tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40489106521775562762024-02-07T21:04:51.738-08:00The Smith ClanLife as we know it in sub-suburbia.Shilo and Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03275596712197276860noreply@blogger.comBlogger180125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048910652177556276.post-10834585581123821742012-02-21T20:50:00.000-08:002012-02-21T20:50:36.224-08:00Choo-Choo I'm 2!!Here we go on the Smith updates :-)<br />
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Our little duder turned two back in November and we had the best time celebrating!! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My very own desk! (The Lightning McQueen suitcase was an early present ;-) I couldn't resist!!!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exploring Thomas</td></tr>
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</tbody></table> Duder got a late night visit from our friends the Freemans, who came to visit for the weekend. Elijah and Avery have so much fun together, so it's a treat for all of us, but a super birthday present for himShilo and Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03275596712197276860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048910652177556276.post-70832318064002558972012-02-20T21:29:00.000-08:002012-02-20T21:29:09.616-08:00I'm still here!So my New Year's resolution was to be better about my blogging. You can see how well that has been going. I really do plan to start updating this week though!! :-)Shilo and Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03275596712197276860noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048910652177556276.post-63900292740808835112011-12-09T13:36:00.000-08:002011-12-09T13:36:38.288-08:00Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes!Because quitting my job, becoming a stay at home mom and leaving all our friends to move to another state wasn't enough of a change, we decided it would be a great idea to get pregnant at the same time! I know this post comes a little late because we've told most of you, but for posterity's sake I figured I should make a blog post too :-)<br />
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We were incredibly excited (and surprised) to find out on our 6 year anniversary that we are expecting Smith baby #2! It had taken so long to get pregnant with Elijah, that we really did not expect to get pregnant so quickly with number two. Looking back though, I think after my miscarriage I was so emotional and stressed out and was putting so, so, so much pressure on myself to get pregnant again right away, that I really think that was a huge part of why it took awhile with Elijah. This time I really didn't think about it too much. We were really more not-not trying. No stressing over my ovulation calendar, no lying on my back for 30 minutes after you know what. (Sorry if this is TMI Dad!). I really just figured it would take awhile and I was totally ok with that, so I just let nature take it's course. And it did! To be completely honest, I was a little shell-shocked at first. I couldn't quite believe it and of course questioned whether we were ready for another baby, but really, are you ever completely ready for another baby? Especially since number 1 is such a "spirited" child ;-) I've been doing lots of reading on high energy kids and "spirited" is our new term for the duder. :-)<br />
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So needless to say, we are VERY excited, and of course a little nervous. The first trimester was pretty difficult for me this time. I had heard from several friends that morning sickness tended to be worse with the second one, and that was definitely true for me. I was sick pretty much from the time I woke up to the time I went to bed, which was pretty early, because not only was I completely exhausted, but I had no desire to be awake any longer than I had to be. You could also say that I may possible have had a few mood swings ;-) For example, there was a sale on babysteals.com for a Boppy, which we already have. I mentioned to Jason what a good deal it was and maybe it would be nice to have two. He said "Why do we need another one?" I then proceeded to sob hysterically for 15 minutes followed by a transition of crying while laughing, and concluding in some hysterical laughing. I have never felt like more of a crazy person in my life! The good news is that now that I'm fully in the second trimester, I'm feeling much more like myself and able to feel even more excited!<br />
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Halloween this year was absolutely wonderful. It was a great opportunity to jump right in to our new neighborhood. It was so fun to see all the kiddos running around.<br />
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We met at a neighbors house and had dinner with friends while the kiddos ran around outside before we headed out to trick-or-treat. Or "tri-tree" as Elijah would say :-)<br />
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We love the costume that his Auntie Stacey gave him last year, so much that we decided to recycle it :-) It actually still fit for the most part. I just had to expand the headpiece a little for our darling son's giant noggin'. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the kids we went with was a "headless guy" Love it when the kids get creative!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"I just want to make sure it's safe for you little buddy"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Come on thing! Open up!</td></tr>
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We took him to a kid-only salon here in Reno called Snipits. I am so glad that we did, because the whole experience was amazing. They really are kid focused. When we checked in with the receptionist she handed him a card that he could use for a prize after he got his haircut. The had little statues with spinning wheels and a video playing in the waiting area, all of which were great to keep him occupied. He even kept giving one of the statues a high-five.<br />
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When the stylist came over to get us, she immediately started to talking to Elijah and asked him what he liked. She brought out two toy dinosaurs that not only kept his hands busy, but kept his mind off of what she was doing. They also had a little cartoon on about getting your haircut.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even bending his head forward like a pro.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finished product! Such a handsome little man!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Shilo and Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03275596712197276860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048910652177556276.post-23884280077986471942011-10-28T20:33:00.000-07:002011-10-28T20:35:17.099-07:00New ObsessionSo most of you know of my obsession with pumpkin. Literally, anything pumpkin. So for our Mom's Club Halloween party I decided to try out a new recipe I'd found for pumpkin dip. O-M-G. If you are a fan of pumpkin, you <u><b><i>MUST</i></b></u> try this. It's super duper easy and I even took two pie pumpkins and hollowed them out for serving dishes. Again, super easy and really a cute touch. I served it with cinnamon graham crackers and apples per the recipes suggestions. I also subbed light sour cream for regular and it still came out super yummy. No one seemed to notice. Seriously, this stuff is amaze-balls.<br />
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<div id="generic_0_pnlIng"><div class="card" id="ingredients"><div class="inner"><div class="mid"><h3>Ingredients</h3><ul class="fst"><li class="fst">1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened</li>
<li>2 cups powdered sugar</li>
<li>1 cup canned pumpkin</li>
<li>1/2 cup sour cream</li>
<li class=" lst">1 teaspoon ground cinnamon</li>
</ul><ul><li class="fst">2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice</li>
<li>1/2 teaspoon ground ginger</li>
<li>1 cup frozen whipped cream, thawed</li>
<li class=" lst"> Gingersnap cookies, apples, or cinnamon graham cracker sticks</li>
</ul></div><div class="btm"></div></div></div></div><div id="generic_0_pnlDir"><div class="card" id="directions"><div class="inner"><h3>Directions</h3><ol><li>In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth. </li>
<li>Add in pumpkin, sour cream, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, and ginger. Mix well. </li>
<li>Fold in the thawed whipped cream.</li>
<li>Serve with green apples, graham cracker sticks, or gingersnaps.</li>
<li>Store in refrigerator.</li>
</ol><span style="font-size: x-small;">Recipe courtesy of tablespoon.com</span><br />
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<ol></ol></div></div></div>Shilo and Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03275596712197276860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048910652177556276.post-45823347079211170882011-10-27T15:03:00.000-07:002011-10-27T15:03:57.571-07:00Love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> One more tea at Loveyjoy's before the big move. Sarah and I have been going here for years now, a least a few times a year. Recently we have added our littles to our dates. It's a special place for us and we knew that we needed to have one last date here before we headed to NV. It's always interesting with the munchkins along, but so much fun. I am going to try my hardest to maintain at least an annual trip to Lovejoy's with these girls. I love them so much and miss them like crazy! Sarah and I have been friends now for over twenty years and even though our lives have gotten busy and we don't get to see each other as often as we've liked, it is still going to be hard to be so far from her. Love you Sarz! xoxo<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love, love, love</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Shilo and Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03275596712197276860noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048910652177556276.post-8149980147174679902011-10-12T13:19:00.000-07:002011-10-12T13:19:50.239-07:00MendocinoAgain, trying to catch up :-)<br />
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</div><div>Duder and I decided to take a little walk down the boardwalk to the ocean. Duder is such water baby. He literally just wanted to stand there forever and watch the waves. And the sand between his toes was pretty fascinating too :-)</div><div><br />
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</div><div>Needless to say, Jason thoroughly enjoyed his round of golf and I enjoyed looking at the awesome houses along the course. We headed back to the hotel and hit the heated outdoor pool. The ocean had not been enough for our little water baby. I'm not exaggerating - I think this kid could live in the water if we let him. He absolutely loves it - whether it's pool, ocean, bath. He's our little Aquarius. We literally spent so much time in the pool that we missed all of the restaurants! They were all closed by the time we had gotten out and dressed. We ended up running by the Whole Foods and begging the guy to leave it open for us to run in and grab some sandwiches and salads. They were so nice and accommodating and it was almost more fun to go back to our room and picnic just the three of us while Duder gave us a dance show :-)</div><div><br />
</div><div>The next day we grabbed some breakfast at the hotel and then headed out to Mendocino. On the way, on the advice of my bestie Sarah, we stopped in the Anderson Valley for some wine tasting. Duder was sleeping, so we decided to just stop at one, and boy did we pick one!. We just happened to stop at Goldeneye, which was on Sarah's list of recommendations and it was so beautiful! The view was absolutely stunning and the tasting was delish! We were thoroughly impressed! (all of our pics are on the new DSLR we got in June, which I still have not downloaded, so those will have to wait!) You can see this <a href="http://parkerandelle.blogspot.com/2011/08/future-wine-connoiseur.html">video </a>though :-)</div><div><br />
</div><div>After the tasting we continued up the coast to Mendocino. We checked into our B&B, which was so cute and quaint. We had our own little private garden patio, which was so nice! We were right up the hill from the downtown area, so we headed down to explore. There were so many cute little shops and the mainstreet overlooks the ocean. We went into the this amazing little kaleidoscope shop. They had the most beautiful and original kaleidoscope we had ever seen. After wandering some more, we stopped for dinner at the Bay View Cafe. We sat on the deck on the second floor, which had an amazing view. Luckily they had bubbles and crayons on each table because a certain little toddler was not a happy camper, which meant we didn't get to stay long, despite the great food and awesome service. We headed back to the hotel and just relaxed for the rest of the evening. Jason and I enjoyed some wine on our patio and the duder got a nice rest :-)<br />
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The next day we decided to explore Fort Bragg. We headed over to Glass beach and walked down to the shore, which is all made up of sea glass. It was pretty incredible. We took a nice walk down the boardwalk and then explored downtown where we made a stop at the Mendocino Cookie Co. (Again, thank you Sarah for the recommendation!) We then browsed some of the neat little shops downtown. My favorite was Pippi Longstockings. The entire store is just socks! The cutest funkiest socks you've ever seen! <br />
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That night we tried to go the Mendocino Hotel for dinner, but after waiting 20 minutes for someone to come to our table to even offer us water and having to go find a waiter ourselves, we decided to try someplace else. We came across Frankies ice cream and pizza and it was such a better choice!! The pizza was delicious and so fresh and original and the atmosphere was so casual and warm and they even had live musicians which was great! They also had a collection of actual questions that people had come in and asked. Examples were "How do I get to Frankies?" "Do people actually live in Mendocino?". We were cracking up. The best part by far though was dessert. They had made to order ice cream cookie sandwiches. You got to pick your own flavor cookie and then whatever flavor ice cream you wanted. They were absolutely ginormous and absolutely DELICIOUS!!! I would go back to Mendocino just for the ice cream cookie sandwich!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think I'll just go ahead and take both of these....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Someone had started a bonfire on the beach so we got to watch the firemen, which was a a highlight for Duder.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">After that we continued our little adventure over to Point Cabrillo to watch the sunset by the lighthouse. One of the most beautiful moments of my life!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPf1oXFUfa_49uQ0K-NIUkzmOk1TJTfSuy3H5Bcfaz0-FPelQDdRy0xT8CbPN5MZWdAB2bGAWtB6zwSq_WpUsSqMK4KTqDQafGF4LadLcRQle8rf6UMMNa22SxWo0F4TRzKw9B_mXWfxT5/s1600/2011-08-12+19.40.46.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPf1oXFUfa_49uQ0K-NIUkzmOk1TJTfSuy3H5Bcfaz0-FPelQDdRy0xT8CbPN5MZWdAB2bGAWtB6zwSq_WpUsSqMK4KTqDQafGF4LadLcRQle8rf6UMMNa22SxWo0F4TRzKw9B_mXWfxT5/s640/2011-08-12+19.40.46.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">When we left town we decided to take Hwy 1 back down to Bodega. It was an INCREDIBLE drive! We used to take it up the coast to visit my Aunt Louise in Seattle, but I really don't remember it being so beautiful (probably because I was knocked out by Dramamine - which I actually could have used about halfway through).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRj49mKnAyvVoxpHRSv221XUmG2b0FeG3KM-ctysMCeqQU15MCcaizskIteVWUXTfUgsHyQkU2DpRQlnMx_EtRzg9pqWGRW0zaeNhFw2ga2IY6bpyUxj4t0CcFbdCu7C32sVcU49XFqwPK/s1600/2011-08-13+10.22.41.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRj49mKnAyvVoxpHRSv221XUmG2b0FeG3KM-ctysMCeqQU15MCcaizskIteVWUXTfUgsHyQkU2DpRQlnMx_EtRzg9pqWGRW0zaeNhFw2ga2IY6bpyUxj4t0CcFbdCu7C32sVcU49XFqwPK/s640/2011-08-13+10.22.41.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We are way above the ocean here, but you can't tell because the cloud layer covered it all. It was stunning and kind of creepy at the same time :-)</td></tr>
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</div>Shilo and Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03275596712197276860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048910652177556276.post-38323744866653174652011-10-10T20:23:00.000-07:002011-10-10T20:23:48.021-07:00Catching UpSo much to catch up! We are officially moved in to the Reno house and we couldn't be happier! We absolutely love our new neighborhood. It's up on a hill with a wonderful view of Reno and the valley below. Out the front door we can see Mount Rose. It's the best of both worlds! It's so quiet and peaceful up here and we actually have privacy - such a change for us. I'll post more pictures soon. Unfortunately we haven't been able to find my hard drive yet - which literally has <i><b>all</b> </i>of my pictures on it. Trying not to freak out yet, I just keep telling myself we are going to find it. Right??Shilo and Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03275596712197276860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048910652177556276.post-90424744468944678322011-09-15T10:33:00.001-07:002011-09-15T10:33:32.013-07:00Fall (kind of)<div><p>Baking my favorite fall dessert. Yes, I know it's still like 90 degrees out, but if Starbucks can serve a Pumpkin Spice Latte, then I can bake my Apple Petal Tart.</p>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thanks for the head massage Dada - I needed that.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I really need to take a rest in this Bumbo chair.</td></tr>
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Shilo and Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03275596712197276860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048910652177556276.post-56427287520821087132011-08-08T22:04:00.000-07:002011-08-08T22:04:52.732-07:00I'm back baby!So a combination of Jason wiping my computer (for the billionth time) and now not working means that I can finally, finally, finally start blogging again! I'm a little overwhelmed by all that I've missed in the past few months, so it's taken me awhile to actually sit down and get started. So much has gone on in the past 6 months, but I think I've given enough snippets to get the general picture across :-) So for now, I'm going to try to catch you up in a picture montage...<br />
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Elijah's friend Sam's 1st birthday in January. Sam is the son of our pastor and his wife. They threw an amazing Cowboy themed birthday party for Sam (don't be surprised if you see E hosting his own cowboy themed birthday party in a few months :-) ). <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ponies for the kids to take home. So original!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cowboy Eli!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So exciting!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So funny</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Super cool dude</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Collecting pinata goodies!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Such a cute pinata</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Such a cute cake!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sam's own little cake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They also had the cutest little personalized sheriff badges for all of the kids!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deputy Eli is on the job!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I die for him</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love you buddy.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Um Dada, can I maybe have another bite of that cake?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes! Got it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Already quite the ladies man.</td></tr>
</tbody></table> He was literally just running after all the big kids all afternoon. Totally wants to be one of the gang :-)<br />
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Shilo and Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03275596712197276860noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048910652177556276.post-64873673494802369812011-07-08T10:50:00.001-07:002011-07-08T10:50:13.419-07:00On On My Own - part II<div><p>Just boarded the plane to Denver.  Trying not to think about the fact that I'm going to be fine for an entire week. An entire week without my baby.  And of course every other passenger has theur baby with them. I will not cry like a crazy woman! Wish me luck!</p>
</div>Shilo and Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03275596712197276860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048910652177556276.post-64343117545104623752011-06-27T11:05:00.000-07:002011-06-27T16:03:29.726-07:00Laughter really IS the best medicineI love this kid :-)<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/94W-6sO829o" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="425"></iframe>Shilo and Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03275596712197276860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048910652177556276.post-64999016079369138242011-06-08T11:26:00.001-07:002011-06-23T15:52:45.780-07:00ChangesI have been putting off this post for quite some time. At first I was just too entrenched in the situation that I didn't have the energy to put it to paper, so to speak. And then once it was all done, it just seemed so overwhelming to write the whole thing down. So we're just going to make a long story short - we've moved out of Mountain House, renting a house in Tracy, I'm quitting my job at the end of July and we're moving to Reno. How's that for a short story? :-) The process of moving out of Mountain House was extremely difficult. Moving is always stressful, especially after being there for six years, building friendships and connections with the community. Some of our best friends lived four houses down. How often do you get to say that? So in short, it was hard. But on to new horizons. The best part of all this is that ...wait for it...I get to be a stay at home mommy now!!! Wooooooo hooooo!! It has honestly been my dream for so long, to be able to stay home with my children. I remember just months into dating Jason I turned to him and said, "I just want you to know that I want to be a stay at home. " Just wanted to give him the heads-up about what he was getting himself into ;-) So needless to say, I am extremely excited. Not to say that there is not a bit of nervousness there as well. I am very used to being extremely busy at work and leading multiple projects and pretty much having my hands in everything. To walk away from that and hand the reigns to someone else is more difficult than I thought it would be. I know that the reward is great, but I do also realize that I'm leaving other rewards behind. I'm a mess right now in case you couldn't tell ;-) A little all over the place if you will. <br /><br />To add to all of that, we have decided to move our little family up the mountain to Reno. We will be closer to Jason's mom and not too much further from my parents (who decided to move back to Cali as we decided to move out!). Plus Adam is moving to Sacramento in the coming months / year so he will be closer as well. Moving that far from my brother was definitely a concern, but now we'll all be within a couple of hours from each other. Except of course for little sister who is busy gallivanting across the south :-) <br /><br />So, in short - big changes for the Smith family. A little scary and stressful, but all in all very exciting. And really, as long as we're together, we've got everything we need. xoxoShilo and Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03275596712197276860noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048910652177556276.post-43972688624695761332011-06-06T20:41:00.001-07:002011-06-08T09:45:55.025-07:00At 18 Months....First of all...WHAT! How can my baby be 18 months old!!<br /><br /><ul><li>Elijah's stats are: height - 32" (50%), weight - 23lbs 10oz (10-20%), head circumference- 48.5" (75%)</li><li>Is starting to gibber gabber like a little chipmunk. He's always talking. 90% of it is unintelligible, but he's using his signs for the really important things like asking for food. And let's be honest, all this kid does is eat so it's pretty helpful. His first word was actually a sentence - "I want that" (again, usually applied to food) although it sounded more like "ahnt da". For awhile we thought his Norwegian roots were coming out and he was saying Uff Da, until our daycare provider said, "It's so cute when he says 'I want that'!" She's a little more used to baby talk than we are ;-) Now he's saying doggie (both speaking and in sign), please (which absolutely kills me!) it sounds more like eezz and he draws it out for a good 5 seconds :-). He's definitely got the Mama and Dada thing down, which is such a joy, because it was just Dada for so long. My heart literally melts everytime I get a mama.</li><li>Is definitely the cool kid at school. It's absolutely adorable to see how the other kids dote on him - especially the girls ;-) I feel like a superstar when I ring the bell and all the kids scream "Baby 'Lijah's mommy, baby 'Lijah's mommy!". I just found out the other day that one of the little girls constantly asks for him when he's not there - even on the weekends. I can't blame her really ;-)</li><li>Still adores the doggies and they are so, so, so good with him (with the exception of Elle barreling over him every once in awhile). He climbs on them, hugs them, lays on them and they just let him have at it. It makes me so incredibly happy to see this connection and the love he has for them. I'm such an animal lover and I really hope to raise him to have the same respect and appreciation.</li><li>Is a dancing fool! He is such a musical baby. We've even caught him singing his own little songs when he's playing by himself.</li><li>Throws a 90 mile and hour fast ball. At least that's what it feels like when the ball hits you in the head. Do not look away when this kid has a ball in his hands! We definitely have a mini athlete in the making.</li><li>Is <span style="font-style: italic;">fully </span>entrenched in the terrible twos. We sat down with The Happiest Toddler on the Block dvd over the weekend to try and help with the tantrums. The Happiest Baby on the Block worked so well for us that we are hoping the same holds true for this one.</li><li>Is definitely a paci baby. He always liked the paci, but lately has to have almost all the time. I am dreading taking it away.<br /></li><li>Is the most beautiful little creature I have ever seen. Jason and I constantly ask ourselves how we made him and what we did to deserve such a miracle. We thank God everyday for sharing this blessing with us!<br /></li></ul>Shilo and Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03275596712197276860noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048910652177556276.post-2588574387145213942011-05-31T10:51:00.000-07:002011-05-31T10:53:02.992-07:00Born to RockOur head-banging baby :-) I'm not joking when I say that heavy metal soothes him. He's definitely his daddy's boy. (Just a warning - the music is pretty loud.)<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/B_CmTLarqqY" width="425"></iframe>Shilo and Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03275596712197276860noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048910652177556276.post-22846172419617398652011-04-28T07:37:00.002-07:002011-04-28T07:37:57.057-07:00I have no idea where he gets these moves!<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mVOtqfI_obg?fs=1" width="425"></iframe>Shilo and Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03275596712197276860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048910652177556276.post-78225460864679651092011-04-08T09:39:00.000-07:002011-05-17T20:27:50.567-07:00I'm still aliveYes, I know it's been about 10 years since my last blog post. Life has been crazy, crazy lately. I will write a longer post about that soon, but for now, just a quick update on the toddler who is now living in my house. Pretty much since the beginning I have talked to E like he is a big boy - having conversation with him like he actually understands what the he** I'm talking about. Obviously I rationally know that he doesn't understand, but with Jason on travel so much I have to talk to someone or else I start talking to myself and that just doesn't lead to good places ;). So the other day we are getting ready to go out and I say "Bubba, can you get your shoes for mama so she can put them on you?" He proceeds to stand up from where were seated on the ground, walk over to his shoe, bring it back, hand it to me and then turn around and sit in my lap so I can put it on him. What??? You're a baby Dude. Baby genius! It's just crazy how suddenly my little man is really becoming a little man. He is such a miracle and amazes us every single day.Shilo and Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03275596712197276860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048910652177556276.post-53639003701319164822011-03-12T21:48:00.000-08:002011-03-14T13:43:31.319-07:00DevastationI can't stop pulling up the pictures and videos of the earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan. It's like something out of a science fiction movie. It's almost hard to believe that this is real; happening to people right now. The devastation is incredible. I'm sending all my prayers out to those affected. It's just such a painful reminder of how fleeting this life is. One minute everything you hold dear is there and the next, it is literally swept away. It's a reminder of what's really important in this life. The building and possessions that we think are so solid can so quickly be destroyed. We need to seize every moment we have to love those around us and really treasure the people we have in our lives.Shilo and Jasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03275596712197276860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048910652177556276.post-2867068344519072942011-03-03T09:48:00.000-08:002011-03-03T09:48:07.788-08:00Housekeeping findI'm hosting our book club meeting at our house tonight, so last night I went on a crazy cleaning rampage. I was literally up until 1 this morning and then got to rise and shine at 5. Good morning! :-/ Of course it's still not where I want it to be, but it's definitely better than it was after several weeks of working, traveling, general not have enough timeishness (that's totally a word). It's amazing how quickly the clutter can pile up.<br />
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So part of my rampage last night was mopping the floor. As many of you know, we put in the laminate wood flooring a few months ago and with the last few days of dampness and the dogs going in and out, it was looking not so great. So I pulled out my Bona mop and spray and away I went! This stuff is so, so, so easy to use and I must say that the floors look fab (you can use it on real wood too)! You just spritz some spray and use the super lightweight mop (it kind of resembles a large swiffer) and you're done. I did the whole downstairs in probably 10-15 minutes. I actually have to thank Cory and Sarah for introducing it to us after Cory put the floors in. Thanks guys! <br />
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