Twelve is such a momentous year. I am so proud of Raimy. She is a wonderful young lady with a sweet heart. Her dreams for what life may hold are lovely. I wish only all the best for her as she pursues all she wants to become.
Happy Birthday, Raimy! I love you!
Mama
Here are some pictures from the celebrations of our precious girl. Enjoy!
Watched our team win their first game in the new Intrust Bank Arena. 1-0 against the Texas Brahmans. Ronn, Jill, Kent and Sheila had a good time. Notice two Zambonis, the Harley-Davis and the Bud Light. During a break between period 2 and period 3, Kent got one of the blue Thunder jerseys thrown into the stands.
We celebrated at the Saigon Restaurant. Vietnamese flair with music, dancing and fireworks.
Look at that fancy lady!
Yep, I got a new do.
Happy New Year fam'!
I want to update the pictures on the side bar. Pick out a recent shot of yourself and email it to me so that I can update it. Don't forget about pics of your kids, either. Birthdays and other special events are times to think about getting a more current picture up on the blog. I love seeing all our faces up there. Thanks for passing them along to me, everyone.
We had a very nice Christmas this year. After a slow start on Christmas morning we all opened presents. Then we had snackins for lunch and headed over to a friend's house for a party. Following the party we stopped at the orphanage to give them their gifts. We finished off the day with a Skype session with Oma, Opa and Kent.
Here are some pictures from the season.
Hello all. We have not posted in a while so i would post a couple for you. It is snowing tonight hear in omaha and it is so pretty. Not going to be fun for my job but it is what it is. You can see a photo of Shadow with snow on his back, i just had to take a photo of it and share with you.
Now you see the other wonderful photo. I love the company i work for they really care about the families that work for them. One of the ladies husband dresses up as santa every year. They have crafts, cookies, popcorn, movies, and a chance to sit on Santa is lap. I dont think that my girls are going to grow up beleaving in Santa. But it is a nice tradition that I do have some what of good memories. As you can see Sasha kinda of injoyed, Chole did not mind at all. Mackenzie on the other hand had a huge fit. The sec I put her on his lap she started to scream. But the second I pick her up she stopped. It was like turning a light switch on and off. I though it was kinda of funny but yet it made me sad at the same time.
Happy birthday to a very busy Dad. I hope you find some time to do what you wish. Eat a piece of cake for me!
Hello family!
I felt that this was newsworthy and momentous enough to make an official blog post.
Chad and Lynde are going to Haiti to pick up Vivine, their daughter! It is just so exciting!
They have been in this adoptive process for so very long. She tells about their trip this coming week on her blog: It's True.
Hurray!!!
I can hardly wait to meet her. What a wonderful time!
- Angie
Hello Family.
It has been quite a while since we put in an update from the Smith household. So here you are.
Nick- is doing great. Has had several weekends of playing paint ball, its been really good weather for it. He had a chance to play speed ball for the first time. very different from woods ball but he liked it. He plays volly ball ever sunday evening with a group of friends and me and the girls had a chance to go and watch him play. Sasha was a great cheerleader for daddy and she loved playing in all that sand.
Shawn-thats me. I am still working part time but i think that this will be my last week. i have deffinetly hit the uncomfortable phase of the pregnancy. Baby Chloe tends to like to spend a lot of time up under my ribs lately. ouch. but it is almost over, only a few weeks left. i have not even started getting things ready for when Chloe arives. but i am not stressing. i have been in a one day at a time mind set lately.
Sasha- a few weeks ago she started preschool at Oakdale. It is a beautiful classroom and a wonderful program. So far she is doing great. she goes from 9am to 1130am every wednesday and friday. (friday is nicks day off so he gets to take her, and they both love that) Last week she had a field trip to the Fontenelle Forest, they had a display of life sized dinosaurs in amoung the trees. it was really wonderderful to see. I got to go as a parent sponsor and we had a lot of fun. but i think Sasha's favorite part of the whole field trip was getting to ride on a big yellow bus to and from. Next week she has her first real dentist appointment. very fun. She is the most wonderful big sister and takes great care of MacKenzie and is looking forward to when we bring Chloe home.
MacKenzie- this month she will turn one. Wow! She is standing independently for a few moments at a time and crusing along furniture. she says about 5 words. This past weekend she got really sick with a high fever, so we took her to the doctor and they found out that her white blood cell count was very high and that means that she has a sever bacterial infection. they gave her the highest dose of the strongest antibiotic shot and that was not enough to wipe it out so she had to have a seccond one. but today finally she is almost back to normal. they are growing cultures from her blood and urine and will hopefully know the cause of the bacterial infection. but i am just glad that she is almost better.
Chloe Nicole- i go in tomorrow for another check up but so far everything has been smooth sailing with her. Due date is still October 16th. People keep teasing us that she will have to have red hair to complete the set. Blond, brown, red. just like neopolitan ice cream. I am just happy that it is almost over because even my maturnity clothes are getting too tight around the tummy and the shirts are not quite long enough any more.
Well, Its a lot and mostly boring, but that is our life right now. We love you all. And from the looks of our family blog we are not the only ones that are over due for an update. hint hint hint. ha ha ha
Lots of Love Shawn
We had a fun time celebrating Tyler's 3rd birthday! He is getting to be so grown up. Enjoy the slide show!
At the Grand Theater Washington we recently introduced our kids to a classic: The Wiz. The DVD came with a soundtrack CD for our listening pleasure. Tyler especially likes the song called "Mean Ol' Lion". Enjoy the video of his fun lip sync. What are we in for if this is how he is like a just two years old? What fun!
Love ya!
~ Angie
These are some mugs of my munchkins. High resolution originals available upon request.
Smoochy Face
Wonder Kid
Gabby Girl
Super Baby
Gabrielle will be 8 years old on Wednesday. Her papa is traveling tomorrow so we decided to celebrate as a family early. It was a fun time. Enjoy the slide show.
Today my sweet little girl turned three.
This morning when mommy and daddy wished her a happy birthday she was confused and argued with us saying, "My birthday was already." because we had already done most of the celebrating.
On Saturday we took her to the mall and she got her ears pierced at Claire's. She cryed more then i thought she would but stopped crying as soon as they gave her a sucker. She picked out pink flowers and they look so cute.
On Sunday afternoon we had cake and icecream with the Smith group. She got a lot of nice presents including a red Radio Flyer Trike, with a bell and streamers. She loves it. She had been asking for a bike for quite some time. She has spent every minute that she can on that bike since she got it. She still needs some practice but i would say that she pretty much mastered it.
The cupcakes she decorated herself for her party. And i think that she did a really good job.
Today, on the official day of her birth, we spent some time at the park. we had a lot of fun even though it was really hot. Sasha got more time on her trike in the driveway while daddy mowed the grass. She chose pizza for her birthday dinner. and the day ended with a rainbow. That was special because it was right before sunset and we have never seen a rainbow at our house before. It was just for her today.
All in all it was a wonderful celebration. She is very greatful for her gifts and we are very greatful for the beautiful girl that she has become.
Five months into this pregnancy and we finally hit the big day that we get to have the ultrasound and find out the gender of our new little one. The whole Smith family (all four and a half of us) filed into this tiny dark room with the ultrasound technitian. It was wonderful to see the baby and even better was that Sasha totally got it. She completely understood that we were watching the baby inside mommys tummy.
It took a while for the baby to asume the right position, but there it was, the big reveal. I knew what it was before the technitian even said the words. ITS A GIRL!!!! Sasha took a little bit of convinsing because she totally thought the baby was going to be a boy, but I think she has accepted it now. In a few short months we will have three beautiful daughters in our care.
The most common comment that I have heard about this pregnancy is that people are predicting red hair. Wouldn't that be something?
So far Nick and I are still in discussion about names. The current top pick is Chloe Nicole. He is convinced and I like it but I just have to wait until I feel sure. I have to practice saying it out loud until it feels natural.
We are very happy and excited about this new baby. But both Nick and I are a little sad that we will never have a boy. (I am all done getting pregnant!) Oh well. We are not going to keep trying just to see if we can get a boy. Three is enough for me. All done.
They are still saying that my due date is aroung October 16 or 18. The baby is excactly 1 pound right now. She measures perfectly in every way, and they saw nothing abnormal. She should be perfectly healthy, God willing.
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