Everyday, run of the mill...

Howdy.. nothing super exciting happenin' over here at our house, but thought I would try to get used to blogging more often than once every few months!  So here is my promise peeps (and mother), I will post more often.  Ambiguous ain't it?? heheeee!!!

So for starters, Miss Ashlyn has discovered candy.  Now, we have TRIED to keep it away from her as long as possible, seeing as how the Mr. and I are somewhat experts in this category.  Chris loves candy and I love chocolate anything sugar... but she managed to wrangle a tootsie pop from me.  How she even knew what it was is beyond me.  It must be some genetic trait we have passed down to her.. like radar.

Enjoying that tootsie pop!!!

And here comes the best part!!!!

Warning:  INCOMING KISSES...

Sticky, baby girl kisses coming right for me!!!!

Ah, sticky kisses.. with a hint of.. Watermelon??

On to the next...

Bringing baby Sasha into the family has been such a joy, we just love her- she is such a great baby- really and truly!!!!  She's got the sweetest personality!!!  Eventhough she doesn't do more than sleep, poo and projectile urp all over anything in range, here are some sweet pics...

Bathing beauty

Ashlyn is a big fan of the "puff puff" (pacifier), and I believe she thinks everyone else should be too... Which is why she is constantly trying to SHOVE pacifiers in her sisters mouth...especially when she is crying- Ashlyn to the rescue!!!!

Ahhh.. moments with Daddy....

On one last note, we decided to visit the Omniplex (now known as the Science Museum) on one lonely rainy day- Ashlyn LOVED it!!!

Ready to go in!!! YEAY!

In the play house..

Space Suit may be a liiiiitle big...

Sasha was having a BLAST!

Waiting for yummy lunch!

Attacking said yummy lunch!

Having some fun with water!!

Getting a little help from Daddy

Yum.  Plastic toys that have been touched by thousands of kids... because everyone needs a little kiss.

Swine flu anyone?

This looks like one of my nightmares.. Ashlyns coming from EVERYWHERE!!!!

Sasha having MORE fun! I tell you this kid is WILD!

Hope you enjoyed!!! Til next time- Adios!

Pics of baby girl!!!

Ok kiddos.. so after many requests and FINALLY being able to get my wireless up and running- here are the infamous one year pics of baby girl.. I must say, the photographer got some great shots despite baby girls temper-tantrums over TWO (yes, TWO) sessions.

My personal FAVORITE!!! HEHEHEHHEHEE!!!!

So lets see, what else is going on in our house??? Ah yes.. the temper-tantrums.. now.. I thought those didn't start until later, but BOY was I wrong!!! When my lovely little one doesn't get her way, she THROWS herself down (face-first!), and just screams... so.much.fun. Sometimes I just have to laugh.. because seriously- lets face it folks.. that's just comedy. Does that make me a bad parent???? :P

It's getting hot here in OK (for those non-okies out there), and they are forecasting it to be a SUPER HOT summer.. yeay for me. Can't WAIT to get bigger.. and sweatier.. sounds like so much fun.. I decided it was too hot to have baby girl play outside in the sun, so we have been waiting until the sun sets a bit and putting out the baby splash pool. She absolutely LOVES that thing- I hestitated pulling it out, because I didn't have a maternity swimsuit... I actually originally bought one, it looked pretty cute on the hanger and on the lovely pregnant gal modeling it in the advertisement.. HOWEVER. I put it on and just looked like a giant black beach ball... with ruffles.. not a pretty site folks. So anywho, I took the swimsuit BACK to the store and decided to forego the swimsuit this year. Fastforward to this week, when baby girl wanted to get in the splash pool, and momma has nothing to put on.. but a bikini from pre-baby. That's right folks. I squeezed this squishy- big-boob-ed body into a bikini.... it was a sight no man should EVER have to behold.. but hey.. at least I didn't have to fork over $60 for it... and I think Ashlyn is too young to be traumatized.. poor girl. Good thing Chris wasn't home.. because if he would have been, I don't think there would ever be any more Smedstad babies :) HA!

Anywho, I hope you enjoyed the pics, more to come soon!! Promise!

Our Sweet girl is ONE!

Howdy to all!!!

I hope everyone is having a fantastic week, and enjoying everything life has to offer!!!

Sorry for the delay in posting about baby girls birthday, but I am pretty sure I sucked in some nasty germs somewhere that turned into the flu- I say "pretty sure" because the flu they tested me for was type A and B- they only ones they CAN treat, and lucky me.. I didn't have either of those.. so I just suffered (not so silently, just ask my husband) in bed for about a week, and I am FINALLY feeling much better- and I don't sound like a toad... all I can say is a sounded a lot better than I actually looked (again.. just ask my husband- bless his heart.)

OK.. enough with the sickies.

Ashlyns party was just too, too fun. I love this baby girl, and I absolutely cannot believe she is ONE.. ALREADY. We had her one year well baby visit with her pediatrician, she is 30 1/2 inches in length (90% for height!!) and just a tad shy of 19 lbs (10-25% for weight).. so she is a waify supermodel. How THAT happened, dunno. Doc advised us on making big girl transitions, like giving up the bottle.. which shouldn't be too hard- as it is, she only gets two bottles a day, and quite frankly, she's not all that interested in them.. so I don't think that will be a difficult transition.. we will also move her over to whole milk.. but of course we have a gallon sized tin to get rid of first, so I figure another month of formula isn't going to kill her.

Big girl!!!!

She is cutting teeth right now (all four of her top teeth), two have popped through, so we have been a little cranky, but not too bad. We are always on schedule, and she is still sleeping through the night, despite the whole teething bit. We really are blessed that we have such a wonderful baby... funny considering I knew NOTHING about babies when she was born, and I thought she was super "needy".. looking back.... funny, funny, funny. She's an independent little girl, but for the most part, she is super adaptable, and all too lovable. I can't imagine not being able to hold and cuddle with her.. I can't imagine her getting older, dating, driving... going away to college.. sigh... ignore the hormonal preggo...

Back to my BABY....

The actual birthday party "DAY" went off without a hitch- Couldn't have gone better. My dear husband, his mother (NANA A!) and my mother (NANA C!!) were super helpful in the preparations, helping prepare food and hanging decorations- everyone arrived just in time to see the birthday girl show off her brand new tutu.. and can I just say.. precious. LOVE IT!!! In typical girl fashion, she was a little unsure of herself when she first got the tutu on.. but after a few minutes of us oooh-ing and ahhhh-ing over how cute she was, she definitely got with the program, and man can that girl POSE!!! She definitely knows when the camera is around!!! Hummm... wonder where she got that.....

Birthday party decor!!!

The cake.... (a BIG thank-you to Nesli for the cake recommendation!!!)

Baby girls very own smash cake...

Birthday party hat and bib...

Love that Tutu!!!

Birthday BLOOMERS!!!

Our little family

... and some of our very favorite people!!!

Nana C

Nana A
Uncle Brian

Auntie Heidi
Papa Jim and Liz

Auntie Heidi and Cousin Ella Jane

Cousin Grady

After some lunch and spreading the joy and love around the bit, it was time for CAKE!!! Ah, yes.. we LOVE cake here around the Smedstad house.. Chris loves the icing, and I love anything with sugar.. so everyone was happy.. including baby girl. At first she wasn't so sure what to do with this big white mountain in front of her.. but once she tasted the sugar.. it was MANIA... ha!!! She giggled and laughed, and waved at EVERYONE.. it was sooooo cute.. seriously one of the cutest moments by far in her life (and there are MANY).....

Happy Birthday, baby!!!!!

But... what IS it???

Hummm.. how does it taste???

"I LIKE it!!!!".. and the waving begins...

The TWO Nana's!!!!

More waving....

See what I mean???

...aaaannnddd........ the sugar rush.....

Ok.. so it's not cake.. but tasty none-the-less...

Oh!! and don't forget all of the goodies!!! Baby girl had a blast opening all of her gifts....

With a little help from Daddy...

And a few friends....

The animal crackers were a big hit!!!

It was super hard to choose just a few pics from the event.. but I hope I did the party justice.. ENJOY!!!!

Hugs and Kisses!!!