Monthly Archives: April 2013

My Little Task Master

This morning on my run, Elias provided me with some much needed motivation…and then some! I’ve been so lucky so far on my runs to have good weather…I feel like I shouldn’t have even acknowledged that in writing because now … Continue reading

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Play Date

Simon and Ethan had their first play date today. Born just under three weeks apart, they’ll hopefully be close friends! Today, Ethan came over. Both boys were awake at the same time for a bit so we decided to snap … Continue reading

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More Tummy Time

Earlier today Elias said to me, “I want to do some tummy time.” I asked him if he wanted Simon to join him, and he said yes. I set Simon up on the boppy pillow, and told Elias to go … Continue reading

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Big Eyes, Strong Muscles

Up until about a week ago, I hadn’t done much tummy time with Simon. It was just one of those things that isn’t very fun to do, gets forgotten easily, and as a result, didn’t happen much. While I was … Continue reading

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Simon – 8 weeks

My baby boy is 8 weeks old already! It seems like everything is going faster the second time around. I took him to get some portraits taken in his baptism outfit today. He did pretty well throughout the session even … Continue reading

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Running

Simon was born 8 weeks ago. That also means that I had surgery 8 weeks ago. I’ve decided it’s time to start helping my body be healthy and return to pre-pregnancy state. So today, I started Weight Watchers again, and … Continue reading

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I Guess I’ve Got A Lot To Learn…..

I guess I’ve got a lot to learn about being a Mom of two in the store. We had a mini adventure inside our local Target store this morning. First of all, I just have to say that I had … Continue reading

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Great Grandma!

We had the opportunity to spend some time with Great Grandma Smith (or according to Elias…Great Great Grandma….she does deserve the extra “great”). She came to Oregon with some of our other Indiana family members in order to attend the … Continue reading

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Cousins!

We’ve had family in town for the past week. It has been a ton of fun, but after a week of so much activity with so many people, we are exhausted! One of the most fun parts of having family … Continue reading

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Easter!

We had a joyous Easter here in the Smith household. Simon woke us up early, so Nathan and I got to spend some time focusing on playing with him. We also hid a few Easter eggs since we were out … Continue reading

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