Simply the Smith's

It it was full and happy hearts that we announce that we are expecting!!! But wait it gets better We are having TWINS take a look.... No we had no idea, I had an inkling but brushed it off, yes we were beyond suprised and we feel beyond blessed. This is such a gift from God and we cannot wait to meet our two babies!!! I will have a post up next week with all the details of the day we found out that we were having 2!!! Until then my due date it May 26th. That is for 40 weeks but with twins anything is possible! I will just be over here smiling like crazy because ahhhh TWINS!!!

Happy Friday!  I only have one favorite today and that is  Bath and Body Works sale!!!! 3 wick candles are Buy one get one FREE!!!! This never happens and I stocked up!!! There is a limit of 8 candles so that is what I got  PLUS Extra 25% off!!!  Just use code EXTRA25 So I got 8 candles for $79.00 shipped!!!! Here is what I got 2 of these This is my FAVORITE Christmas candle I burn this one the second my tree goes up because it just screams CHRISTMAS! 4 of these This is my FAVORITE winter scent. It just smells cozy and clean and I love it! 2 of these This is my FAVORITE anytime candle and so I like to always have a few on hand plus Vanilla is a pretty universal scent that people like so they make great last minute gifts! and now my house will be delicous! Linking up with Andrea

Life around here had been......crazy They ease of summer is gone but my favorite season fall is here. I feel like we have been going non stop and I'm just exhausted from it all. Here is what we have been up to My sister works seasonally at an apple orchard and so we make several trips there to pick apples and get their fresh donughts LynOaken is amazing and they provide wagons for the orchard which we love so we picked apples on a nice crisp morning Grayson goes on Wednesday's to story time at night with my sister. It is a built in date night for us and a date night for him and Aunt Halli. He loves going and always comes home with new books to read! Plus they have a ton of legos We celebrated Michael's brithday with a small party at our house. We have pizza, wings, and some fun food and then cake! I love the age that Grayson is at because he helped me make that cake and had to show it to everyone that walked in that he "made daddy a cake!"...

It's Show and Tell Tuesday and it's all about first jobs......here it goes. I was 15 I wanted all the money to buy all the the things and so my Grandma's husband offered to match any paycheck I got that summer. I jumped on that chance and applied to work the summer program. I'm from a small town and the villiage each year put on a summer program where kids could sign up for theater, arts and crafts, soccer camp, basketball camp and swimming. I was not a theater person at all but that is what I got assigned. Every teenager had an adult that would run the camp with them. We picked a play had auditions and put on a final play for the parents. I loved this job. It was awesome I worked 2 hours a day 4 days a week and made peanuts but with my matched paychecks ended up making pretty decent money! The next summer I was 16 and wanted more money.Instead of matching my paycheck this time my Grandma's husband told me that if I got a legit job he would sell me his car f...

The weekends go by way to fast and I long for a longer weekend more time to be lazy in the morning and spend time with my boys. But it's Monday and I'm back to work trying not to fall asleep at my desk #thestruggleisreal Anyway here is our weekend Friday- Michael and I had the day off. We got up took Grayson to school and then went to the Home Depot and got a new shower head. Ever since Grayson was about 1 and started to act like washing his hair was a form of torture I wanted one of those removable shower heads so I didn't have to dump water on him. Well we finally got one and now I just need my Dad to come over and put it on. Then we got down to business at home. We cleared out our spare bedroom which over the last 6 months has become a catch all of crap. We purged so much and now we are ready for someone to come in and give us an estimate to have it re drywalled and new windows put in. Grayson is ready for a big boy room and we are ready to give it to him it...

Let me start off with I'm not an expert. This is just my experience with the whole situation that is trying to "train" a toddler. Every child is different. Okay so Grayson has shown interest in the potty for a while but he was never really into it. I didn't want to push and send him into the dreaded holding it and causing more damage so for months we went with the flow. If he wanted to try we did if not no big deal. We bought undies and he wore them on occasion and we talked about Big!Boy!Underwear!So!Cool! In April we started on our days home with him really trying to have the little potty out so that he knew he could use it. We also had a seat for our toilet so he had is choice. Come August I was ready. He was ready and I knew he would be moving up to the next classroom at school where they really encourage the kids to be potty trained (it's not a requirement but it is suggested) so we buckled down. That first weekend just about killed me. That kid wo...

I'm not really happy it's Monday because that means I'm back at work while my boys are home still snuggles under blankets on the couch. However I'm trying to be positive. Here are some bullet points of our life lately and the goings on. Grayson is potty trained even at night and during nap! High five to no more diapers!! He had his 2.5 year check up (insert crying face here why does he have to get big?) He is a doing wonderful but of course didn't say 2 words to the doctor until she was about to leave and then he names off all colors of the rainbow and counted to 10. That kids drives me crazy because he talks non stop but if he gets shy he will not speak at all. He had to get a flu shot and did not even wince or cry at all. So that earned him ice cream after dinner. Love this little underwear wearing boy! We picked apples again this weekend and it was perfect because it was 60 and sunny and that is the perfect time to pick apples. We also en...