The Smiths

~a merry unbosoming discourse~2007

2007-12-18T08:14:00.000-08:00

Close upon the receipt of this Christmas letter, the heavens conspired to shower heart health on your letter courier, and more remotely, the good breeding of your ancestors coalesced to advance to you an adroit literacy. May the auspicious meeting of contemporary good fortune combined with ancestral foresight serve you well as the Smith family wishes you well!

This year saw Joy turn the corner on her affection for Kalamata olives. Her palate, in contrast to her volatile physicality, is aging. A year’s sabbatical from child-birthing rejuvenated Joy, and she’s been unflappable when I bemoan the toil and grief inflicted on old men without sons.

Hayden’s (on left of Christmas pic) self-concept charts well on most grids, and she’s no slouch when it comes to wingspan. At 24 months old Hayden has unfettered access to any object less than 48 inches high. Regrettably, she possesses unequal parts of grace and grit. Despite a steady diet and semi-regular check-ups, I’m able to box her out for rebounds with embarrassing consistency. Luckily, she compensates for athletic deficiency with optimism, poise, je ne sais quoi, and a love for dogs, geese, milk, books, coloring, play-dough, chocolate, french-fries, grandma, grandpa, she-she, Ta-Ta, PBS television, lively music, cameras, pens, shopping, the park, gum, and the theme song from The Office.

As the fog of babyhood lifts and Talor (on right of Christmas pic) awakes to greater custody of her personality, we are finding a jolly companion for Hayden. Talor is the next best-thing to a little brother for Hayden. While Talor consents to pink-patterned garb and dolly rustling, she prattles her own distinct babble and registers a vitality and athleticism distinct from her big sister. However, goats and ostriches have become non-examples for demonstrations about edibility. Among the less edible objects Talor has attempted to ingest are magazines, newspapers, shoes, two-pronged outlet covers, batteries, crayons, magnets, Q-tips, the tub drain plug, cell phones, photographs, belt buckles, ear phones, the cable wire, the cord for the carbon-monoxide sensor, napkins, and, of course, her own stool!

And I am gratefully captive to and captivated by these three ladies. May the joy of our Savior’s birth, Christ Jesus, reassure you this season!

Best wishes this season,Ryan Joy Hayden Talor

2007-10-16T08:27:00.000-07:00

Planting our garden.

2007-10-15T05:14:00.000-07:00

Easter 2007!

Diaper Babies

Sleepy Talor
The Girls
Fun with the Prince kids! Feed me Tom!

This is what we have been doing since March 25, 2007

2007-08-19T20:53:00.000-07:00

Hayden's first visit to McDonalds! She LOVED it!

Hayden feeding baby Talor.

Winter hikes at the Dunes.

Valentine's Day Love

2007-03-25T19:47:00.000-07:00

A bite.

A kiss.

All better.

Super cute sweaters from Grandma Smith.

2007-03-25T19:26:00.000-07:00

Hayden was a bit uncomfortable with the "Bubble Beard" thing.

Mom's helper;-)

Book worms.

Getting ready to see Dr. Leitzel and shots!

After the shots...Hayden LOVES French Fries. She prefers salt over sweets any day.

Performing a Sunday afternoon concert on Grandma's piano.

Is it just us, or do most of you parents get a kick out of stuffing your kids shirt full of blankets and watching them walk around. It's not torture, she LOVES it!

2007-03-25T19:12:00.000-07:00

Hayden in Aunt Alicia's shirt.

Talor and Emma.

Pretty little bug.

Talor's New Room!

2007-02-24T14:41:00.000-08:00

Yes, we had a ribbon cutting ceremony.

I was able to find the bedding and rug online at Pottery Barn Kids and the little chair on eBay. Both were priced very well:-)

Thanks Grandpa Jim for your MANY hours of hard work. Talor LOVES her room!

Still here!

2007-02-06T18:40:00.000-08:00

Life has been really busy lately, and that explains the lack of posts.
One important announcement......We (Grandpa Jim) finished Talor's room!!! I will post pictures soon.
Talor (aka Little Pork Chop) weighed in yesterday at 15lbs. & 1oz. and 25in. long.
Hayden is also officially walking!!! Yahoo!!!

I have been tagged by Alicia.
A- Available or married? Married, and love it/him.
B- Best Friend? Kary Boll.
C- Cake or Pie? Pie.
D- Drink of Choice? Lemonade.
E- Essential Item? Tooth brush.
F- Favorite Color? Blue.
G- Gummi Bears or Worms? Worms.
H- Hometown? St. Paul, MN.
I- Indulgence? Clothes from BR
J- January or February? February. Warmer. Right?
K- Kids & names? Hayden & Talor - both girls.
L- Life is incomplete without? Loved ones.
M- Marriage Date? July 26th 2003
N- Number of Siblings? 3 -Nathan, Jenny, and my sis-in law Alicia.
O- Oranges or apples? Oranges.
P- Phobias/Fears? Heights, riding in an elevator or even being on or past the 10th floor of a building, suffocation, the ocean. / Getting old too fast, extreme effects of global warming, getting pregnant in 2007.
Q- Favorite Quote? "Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." (Charles Schultz)
R- Reason to Smile? My kids.
S- Season? Fall
T- Tag three people! Ryan, Jenn, and Steve.
U- Unknown fact about me: I love playing Texas Hold'em. On a more interesting note, my car and I were once surrounded by 4 cop cars....while being threatened to be hauled off to Juvenal hall.
W- Worst habit? Drinking juice over water.
Y- Your favorite food? Chicken strips.
Z- Zodiac? Sagittarius.

Off to a good start

2007-01-10T19:18:00.000-08:00

Frog Girl (aka Hayden)

Grandpa, can I have a pony when I grow up???

Daddy and Tay-Tay

Jim and Sherry were kind enough to get Ryan and I a room at the Wyndham Chicago while they watched the girls overnight. Thanks Jim and Sherry!!!

Our "Clown Fish"

Happy New Year!

2007-01-01T07:31:00.000-08:00

My resolution is to NOT deliver a baby this year;-) No, seriously.

Talor is the most smiley baby I have ever seen, we call her "Clown Fish."

These two look related...

I love my Hayden girl.

The day after Christmas we took Hayden to the Brookfield Zoo. It was freezing, but we had a ton of fun. She got her face painted too!

Mr. Polar Bear.

Little Blue Bird.

Oh, did you hear? Ryan has a new job!

We went with some of Ryan's cousins. This is Veronica.

Feeding my fishies.We had fun dressing Hayden up as an animal.

i do not think she thought it was as fun as we did.

She LOVED looking in all the cages at the little animals.

And she had no problem with petting Mr. Hamster.

Both Veronica and Hayden had fun with the Lemurs.

My little Lemurs.

Oh, did I mention it was freezing?!? We had to make a stop at the gift shop to get some warmer apparel before. There was a nice 50% off holiday sale too!

Hope you all have a blessed, happy, and safe 2007! I look forward to another year of sharing life together.

Christmastimewashere

2006-12-31T12:32:00.000-08:00

Hayden with her ever growing duck collection. Note: her first word was "duck".

Hayden with her Curious George pajamas from the Sell cousins.

Talor after her long first Christmas.

One of Ryan's favorite gifts.

Cutie pie.

Talor and Aunt Elaine.

I love presents!

Christmas pictures

2006-12-16T20:46:00.000-08:00

Here are just a few of the shots Anna Blackmon took at her studio. The quality is not so hot becasue they are scanned.

Been a LONG time!

2006-12-15T19:34:00.000-08:00

One of the many gates in our gated community. Good one G. Smith

Hayden and Uncle Dave C. I will post more birthday pictures soon!

The Christmas Tree walk in St. John.

Teddy bear and toy stroller form cousin Veronica. Thanks!!!

We celebrated a few birthdays on Thanksgiving-Hayden, me, and cousin Melanie.

Pretty Priya!

Hayden playing with cousin Veronica.

We had the honor of attending the Hodge's wedding. It was lovely and the food was AMAZING!

Hayden liked the food too.

Sleepy.

Talor Bellle

Hayden LOVES her bath time. Although, I think we might be in for some trouble as she learns how to climb out!Pretty girl.

Happy Birthday Hayden!!!!

2006-11-22T07:44:00.000-08:00

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2006-11-21T06:34:00.000-08:00

Hayden has started the gross habit of nose picking. I wonder who she "picked" it up from.....

Talor was showing me that she could hold her own bottle now.
Infact, she rolled over for the first time yesterday. Hard to belive, I know, but she did.

I had some clean laundry sitting on the chair and Hayden kept pulling it off, piece by piece. So, Ryan started putting every piece she pulled off down the back of her PJ's. At first she did not know what was different and then she got so full of laundry that she could not sit up straight. I have a feeling that Hayden will play a few jokes of her own on Ryan in the coming years;-)

2006-11-20T20:16:00.000-08:00

I love walks!

Not too sure about the leaves....

I think Hayden looks a little like Grandpa Smith in this one.

Hayden and daddy in our backyard. I took this picture from our upstairs window-pretty neat.

Here are some Halloween pictures (thanks Alicia). Hayden was a duck and Talor was a bunny. Hayden loved seeing kids in silly costumes come to the door. She was/is very social. Just like her mommy;-)

I am 2!

2006-11-01T19:13:00.000-08:00

Talor is 2 months old today!
She is growing like a weed. We are so happy to have her home and in our arms.
We love you Talor!!!

2006-10-30T19:23:00.000-08:00

Silly Hayden sporting one of Talor's hats. Ummm, I think it's a bit small.

Ryan and Steve Paul with TalorHaydenEmma girls. We hope they will all be good friends one day.

Ryan's aunt Donna (Sherry's sister from Momence, IL) and cousin Lisa (Denver, CO) came to visit us on Sat. We love them both and wish we could see them more often.

Talor during her sponge bath.

Bubble Baths

2006-10-30T05:26:00.000-08:00

Recently I purchased some Gerber Lavender baby soap. While I was filling up the tub for Hayden's bath, Ryan walks in and says "What's that smell? Smells so good! Is it Hayden's new soap? Can I take a bath too?"

I tried to take some pictures of the girls, but it's almost impossible to do that at this age without someone holding Hayden back from tackling Talor.
Notice the cute matching Pooh outfits that our neighbors gave them;-)

I love when she waves!

Monkey Babies

2006-10-23T15:21:00.000-07:00

The girls are doing great! Growing and learning everyday. We love them a lot.

Aunt Alicia bought Hayden and Talor these cute monkeys on her last little trip to Chicago. Thanks Alicia!!!

Talor with her monkey.

Yes, Bipin this face is a bit weird. I call it her "Pirate Face". Not sure where she picked it up, but I am hoping that it's just a phase

I took Hayden to Southlake Mall and they were giving these Little Mermaid crowns at the Disney store.

Tiny Talor with her thermometer...

...and a 10 dollar bill.

Zipper Queen and Little Baby

2006-10-16T09:47:00.000-07:00

Little girl

Pretty girl

Ryan and Hayden heading out for a Sat. morning walk to the square.

I love when Hayden falls asleep in her high chair.

Hayden has officially mastered zippers! I found this out when she removed everything from my purse.

Snow day!

Hayden helped up organize and baby-proof the house last week.

My Girls

2006-10-11T19:51:00.000-07:00

WOW! How do the moms with 3+ kids do it? They must be stronger than me. Yes, it's been an adjustment having Talor home and taking care of two kids under 1 year. I never knew I could live off of so little sleep. Talor is awake from 8pm to 7am and Hayden is awake from 7am to 8pm. It's a zoo around here, but I would not trade it for anything.
As we get closer to Hayden's 1st birthday (Nov. 22) I have been getting more emotional about the fact the my baby is growing up. Oh, she started to crawl the day we brought Talor home from the hospital. That was a surprise;-)
Talor is doing well and weighs 5 lbs. and 12 oz. She loves to cuddle and cat nap in our arms. However, she is still unable to have a bowel movement on her own. This does cause her discomfort most of the time.

Sisters.

Ryan took Hayden on a date to Lighthouse Outlet Mall a few days ago and got her the shoes in this picture.

Michelle H. took these during the joint service a Crosspoint. Thanks Michelle!

Babies everywhere!

2006-10-06T08:51:00.000-07:00

I love this cute cow outfit!

After a nice warm bottle.

First car ride.

Talor Is Home Now!!!

2006-10-03T21:50:00.000-07:00

New hat and Baby Bunny update

2006-10-02T04:55:00.000-07:00

Talor is gaining weight! She is now at 5 lbs. and 2 oz. She has also kept up a good temperature and has been able to sleep in her crib for the last 3 days!
Please keep praying that her tummy keeps digesting food.

Grandma Smith gave Hayden a Dora the Explorer hat on Friday. Yes, Hayden wore it for most of the day. She did not even take it off while riding in the car. This was a first. Good job Hayden!

Loyal Fan and Baby Bunny

2006-09-27T04:57:00.000-07:00

Here is Hayden displaying her loyalty to the White Sox.

Hayden is looking more and more like a little girl. Who do you think she looks like, mommy or daddy?

Talor is doing much better. Her tummy has gone down to a normal size and she is eating from a bottle again. She weighs 4 lbs. and 12 oz. Getting bigger!!! She has also been able to maintain her own temperature, this means she has been out of the isolette and in a crib.
We love this white hat the nurses put on her. One of her nicknames is Bunny.

TODAY: Hayden = 10 months old and Talor = 3 weeks old

2006-09-22T05:08:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the delay in posts. It's been busy!
Talor gave us a bit of a scare when Ryan arrived yesterday for her 6am feeding. During the night she had apparently developed a Distended Belly. It looked pretty bad and forced her to go back on an IV and into a warmer (she had just graduated to a crib 12 hours before). She had a host of blood tests, x-rays, and had a camera go inside and take pictures of her intestines. After all of that they really do not know why she ballooned like that, but as of 6am today she is doing great and her belly is back to normal. She will resume bottle feeding too. Yahoo!
We will be taking more pictures of her tonight.

2006-09-14T06:36:00.000-07:00

Hayden has really turned into a little ham when it comes to pictures. When she sees the camera she starts yelling and waving her arms as if to say "I am over here and you NEED to take a picture of ME!"

Talor is doing well. She is still at 4 lbs. 3 1/2 oz. She is drinking a bottle (1 oz.) for every feeding. She has moved from the isolette to a crib. The Dr. took her off of Caffeine (for Apnea spells) on Sept. 9 and she has not needed it since!
Pray for:
More weight gain
Ability to keep own temperature up
Strength to eat 100% from a bottle

Talor and Hayden Update

2006-09-11T04:55:00.000-07:00

Hayden is doing well, in spite of all the running back and forth to the hospital that we do. She is getting very close to crawling. So close that she fell off our bed last night. Thank God we have not yet replaced the super soft carpet with hardwood!

Talor is now getting closer to her birth weight (4 lbs. 5 oz.) at a whopping 4 lbs. and 3 1/2 oz. She had gotten down to 3 lbs. and 12 oz.
She is now breathing regular air all by herself and has been off the IV for 1 day.
She is only eating the milk that I have been pumping. The nurses have commented many times saying that 2/3 of the breast milk is fat. A good sign that she should have no trouble getting bigger.

Thanks again to everyone who has been praying for us!
I will post some new pictures tonight.

2006-09-05T04:03:00.000-07:00

Talor is doing well. Unlike her sister, she LOVES her pacifier. This is great exercise for future bottle/breast feeding.
She now weighs 4 lbs. and 3 oz. Good job little one! She has been having trouble being constipated. Please pray that she starts digesting the milk better, so her feeding dose (5cc's) can be increased.

Talor's First Bath

2006-09-03T08:45:00.000-07:00

Under the Bilirubin light for her Jaundice treatment.

Talor had her first bath on Saturday night. The nurse took this rare photo of Talor with her eyes open. We are anxiously awaiting seeing this miracle for ourselves. Thank you for all of your prayers and encouragement. Talor has already been fed some of Joy's breastmilk.

Welcome, Talor Belle Smith!

2006-09-02T12:17:00.000-07:00

Talor Belle Smith arrived 8 weeks early on 9/1/2006 at 3:11pm.
She weighed 4 lbs. and 5 oz. She will be in NICU for several weeks. Please keep her in your prayers. On the other hand, I am feeling great. The labor went very well, all natural, 4 hours, 2 pushes, and she was out! I am home now pumping milk and we will try to visit Talor at least 4 times per day.

Talor's room and our little duck

2006-08-31T07:08:00.000-07:00

Here is a preview of Hayden's Halloween costume. If we say "quack quack" she will answer back "duh duh". So we thought this would be fitting.

Ryan and Grandpa Jim have been pretty busy building Talor's room. This was the worst room in the house and that's why it's one of the last getting done. It had a huge "speed bump" running down the middle of the room's floor, super gross carpet, and THE ugliest wall paper combo I have ever seen.
So, if some of you do not see these guys for a while, it's because they are working to get the room done before our little girl arrives.
Thanks guys!

This wall was all closet and cut up walls.

This is looking into our basement. They took out the whole floor to get that "speed bump" out.

Another picture of the hole in the middle of the room.

I LOVE books!

2006-08-24T07:49:00.000-07:00

Hayden has developed a love for books. I am sure this passion comes from her daddy.
Ryan noticed this, and decided that every little girl who likes to read needs a good comfortable reading chair....Hayden agreed.

Thanks daddy!!!

We are back!

2006-08-19T17:24:00.000-07:00

No, I am not sick or dead. I just had an outdated PicturePackage program so I was unable to download all these great pictures;-)
It works now, and I will try to keep them coming.

July 26th 2006 - Our 3rd Anniversary!
We celebrated at Miller Bakery, yummy!!

On some beaches in Michigan

Checking out the cute little town of Leeland, MI

Taking a break from vacation ;-)

Can I have toes for dinner?

In St. Paul, MN at my cousin's wedding

Grandma Wunrow and Hayden

Grandpa Wunrow and Hayden

Mr. Syriana Man

Four generations on the Wunrow side of the family.

Our little ham!

Long time, no blog.

2006-07-05T19:06:00.000-07:00

Fun at Grandpa & Grandma's pool. Hayden has been in swimming lessons for 5 weeks now. She is turning into a little fish!

Grandma Smith gave Hayden a sorter. This has already provided hours of fun.

Daddy managed to find a glow-in-the-dark necklace at the Munster firework show. She (and daddy) could not stop playing with it....Well, until it was dropped under the bleachers and snatched up by some kids. We did get well over $3 worth of fun though.

Hayden LOVED the Crown Point 4th of July parade. Her favorite part was watching the antique tractors go by.

Last, but not least....Daddy handed in his "Man Card" to get his girls a 2006 Toyota Sienna. Yahoo! Thanks daddy!

Let's go White Sox!

2006-06-08T06:38:00.000-07:00

Last night we were able to take Hayden to her very first White Sox game. She had so much fun watching all of 37,000+ people. She seemed to be wondering why all of them were not paying attention to HER.
Within the first 10 min. of the game Hayden also made a 10 sec. appearance on the jumbo screen via Fischer's Fan Cam. She was too cute!
The White Sox won 4-3 against the Tigers. Go Sox!

Copy-cat.

2006-06-07T05:34:00.000-07:00

Hayden loves to imitate Ryan. They were doing this for about 15 min. before I started filming. Guess we better watch what we do and say around this little copy-cat.

Squash Baby!

2006-06-05T07:35:00.000-07:00

Hayden LOVES squash! This time we just let her have fun and get as messy as she wanted.

Happy Birthday Daddy/Ryan!

2006-05-25T07:57:00.000-07:00

Which one?

2006-05-24T08:50:00.000-07:00

Ford Escape 2006

Jeep Liberty Sport 2006

We have been looking to get one of these SUV's. Let us know if you have any comments!

New Baby News!

2006-05-24T08:38:00.000-07:00

Smith Baby #2

Wow! I just realized that I have not posted anything about the "New Baby". I am currently 18 weeks along (due Oct. 28th) and feeling great! I must be honest, I am so busy with Hayden that I sometimes forget that I am pregnant. The time is going much faster with this pregnancy. We will find out the sex of the baby in a few weeks. I will keep you all posted!

More Vacation Fun....

2006-05-16T11:18:00.000-07:00

This was Hayden's second time swimming. As you can see she seems to like it. She will be starting swimming lessons at the YMCA next month, but we thought we would give her a head start.

Ryan is giving a little recap of what we did on our last day of vacation. Hayden at this point had been awake for about 16 hours. She did eventually fall asleep 1 hour later.
We briefly refer to a mouse being in our room earlier. This did happen. Ryan went to the bathroom around 5:30am and all I heard was "Oh God, oh God" followed by some very loud stomping sounds on the tile....He killed it and we moved rooms.

First Vacation!

2006-05-15T12:52:00.000-07:00

Sleep does not come easy on vacation...

On the suspension bridge!

We took Hayden on her first vacation! We all enjoyed the lovely surroundings and time away at Turkey Run State Park.
Hayden had a blast! She totally knew that this was a special time with mom and dad.
She also was able to go swimming for the first time.
Here are some pictures from our little trip.

Dancing Daddy!

2006-05-04T06:26:00.000-07:00

Hayden loves watching Ryan dance and shake his head. I know this video is long and sideways, but hope you can enjoy it anyway.

Carrots Suck!

2006-05-04T04:44:00.000-07:00

This is Hayden about 2 weeks ago trying to eat carrots for the first time....

Her favorite foods are:
Applesauce
Pears
Pineapples
Oranges
White Grapes
Squash

Foods she DOES NOT like:
Sweet Potatoes
Carrots

I think God intended us to sing so that lungs fill to capacity at least weekly

2005-11-07T16:00:00.000-08:00

I find it unnerving to think about breathing. Jeff Gibson was my wife's lung doctor in Memphis. No real fear of downsizing in that field. I recently remembered to take a deep breath after some 100 days of intensely shallow breathing. I breathe shallow to control my environment. Perhaps I believe that personal stillness will calm the people around me. A succulent gulp of air portends outer madness for me. What a self-centered notion! To deeply believe that by modeling austerity I can prevent others from acting on impulses toward freedom and sincerity of expression. Well, this is what I do. Incidentally, I haven't excercised or sung at church in a long time. The exercise trickled down to mere nothingness during the beginning of this school year. My apathy in personal worship began several years ago. But I was thinking yesterday (Sunday) that my spiritual sluggishness could actually cause my physical undoing. While other jolly souls are filling their sacs and hearts with air, I might be robbing myself of life-giving and airborne sustenance. I also drank green tea yesterday and this seemed to undo approximately 1/3 of the damage caused by spritual apathy/non-exercising.

Revolution!!!

2005-11-05T18:41:00.000-08:00

The fight won't last long boys. The citizens of Verona and the frustrated Prince will come and spoil all your fun. But bite that thumb and frown. It's your scene! Swift pleasure is good medicine. For the youth of Verona, a quarrel eases the ennui of a Sunday morning. For us modern souls, just residing within the confines of the weekend heals our broken workaday spirits. As Garrison Keilor said this evening, "Fall has come to Minnesota." Fall has come to Indiana as well. My autumnal load of freshman essays has fallen heavily. But the wife, the prenatal kitten, and I escaped and trekked out for some towning today. We explored Lowell, Indiana and spotted old treasures varnished new (a hobby my father has reveled in lately). We saw a library table, twin to the one I type on now. And we drove through Cedar Lake and wondered what new mutations of white trash will grace this planet in the coming years. We've always anticipated a holiday like this Saturday and we pay tribute to it with deep inhalations of smouldering maple leaves!

Empty nest leads family to invite fine furniture burglars

2005-11-04T14:17:00.000-08:00

Our daughter has made herself cozy in my wife's belly. Why did we buy this oak hewn crib? It's no enticement to our little queen. And after all, wouldn't the money invested at prime have yielded sweet dividends in the time that the crib has sat vacant? Real estate. You set up a devastatingly posh pad, sow your seed, and expect a little remuneration in the form of earth attendance. But our shy lass is drinking in the elixir of the purgatorial womb. She enjoys our sounds and our nutrients. She betrayed papa by clapping to a Jimmy Buffet song. Come on out little angel and lend me your ears. Daddy wants to teach you all about Obscure ALT> Rock.

Bad shoes tire thighs (Thanks alot Johnston and Murphy)

2005-11-03T15:15:00.000-08:00

I've been having a peculiar radiating heat in my left heel. It's not unpleasant; it feels rather alike to someone pouring hot coacoa down the back of my shoe. If the warmness was in any other area of my body it might even feel refreshing and therapeutic. But I know better than to ignore a hither to latent heel pain. What's worse is that my thighs are always tired. You may smile, thinking I'm being bawdy or suggestive, but if you've ever been exhausted in the region of this major muscle group, you know that it can take the zest right out of things. For instance, walking has been the pits. I've been sliding instead of the typically executed way of walking. If you are considering buying Johnston and Murphy shoes, save your money and buy Rockports instead. I haven't taken a good honest step in 3 months.

19 days and counting...

2005-11-03T08:21:00.000-08:00

Well, I am eagerly and impatiently waiting for the birth of our baby girl. "They" say she should be here by Nov. 22
I had my 6th ultrasound yesterday and she looks healthy and strong and weighs a whopping 6 lbs. and 3 oz. (approximately). Although, "they" do say that ultrasound weight estimates can be off by 1 lb. up or down...This was the second time however that the technician commented on her slightly larger, but normal head size. I can only hope this estimate is slightly wrong.
All that to say, I can't wait to meet my perfectly beautiful baby!