Posted By kim on September 2, 2010
the way Hunter holds his little fists up next to his face…
how his little toes curl when you talk to him…
how he is a binky baby, and sleeps so well because of it…
How by grabbing his little hands, he calms down and all is right in his world…
How he’s getting such squeezable cheeks!
I love, love this boy.
Posted By kim on September 1, 2010
Macie loves to draw our family picture lately. It’s so cute, so I wanted to show y’all. Hunter is the little guy in blue, if you can’t see it. What seems to be the underlying theme though in all of them, is she is always the tallest. She tells me she wants to “win” in every picture. That doesn’t sound like her at all, does it?? :) Hopefully you can make out all the images with the embellishments she added around us.
I wanted to save some, but she caught wind that I was saving her pictures and has drawn like 30 of them now. She’s a crack up.
Posted By kim on August 27, 2010
We blessed Hunter when he was only a month old. Partly, because the beginning of September was going to be crazy busy for us and our families, and partly because we were worried he wouldn’t fit into the blessing outfit :) I used the same one I put Dallin in, and he fit it perfectly. I figured boys aren’t sentimental like girls, and wouldn’t care later in life anyway.
Sean blessed him, and did an amazing job. Whenever I see Sean use the priesthood, it reminds me of what a great man I married. I am so blessed to be able to have the preisthood in my home, and he gave Hunter some great blessings for him in his life. I just love that man!
My family and Sean’s all came, which meant so much to us. It was a great day, and it turned out so well. I was running around so much, I didn’t get many pics of him on his special day, so I was sad about that. We did snap a quick one with the two of us and him and I did get a few..
But they were in passing as I was feeding the crowds. I was determined to get a better one of my little guy, and I did get them finally, but a week or so later and he’s changed so much since then! So I’m sad they’re not on the same day, but glad I got them period.
Look at those cheeks! He’s changed so much in two weeks time.
My MIL Rhonda, made this beautiful blanket that I used on his blessing day. I loved it, and it will definitely be a fun keepsake.
My little man is growing and growing! And we’re loving every second of it. He’s such a sweetie and just fits just right into our family.
Posted By kim on August 22, 2010
My brotha Greg and his cute wife Julie moved to Houston this last month. While this is no big deal to some families, he was the first one in the family to move farther than 30 miles away from the rest of us. So we were all pretty sad to see them go. Julie had to go ahead a few weeks to start her new job, so he was here on his own wrapping things up. So we decided to do a siblings lunch to hang out without our kids, and spend some time together. It was really fun, and it made me realize how lucky I am to have such a great family.
My kids love them so much
and so do I! Greg has been a fighter this past year, and continues to amaze me with his bravery, and his resilience. Love you guys, and I’m so excited for you to start a new adventure 
Posted By kim on August 11, 2010
Two weeks old..
Three weeks…
He’s changing so fast, and getting so BIG! I never get my newborns as newborns for very long, and Hunter is no exception. He’s already a chunk, yet so small at the same time. I’m savoring my “tiny” baby time as much as possible!
Posted By kim on August 10, 2010
Hunter’s first ride home…
First bath…
Poor guy had a little jaundice in the beginning, just like my other kids so we had to take him in for his daily heel pokes until all his levels went down. So he was our little yellow bug for his first week…
Thankfully his bilirubin levels went down on their own, and no suitcases or lights were needed. Yay! Macie has been so in love with Hunter. So willing to help, and kiss and hug him. Sometimes TOO much of help, but she’s been cute. Dallin has been pretty indifferent to the new addition. Just wants to make sure he’s getting his cuddle time in too. My mom came and helped me for the first few days–what an ANGEL she was in all that she did for me. I’m so grateful to have such amazing family on both sides. They were all so great with taking the kids for me so I could rest, and help out with dinners and the new one. I came home after only one day in the hospital, so I was so grateful for the help. Going from two to three is quite the adjustment just like everyone says, but we sure feel lucky to have him. Let the chaos begin!
Posted By kim on August 10, 2010
So leading up to Hunter’s birth, it was no secret that I was pretty miserable. I carried him sooo completely out in front of me, I looked like I was carrying twins. The stomach was huge, and I wanted no record of it (I think I have maybe one photo of myself) Looking back, I wish I would have taken more, being on the other side of it and thinking what a good laugh I could have about it now. Oh well.
So the last month of my pregnancy was pretty crazy. I was huge, miserable, hot and feeling bad that I was in such a bad mood 24-7. So those of you who had the honor of being in my presence, I apologize! :) I started doing anything and everything to try and get this little guy here early. Cleaned the house like crazy, walking everyday, spicy foods, etc. I started having contractions almost daily, but not strong enough or long enough to do anything about it. Doctor visits were depressing, because nothing was happening, and Dr. Judd, my doctor told me when I had three weeks to go he was going to be out of town the week we decided to induce me. (which was one week early of my due date, July 13th)
So after finally giving in to the fact that this guy was probably not coming anytime soon, I decided to just relax and just do stuff to make me happy. So two weeks before the due date, Sean and I went on a much needed date. I also went on a girls night out with my sisters, sil and mom to see the new Twilight movie. During the movie, contractions started, and got stronger but I didn’t think anything of it cause that had been happening everyday. By the end, they were coming pretty regularly, but I went home and went to bed, and they finally tapered off a couple of hours later. I woke up the next morning, laying in bed sad that nothing was happening anymore when my water broke at 9am. So we loaded up the kids, went to the hospital where Rhonda met us and took them and checked in. All was good and I was dilated to like a 2-3, so they gave me an epidural (which was the worst part this time–the dude kept on putting it in wrong and hitting bone—can you say paaaaainnnfulll! It took him like 4 tries to get it right) and started me on pitocin. After that I was lucky and it went pretty fast– my epidural wore off towards the end but I dilated pretty fast and we had to wait for the doc to get there because he was delivering at another hospital. The nurse was getting nervous she was going to have to deliver. By the time my doc got there, it was about 3:30 pm and I only had to push like 3 times and Hunter was here! All 9lbs, 6 0z of him.
He had so much brown hair, which was fun because both of our other kiddos were baldies when they were born. And he looks much more like a Keller than a Smith, so he’s kind of a different “model”. Here’s the proud daddy:
The kids came to visit, and Macie was sooo excited. I bet you can’t tell….
Dallin wasn’t sure what to think, but he warmed up by the end of the visit…
First family photo.
We’re so glad he’s finally here, and we love him so much! He’s such a great addition to this little family, and just perfect. More pics of his first month coming soon….
Posted By kim on July 25, 2010
Birth story still coming, but had to show off this cute girl. She gave her very first talk in Primary the Sunday I got home from the hospital. I was way sad I couldn’t be there to see her do it, because she was so excited getting ready for it at home. It’s one of those little experiences you don’t want to miss. She was supposed to talk about how Jesus is our example and how we should follow him. Sean said she did awesome. Did the perfect scream into the microphone thing and everything. Sigh. She asked to have her picture taken with “Macie’s Jesus” before she left. What a cutie.
Posted By kim on July 5, 2010
Robert Hunter Smith.
Born June 30th. 9 lb. 6 oz. 20 inches long. Will post more about the birth along with a bunch of pics when I have a chance, but wanted to post a quick pic. We’re so glad he’s here and I gotta admit, I’m madly in love.
Posted By kim on June 27, 2010
Macie has been taking little dance lessons this year. Her two little cousins, Syd and Madi took them as well, although they weren’t in the same class. They had their end of the year recital, and Macie was soooo excited to show off to us and the fam. She talked about it for weeks and weeks beforehand, as they practiced their two little dances in class.
Her little costume looked so cute on her–one of her dances was about ducks, so she was a “princess duck”.
This is her “posing.” Isn’t it hilarious. I love it. I was curious to see how she would react on a big stage in front of lots of people, and she did so good. She remembered all of her little steps, and was very concerned with staying on her number on the stage. It was pretty funny. And the duck waddle just killed me. She stole the show. Her cute little cousins did great too.
She had all kinds of family come and support her and her cousins–Gma Rhonda, Ava and Amanda came, as well as Gma Wendy and Papa Larry. Thanks fam for coming and making her feel special!
Such cute girls!
Thought this was a cute pic of Mace and her Daddy. He is so cute with her with these kinds of things, and he got a flower to give her–she was so excited to get a flower from him. Gma Rhonda and Aunt Alicia also brought her flowers, so she felt very loved.
Times like this makes me love having a girly girl.
