ERIK THOMAS SMITH is HERE!

We are so excited to have Erik with us finally! For those who don't know already, he was born August 29th just before 10 pm. He weighed 9 lbs 9 1/2 oz, and he was 20 inches long. YEESH! he is a big baby! Biggest of all the boys! And he was a WEEK early! So he would've been over 10 lbs if he were born on time!! Thank goodness he was early! My labor was the shortest with him than with the other three, which was so great since I was having another natural birth. Everything went as smooth as it could possibly go. I was blessed with strength and endurance and good support from Heber and the midwife. Things couldn't have gone any better. :) And now we another healthy boy who is so good to his mamma. :) He lets me sleep 5 hours a night. :) He isn't much of a fussy baby. He eats good, and just keeps getting cuter every day he's with us. His brothers just adore him! Every morning when the boys wake up, they come running into my room to see him and kiss him and giggle over how cute he is. :) We love him so much!

My first photo shoot while pregnant!

My Friend Emily emailed me and asked if she could take some pictures of me for her last project for photography school, so of course I was happy to be her pregnant model for a day. :) It's not often that I get to dress up. THANKS EMILY for capturing this precious time in my life!

Our Boys

We went to visit Adam Ondi Omen yesterday for Father's day.  It was beautiful.  Here are my 3 handsome boys. :)  Soon there will be 4 handsome boys besides their Daddy.  :)

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!

Great Grandpa Landress
Grandpa Smith
Grandpa Landress





I'd like to wish a HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to all the important father's in our lives. :) Thank you for choosing to be father's,  and taking on the huge responsibility of providing for and caring for your wives and children.  I as a wife, mother, daughter, and grand daughter,  truly and deeply appreciate all that you do.  I am especially grateful for a husband who works so hard to provide for our family, who is always thinking of us in all that he does, and who loves us with all his heart.   WE LOVE YOU!

BELLY PICTURES!

This was taken last week at 27 weeks, and before I got a hair cut. :)
And here I am 28 weeks with my hair cut. :)  Look at that belly!  LOL!

Going Private For REAL this time. :)

Heber and I decided it would be best to go private with our blog, and so I need email addresses from you all so I can send you an invite to view our blog.   SO HURRY and give me your email addresses. :)

Hibernation.....

Daddy and Ethan

Grandma and Grandpa Landress with Ethan after he was baptised

Grandma and Grandpa Smith with the newly baptized Ethan. :)
Grandpa Smith with Eva
Ethan practicing holding Eva so he'll be ready for baby Eric. :) He loves to hold babies
caught off guard :)
Aubrey sharing a yummy cookie with her Daddy. (Ryan taught her well) LOL
Owen stuffing his face with goodies
Ethan and his dog.

I guess you could say I've been in a sort of hibernation. :P I just haven't been up to putting the time or effort into putting a new post up. But it's time for me to get out of my "hibernation" mode and get back to life. As you can see these are the pictures from Ethan's baptism that are long over due. :) I want to thank everyone that made it out to Ethan's baptism. I have some more pictures to post, which I'll post another day, (and I promise it won't be 4 months from now). :) I told a friend of mine that I'd post some belly pictures this weekend, which is actually tomorrow or Sunday. :) For those of you who don't know we are having a BOY, yes another boy, to push me along further to the path of insanity. LOL I'm really hoping this one will be mellow. But I'm not betting on it. :P We will be naming him Eric, after my Uncle Eric, who passed away in his 30's. He was my favorite Uncle. :) It took some convincing for Heber to agree since I picked Owen's name out too. But he just wasn't coming up with any names that we both felt good about. I actually had the name Eric picked out before we knew we were pregnant. I guess that was a "sign". :) I have come to terms with having all boys. I may never get my little girl, and if that's all I get, then that's fine. I love my boys dearly. I am so excited to meet little Eric and to see what he looks like and what kind of personality he'll have. Owen is excited to have a little buddy that he can play with one day.