Tyler's Baby Sister

Today, Jen and I welcomed our daughter and Tyler's little sister into the world.

She weighed in at 7.o lbs and was 20 1/2 inches long and was born at 11:22 am. She has red hair but it is very strawberry blonde.

She is healthy and doing very well and even cried on the way out (so-to-speak)! Jen is also doing very well and making tremendous progress after major surgery.

So, we present to you Anneliese Kay Smith.

Night before.....

Bags are packed, we are ready. Jeff put the finishing touches on the baby's room tonight.

He put up the name. As you all know, we have kept the name very hush-hush.

Graduation 1-17-2009

Tyler has graduated (from the Little Gym!) Hard to believe but yes there is such a thing.

This class has proved very positive. Tyler is very active and more outgoing because of this class. This class has helped Tyler with his coordination and his self confidence.

To top it off, they played "Chariots of Fire" at the graduation ceremony. Here are the pictures.

Trains at Missouri Botanical Gardens

Well, as you may or may not know, Tyler absolutely loves Thomas the Train. So on Friday 1-2-09, Jeff and I were both off from work that we thought it appropriate to take Tyler to the Missouri Botanical Gardens to show him the Christmas display of trains that were set up.

Tyler was in his own little world. He was so excited. Take a look for yourself.

New Location on Blogspot

Hello All,

The SMITH Family is blogging at a new location.

http://www.smitty3plus1.blogspot.com/

Because of the new addition to the family coming soon, we thought it was appropriate to update the blog location. Smitty4 was taken so we had to get creative.

The month of January was a blur. Most of our time was spent preparing for the addition of our newest family member.

The room is ready and so are Jeff and I. Tyler is excited too. We think he knows something is up. He has been very affectionate. He has been giving out a lot of extra hugs and kisses (more than normal).

Relaxing on New Years Day evening

December 28th - Get Together at Home

After spending the rest of Christmas week working on getting Tyler ’s closet, toys, and the baby’s room organized, we hosted a get-together for the Harness’ clan at our house. We all had leftovers we needed to eat and since there is hardly any of the Christmas Eve chocolate cake left we believe that we did make a big dent in them. There is one slice of cheesecake left but Jen will take care of that tonight. Tyler got a few additional Christmas presents too. (What a lucky little guy!) He loved the wooden Thomas the Train set and is sure to expand upon that in the years to come, and he also enjoys pushing around the fire truck. We’re not sure where he gets so much energy but even after hamming it up for the crowd and playing with the new toys, Tyler and Spencer managed to entertain us even more with their antics. (See the attached video.) Uncle Jeff never did get that cookie out of Tyler ’s hand – Jen is still finding crumbs all over the house!

Well this may be the last of the postings on Smitty3.blogspot.com. We’re anxiously awaiting the arrival of our little girl in February and since we’ve done little to prepare for her thus far we’ll be getting the house ready in the coming weeks. Somehow we’ll figure out how to transfer this site name to something like Smitty4.blogspot.com, or just start a whole new blog once she arrives. We’ll keep you all posted on how it goes. Thanks for reading our stories!

Christmas Day 2008

We spent Christmas day at the Harness’ house. It was a whirlwind event! The food was bountiful and delicious, the company was aplenty – everyone was there – and there were tons and tons of presents. Jen’s were even skillfully (and artfully) constructed with duct tape. Santa must have heard through the grapevine that he lacks some wrapping skills so he tried pretty hard to make up for it this year! Courtney, Spencer and Morgan are excellent babysitters. Tyler always has fun playing with his cousins. He also has fun playing with Grandma’s toys, but he got many new toys to play with too. The cars, see’n say, discovery cups, and of course Thomas the Train set were big hits. Thank you all for the presents!

After spending the day at the Harness' we decided to swing by the Schroeder house for their Christmas before it was time for Tyler to go to bed. He only lasted about an hour but at least we got to say hi to alot of family that we haven't seen in awhile.

What a Christmas!