june freehand scraps kit

Just wanted to check in real quick and let you all know that the June Freehand Scraps kit will be going on sale tomorrow morning. Here is a little peek at one of my projects. Be sure to check out the website to see the rest of the gallery. (www.freehandscraps.com)

i am still alive...

Haven't posted much because I am still feeling pretty BLAH. My back is much better now, but I have been feeling nauseous and very tired. In the morning I wake up with all these good intentions to get stuff done and am lucky if I get half of it done. This weekend was good though. We got all the stuff done on the list and our yard looks great! My dad helped me paint Charlie's night stand and bookshelf (well, let's be honest, he did most of the work!) I had the nightstand already but I picked up the bookshelf for $15 from an old guy on Craig's List. We found a scrap piece of beadboard to put on the back and painted it up and it looks awesome! I ordered some really cute knobs from a gal on Etsy, so when those come I will take pictures of the furniture to share. Now I just need to get creative for some things to put on his walls and I think his room is going to be adorable!

Monday night we ate burgers at my parents and went out to the Nampa Ponds to do some fishing. Charlie and I did not fish, we just wanted to enjoy the evening outside - it was gorgeous!


Charlie spent most of the evening in his wagon chilling out and munching down cookies. My dad was eating a cookie and Charlie said very sweetly to him "G-Pa, would you like me to hold your cookie for you?" We all laughed - what a little sneek!
Looking forward to this weekend. Rodger and Anita are coming over for hotdogs tonight and we are planning on fishing again. This time Charlie has his own little Cars fishing pole, so we shall see how that goes!

work, work, work...

The holiday weekend is full of work around here at the Smith household. There are lots of projects in the works - mowing, weeding, cleaning, laundry, painting, you name it. This is mostly because I hurt my back pretty bad on Monday and I've done nothing around the house all week (also the reason for no blogging!). I have had a couple visits with the chiropracter this week and am feeling much better today. Good thing because I don't think any of us would have had any clothes to wear tomorrow if I did not get to that laundry pile sooner or later! Peace has returned now that the house is out of disaster mode and life seems to have some order. We are planning to go to church in the morning and then my dad is going to help me paint an old nightstand to match Charlie's new big boy room. Hope you all are having a great weekend and are doing something fun!!
Nobody gets out of doing work at this house....

baby smith is lookin' good...

Yesterday was my first appointment with my doctor. I really like her so that is a big relief. I have had to wait quite a while these last two times I've gone in, so I hope that is not the norm! She wants me to see the maternal fetal medicine specialist in two weeks to have a complete first trimester screening so she almost skipped doing the ultrasound yesterday. She ended up changing her mind, which made me very happy because I wanted to see this baby! She searched for the heartbeat first. It was 180 bpm. She said "Oh, you are SO having a girl with that fast heartbeat!" Let's hope she is right! She looked at a few other things and said that everything looked great and right where it should be. Whew, big relief. We did see the baby move a little bit and it is always so amazing to see that little heart beating away on the screen. So, it is now starting to settle in - we really are having another baby! Eric and Charlie were at the appointment and we may have hyped up seeing the baby a little too much since Charlie was very confused as to what he was seeing on that little screen. He kept asking "where is the baby?" and when I pointed to the little peanut shape on the screen, he said "THAT is NOT a baby!" So funny. This morning he did get out his little Star Wars laptop toy and told me that he was going to see if he could see the baby on his computer.

In other baby news, look who has joined us:


We noticed the mama bird had been sitting up quite a bit higher in the nest so figured they might have hatched. On Saturday, I saw the mama bird was away so I quick jumped on the ladder to check it out. I was a little afraid mama was going to come back and peck my eyes out so I quickly snapped a few photos and got out of sight. They are very active now and we can see them very easily from the ground. It has definitely been a fun thing to watch and teach Charlie about. I think he is going to be very bummed when they are gone.

a gorgeous, productive day...

It has been an absolutely beautiful day today with a high of 85 degrees. This morning I picked up the garage, swept and hosed it out, washed the car inside and out and got ready for our neighborhood yard sale in the morning. Charlie helped by dragging out all his toys after I put them away and shoveled the rocks on the concrete after I hosed it off. Oh, the joys of a toddler. This is a picture of part of our backyard and the beautiful hanging basket of flowers that my dad got me for Mother's Day. Eric is convinced they will not last long, but I am determined to prove him wrong. :) We are supposed to have record highs in the 90's tomorrow - it took forever to warm up and now it is coming on strong! Hope you have a great weekend and that you are enjoying as great of weather as we are.

green haired monster...

Getting his haircut has never been his favorite thing to do. It has been a disaster ever since the first one. This morning we had a long talk about how we were going to get a haircut and if he was good he could get a special treat. He was very agreeable and mature about it. He said he was ready to go and in fact kept asking about it while we ran a few other errands. He used to cry even when we just pulled into the parking lot, but not today - he was excited today. He even did good getting in the chair and putting his cape on. But the brave front flew out the door once she got out the clippers. Then it was a full-on tantrum and fight until the end. I guess we made some progress this time. Hopefully it just keeps getting better, it has to, right? The only thing he does like about getting his haircut is that they spray colored hairspray in his hair when he is done. He always picks green.

Note to self: We definitely do not need anymore outdoor toys.

look who has a big boy bed....

Believe it or not, Charlie was still sleeping in his crib up until yesterday. He loved his crib and never tried to climb out of it, so we figured, why change it? In his crib, he loved to sleep on his belly all crammed up in the corner with his face pushing against the bars. He always had marks across his forehead when he woke up. I think he likes to sleep all squished up because of his time in the NICU. Anyway, with the new baby on the way and now that he is potty trained we knew that it was time to make the switch. We skipped the toddler bed and got him a twin sized bed. We have been talking about it a lot with him so he knew it was coming. We said good-bye to his crib and got the new bed all set-up. He went through his nighttime routine and was not phased by the change at all. I went to check-up on him around 11:00pm and he was laying on his back with the blankets laying all nicely across his chest - such a funny sight since I am used to seeing him on his belly all crammed up in the corner. He did start crying about 3:00am and when Eric went up to check on him he was out of his bed and saying "I want back in my bed, help me please!" Eric had moved the stepstool away from the bed in case he rolled off and he could not get back up on the bed. I think soon we will have a stepstool in every room -ugh. In the morning, he did the same thing he always does, he just laid in bed and sang songs and waited for us to come get him. I wonder if he knows that he can get out on his own?

He loves to play it up for the camera with dad's encouragement - here he is pretending to snore.

Thank-you for all the sweet birthday wishes yesterday! I have the best friends and family :)