Category Archives: Kids

A Little Shadow

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Kimberly

Simon is getting more and more mobile every day. Crawling is second nature. Standing is getting easier. Climbing is a possibility. He is my little shadow. Simon follows me around as I fold laundry or make dinner. He is able … Continue reading →

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Elias the 3 Year Old

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Kimberly

Elias is 3 years old today. I can hardly believe it. Three just sounds so big. Where has the time gone? Nathan and I were realizing at dinner tonight that we have been parents for more than 10%  of our … Continue reading →

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Simon’s Solid Food Adventures

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Kimberly

We started Simon on solid foods a couple days after he turned six months old. Let’s just say the reception was luke warm. Tonight we decided to try something a little different…quinoa! Nathan or I had never had it either … Continue reading →

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Simon – 7 Months

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Kimberly

Simon is seven months old now, and he’s changing so fast. He now can do a real crawl rather than an army crawl. He’s pretty slow at it, but it is definitely more comfortable than the army crawl so he … Continue reading →

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Brothers, Cousins, and Other Fun

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Kimberly

We’ve been having a lot of fun around here the last couple of weeks. Nathan’s sister and our nieces have been in town so we’ve been spending time with them almost every day. It has been so much fun to … Continue reading →

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Simon – 6 Months

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Kimberly

Simon is now 6 months and one week old. It’s hard to believe it’s been more than half a year already. He’s had a few milestones recently. 1. He’s got teeth! Simon has his two bottom middle teeth. His smile … Continue reading →

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Enchanted Forest

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Kimberly

We had a free Saturday morning, and had a number of things we thought would be fun to do today. We settled on taking the boys to Enchanted Forest…something we’ve been wanting to do for a while. We had a … Continue reading →

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What I Hope I Remember….

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Kimberly

We are in the midst of the T’s here in the Smith household. We are in the tantruming twos and the teething tinies. I won’t call them the terrible twos. Because it really isn’t terrible. In fact, up until not … Continue reading →

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Lessons From My Toddler: At The Wading Pool

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Kimberly

It was a beautiful day again here in Portland. I’ve been wanting to take the boys to the wading pool for a while now, so I took the opportunity to go today. I called Nana and invited her to come … Continue reading →

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We Gotta Read Some Books

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Kimberly

Usually when I get Elias out of quiet time, he is itching to get out of his room. As soon as I open the door, he smiles and says, “It’s time to go out there!” and makes a beeline for … Continue reading →

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