Simply the Smith's

This weekend was wonderful. Busy but wonderful. Friday- I grabbed Grayson from daycare and we headed to get baby donuts like we every Friday and as I pulled into the drive thru I realized I didn't have my card with me. I had put it in my coat pocked after pumping gas the night before and never took it back out. So I scrounged my purse and found $1.50 and paid in quarters and pennies. Ha! Oh well he still got his donuts. Then we headed home and I got to cooking my homemade french onion soup for my father in law dinner. We ate dinner with him and had cake and then it was tubby time and bed time for all of us. I was exhausted! Saturday Grayson and I got up and relaxed for a little bit then we got busy in the kitchen making Cinnamon butter to hand out to our family for Thanksgiving.You can find the recipe here and it is delish. I doubled it and everyone loves it so that's a plus. It is for sure something that is easy to make with kids. Then we did the good old hand prin...

We have an insanely busy weekend. My first favorite is celebrating Birthday's! Today we are celebrating my father-in-laws 60th birthday. He chose to have a dinner at home so I let him pick the menu and it is as follows French onion soup ( I make it from scratch and he loves it!) Filet Mignon Mashed Potatoes Asparagus White on white cake. Pretty simple and all of our favorite things too! My second favorite is projects with Grayson He loves crafts and so with the holiday season I'm trying to make something with him for him to handout to our family. Tomorrow we are getting up early making cinnamon butter and hand print turkeys to handout to family over the next week! My third favorite is Thanksgiving prep Since I can remember the day before Thanksgiving is a holiday in and of itself in my family. We get together make the stuffing, stuff the bird, make the coleslaw, peel potatoes and get all of our prep done the day before. Then we...

I know I know I skipped 12 weeks but I promise to be better week 12 was just crazy but more on that later! How far along?  13 weeks Total weight gain:  7 lbs according to my last drs appoint but that was with boots on and after lunch Maternity clothes?  Kind of I busted out a few pairs of maternity jeans this week but other than that normal clothes still Stretch marks?  No new ones. Sleep:  Pretty good. I got my pregnancy pillow and love it! It for sure makes a difference as far as my sound sleeping I don’t flip and flop as much but sometimes I have a hard time settling in for the night if I have been super active that day my hips just kill me. Best moment this week:  My Grandma called me and told me she found a box of quarters that my Grandpa had hidden in the attic and she is using those to buy some things for the twins so that they can have a piece of him too. I cried when she told me that. We got to see the babies again! We had our 12 ...

This weekend was nice and low key. Which I really need lately because work just drains it out of me it's nice to take it slower in the mornings and nap when Grayson does. Friday- I had a painting class with my Mom and sister so we grabbed Mexican before and then had a blast painting. I was thankful that the class didn't take as long as the last one and I was home by 7:30. I have to say this was not my favorite painting that we did, but it was still fun. They are taking a break for the holidays and then will start back up in February/March.  This was about halfway through Saturday- Grayson came into bed with me at 4:30 in the morning and snuggled right up and fell back asleep I had a heck of a time waking him up at 7:15! And yes I woke him up because if he sleeps past 7:30 he will not nap and Mama needs nap time! We got up and snuggled some more on the couch while eating breakfast. Then we folded all the laundry and put it away. He went down for a nap and so did...

I didn't have this blog when I was pregnant with Grayson so I didn't do bumpdates but I think it will be fun to do it with this pregnancy. So here is goes starting with week 11. Please excuse the awkward bathroom picture I was so tired last night I forgot about a picture until I was showered and in bed. How far along?  11 weeks Total weight gain:  5 lbs Maternity clothes?  Nope not yet. They are still a little big but my non maternity are a little tight in the belly so I have been doing the good ol’ rubber band trick and that seems to be working for now. Stretch marks?  No new ones.   Sleep:  Pretty good. I wake up sometimes to go to the bathroom but I still always always feel exhausted when I wake up even if I go to bed at 8 I’m still tired. Best moment this week:  My sweet sweet Aunt sent us a gift card to Amazon to use on things for the little babes. It make me so happy that these babies are already so loved and everyon...

If you missed or exciting news about having TWINS you can read it here. Before I get into the details I want to answer one question I get a ton and that is if I took fertility drugs and the answer is NO. I was not taking anything at all and having just come off the miscarriage I was nervous about trying again that it wouldn't happen. Well GOD answered all my prayers and then some because he blessed me with TWO babies. Okay so the fun stuff I found out that I was pregnant on September 13th 2015. It was about 3 days before my missed period but I just had a feeling that I was, so I tested....twice. First with some dollar store brand tests (because that's all they had) and then when those came up faint but still a positive see what I mean and yes I used them both back to back lol So I had Michael pick up a digital one and tested on that one the next morning and it was positive. So for the first week I felt like myself and then it hit me and hit me hard. The being...

This year Grayson got it all. And I loved every second of it.  Last year he was 1.5 and we did about 5 houses and called it a day. It was cold and rainy and he just didn't get it. This year was awesome! First off we carved pumpkins the weekend before Halloween. He picked out an owl and cleaned the inside out himself and then had Daddy help him do the cutting of the owl.  He was so proud of his end result.  Thursday was Character Day at school and to keep it simple and not get his Halloween costume dirty we wore TMNT PJ's to school and he loved having on the cape! Friday after school my sister took Grayson to Beggar's night in the town she works in.  Grayson was Yoda this year however he insisted on always wearing the hood so his ears drooped. You win some you lose some. He got a ton of candy that night and came home and crashed hard he was tired. Saturday was the big day he was so excited to trick or treat with h...