Moving right along...

Wow. It's been a while since i posted.

As expected, I have been fairly tired chasing after the 2 rugrats and trying to make another one (rugrat, that is). I'll use that as my excuse. :-)

Otherwise, i have been feeling pretty good. Not too much nausea. Some in the afternoon but not too bad. So far everything is good. I had an ultrasound a few weeks ago to make sure everything was ok (i won't get graphic as to why) and everything was fine. They put my due date somewhere between October 28 and November 2. So a Halloween pumpkin it is!

Easton is doing sooo great with his eating. We LOVE, LOVE, LOVE his new OT. Both of the boys really like her, as do Ryan & I. He has decided, that he is a big boy and he doesn't need baby food. He wants big boy food i.e. people food. Ya, he's 9 months. But, we have gone with it & he is doing awesome! He's much pickier than Gray so i have to be a little creative to get him to eat his veggies but we're getting there. I had him to the doc yesterday for his 9 month well baby check up. His is 23lbs 12oz & 31 inches long. Big boy! He is 90% for his weight & 95th% for height. He is crawling everywhere, aggrevating his brother & into EVERYTHING. We can't take our eyes off him for a second! He is really giving us a run for our money! Him & Gray have recently started playing together (a LITTLE) and it makes me so happy that they are. E is such a happy, good-natured little boy & so much fun. He just got over ANOTHER ear infection so we may have to bite the bullet & do his ear tubes in the next few weeks. Oh well. Now if we could just get him to sleep thru the night!!!

Grayson is doing amazing with his words and in general! He finally got into the speech therapy program at Children's Hospital (after a 2 month waiting list). He starts on Friday. But all the therapists & case workers that are in & out of our house have all commented on how well he is doing. There are so many words he is saying i can't even keep track of them all. And he is still just so sweet.

We are all looking forward to some warmer weather any day now... (hint, hint, where are you???). Which i say this as i look outside w/ the snow falling and over an inch of snow on the ground. I found a large inflatable jumpy house at a consignment sale last week for an awesome deal (p.s. thanks great-grandma for for cash to buy it!) We tried it down in the game room (which it took up almost the whole room) and the boys weren't too sure about it, but Gray has been in them before & I'm sure once we get it outside & set up right, they'll LOVE it.

Work has been pretty steady here with Kleen-Aire thanks to the Home Show & everybody doing their spring cleaning. We are still looking for a minivan but don't have the time to actually shop for one, sooooo, I have been able to hold on to my vessel for a little longer. Hee hee.

Hope this finds everyone well. I added some new pics of the boys & also added some names we are thinking about for the baby. You can vote on the ones you like & vote for as many as you want. We'd love to hear everyone's opinions although we're still going to do whatever the hell we want anyway. :-)

Love to all,

Smith crew

Party of 5???

Well, it's offical. I went to the OB today (a new one) and they confirmed, I am in fact pregnant--AGAIN. I am due sometime mid to late October. This was NOT planned but we are excited about welcoming another wonderful child into our home, and trying not to think about the craziness that will ensue this fall. we aren't planning to find out the gender of this baby this time either. So we will all have to wait in suspense together, again.

Grayson is doing GREAT with his speech. Yesterday, we made some comment to him about the "back door" and he walked around all day saying "back dooooor". It was too cute. Now today, i was yelling at the dog about something, and i said "bad dog!" so the rest of the evening, Gray was telling everyone they were a "bad dog!"

Easton has been eating pretty good. The boys & myself have yet ANOTHER cold so his appetite has been a little unpredictable. But because that crazy kid was already standing up in his bed, we had to lower his bed all the way & get rid of the incline we had for his reflux. He's done pretty good with that. we also decided to crack down & do a little sleep training. we also tried stopping his reflux meds to see how he'd do without them. Good for a couple days, then today, no good. So back on the meds, hopefully the sleeping & eating will get back on track again.

That's it. We are really busy with work, which is AWESOME! I am feeling good except that horrible tiredness all the time. I sleep so much, you'd think i have mono. So far, not too much nausea or anything. Gray has been really cute with things so far, he always lifts up my shirt & cuddles into my belly & kisses & hugs my belly. when i ask him what's in there, he says "be-be"!

Hope everyone is doing well. Keep in touch!