She's Here!!!

Leah Smith
March 21, 2008

7:21 p.m.
8 Pounds
18 1/2 Inches Long

Mommy, Daddy, Noah, and Baby are all doing well!
Here are some pictures from her first day {more pictures to come}.

Big Brother holding Baby Sister for the first time {so cute!!!}.

Farm Country

Here is my last post before we become a family of FOUR!!!

Like I said in my previous post, I have been a little sad lately because I know that Noah is not going to be getting as much attention from me as he has over the past two years. I am actually feeling better about this due to a lot of people telling me that it is normal to feel that way (thank goodness!). Anyway, I have been giving Noah ten times the attention that I normally give him this week and I wanted to do something really fun with him that required getting out of the house and going somewhere. I have heard of Farm Country at Thanksgiving Point and I thought that this would be the perfect place to take Noah since he LOVES animals. He had such a wonderful time petting all of the animals and feeding the duckies! The Pony Ride was a huge hit, so much so that he went on it two times! Here are some pictures from our afternoon in Farm Country.

Noah wanting to climb in with the Baby Cows!!

Noah getting up close to the little goat.
Noah feeding the duckies!
Noah and Mommy on the Pony Ride {don't you just love Noah's "Say Cheese" Smile?!?!}.
Cute Noah!

I {Heart} Noah

Words cannot express how much I love this little boy. He has been the light of our lives for the past two years and I can truly say that it has been the best two years our lives {I am sure that Doug would agree}. He is such a lovable little guy and I adore how tender he is with everyone around him. He loves to give hugs and kisses to everyone and he loves to laugh and giggle, especially when I tickle him.

I have been feeling a little sad lately because I know that I am not going to be able to spend my time with Noah the way I have the past two years. I know that I am still going to be with him each and every day, but it is going to be different because now I will have two children that need my attention. It is hard because Noah is still so small to really understand what is going to happen this week. When we ask him "Where is your baby sister?", he comes over to me and kisses my belly. It is so precious! Noah is really good and soft around other baby's, so I am hoping that he is the same around his sister...only time will tell.

More then anything, I am so excited to have this baby girl and have her as part of our sweet family. I know that Noah is going to be the BEST Big Brother and I look forward to seeing how he interacts with his little sister.

I am going to take a break from blogging for the next little while so that I can spend time with my sweet little boy and sweet little girl. I will definitely keep everyone up to date once she is born by posting some pictures. My focus is going to be on my two little ones, and Doug, for the next while, but, like I said, I will keep everyone up to date :).

Happy

Baby Update ~ 38 Weeks

We went to the doctor this past Friday and everything is looking great with the baby. The doctor did an ultrasound to see how big she is right now, and, according to the machine, she is 7 pounds 10 ounces {give or take 10%}. She is smaller then Noah was, thank goodness, so they are not going to induce me really early. Instead, I am going to be induced 2 days before my actual due date....March 21! Now we just get to play the waiting game. Maybe she will come early, maybe she won't...we'll just have to wait and see. I am feeling well, although I am ready to have my body back! I am also tired of waking up every hour during the middle of the night...oh, wait, this is just the beginning of sleepless nights, right? We will keep everyone updated :).

Swing Baby Swing

Here is a layout that I did of Noah on the swings. I love this picture!

Fun At The Park

Noah and I went to the park this afternoon and we had a fabulous time! Noah had so much fun on the swing and he kept telling me "Mo Mom", which translates to "More Mom". I pushed him on the swing for about 20 minutes...he LOVED it!!! He also had fun running around and playing with all of the fun toys. The park is definitely one of our favorite places to go and play!!!

Lounging Around

Noah is very creative when he wants to relax! Doesn't that look so comfortable?!?!? He was happy, that's all that counts, right??

February 2008

February has come and gone so quickly! We had a lot of family birthdays this month....Happy Birthday to Sam {my dad}, Sam {my nephew}, Kris {my mom}, and my Grandpa Jentzsch! It has been a VERY cold month, so Noah and I have been hangin' in the house pretty much all month long. We have come up with some creative ways to keep Noah entertained! I just can't believe that it is already March! This is going to be an exciting month as Baby Girl makes her grand entrance! We are so excited to meet her!

I have posted some pictures from February. Just click on the link on the ride sidebar :).

Red Wagon

Noah got a Red Wagon for Christmas, and since the weather has been so nice we decided to finally put it together. Noah had such a fun time helping Daddy! He LOVES tools and he was thrilled when we let him hold some real tools and help.

Noah had so much fun on his first ride out in his wagon. I am sure that we will be going on a lot of wagon rides this summer!!


Here is a video of Noah helping Doug put the wheels on the wagon. He was so proud of himself!