2 Month Appointment

Blair had her 2 month doctor's appointment today (even though she won't be 2 months for another 10 days). We are leaving for Washington on Monday so we had to get her in to get her shots before we take off. She is getting so big. She is currently 11 lbs and 22 in long. She definitely didn't like her shots but she calmed down pretty quickly afterwards. She is such a happy little girl. She will smile and coo at anyone who will give her attention. Blair is also starting to sleep through the night. Last Saturday she slept for 8 hours and on Monday she slept for 9. I'm so lucky that my babies are very easy and very happy.

Here's a video of Blair smiling and talking.

Easton is starting to like his sister again. She is HIS in case anyone was wondering. "No, mine!" This is what he has been saying to me all week whenever I try to take her away from him. This last week he has constantly been trying to pick Blair up and hold her. It is very cute to see him so interested in her but a little scary at the same time. I don't think he realizes what gentle really means. There is gentle (what adults know as gentle) and then there is "Easton gentle". "Easton gentle" is not always very gentle. We still need to work on this.

Here's a video of Easton giving Blair Eskimo kisses, forehead kisses, and raspberries. Notice the "Easton gentle".

Just some random pictures of the kids.

Dad and Blair taking a nap together.

While Nathan Was Gone

Nathan is finally back! We definitely missed him all this last week while he was away playing doctor on the “battle field”. He had a lot of fun which was great but we weren’t able to talk to him at all while he was away. This is the longest I have gone without talking to him. It was not fun. All of us (Easton, Blair and I) survived this week without going too crazy so that was good. We tried to keep ourselves busy and I think we accomplished that goal. This is what we were up to this week:

Tuesday: In the morning we went with Heather and Savvy to the Nature Center. I took Easton there about 6 months ago. He seemed more interested in it this time since he could tell me what he saw and in some cases tell me what the animal says. Later that night we met up with a couple of friends and went to the DinoRock concert. It was pretty cute and I think most of the kids enjoyed the show.

All the kids: Lucy, Parker, Easton, Savvy, and Bella

Wednesday: I was going to take the kids to Barnes and Nobel for story time but we were running behind and didn’t make it so I decided to take them to the mall so Easton could play at the kids play area. Since we were going to the mall I thought I would check out JCPennys and use the rest of my gift card I got for my birthday. I found and bought two shirts! I wanted to check out one more store to see if they had any good deals on kids clothes. I figured since I had Easton already strapped on my back and Blair was content in her stroller it would be easier to do it right then instead of waiting until after Easton was done playing. We weren’t there for very long but as soon as were leaving the store, Easton felt a little heavier and he wouldn’t answer any of my questions. It turns out that he fell asleep. I felt really bad that he didn’t get to play. Later that night we went over to Heather and Savannah’s to eat dinner. We had pink pancakes. They were really good. Thanks Heather!

Thursday: We went to the splash park with a bunch of friends. Easton doesn’t like to get splashed (his face wet) so he spent most of his time playing in the puddles (of course), running around, and watching the other kids get wet. It was a lot of fun and I’m glad we did it but I think next time we will just go to the fountain were the DinoRock concert was and play in that fountain. It’s free there and I like free stuff.

Friday: Heather was nice enough to take Easton to playgroup so I could get some stuff done around the house. It was a much needed break from Easton. I love Easton but I (not to mention Blair) definitely needed some time without a toddler around. Later that night we went to McDonald’s to eat dinner before we went to a baby shower.

Saturday: We went to a Safari Festival. They had a petting zoo which Easton loved. I was a little worried that Easton wouldn’t like it all that much because he generally likes animals from a far (not so much up close). It took him a little while to warm up to the animals but once he petted the first animal he was excited to pet the others (well the ones that weren’t taller than him). We watched and listened to one band play a few songs. I was a little surprised that Easton didn’t dance all that much with the other kids but he did have fun running around. He even followed the monkey bar Congo line up on stage. It was pretty funny because Easton was the only child up there that wasn’t dancing. He just stood there staring at everyone else. Eventually we went to the playground where I almost lost Easton. He ran out of the fenced baby playground and I couldn’t find him. Luckily he was over at the big kids playground. It was definitely a scary situation.

Video of Savvy dancing and Easton running:

Video of monkey bar Congo line.

Sunday: We went to church and Easton was a nightmare. I definitely think he took advantage of the fact that there was only one parent and two kids. He kept standing on the bench, putting his feet up on the bench in front of ours, crawling under the bench, banging his toys on the bench, etc. It was horrible. I finally gave up trying to get him to behave and took Blair (who was sleeping) out of her car seat and grabbed Easton’s hand and took him out into the hall. I gave him a timeout but that didn’t even faze him. Blair eventually started to cry because I woke her up when I took her out of her car seat and also because she was hungry. Of course I didn’t grab the diaper bag or a pacifier but I wasn’t about to go back in with a crying baby and a misbehaved toddler just to get the diaper bag. I went to the nursing room to feed Blair and of course Easton had to come with us. The whole time we were in there Easton wouldn’t listen to me and kept bugging me and Blair. By the time I finished feeding Blair and got back to sacrament meeting it was time for me to go and set up for nursery. It probably looked weird for me to walk in, put Blair in her car seat, grab all the bags and Easton, and walk back out. Everyone probably thought that I had had enough and was going home. I must admit the thought did cross my mind. The only thing that kept me there was the thought of being Easton free for two hours. Little did I know, two nursery leaders weren’t going to show so we combined the two nurserys. Yes, that meant that Easton was stuck with me for those two hours and yes my child was a devil child. I really hope that Easton was just having a bad day and that he isn’t normally that bad. I was very embarrassed with his behavior. It is a little hard to expect everyone else’s kids to sit down and listen when I can’t even control my own kid. Come January I either need to be released from nursery or I’m moving to the younger nursery because I don’t think I can have Easton in my class. Soon after church Nathan came home to my rescue!


The Friday before Nathan left we took Easton mini golfing. I thought Easton would have fun since he is constantly hitting balls with a stick around our house all the time, but he actually didn't seem to care much for it. It might have been because there were so many more fun distractions for him to play with like animal statues, lots of water, and hills to slide down. At least he had fun with those things while Nathan and I had fun playing mini golf. Nathan and I took turns carrying Blair in her carrier. I won by two strokes but that might be because Nathan held Blair for two more holes than I did. He probably would have won if I would have held her for half the time. When Easton would play with us he generally would hit the ball once, pick the ball up, run to the hole and then drop the ball in the hole.

Dad and Blair golfing.

Video of Easton golfing:

Random video of Easton trying to do a somersault:

Diaper bags

Shannah sent me a link on how to make mini diaper bags that fit inside your normal diaper bag. I thought this was a great idea since I now have two kids in diapers and I was getting really annoyed whenever I would have to dig through all the diapers in the diaper bag to find the right diaper for the correct kid. Now I have one mini diaper bag for each kid in their own color so it will be really easy to find the correct diaper. They also had instructions on how to cover a wipe case to match your diaper bags. I thought it was too easy and cute not to do it. I'm pretty happy with the results, especially since this was only my third time ever using a sewing machine.

5 weeks and already rolling over!

Blair is five weeks today and is already rolling over. I can't believe it! She is growing up way too fast! The first time she did it I was thinking that it was just an accident but she did it three more times after that! I thought it was enough torture after four times that I decided to stop there. When she did it the first time I yelled out to Nathan but he didn't hear me. I decided to put Blair back on her tummy to see if she would do it again and she did. I yelled for Nathan again and this time he heard me. Since she had already done it twice I put her back on her tummy so she could show off for her daddy. I wasn't sure that she would do it again but she didn't disappoint. I figured since she was on a roll (no pun intended) I would try and get it on camera. It took a lot longer on camera but that is probably because she was all tired out. Here's a video of her rolling over. Warning: there is a lot of crying before the real action happens. If you can fast forward to almost the end (about 50 seconds) it might be worth it. The video is about a min long (that is about a full min of crying). Did I mention that Blair doesn't like tummy time?

Isn't my little girl amazing?

Blair at 1 month

I can't believe Blair is already one month old! She is growing up way too fast. This is basically my little girl in a nutshell at one month. She sleeps a lot.

Blair sleeping. I always find it funny how babies sleep with their legs and arms spread out.

Blair finally awake and as happy as can be!

Video of Blair trying to fall asleep. This is one of my favorite things about newborns is when they fall asleep and smile like crazy. I'm definitely going to miss this.

The dreaded tummy time.

Video of Blair doing tummy time.

I told you she moves around like crazy.

Easton always has to come and lay next to Blair when she is doing tummy time. Usually he isn't distracted by his blocks and will help Blair out with her workout.

Video of Easton helping Blair with tummy time or should we say army crawl time.

Just a few shots from Blair's one month photo shoot.

Crossing the feet must be inherited because not only do I do it but Easton does it as well.

4th of July Weekend

Nathan had a three day weekend so we decided to make a trip up to New York to see Shannah and Skyler (too bad little Savannah didn’t decide to make her appearance). We spent Friday at Palmyra. It was really neat to see the Hill Cumorah, Joseph’s home, and the Sacred Grove. I can’t tell you how cool it was to visit the same places that either Heavenly Father and Jesus visited or an angel of the Lord visited. I just wished that the Hill Cumorah Pageant would have been going on that same weekend. They were setting up for it for this coming weekend. Maybe some day we will be able to go and see it. Easton had fun in the Sacred Grove (he got so dirty) and at the Hill Cumorah (there was an old cat there that Easton got so excited about). I can’t say that he had much fun touring the houses probably because he wasn’t allowed to touch or do anything. I know his parents are so mean.

Hill Cumorah:

Angel Moroni

Family Pic.

Pic of Blair since you can't see her in any of the family pics.

Cute pic of Daddy and Blair.

Smith Farm House:

Dining room (I can't believe that they had 11 people living in this small little house).

Easton getting in trouble. He just didn't understand not going into the roped off part.

One of the beds that three of the smith boys had to share.

Palmyra Temple:

Saturday we went on a little nature hike (I couldn’t find the camera so there are no pictures. Shannah took some so maybe I can steal some from her and post them later). I think Easton had a good time running (or should I say trotting) around on the trails and getting dirty. It was a little hard for him to see any of the frogs and turtles because they blended in so well with their surroundings. We would try to point out frogs to him but before he could see them, they would jump in the water and startle Easton. He really liked the tadpoles though. He couldn’t get enough of the “fishies”. We also went to the local farmers market to eat lunch. I swear Easton must be having a growth spurt because he is always hungry and he is eating a lot. I think he ate more than half of my personal pizza and it was a pretty big pizza. Later that evening we went to a BBQ with a few of their ward member friends. We didn’t actually go and see any fireworks but because Shannah and Skyler live on a big hill we were able to see some fireworks from inside their house.

We went to sacrament with the Tanners and then headed home. It was a good thing that we didn’t stay for all three hours of church because we ran into construction zones which caused lots of traffic. We were planning on arriving home around 6 but we didn’t get home until closer to 10. Before church Shannah was nice enough to take some pictures of Easton and Blair. Blair didn’t cooperate very well so I’m not sure how well her pictures turned out but Easton took some good pictures. I can’t wait to get the pictures and see how well they turned out.

Thanks Shannah and Skyler for letting us come. We had a great time!


While I was packing for our trip Easton walked by my room with my mascara in his hand. He started to twist it open so I ran up to him to take it away before he could open it and get it everywhere. Little did I know he had already opened it and used it on himself. He must watch me too often because he definitely had the right idea of how to put it on.

It is a little hard to see but he did manage to get some on his eye lashes.

I forgot to tell this story of Easton last week. Once the weather started to get nice around here we also started to get thunder storms. Easton of course was a little frightened of the thunder so Nathan decided to make it fun and exciting for Easton. Anytime we hear thunder Easton will now yell, “thunder clap” and clap his hands together when he says clap. It definitely worked for Easton because he now gets really excited about thunder. Anyways, we were at church (I was out changing and feeding Blair so this is what Nathan told me) and during sacrament meeting Easton was looking through his sacrament book. When he came to the picture of Jesus calming the sea he saw the lightning and yelled, “thunder clap” while clapping his hands. I must say that he is a pretty smart boy to know that lightning and thunder go together.

Blair is now officially smiling! She started yesterday. She is super cute! I of course couldn't find the camera because it was still packed away so I could only get it on my phone. It is a little blury but still cute!

Family Update

I wish that I could get Easton to do some of his cute things on camera but every time I take out the camera he will either stop doing it or he won’t do it at all. One of his newest and cutest things he is doing is counting. But not just counting, it is Count von Count-sesame street counting. No, he didn’t learn it by watching Sesame Street (he hardly watches TV) but he learned it from his daddy. Easton has a few sesame street books and one of them is a counting book with The Count. Anytime Nathan reads it to him he does the laugh “AH AH AH!” So now when Easton counts (he generally only counts to 2) he will do the laugh after. “One, Two, AH AH AH!” I laugh every time. This is the best video we could get.

Easton is also starting to try to sing songs with us. Before he would attempt to do the hand movements or just listen and sometimes dance but now he is actually trying to sing. He only gets a few words here and there (generally the first and last word of each line) but it is still really cute to have him try. He is probably the best at the Itsy Bitsy Spider. He also attempts to sing and sign the ABC song (which we sing and sign to him before he naps everyday). The other day he even tried to sing I Am a Child of God (this is the song we sing to him every night before he goes to bed).

Blair is as cute as ever! She still doesn’t do much just the normal newborn stuff: sleep, eat, and poop! She’s still very cute and we all love her to death (Easton was actually trying to hug her to death today…I don’t think he understands that we can’t give baby the same hugs we give mommy and daddy). It was cute but a little scary at the same time. Blair is doing really well with tummy time. She has a really strong neck. She is constantly moving her hand from one side to the other. She apparently has really strong feet too (I should have already known this since she was constantly kicking the crap out of me when I was pregnant with her)! Anyways, she can push herself using her feet from one end of the play mat to the other end. That is until the plastic bar gets in her way and won’t let her move any further. Yesterday she even turned herself 90 degrees.

Nathan is finally done with his third year of medical school (yeah)! Well, he’s been done for over a week now but I’m just finally getting around to writing about it. He is now a fourth year medical student. I can’t believe that he will be done in less than a year (he graduates May 15, 2010 for anyone who wants to come out and see him graduate). It has definitely gone by fast (at least for me. I don’t know if he would agree with this or not).

I’m starting to get the hang of having two kids now. I think the real test is taking the kids out by yourself. Our first outing was to the library last Thursday and it took us almost 2 hours to get ready and out the door (well I did talk to my mom during part of that time so it wasn’t quite 2 hours). Friday we went to play group at the pool and that was a lot easier and faster. We were ready almost 45 minutes earlier than we needed to be. I’m excited to say that I only have 15 more pounds to lose before I’m back to my pre-pregnancy weight and I am actually fitting into some of my pre-pregnancy pants already! It definitely feels good to not have to wear pregnancy clothes.