Project Life 365

The time has come again to start up Project Life 365. A picture a day, documenting our life. I made it to June last year before I crashed and burned. Maybe this year I will do better. I hope the digital scrapbook kits they have out there will help. This is what I plan on using this year, Weeds and Wildflower's Ever{day} life 365 kits. Watch for posts starting on January 9th. 

As usual, if I get behind, a gentle email nudge may be all I need to get back on track! 

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3 Months Old

Time flies by so fast! I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!

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Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

Merry Christmas!

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Styling

A friend of mine send this hair bow along with some ornaments for the boys. It doesn't keep H's hair from standing up, but it is adorable!

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Owl Hat ~ November 7, 2011

I can't believe it is November already. A little over two weeks until Thanksgiving... and yikes 2 weeks until "Christmas" with our Wisconsin family! Here is a quick Monday post, a hat I bought for H. Mom, you really need to show me how to crochet! I am definitely going to try and make another one for her, this hat won't last long with the way she is growing! (11 pounds and 22 inches already!)

H's crazy big smile. She has been smiling more and more and cooing more too. 

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Brotherly Love ~ November 2, 2011

I finally let the boys hold H today. How adorable are these kids?

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Boo to You! ~ October 31, 2011

We won't be winning any awards for these costumes, but at least we have something. A tiger and a bear! This was a last minute grocery store purchase today, I kept putting off buying their costumes before it was too late. But at least they are cute!

The boys had a blast with their first Halloween, I am amazed they went to bed after all the sugar they had to eat. Next year we will have to work on our Halloween jokes... I guess it is a St. Louis thing, you have to tell jokes and dress up here to get candy... I always thought the jokes thing was for those kids who didn't dress up. Anyway I am going to try and take these scarves apart and shorten the arms so the boys can wear them this winter too. They really had fun with them.

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Random October Pictures ~ October 27, 2011

(this was after a bath, after mommy tried to tame H's crazy hair)

October has flown by and I am still not sure where the time went. I didn't even realize H was a month old on the 22nd until I was going to bed. Things are getting more routine around here, right now I am enjoying a small miracle, all three kids are sleeping at the same time. Just a small break from the craziness that will start up again once the boys wake up. I am still not taking pictures as much as I should, I know I am going to kick myself for that later. The last two pictures of H were taken yesterday, she weighs 10 pounds and 5 ounces today. We have her next pediatrician appointment next week, along with her first round of immunizations, yippee! The boys are still crazy almost 2.5 year olds. They fight, yell, scream, run around, and do everything you expect from a 2 year old. I found pen on the wall the other day, I guess someone found that while mommy wasn't looking and decided to color. Day by day... that's about it! H is starting to stir, so back to mommy hood!

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Three weeks old ~ October 15, 2011

I don't know about you, but a picture of a baby quilt just isn't right unless it has an adorable baby to go along with it.


So... here is baby H, enjoying her "Strawberry Dreams" quilt that mommy made her. That is so much better!

"Seriously mom, what are you doing to me?"

Baby Blue Eyes

She is three weeks old, 9 pounds 9 ounces. I swear I am going to grow out the back of her hair more so I can do a back to front comb-over. 

The boys are getting over a stomach virus/upper respiratory bug that they of course gave to H. Here is M looking pretty pathetic Thursday night with grandpa. Thankfully the baby doesn't seem to have it as bad, probably thanks to mommy's good antibodies. 

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Squeaky Beans ~ October 5, 2011

Yeah, it's a whole 2 minutes devoted to baby sleeping. I call her Squeaky Beans, you can figure out why.

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We're Home!

Well I decided that I wanted to get home yesterday, and had the hospital release both H and I. Our first night home went well, compared to the twins it was a breeze! I can barely walk, my ankles and feet are so swollen, but we are both doing well at home and hope to get into the swing of things soon. Just wanted to share a professional picture we had taken while in the hospital. Hubby and I will probably buy the copyrights to the pictures, there are some really adorable pictures, and I will share those as soon as I can. Happy Monday!

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Introducing ~ September 23, 2011

Hailey Lillian Smith

Born September 22nd at 3:21 PM

Height - 20.25 inches

Weight - 8 lbs 0 oz

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No Such Luck ~ September 19

No such luck on the natural delivery. We are still on for our Thursday C-section. So we have less than 3 days until the baby will be here! How exciting! I guess Jason and I had better discuss naming her... (or him... in case the technicians are wrong!)


We can still go early too, maybe we will have an anniversary baby? Then there is no way Jason or I could forget our anniversary! ;)


Happy Monday everyone!

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Slightly Depressing ~ September 15th

I had Jason take pregnancy pictures tonight of my almost 38 week pregnant belly, seeing as we could go any day with this baby girl. Then when I was editing the picture, I thought it would be fun to compare it to when I was pregnant with the boys, and it's actually a pretty depressing comparison.

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With twins

Yeah... I look just as big as I did with the twins, except she is obviously lower (of course it was always Ryan riding up high in my ribs with poor Matthew being squished underneath).


We were initially told that with my Placenta Previa we would have to have a Cesarean. We scheduled that for Thursday, September 22nd, a week from today. But after today's appointment, it looks like the placenta may have moved enough for a natural delivery. No confirmation on that yet, I go in on Monday to get checked again, so the C-section is still scheduled for next Thursday. But if we can wait a little longer, and have her naturally... well that's better all around. I don't have to worry about the complications from the surgery, or Previa, and no weight restriction when I get released from the hospital. I mean, how can you carry an infant in a car seat with a 10 pound weight restriction? You can't, I guess. So more information to come.


Sorry I have not kept up with the pictures project. I have been slacking on both the posting and picture taking part of this project. I promise to get back to it when the baby arrives, and of course you all will be the first to see pictures!


Here are some more current pictures of the boys. Playing paper-towel-stack the other day. Amazing what keeps them entertained some days.

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Congrats Ken!

My brother participated in Green Bay's Lambeau Leap for Wisconsin's Special Olympics yesterday. Love the accent Ken! Great job and I am happy you didn't fall off!

Video - Multimedia - www.nbc26.com

PS those little cuties are my niece and nephew. I bet they were pretty excited to be on TV too.

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Project Life ~ Catchup

I hope you are all staying cool in this wonderful weather we have been having. I have tried to spend as much time as I can in air conditioning, staying off my feet. Not an easy task when you have two very active toddlers.


I am just posting pics today, so many to post and not a lot of free time.


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Wednesday, July 13th: Yes, that is dog food...

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