

Yippeee!! Big girl just went poo-poo on the big toilet! She came and told us "poo poo", so we ran to the toilet, sat there quietly, and "plop, plop" there it was! Sorry for the detail, but we we're very excited. We were hoping to have her potty trained by age 2, so our wish may come true...we're on our way!

Happy Easter

Happy Easter! This year was a lot of fun for Miss S. Her first time coloring Easter eggs and finding them on an Easter egg hunt. Friday we headed to the coast and colored eggs with all of her cousins. She dipped them, colored them, put stickers of them, and even peeled and took a bite of one. Saturday we all went to Great G&G's for her first egg hunt with candy inside the plastic eggs. Once she realized the "goods" were inside the eggs, she got the concept and went on a search for more. Towards the end, she was wiped out and actually fell asleep on my lap, while outside with all the kids running around...(this is when we knew she couldn't be well)

She jumped on the trampoline all weekend, and literally wore herself out playing hard (see the adorable pic of her taking a nap with my mom and dad on their bed - priceless). Her temperture has been up and down, but she hasn't wanted to surrender the fun. This morning we all sipped on Mimosa's while the kids enjoyed yet another Easter egg hunt. We headed back to Fresno Easter afternoon, and by the time we got back, her temp was back up to 103.8 - yikes! Believe it or not, we made it to Jim's families Easter, where she was spoiled with a basket of all her favorite things (grandma even put in bananas and broccoli)! She went full speed for a few more hours, and now we are home crossing our fingers for a night of (some) sleep! Happy Easter!!!

Swim Swim Swim

Yes, she has conquered 3 swimming lessons and has made a lot of progress at each one. My little dare devil can hardly wait her turn to jump off the mat and into the water. She will now go under water (without too much fear)...I think I'm the one who worries, not her. She LOVES singing "swimming pool" songs - her favorite being "splashes, splashes, we all fall in" and into the water she goes. This is great preparation for all the hot summer days in our near future, where the swimming pool will be our only escape.