I just LOVE this picture

I really love this picture of Trent and Zach laying together. It wasn't very long before Trent had Zach sound asleep. Thanks for the help bud!!!

Two Weeks Old

Zachy is now 2 weeks old. I can't believe how fast that time went. He is an excellent baby. He rarely cries, he sleeps great in the night and overall he is a very mellow baby. I am sure that it is because Heaven knew that we needed a calm little guy to help balance our two wild ones. We love you little Zachy!

Back to the Ocean (Sort of)

Before Mike's parent went home we all went to Baltimore to visit the National Aquarium. It was really fun. We were there for almost 5 hours and Trent and Garret had a great time looking at all the different exhibits. They have caught many of the fish they saw in real life so they thought that was great and reminded us all of Hawaii. Thanks Kirk and Joan for taking us.

Gettysburg

Last week we went with Mike's parents to Gettysburg. It was really amazing to look out over the field and reflect on all those men that fought and died there. It was also very neat to drive around and see how all the different groups of the armies were set up and where all the major action happened. This was a very humbling trip and I am so glad that we braved it with the new baby.

Happy 50th Mom

Happy Happy Birthday Mom! I am blessed to have you in my life and I am grateful everyday that Heavenly Father chose you to be my mother. Thank you so much for coming to help me with the baby and it was comforting to have you here while I was in labor. My boys sure love you and are always excited to see Grandma "Nette". I hope you enjoyed your big birthday weekend. I love tons!!

Not only is Zachy a great little brother but he is also a great Butterfly holder too!!

Meet Zachary Kevin Smith born July 31st @ 12:27am

Can you believe it, he is finally here!!!!! It was a pretty crazy delivery but an excellent finale to a long pregnancy. I went to my Dr.s appointment at 9:30am Wed, morning and they said I was still just barely a three dial. So they sent me home and said come back next week. My labor started about 11:00am and stayed strong all day so at 9:30pm we went to labor and delivery hoping to be admitted. No such luck, as soon as they laid me down the contractions stopped and I was still only between 3-4 dial. They told me that I wasn't ready and that I should just come back in two hours and maybe something would change. WELL, something changed. Just two hours later at 11:30pm my contractions were CRAZY. As Mike was trying to get me in the car to return to the hospital (a 20 min drive) I felt the pressure of the babies head coming and I fell to the road. The baby was coming so Mike called an ambulance as I screamed in pain, on my hands and knees in the road in the middle of the night. The paramedics took me to a closer hospital because I was running out of time and as soon as we were in the delivery room they had me start pushing. I was scared to death of delivering without an epideral but I did it and now we have a beautiful little boy. He was 7.3 oz and 19 inches long. He has been very quiet and of course his two big brothers can't get enough of him. Welcome to our family little Zachy!!!