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I LOVE this picture!!

Best Buds

So right after I found out I was pregnant my friend (and co-worker at the time) Brittany Nelson found out she was pregnant. We were even more excited to find out that we were both going to have girls and decided that Brooklee and Ella would be friends! Here are there first pictures together and I hope there will be many more over the years!


They were actually really good for the photo shoot....

that is until we took their pasies away!

Brooklee kept trying to find SOMETHING to suck but I think we got some cute shots in!

Cousin's!!!

After I announced that I was pregnant my sister-in-law (Robert's sister) announced that she was pregnant! Although, it did take a little of my thunder I didn't mind because I was so glad that my baby would have a cousin her age. As many of you know I am the youngest of my family so Ella had little chance of having a cousin to play with, not to mention she was old new since she was grandchild #17 on my side. So it seemed Ella's only chance at fame seemed to lay with the Smith side where she slid in just barely as grandchild #2 and the 1st girl grandchild. We recently found out that my sister is pregnant so it looks like the Abbott side isn't as bleak as I thought.

Baby Ella and Baby Reese just two weeks apart. Look how much bigger Ella is!

Although it appears that Reese is the only one not cooperating Ella was just as terrible, she was just taking a breath as the picture was taken.

And here we are the happy little family!

I GRADUATED!!!!

Well with the excitement of having a baby I guess I forgot to tell everyone that I did indeed graduate as planned. I finished my student teaching on May 1st and finished my last class on May 6th. Little did I know just how busy I would be the following week. I went to ASU for the last time on May 12th to receive my certification to teach, on May 13th I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, and on May 14th I graduated, although, sadly I was unable to attend as I was in the hospital. Luckily, we thought this might happen since my due date was May 14th so we borrowed a cap and gown from my brother-in-law and took some pregnant graduation pictures the Sunday before the busy week.

I am kind of glad that I didn't have to wear this TENT in the commencement! Plus I heard it was really hot that day and that wouldn't have been very fun on my due date!

And here is my wonderful husband who supported me throughout my time at ASU!

Our darling little girl!

Ella Cheri Smith was born Wednesday, May 13th 2009 at 3:38pm. Ella was 6lbs 9oz and 20in long. I was pregnant 39 weeks and 6 days. She was very kind to mommy by having a small head and an easy birth. She surprised us on Wed at 3:30am when I started having labor pains. My sister took me to the hospital since Robert had just gone to work. I was dilated to a 6 when we got to the hospital and then we were sent to labor and delivery. Robert got there just in time to see me get my epidural which slowed down my labor. I was at an 8 for about two hours when finally things started to get going again. I pushed for about 45min and she was out. I had a great nurse named Karen Harleen who pretty much delivered the baby.


Ella is minutes old in this piture

The happy family

Chillin' on the sofa

Ella's close up!

We are so excited to finally have Ella in our lives. She is has been a blessing in our home. It is hard to comprehend the amount of love you can have for your child. We can just sit and stare at for hours, she is so stinking cute! She has already managed to wrap her father around her tiny pinky.

3D Ultrasound

Well the baby is coming in a few days so I figured that I better stop procrastinating with my blog.  Here are the 3D ultrasound pics that I had done like 7 weeks ago.  Who do you think she looks like, me or Robert?

Not really sure why her eye is popping out on the bottom left picture but I'm sure it has something to do with the fluid around her when the picture was taken.  As for the bottom right picture, not really sure if her nose actually looks like that.   I guess we will know soon enough!

Baby Shower Time!!!!

I had my baby shower a few weeks ago.  It was so great!  Here are a few pictures of all the merriment!  I am at 30 weeks in these pictures and now I am at 33 weeks, I can't believe how fast the pregnancy is going by!

My sister Dondra threw the shower for me at her beautiful home and my mom paid for a lot of the refreshments.  My sister in laws helped a great deal too so thank you Paula Jean and Sam!  My sister's friend Trisha helped as wells so thank you to you as well!

My friend Pam planned and executed all the games, they were all really cute!  Thanks Pamela!

This is my friend Janae, she helped with the baby shower and also was a great help with putting my baby's room together.  Thanks Janae!

The food was soooo YUMMY!  The cup cakes were delicious and so cute, thanks to Robert's sister Sarah!

Presents for baby Smith!!!

My lovely assistant (and niece) Jordan.  She did a wonderful job handing the presents to me!

I got tons of great receiving blankets.  This blanket was made by Sister Conover in my ward.  It was so perfect, it totally goes with my baby's room! 

I also got tons of cute outfits!   Baby Smith will surely never go naked!

These are all the people who were able to attend my baby shower.  Some people had to leave early so they didn't get in on the group picture.   It was such a great party and I had a lot of people who helped put it together so thank you to all of you that helped and those of you who were able to be there!

Baby's Room Preview

So here is a picture of my crib and bedding.  I was hoping to have my babies room done by the this time but school has proved to be a major time suck.  Hopefully I can finish it during spring break and then I can post the whole room.  Until then I hope you like what you see so far!  

As for updates:  I get to have my 3D ultrasound done next Friday so I will be able to post those pictures.  The baby is very active, especially when I am trying to fall asleep!  Robert just got a second part time job working as a speech therapy assistant in the Liberty District (that's in Buckeye).  He is way excited to finally have a job in his field of study and the pay is pretty good too!  It was a tremendous blessing for Robert to get this job since he recently received a pay cut at his current job due to the economic situation that our country is in.  We are so grateful for all the Lords blessing and this one came at just the right time!

My blog has been neglected!

So many things have happened since I last blogged so I guess I will start with the most exciting first.  We are having a GIRL!!!  We were very excited and I was surprise.  Robert said all along that he thought I was having a girl, of course, it was just a lucky guess.  I have had a lot of fun getting my baby's room together and it is almost finished (pictures to follow).  I had a lot of help from my friend Janae in getting the baby's room together, without her help I probably wouldn't have gotten as much done as I did.   

I have quit my job and am now student teaching full time.  It has been pretty hectic but I am glad to get my schooling done before the baby comes.  I have a great mentor teacher so that makes things a little easier.  I am steadily getting bigger I have posted a picture of me in my 19th week and now I am 26 weeks so I'm a bit bigger now.  I haven't really had to much to complain about with my pregnancy but I am noticing that it is more difficult to get up from a laying position and bending down is a chore too.  She kicks pretty regularly and I can actually see her kick if I study my stomach while its happening, it's pretty dang cool.  

Robert is working hard at his job to make all the money on top of going to school, he's such a trooper.  He tried to get a second job in the Dysart District as a speech assistant but the week after the interview the Dysart District had a hiring freeze, go figure!  Anyway, we will survive!  If all goes well I will graduate in May of this year and Robert will graduate in December.  Hopefully my friends haven't given up on my blog since I have neglected it so long I wll get pics of the baby's room up soon for all to enjoy!

I've been tagged!

So my cousin Jenny tagged me so I had to go to the 4th picture folder and post the 4th photo in that folder. So that folder happened to be the pictures we put together of Robert and I growing up for our wedding video. This is Robert as a 1 year old.

So now I get to tag 4 people, I choose Brittany Nelson, Dondra, Sara Trujillo, and Paula Jean.