Three Mamas and Three Babies

Zachie's Birthday Is Coming Soon

Yeah for parties!!  We are so excited to have another birthday with our awesome little man.  We are doing the same thing as last year because well Zachie hasn't suddenly started hating parks so that is where we will be.

I dislike how much they can charge for party decorations and invites and such.  However, we just can't help ourselves.  I didn't want to buy invites though so we made them.  Hopefully everyone will get one soon but until then...

Zachie Loves His Little Sister

We ask Zachie if he wants to hold Olivia daily, he always says no.  Today, he said YES!  Jesse ran for the camera and Olivia put on her brave face.  He loved every minutes of it.  He was laughing and giving loves (what we call kisses).  We play tag with Zachie using Olivia as the "IT" person.  This is really the only time he will let her touch him so holding her was a big deal!!!
 

 

 

 

 

Loves

 

Loves again!

 

 

Wrestling time...this is where Olivia decided she was done touching Zachie.  Ha my two crazy babies.  They will love each other one day right?!?

 

The Cuteness

Ahhh, We sure do love this little girl.  She is a great baby.  She absolutely loves lights, but not the sun.  She holds her head up like it's no big deal or anything.  She is super strong.  She loves kisses.  Certain blankets can calm her down instantly.  She wants to eat almost every 30 minutes.  This makes sense since she only eats for five minutes at a time.

 

She will sit and stare at you like you are some superstar, we feel so special.  She loves her binky.  No matter where we are she will always turn toward mommy and daddy's voices.  She can sleep through any noise Zachie can dish out (this is true visa versa as well).  She has the most beautiful smile, although we only see it when she is sleeping.

 

She can fight crime in her sleep.  She can turn bright red in an instant, oh the poops! She loves loves loves soft fuzzy blankets.  If she falls asleep on you she will grab your shirt collar and never let go.

 

She is our little sweetheart and we love her.
PS we need way more awake pictures, you'd think she sleeps all the time from this post.

 

When Our Zacheroo Is Sick

This poor boy got sick last week.  He woke up with a fever and slept most of the day.  I was folding the laundry in our bedroom and when I came out to be with Zachie this is what I found...

He has his favorite sick movie, Monsters, Inc., his Lightning Mcqueen car, and the basketball blanket.  Our poor boy.

This is how Daddy takes care of mister Zacheroo...all wrapped up in Daddy's sweatshirt.

Coming Home...But Where Do We Live???

Yeah for finally coming home.  It seems like the hospital holds you hostage after a while.  We were so ready to leave.  I missed Zacheroo way too much!!  

We had one day to rest and then we started moving.  We have been waiting to move into a lower level apartment for almost a year and they finally offered us one but we had to be moved in one week.  We were a little crazy for taking this on but it was so worth it.  We love our new place.  We had so many amazing people help us move.  Kaelie tackled a few car loads all on her own.  Many women from the relief society came over to pack up our kitchen and ended up packing almost the entire place.  Richard helped almost every night, moving anything and everything.  We are so grateful to all these wonderful people.  They made our transition easy and blessed our lives with their examples of service.  

  

 

 

 

The Day You Were Born

Olivia Nichole Smith

April 5, 2012

7 pounds 7 ounces

20 inches

We were so happy to see her.  This experience was so calm and relaxing compared to Zachie's birth.  We had so much energy and were ready to hold her and love her.  When she first came out and started to cry, she reminded us of a little duck.  Since then, we have learned that she can imitate just about any animal on the farm.  This girl is talented!

This is little miss within minutes of entering the world.  She was our bright eyed girl ready for anything, especially food.  She couldn't wait for us to get back to the room so that she could get some food.  Sadly, this want hasn't turned into a super eater.  She gets very distracted and forgets that she was eating before she found that spot on the wall.  

 The proud Daddy! 

While we were off having a baby, Zachie was chillin' out at home with Grandma.  We received this picture while we were waiting to go to the operating room.  What a handsome man in his secret agent jammies.  

Yeah for family!!!  

 

Yeah For Baby Day

Tomorrow is the day!  We are so excited, slightly nervous but mostly just happy.  I have been having pretty strong contractions since Tuesday afternoon, but nothing has come of them, just pain.

We had a pre-op appointment on Tuesday which calmed my nerves a little.  I was able to talk with an anesthesiologist about all my concerns and he was able to explain exactly what will happen.  It was great.  He said I am completely normal being nervous.  The second time is totally different from the first.  Which makes sense, emergency versus planned.  The only thing that set my nerves on end was when he would reassure me that it would be nice and slow and we would have all the time in the world to get it done.  How is that supposed to comfort me!!??  My main fear is lying there not being able to move.  So how would prolonging that comfort me!

I just hope I can keep myself calm.  Once little miss is out I will get to have her right next to me, the perfect distraction.  I tried to go to sleep after Zachie was out last time so I don't quite remember that half of the surgery.

We go in at 9 tomorrow morning and get to play the waiting game until noon.  I think Jesse and I will have a Yahtzee tournament while we wait, woo whoo!!

I'm going to miss Zachie while I am in the hospital.  I have only been away from him for 5 hours max, and I left him with Jesse whenever that happened.  I am grateful for all the wonderful friends we have who are watching Zachie.  I will not have much to worry about while he is with them.  I will just miss him.

I made lots of treats today for my wonderful boys.  I hope they aren't in sugar commas when I come back.  But everyone deserves a treat when life changes drastically.

Just so I remember all the names we have in mind I wanted to make a little list:

Amelia
Emmeline
Elizabeth
Olivia

There are a few more but these are our favorites.  We will see if any of those feel right for this little girl.  Yeah for Baby Day!!

The Tale Of The Orange Hat

The week little miss was born Zachie found an orange hat.  This hat was in the hall closet, which for some reason had become Zachie's office or something.  He went there multiple times a day just to open the door, look in, and close the door.  Well, one time he opened the door and a magical orange hat appeared.  If anyone knows Zachie, they know he is obsessed with red and orange.  Once he found out it was a hat, it was his and had to be on his head.  He wore it throughout the whole week.  Every time we left the house, including when he visited us in the hospital.  He is a cutie and I love his fun personality! Here are the many faces of Zachie...

The Day Julia Was Born

We were able to watch Anna the day Julia was born.  We had a really fun day with the kiddos while we waited to meet little miss Julia.  While I took time to shower and get ready for the day Jesse watched Anna and Zachie.  The following videos are the results of that.  I'm not sure if I watch these to see the silliness that is Zachie and Anna or for Jesse's commentary.  These are long and Jesse sounds like a loon at times but I'm sure Anna and Avrie will like watching them. Enjoy!

Our Family of Three

What a great day.  We just sat around, chased Zachie, and enjoyed our last moments as a family of three. 


My wonderful boys playing



The Belly or Little Miss, however you want to look at it

These are just funny.  What you don't see is that Jesse is doing push ups and Zachie has to be a part of that action!