The Celebration

For Aspen's birthday this year we celebrated at home with Mommy, Daddy, Dane, Aspen and Ella. We had Macaroni and Cheese and hot dogs for dinner (Aspen's request) and cake and ice cream after she opened her presents!

Here she is with all her gifts.
Opening the first gift, this year she didn't need any instruction to get started ripping into them!
A Belle Toothbrush YES!

In this box she got two shirts and a pair of shorts.
More princess stuff, this rocks! She got a princess Fork and Spoon set and a princess beach towel.

This gift was extra special. It is from Granna and Grandpa Smith and Great Grandma and Grandpa Smith. It is something Aspen has been asking for for quite awhile, a flower bed spread! She was so excited to see it and right after cake and ice cream we put it on her bed.

I LOVE it Granna and Grandpa and Great G&G!!! Thank you so much!

Look at all the great stuff I got!

And last but not least...the Belle cake Aspen has been asking for since her birthday last year!
Brent ended up lifting her up so she could blow out the candles, but she did it. She loved the cake (especially the Fodunt sp? which surprised me!)

She had a great birthday and can't wait till next years already! She loves you and and knows you love her too!

The Birthday Girl!

I can't believe my little baby is three years old today!! Here is a little about Aspen.

Here current 'stats' are 37 in tall and 31.5 lbs and growing like a weed!
She started out at 6 lbs and 19 in long.First Day Home



She loves to eat and most days can eat almost as much as I do. Here are some of her favorite foods
-French Fries (like any good Smith child/grandchild) -anything sweet (ice cream, Popsicles)
-Happy Meals (chicken or hamburger) -chicken
-Spaghetti -Hot Dogs
-Macaroni and Cheese - Pepperoni


Just over a year..muchin' on a graham cracker.
and enjoying a PB&J

Here are some of her LEAST Favorite foods
-Onions -Mushrooms
-Black olives


Here are some of her favorite things to do...
-Sing -Dance
-Play guitar with Daddy -Play Piano with mommy
-brush her teeth -fly in airplanes
-Color -go to Nursery
-Watch movies -Blow bubbles18-22 months

2 1/2 years, dancing to the music in her mind!
2 yrs-blowing bubbles in the yard


Here are some of her LEAST favorite things to do....
-go to bed -sit still
-share her 'special' toys with Ella -pick up her toys


Like her mother, Aspen has become attached to a few 'lovies' that bring great joy to her life.
Some of them are...
-Blankie (from Great Grandma Smith) -Ducky (from Granna)
-Princess Movies -Music9-12 Months
Almost 2 in her new big girl bed with Ducky.


Oh how the days have flow and my baby girl has become a big girl!1st Birthday

2nd Birthday

3rd Birthday Picture to come later today....

Tropical Storm Fay

For those of you who are aware of where we live (Cape Coral--SW Florida) we had our first storm of the year. It was a tropical storm and it made landfall about 40 miles south of us, it a fairly unorganized storm with little to worry about by the time it made landfall. We are just fine, never even lost power. We were missed by anything too powerful,just some rain storms and some wind (sustained winds at about 25-30 mph, gusts to mid 40's) this morning. Now it is just breezy, overcast, and nicely cool :)!
Just thought I would let those of you who had maybe heard the news and wondered about us know that we are just fine!

Here's the deal: Post these rules on your blog list your 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 facts about yourself, and 3 current obsessions/collections.Then tag 5 of your friends at the end of your blog by leaving there names. Let them know you tagged them by leaving a comment on there blog.

3 Joys
My beautiful daughters
Primary Kids (some days!)
Knowing I'm part of an eternal Family

3 Fears
Not being able to care for/feed my family
Something happening to a loved one
Being Alone

3Goals
To have a neat house for 5 consecutive days
To get into better physical shape
To read my scriptures every day

3 Facts about Myself
I LOVE living in Florida even though I hate how hard it is to see my family
I really miss Adult church meetings, but no longer have the attention span beyond a 15 minute sharing time and 20 minute singing time
I love being a wife and mother and don't think there is a better job on this planet

3 Current Obsessions/collections
Reading anything I can get my hands on (My one link to the "adult" world)
Taking pictures and then scrap booking them
Hide and seek (Ask Aspen ;) )

Tag...Heather, Kimberly, Monica, Karen, Kenzie

This may be a few days late but...Ells is 9 month old! Here is an update on our little one....

Ella is a very happy and content little girl-mind you I didn't say quiet! It looks like she is continuing in the ways of big sister and the happier she is the louder she gets. Some of her favorite phrases are "DADADADADA" , yipping like a dog (some ladies in Wal-Mart the other day actually thought I had a dog in my cart!) and spitting or "making raspberries" as Aspen says. She doesn't just make the noise she has discovered that if she sticks out her tongue all this fun wet stuff comes flying out! According to my at home measurements she is just over 26 in tall and 17 lbs, a constant bundle of energy!

Ella loves to eat, she eats all kinds of baby food (except peach's it isn't pretty) even the stage 3 foods with all the little chucks in it! Also some of her favorite foods are (in no order)
1-pancakes
2-muffins
3-Honey Nut Cheerios
4-Pizza Crust
5-Ice Cream
6-Popsicles
Eating a bran muffin YUM!

Just over a month ago when we were in Utah Ella was able to rock back and for on hands and knees now shes....

GONE IN 60 SECONDS!

Then a few days later I went to get Ella up from her nap and this is what greeted me!

Now I have once again become the human Jungle Gym Ella loves to crawl, climb, and fall all over me!

The little falls are nice sometimes because it leads to a little snuggle time.

Ella can now pull up on anything there are a few of her favorite places
1-couches/chairs
2-Aspen's step stool
3-Her crib
4-Mommy
5-WALLS/Glass Doors

She has discovered that when Aspen is in her booster seat away from the table she can reach her tray, so now we have to watch Jules AND Ella when she is eating.
"You know you love me!"

Last but not least her favorite toys...
1-Mommy :)
2-Tupperware rattle
3-Jules' Ears
4-Aspens Hair
5-Vertical blinds
6-Tupperware bowls
7-the diaper bag
8-The little green ball

Ella will play 'fetch' and roll back and forth this ball for 30 minutes at a time! She laughs and smiles and rolls around having a great time and its so nice, if the ball rolls off she WANTS to go get it, so I get to sit on the floor and be still for a few minutes! Thankfully she has a few toys that I can let her play with!

"Come back to me ball, come back...."
"Use the force Ella!"

Rub-A-Dub-Dub

Naked Babies in a tub!

For the last month I've been bathing the girls together. Man does this make my life easier, they both love it and are both getting clean and I know where both of them are at the same time! These pictures are from the first time I'm tossed them in together.

4th of July

I know these pictures are a little late, but with the camera battery dieing then the USB cable going missing, they have been stuck on my camera for awhile! This is the girls all dressed up for the 4th of July. The overalls Aspen is wearing were actually mine when I was a little girl!