My Hubby

This post is dedicated to my amazing husband Michael Graham Smith! :) I just have to express that I feel so lucky to have him! He is out of town right now, has been for the last 2 weeks, and is coming home on Sunday! I couldnt be more excited!!! I have missed him so much! It totally stands true that you never realize what you have until its gone (even just out of town :)! It has been a good time to really notice and think about all the things I never realized I would miss about him- like songs that remind me of him, switching our toothbrush head for mine, just having someone to be with and hang out with all the time, giving me little compliments on how i look or something i've made, his smell, his excitement about little things, and the list goes on and on. I love the anticipation of waiting for his phone calls and getting so excited to talk to him. I love knowing that we are partners working together to be happy and live the gospel (even though we are far from perfect :). I love knowing that he will be the father of my children... i feel like i have so many faults that will effect how i am as a mother, i need to be so much more patient and gentle and just having charity in general, but when i look at him i am in awe at what a good dad i know he will make- He will be so cute holding our sweet new little baby, and then when she (and the rest of them when they come) will have so much fun playing with him as kids because he really is just a kid at heart, then when they get older he will know how to discipline firmly but still be so loving and not angry so they will want to follow him and because of his amazing example! He is always so positive and looks on the bright side of every situation, he always peace and is always the first one to say i'm sorry (i'm definitely trying to work on that!!!), and he is constantly making me laugh! I couldnt ask for a better best friend, husband, and partner! So thanks so much babe for always being there and loving me no matter what!! I was looking at some of our old pictures the other day and came across this one from our honeymoon at Disneyland- almost 3 years ago!!- and i could not stop laughing so this is the one i wanted to post even though he'll want to kill me for putting it up- he he heee!!!

Arizona

A couple weeks ago my family was here in Utah for their spring break and I decided to drive home to Arizona with them and spend the next week with them and my brother and sister-in-law and my little nephew who came down from Sacrament for their spring break. It was SO FUN!!! I loved spending time with brother and his cutest family that I havent seen in awhile. We ate at all the yummy restaurants, laid out in the sun, and enjoyed lots of time with all the family and friends in az. When I got home and was showing Mike all my fun pictures of my trip I realized I pretty much only took pictures of my nephew (and whoever was holding or playing with him at the time got to be in the picture too), who is the CUTEST boy in the world!!! :) Here are just a few.

Its a Girl!!!

So we went to an ultrasound clinic a couple weeks ago and found out we're having a girl!!!! We are so excited! We went to Gap afterward and it made me so much more excited about having a girl than a boy :) Mike bought her a super cute pink dress that he was really excited about. Maybe I'll post a picture of it later. I'm also so much more excited about doing the baby room now too!

The Announcement...

Ok, so its past overdue that i update the blog and it just overdue that i make the announcement that MIKE AND I ARE PREGNANT!!!! YAY!!! We are so excited! I am 16 weeks along and just barely starting to show so its getting more fun everyday :) I didnt feel too great during the first trimester but now that i'm into my second trimester i have a lot more energy and dont feel sick anymore- Hooray! I have an appointment next week and am hoping we'll be able to find out if its a boy or a girl. We want a boy, but of course we would love either one! (i'm nervous mike would spoil a girl too much as the first :) - i just know my girls are going to be daddy's girls). I am anxious to get started on the baby's room! We are just so excited to be parents soon!! Its so wierd to think its a reality! We'll keep you posted!

Happy Birthday!!

I still am trying to figure out how to post the way I really want to...I can never get my pictures in the order I want them in- grrr! ANYWAY, so it was my birthday this week and it was awesome!! Mike scored tons of points with me! :) It was such a great day! I had to work, but my work comrads took me out to Olive Garden for soup, salad and breadsticks :) yum. Then I came home to Mike and James working hard to decorate and prepare for dinner and dessert. He made me go in our room while they finished up. He made amazingly delicious shish-kabobs on the grill, baked to perfection baked potatoes, a yummy salad, and his mom brought rolls. It was a perfect and delicious meal! The party decorations were princess themed :) and consisted of white and yellow streemers from the front door all the way around the room to the kitchen, a big bouquet of balloons, cute birthday plates, and on my place at the table a princess pillow with a frog on it to kiss, a glow in the dark princess wand and of course a tiara and matching earrings :) he had a hay day at the dollar store :) For dessert we had yummy ice cream sundaes with brownies, bananas, whip cream, hot fudge, and caramel! For my presents he got me coldplay tickets to the concert this weekend, some new furniture, and a sonicare toothbrush! WOW! I had such a great night with my amazing hubby and his parents and my bro James and Erin his wife. Thanks so much guys!!! And a special thanks to all my friends and family who sent emails and/or called! And lastly, Thanks to Mike- I love you so much babe and you made it the best birthday yet!!

4 Wheeling

This past weekend our good friend Court took us 4-wheeling in Gunnison. He took us all the way up the mountain and around a whole long trail that was so beautiful and fun! We especially had a good time because we went 4-wheeling on our first date and haven't been since :) Thanks Court!

Halloween

I know I'm a little late with the Halloween post, but our computer wasn't working and so I couldn't even get access to our pictures- frustrating! Anyway, here is our Halloween. We dressed up at the orthodotist office I work at; we were rappers if you cant tell :) And out Ortho, Dr.Talbot, or TQT as I like to call him, is Flava-flav. Then that night we had our ward Halloween Party and Mike was being boring so i made him let me paint his face- he he he.