Smith Family Vacation '09!!

We went to Oak Island and Wrightsville Beach in NC. This was the vacation we'd looked forward to all year long. Alma's travel has some perks after all. Landon and Levi loved the ocean and the sand. Keeping a paci in Levi's mouth was sometimes tricky (he ate a lot of sand) but both of our boys love the beach so they were happy. We were at Wrightsville for the annual Sand Sculpting contest and when our kids get older we'd love to join it someday.


Alma was lucky to catch this picture...the dolphins were putting on a show right in front of the hotel for about 20 minutes. I could swear they knew exactly what they were doing.

Our little Levi started walking this past month (8 months), sand was harder for him but still on the go

Night walk

Our little surfer dude was a celebrity on the beach again...Such a social butterfly; he wanted to talk to everyone and wanted to sit in the jacuzzi with the older "cool" people.

Here's a very quick update...more to come
Landon is 3 and had a wonderful birthday party, which I swore we'd never do again...we'll see. They had fun, but just a tiny bit stressful. Levi is 8 months, growing and walking and wonderful as ever. He's learned how to snort for some reason, which is quite hilarious and Alma and I thought maybe we shouldn't encourage it, but sometimes I can't help myself. We're on vacation at the Beach so we'll have more pictures coming!

Landon wanted me to see him pose and I said, "who does that?" He said his Uncle Johnny. Of course, who else?

My boy!!! Gotta love that cheeser!

Superman with goggles! ahhhh!

I found Levi in the laundry basket! He was quite proud

Alma and I are having so much fun with our boys

We have moved!

So we're in our new home... I say home, because it is not a house, but it is definitely our home. We love it already. Our apartment is fun and we've met some new friends. Landon and Levi are doing well. Levi was sleeping well and then got a cold so I did a big no-no by putting him in bed with me when I was beyond sleep deprivation. He got a little used to it, so I'm trying to get him back to crib sleeping. I knew there would be consequences, but you gotta do whatcha gotta do, right? Levi's forehead is pretty bruised... I can't keep him off of the furniture and I can't hover around him all day. But he's a happy boy most of the time! Landon is so funny...he cracks me up on a daily basis (On occasion I choose to laugh so I don't cry - all mothers know how that is) His new thing is getting a piece of bread, going into Levi's room, opening the blinds, and breaking the bread and putting tiny pieces all over the window sill and then eating them as he watches the people outside and talks to them (himself). I LOVE IT. Alma and I are doing well...we're going to see NO DOUBT in concert soon. Fun fun! Anyways, that's our quick update. I'll add pictures later.

Our little Missionary

Our 4 month old has decided to go on a mission...the shoes may get a little worn, and his hair might need a trim.....We're so proud


Levi is growing up sooo fast, as is our Landon. Levi is happy most of the time, but when he's upset, boy is he upset. Landon tries to soothe him by saying, "it's okay Yi Yi". That's how Landon say's Levi. Now that Levi is a little bit stronger, Landon feels that it is time to start the wrestling training. I cannot wait till they can play and rough-house (a little) Oh...my sweet boys!

Good idea gone waaay wrong!

So, I had a fantastic idea to get rid of Landon's pacifier. I told him a story about a boy and had him act it out. The story ended with the little boy sending his paci up with 2 balloons to the Valentine Fairy, who would in return, leave a Valentine on his pillow. Everything was going as planned until the balloons got stuck in the tree....I don't know why we didn't take him to a more clear area... A Perfect plan was now not only ruined, but sabotaged so that the paci is at a low enough height that he can see it when he walks outside but too high to get out of the tree. I know...only I could have managed to do something like this. Now, Landon is tortured when he walks outside. Bed time was extremely tough, but we'll take it one day at a time and hope for the best. Happy Valentine's day my Landon, my poor boy. I feel terrible.

Other than that... Alma is gone for Valentine's Day so I made a little slideshow of what he's missed this week. I Love you Sugar!

Happy Valentine's Day to My Valentine

Make a Smilebox slideshow

A lot of catching up to do!!

Well it's been over a month and we've got a ton of catching up to do! So much has been going on!

Our Chippendale's dancer ...yes that's a bow tie and he did this all on his own. We're having a little trouble keeping his diaper on, so recently we've resorted to duck tape which he likes because it's his "belt". Works great by-the-way! But we're hoping potty training will take over soon.

Our Little Levi is smiling all the time now...I love it!
These were taken at 6 weeks....He's huge! I never thought I would have such big boys!!

The men

We had a wonderful Christmas...Alma actually got to be home and we got used to him being there; it went by too fast. Now Landon misses him when he's traveling. He called him on the phone and cried and said, "Miss" and "hug." I know it was hard for Alma to hear that and it's been hard to not have daddy around much but we're coping and trying to stay busy.

Landon got this police bike from Uncle Justin and Aunt Jennifer...it's the cutest thing in the world. He stays very serious when he drives (as you can see by his face).

Since then, I've cut Landon's hair and I must say again, I miss his long curly hair. But now he looks like a real big boy. Too bad the only picture I have of my big boy is him eating yogurt with his hands.

Who wouldn't miss seeing that matted mess every morning?