Flashback Friday - 1st birthday party

Posting took a back seat and this one is way late tonight. I had a bit of a mix up with my daily medication, you can read about it here. Let's just say I had to take a nap today, and it makes a really funny story. :)

Since we are getting ready for the 2nd birthday bash, I thought a few photos from his first birthday party would be fun. We had it at Nana and PawPaw's house and several of our friends and family came, even Great Grandma Mary Ann and Bill. Uncle Jason came from Bloomington and your buddies Addison, Ava and Cassie were there too (I promise you have boy friends too, you just like the ladies better!).









You're party was jungle animals and you had the cutest cupcakes and smash cake. We even had a more sophisticated grown up cake with fancy sparkler candles. You weren't even a walker yet, so we could keep you contained. I doubt that will be the case for year two.

Flashback Friday - March 2010 GO DAWGS

The NBA Draft started last night and in honor of some Butler kids being in the draft (Congrats to Shelvin Mack, pick #34!) I found these photos from March of 2010.





Look how tiny he is! He barely fit in his exersaucer and that Butler hoodie doesn't come close to fitting him anymore. He's still rockin' the comb over hairdo too!

In 2010 the Indianapolis Butler bulldogs went all the way to the final game of the Final Four right here in Indy. This year they pulled off the impossible, back to the final game in 2011. It's a true 'Hoosier' school, and it was fun to be a part of those back-to-back runs!

Wordless Wednesday - June 22nd, 2011

Connor ready for water play day at school. Saying 'cheeeeeeeesssseeeeee'!

Flashback Friday - March 2010

Since we took over a year off from blogging I thought it might be fun to do a little flashback once a week to show off what we missed during that time.

In March of 2010 Connor was 8 months old and was taken off his apnea monitor and oxygen. The monitor proved to be the bane of Scott's existence over time since it gave off a false alarm almost every other night. We gladly boxed up the monitor and sent it back and were glad to see the oxygen tank go. We were very fortunate to have a happy and healthy baby!





Isn't Connor a cutie! He barely used pacifiers, so it's funny to see him grasping one in this photo.

This weekend is Father's Day, and we are looking forward to the celebrations. We even have a trip to see Thomas the Train to fit in, Connor will be so excited to see a great big choo-choo. I bet I will have photos to share soon. If you need some fancy artwork for a homemade father's day card, be sure to check out the design blog here.

Wordless Wednesday...with 19 minutes to spare

Guessing game to go with the waiting game

Today marks 38 weeks and 1 day - it's going by pretty slowly here at the end, at least to me. I hear that is normal. I figure since we are playing the 'waiting game' you all might want to play a guessing game!

By clicking on the link below you can register a guess for when baby smith gets here! I'll give you the first answer - it's a boy :) and the due date is in less than two weeks, August 1st.


http://www.expectnet.com/games/Our1stSmithBaby



Our doctor's appointment was pretty uneventful last week - we saw Dr. K and she was way behind so we waited over an hour for a five minute appointment. Heartbeat was good, measurements were good, all was well. We have our next appointment on Tuesday now that Dr. B is back in town. I'm just glad we made it through this week while he was gone.

Don't forget SpeedFest is fast approaching! Scott would remind you to buy tickets. With the race coming this weekend maybe we should guess which lap as opposed to which date! Check out the O'Reilly Raceway Park blog on the right to see more on SpeedFest.

Father's Day Shopping Spree

Happy Father's Day! Scott is enjoying the last hours of his first real father's day. Sure he's gotten cards and gifts from the animals before but I'm sure he appreciates onsies and baby socks that will be worn by a human soon. His Mom got him some really nice Colts things that he got to open before they left on vacation. He got a few more Colts things today - including a matching jersey for game day! They don't make those smaller than 12 mos that I could find so hopefully our little guy won't mind posing for a few photos with it all pinned up in the back!

We spent most of the day in Greenwood doing some last minute shopping to get ready for baby. Yes, we still have six weeks til our due date but sometimes that doesn't seem all that far away! We picked up a few things at Buy Buy Baby that we needed (including that first aid kit I was so worried about!) and also picked up a few things on sale at Babies R Us. We did go to Target yesterday and used a lot of our gift cards to pick up the Soothing Center that Scott really, REALLY wanted for the baby. I think we have all the necessities for bringing baby home now - but I still have to organize it and put it away which is actually a fun process for me.

You want to see why I'm starting to understand the reality of a baby getting here soon? It's quite obvious to me now! Back in April at 26 weeks I starting 'showing'...or so I thought. This was about 10 weeks after I had to be wearing maternity clothes all the time. Then at 29 weeks which was right around graduation I knew I was more obviously pregnant because we had a bit of trouble with the graduation gown - I wasn't sure it would fit through the end of the day! Well...take a look at the photo Scott took of me today at 34 weeks 1 day....



Yep, there's a baby in there. We have our doctor's appointment on Tuesday and we are having our next growth scan. At 26 weeks he was 2 lbs. 9 oz and in the 88th percentile for growth. Any guesses for what he'll be this week? :)

Ready as we'll ever be! (According to our instructor...)

Scott and I finished our prenatal classes this week at Hendricks Regional Health. We took the two week labor and delivery class and then a Saturday morning Caring for your newborn class. They were all pretty interesting; Scott says he learned a lot!

The L&D classes really weren't my cup of tea; I figure I have no control over the situation so why worry? For those that know my control freak nature this probably surprises you but I do recognize when it just isn't worth it to worry. :) The good news is not too much surprised me so I think at least I have a realistic expectation. I'm pretty sure it's uncomfortable so I will just go with that. We were the oldest ones in there by a good five years though. Scott thought (and I agree) that they were very informative. Oh - ask us about the forceps sometime. Turns out my Doc is the ONLY ONE in the hospital who still uses them on a regular basis. NICE. :)

Caring for your newborn was more interesting to me; they brought in a 2-day little guy for us to meet. He was a little thing weighing just 6lbs 11 oz. It's hard to believe we will have one of those soon! Now we weren't the oldest ones in that class; evidently us older folk are more scared of the baby that the labor and delivery!!

The nursery is coming along; we have put a lot of the wonderful gifts away and Scott even put together the stroller and car seat this weekend. I think we may be treking down to Greenwood on Sunday to pick up some things we are still missing from the registry...I have my BuyBuyBaby coupons and I am ready to shop! Our next doctor's appointment is Tuesday and we start going weekly from here til the end. We have an ultrasound too - I am very anxious to see how big he is! At 20 weeks he was 2 lbs. 9 oz. and estimated in the 88th percentile which was pretty big given my clotting disorder. I hope he is still growing strong but not TOO strong!

Scott should post soon don't you think? He tells stories much better than I do. I'll get some photos up over the weekend, right now I hear my bed calling my name....

Baby shower pics!

Boy the work week gets hectic! While I always plan to update through the week it just gets away from me. I am more and more tired every day and this week was a busy one. Scott got home Monday, we had a Labor & Delivery class Tuesday, installed the new closet system in the nursery Wednesday, HC Night with the Indians Thursday and dinner with Scott's mom Friday! Today we have our Newborn care class then Scott has to be at work around 2:00 and I have to be there by 5:30. These long days are going to be the end of me!

Without further ado...some pics from the baby shower last weekend!


The amazing cake from the shower...it was delicious! And yes, it came from Sam's Club. Emiley made a great pick!


Here I am opening one of the many presents...sorry it took so long!! You all were so generous; we are so grateful!


Here is the quilt that Mimi made and sent to us - isn't it beautiful! I believe this makes great grandchild 21 for her. THANK YOU!!


From left: Jackie, Jaime and Emiley. These two are the ones who planned my shower. They did an amazing job!!


Me and Gramma Nella (aka, Annella, Scott's mom)


Me and my Mom (aka, Nancy who hasn't decided what the baby will call her yet! Evidently he gets to choose.)



Here are all the presents in the nursery once we got home! This is just 2/3rd's of them. I couldn't get a photo of the other side with the 20+ packages of diapers and the giant gift bags! Thanks again everyone!!

Bad Blogger!

Boy have we been bad bloggers! After graduation started a crazy month of baby prep, work, weekend events and an unexpected surprise!

After graduation we had our first race at ORP that night, so both Scott and I had to work. The next weekend was my birthday on the 17th and we also had a little party to celebrate my graduation. So many of our friends and family stopped by - I was so grateful! Here is a photo from the party when we cut the cake. Word to the wise - dark navy blue icing turns your entire mouth and tongue blue! It was so fun - the party and the cake.

The very next weekend was the Indy 500 and most of you know that is Scott's very favorite day of the year. We had the TourHendricksCounty.com Night before the 500 at ORP on Saturday and then Sunday Scott and our friends Mike & Jenn headed out at 7:20 am to get to IMS for the big race! This was the first one I missed since 2001, so of course Helio finally won his third! We did establish that Scott needs to sleep more before heading out and that next year the drinking will need to be curbed a bit with a baby to take care of once we get home.

Last weekend my friends Deb & Jan threw me a PDK baby shower and I had a wonderful time. My cake was too cute and it was very nice to spend time with all my PDK buds. We got lots of things for Baby Smith - I'm sure he will be a good future member! Here is a slideshow of some photos below:

On that same day my co-worker who was due July 28th just three days before me welcomed her baby girl just a tad early. Both mom and baby are doing fine, baby is just tiny. It came as a surprise and we had TONS to do a work that she had planned. Therefore I spent a fair bit more time working these last two weeks followed by couch time and sleep since it did wear me out. Sometimes I forget that I am pregnant!

Tomorrow (6/6) I will be 32 weeks with only 8 weeks to go! I still can't believe it's really happening. Fingers crossed everything keeps moving along well. We start labor and delivery classes on Tuesday, a doctor's appointment on Wednesday and a Newborn care class next Saturday. I'm sure Scott will have something to say about that!

Sorry again for the length between posts - we'll try to be better. I'm sure you will all stick around until the main event - baby Smith's big arrival. :)

Did I mention we've been painting?

More painting ensued today - but with help! Scott's mom, Annella, came to help paint the nursery a light, light blue color. After having such a dark bedroom we are big fans of light color right now. This one is called Artic Glacier from the Martha Stewart collection at Lowe's. Lowe's LOVES us right now. We are 7 1/2 gallons of paint in so far plus supplies. What did we ever do without a Lowe's three miles down the road??

We had a great lunch of fancy egg salad, pasta salad and tomato mozzarella salad, along with chocolate chip cookies. How's that for healthy? Yoshi got to go on a long, long walk today. He's been asleep the last few hours - I think he is a bit worn out!

The good news is the room is painted! The baby furniture is getting delivered next Saturday the 18th. Have I mentioned I love buybuy BABY? Best baby store ever. They will set up the furniture - all three pieces - for just $25 when the deliver it! Here's the finished product:


We have our next baby doctor appointment on Tuesday, should just be a routine check-up. We will keep you posted. Have a lovely Easter with your families.

Primer - check. Brushes - check. Paint - check.

I'm not a good blogger it appears! This week was super busy and next week will be too. On the home improvement front all the ceiling fans are done, the master bedroom is repainted, the nursery has the trim paint done and the master bathroom is 1/2 way primed. Scott really outdid himself this week! Here is the before photo of the master bedroom in progress (like the color blocks? Did I mention I am terrible with decisions?):



and here is what we have now!

The new color is a light tan, I know it looks white in the photo but it's not! Leave it to us to repaint the only rooms in the house that were ever painted! LOL! It was always too dark and we tend to go overboard and do way too much when we start a project. More photos to come as the progress continues.

In baby news we had an appointment this week and all was well! His hearbeat was 136 BPM, and we are 23 weeks and 1 day today! We are all registered at Buy Buy Baby and Babies R Us. Mom and I went shopping yesterday, it was a lot of fun! She got to see the furniture, bedding and much more! Here is photo of the bedding (note this is not our room!):
I will try and get Scott to do a post this week, I am sure he has much more to say.