The Zoo

My Mumma bought Trevor and I Zoo passes for our birthdays so that we can take Elizabeth to see the animals.



She didn't seem to appreciate the fact that the peacocks were not locked up, luckily Dad was there to protect her


Turtles were a much better companion

We did find however that the most wild of all animals all congregated at one place


THE PLAYGROUND!!!!


The Wild Elizabeth:

Can often be found in the tunnel.
Her primary forms of travel are walking and buttscooting.
When viewed she was found eating orange screamers.
She is impatient with being to small to go on the big kids playgrounds.
Is most vicious around nap time and bed time.






The Docile Sam:

Content as long as he is being held.
There is no known form of travel without a companion.
Eats milk.
Doesn't seem to understand why he is not held at all times.
Is most ferocious around meal times and sleeping times.

Wars and Rumors of Wars

Kay we have mini wars at our house.

Clothing wars, hair wars, teeth brushing wars, eating wars, bedtime wars etc etc.

I put the clothes on she takes them off, I try to put the clothes on she wants to do it herself, I do her hair, she pulls it out, I try again she bawls, teethbrushing enough said (help me) She wants to eat whatever she wants, I only want to make one thing. and bed time, well that is pretty good but she is in a bed now and can get out (I am praying she won't learn how to open her bedroom door in the next few months).

I think that most of them will work themselves out by either her getting old enough to do it or me just being stubborn, but what do I do about the teeth? I don't want them to all fall out of her head but I feel bad pinning her down, holding her arms together, holding her head still, prying open her little mouth, manouvering around her tongue and brushing. By the time i get into her mouth i am worried i brush to hard. hmmm. input?? Besides moving to a nudist colony, shaving her head, little dentures and becoming a grouchy candyeater.

At least she is happy and independant.

Slacker on Strike

So I had gone on a blogging strike, don't know why, but I am glad to say it is over.

A lot has happened since I last posted

Trevor

Has finished his semester and got a student work visa and will be working for volker for the summer doing gardrails. But the more EXCITING NEWS is that in September he will start work as a STATE FARM AGENT. WOO HOO. After 6 months in ther application process he was 1 out of 300 that was hired to start in the fall in our area.

Elizabeth

Is as cute as ever. She has started to talk, or she would be talking if she wasn't so stubborn. She will say words for a day or two and then after that she will just smile and nod when you try to get her to say it. She has also discovered sharing. It goes all the way from sharing her blankie with Sam

to sharing mini marshmallows with strangers at the bank.

Sam

Is growing and growing. Can we say CHEEKS.

He is getting pretty cute now and loves to coo and smile. Can't help but love him.

Me

My allergies have been trying to slowly kill me. Runny nose bloodshot eyes the works. and I cut my hair. I don't have a good picture of it but I got bored it is just above my shoulder. The cool part is that Trevor cut it for me.

So other news and recent events are that we have moved out of my parents house. We are now renting a little town house and we are mostly unpacked. Just have to organize the junk in the basement, old childrens clothes and such. We just got home from Wyoming.

Joel, Glenda and the boys did the marathon road trip. picked up Jacob from the airport drove through the night here to bless Sam. Then the kids and I packed up and drove back with them to spend the week. Trevor flew in Saturday night and I spent the day in Utah with him then we went back to Wyoming for Jacobs homecoming and we drove back Sunday night. It was really fun, the highlight for me was that all 5 brother and I went to the country dance on Saturday. It was a blast. Elizabeth gave us so many funny stories throughout the week. She got her first scraped up knees, played hide and go seek with Papa (would have been nice if she had told him they were playing) and entertained everyone.

Must have been TROLLS

This is how my sweet Elizabeth looked this morning. She was sooo cute. Well we put her down for her afternoon nap and truth be known we removed the pants because they had been drenched by apple juice. My Mom went upstairs to get her and this is what we found in the crib...

She looks like she has been mugged. That is as far as she could get her shirt off by herself. And she bawled when we changed her diaper.

But the smile she gave me and the way she ran up and gave me a big hug She is just as cute as ever.

Brother and Sister

I keep having peopl ask how much Sam looks like Lizzy. Here are some pictures of both of them in their first weeks.

Sucker Number 2

Well despite my best wishes for avoiding a orthodontic bill that will reach the sky Samuel has discovered his thumb just like his sister did. How do they do it?? Seriously he is only a week old . The sad part is that when I see it I don't pull it out of his mouth like a good Mom wanting to stop the habit, I laugh run and get the camera and leave him be.

Here is Elizabeth at a week old also.

Lizzy B

Here is my Elizabeth. She is handeling the new baby so well. She likes to look at him and pat his head. Call it guilt mother though, I am scared that she will feel left out because of the new baby. My GRandma Hoy came in to see the new baby and decided that she was going to bring a present for Elizabeth. She couldn't have brought something more perfect for this little girl. She brought her a puse of her very own and a cell phone (although I think it talks in Chinease) and some cookies. She was walking around all grown up yesterday.

Little Baby Samuel and Ginormous Elizabeth added by Dad

Samuel Don Smith

Introducing SAMUEL DON SMITH

We had Sam at 8:27 am, on February 27th, 2008. We had him by C-section. He was 7 lbs 8 oz and 19 1/4 " long. strawberry blond hair, but Elizabeth's was much darker. He seems to be patient and good tempered. We got home from the hospital at about 1 on Friday. We are very excited, we are breaking out the blue and Trevor can't wait until he is big enough to wrestle and toss. Elizabeth is handling it very well. She loves to hold him and hug him but is content to just leave him be. I guess she doesn't find him very threatening to her way of life as a princess. He laughed a little in his sleep today. Sometimes when Elizabeth is near they look at each other and I'm sure the remember who the other is. It just seems right.

Recently

So I have been doing various paperwork lately. Since the immigration is finished I suddenly find myself filling out tax returns, child tax credit forms. Also Maternity forms, subsidized housing and various others are all coming up. It is funny though. None of it ever seems that bad because it is all for my benefit. It is so nice to live in a country where they pay you to have kids rather than robbing you for having kids. In the states you just wanted to ask them to pull a gun and rob you properly, that way you could have a little more remorse and a much better story. Man it almost makes it seem worth having more kids with all the benefits up here, mind you I only said almost. Can I just say I love Canada.

Otherwise things are still on the slow path. We are going to grandma Nelsons for Family Day. and I have one more week of work. I don't know wether I go into labor early or hope that I don't so I can get more hours. Lizzy is still a blast. It is funny I always thought my Dad was really weird for not loving little babies and loving little kids more, and big kids more than that, but it seems to be true, kids are more funt he older they get. Mind you thinking about having a little baby again is really nice.

Still no decision on the name front, it is kind of freaking me out. We had Elizabeths name picked at 2 months pregnant, here I am with less than two weeks and no clue. Nothing seems right. Things seem to plain or to trendy or just don't seem to mesh. We will see, maybe his name will be baby forever.

Trevor is doing good at school. He just got finished his mid terms. He works so hard. I just have to remind him that it will pay off one day.

Hope everyone is doing well.