Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Summer!

Samantha's face below means that she must have seen a recent weather forecast for Vegas.
WHAT?!?!?!
The thermostat has hit 105+ so it is HOT HOT HOT.
It means more time indoors for the time being but also more freeze pops in the backyard, more swimming, and more excuses to get Yogurtland every night.

It's been a busy few weeks here in the Smith house.
I recently decided to try going back to work part time as an experiment.
An opportunity was presented to me and I decided to take it.
So far, it's working out great. Our sitter, Annette, who has been watching our kids for us since Carson was about three months old, is able to watch the kids while I go to work two afternoons per week. I have already gone two days this week and so far, it is fun to get out a little bit, use my skills, earn some extra money, and come home to two sunshiney faces.
So far, so good.
The kids are growing and changing daily.
Carson's little mind is taking everything in and spitting it all back out.
He is doing great on the potty, has moved to the next level in swimming lessons, and has 100 different phrases every day that make us laugh.
Samantha is eating new foods (scrambled eggs! puffs! grapes!), loves to scream like a wild bird, taps her hands on her legs like she is making a beat, and recently has become enamoured with my eyelashes. She is not crawling, but she is rolling everywhere and loves to stand up.
I know her mobility is upon us but I am not ready to face it.
I hope she continues to stay put for awhile yet!
So amidst all of these changes, we are having a great month at the Smith house.
We are getting ready for a fun July. My mom is coming to visit for the entire month and my sisters Annon and Felecia are coming for a week. We will also be visited by Baba, Papa, and Auntie Nee, the Bicklers and their boys, and Jason's law school (*hooligans*) friends at different points in the month. It's going to be a busy and fun July....we're ready!

More Cali...

Just a few more pictures of our trip to California that I had wanted to post.
It was such a fun trip!














Sam's first wedding

This is a video of what Samantha was doing during Jason's cousin Hans' entire wedding ceremony.

She raspberried the ENTIRE time. Let's hope her future husband doesn't get this at her wedding someday. "Do you take this man?" Pwwwwwbbbbbwwwwwwwbbbbtttttt!

Guitar Hero

Samantha on electric guitar....makes our family band more interesting!

Monday, June 21, 2010

"Calisornia"

We took Carson and Samantha to their first wedding this past weekend in Pasadena, CA.
It's a lot of work travelling with two kids this age.
You should have seen our car when it was fully packed with all of their stuff.
You would have thought we were going somewhere for 6 months!
But we did it.
We got to experience a beautiful wedding and it was so fun to see family!
Sam - California girl



Carson and his cousin Vivek are about 9 months apart.


Samantha and Vivek's sister Kamala are 5 days apart!


Room service anyone?



Piano lessons are next on our list of things to do.
This boy loves music!








Sunday, June 20, 2010

Happy birthday Dad....

My Dad's 64th birthday would have been Friday.
It's not easy to miss him all the time.
He had such a great life and I wish it would have lasted longer.
Here is us, one year ago June 18th, celebrating his last birthday.
We miss and love you Dad...
I know he is enjoying a steady stream of black russians in heaven with his friends and family, looking down on us all the time....

Monday, June 14, 2010

Brunch with the Olivers

Yesterday we went to a fun brunch with our good friends the Olivers.
We celebrated Samantha's baptism.
The Olivers are also godparents of both of our kids and since they couldn't be there when Sam was baptized in Chicago, they wanted to do a little something to celebrate her.
It was a fun time spent with good friends. We are lucky to know them and our kids will be lucky to have a special relationship with Sarah, Dean, and their "godbrother" Isaiah.
They are expecting a little girl in about a month and we can't wait to see how their life is turned upside down by the love of their sweet little lady, like ours was 7 months ago!












We have a big road trip coming up this week.
We are going to California for Jason's cousin's wedding.
We are stopped in Pacific Palisades on Thursday to see Jason's second cousins and then on to Pasadena on Friday to start the wedding festivities.
This will be Carson and Sam's first major road trip together and their first wedding.
I am sure it will be quite the adventure!