The Smith's

Coraline

2010-05-21T00:31:00.000-07:00

Brooklyn's favorite movie is Coraline. She would watch it 10 times a day if I let her. She just stares at it and doesn't let anything distract her, not even when I come in to see her after being at work! I don't know what it is, because I personally think it's a bit creepy, but she is obsessed. If she sees the dvd sitting out, she will say "ki" and carry it around with her. She even likes to hold on to it in the car. She watched it once today, twice yesterday, and many more times before!! It's a must to get for her birthday, since the one she watch now is my mom's!

Spring Break and Easter!!!

2010-04-13T12:06:00.001-07:00

For spring break we headed up to Brian's parents' house for the week. We went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, decorated homemade sugar cookies, dyed Easter eggs, went shopping, and hung out! It was a lot of fun! Oh and Brooklyn had a big egg hunt with all the eggs that Easter Bunny Brian put out!

dressing up as a hermit crab!

Touching the star fish!!

Decorating cookies and eating them in the process!!

Showing off her beautiful brown egg!!

Coloring with her first set of crayons!!

Where's the last egg?

So excited she found one!!

She thought the soccer ball egg was a ball and kicked it, breaking it open!

Brooklyn's 18 month photoshoot!

2010-02-20T01:33:00.001-08:00

Bree took these pictures when Brooklyn turned 1 1/2. I love them and think they all turned out great!! I didn't put them all on here but I did put them all on my facebook! She was so good and cooperative(except in the beginning when she was running away to look at the ducks.) Her hair was a little wild, and now that the front is starting to wave, it hangs in her eyes, but i think she looks so cute and sophisticated in her little coat!

Finally in Nursery!!

2010-02-11T19:38:00.000-08:00

Brooklyn turned 1 1/2 on Monday, so her first day in nursery (without us) was Sunday. When I peeked my head in to check on her, she was sitting at the table reverently staring at the screaming children. After church I opened the door to pick her up and she wasn't even excited to see me. Instead, she looked the other way and continued to play. Then one of the nursery teachers told me that at snack time Brooklyn choked on water and turned red, she pushed on her chest, and said Brooklyn gave them a scare. I told her that I failed to mention that Brooklyn often chokes on her spit and her lips turn purple. We'll see how it goes next week. As we left Brooklyn threw a fit because she wanted to stay. At least we don't have to worry about taking turns trying to convince her that nursery is a fun place and we aren't leaving church without her. She also went to the doctor Monday and had shots, which didn't go to well. She cried from the minute the doc walked in. She weighs 26 1/2 lbs. She has a huge personality and is a very happy little girl. She got all 4 molars this past week, and also had a little photo shoot by aunt Bree....pictures will be posted soon! She absolutely loves being outside!

Getting her hair done!!

Playing with her friends!!

Christmas!!

2010-01-01T10:55:00.000-08:00

The reindeer family

Christmas Eve at Aunt Abby's! Opening her first gift!

Waking up Christmas morning!

Our tree and Brooklyn's gifts!

Our mantle

Lining up Christmas morning before opening gifts...a family tradition!

Brooklyn opening gifts! We took all her gifts to my parents in the morning!

Grandpa posing with his new hat!

Brooklyn with Aunt Kristi!

In her princess ball house. Yes, these are all the balls it came with.

In Pacific Grove at Brian's parents!

Gifts from Great Grandma!

Opening gifts from Brian's parents!

Pushing her shopping cart!

Her favorite spot!

Hangin out on the ottoman!

At the Monterey Bay Aquarium!

Trying to take a pic with Brooklyn...she was acting up.

Brooklyn likes looking at the fishies!

Her cute new hairdo!

Sleeping away!

Back at home.....She made out like a bandit I would say!
Her cute rocking horse!

Our new home!

updated pics from November

2009-12-10T21:09:00.000-08:00

This was on Brian's birthday Nov. 11th.

I told her to smile and this is what she did.

Here's Brooklyn coloring with Aunt Bree.

She had bad bed head this morning.

When it's no longer curly and sticks straight out... that's bad bed head.

I put on this shirt and Brian thought it looked like Joseph Smith, so he put toilet paper around her neck, it was pretty funny.

Brooklyn playing outside on a nice sunny day.
Pushing her little stroller down the street.
She also liked to sit in it so that I could push her.

Filling up her dump truck with leaves.

She was running with leaves stuck to her but, pretty cute.

New Moon

2009-11-20T12:16:00.000-08:00

So Thursday while I was at work, my friend called and told me that if your in line by 6:30 you can get a wristband to see Twilight at 9. But I didn't get off work till 6:30 so I was freakin out. Well it turned out that you had to get in line to buy the Twilgiht ticket for 5 bucks, so she got in line and bought the tickets, and there were only 4 left after that. When I got there at 8:30 she came out and gave it to me. It was sooo much fun and everyone was so nice and happy and excited! One exception was this lady two rows in front of us, who came back to the row in front of us and threatened these girls because when Edward came on screen, they were cheering and yelling. Well the whole theatre was cheering so she took it too far. She told the girls, " You need to take it down a notch,ok, I'm excited too, but if you do it again I will have you escorted out, your whole row of friends, take it down a notch." This was only a part of what she said, but it was ridiculous, and it was during Twilight, which I'm sure she's seen already. Anyways, so we watched Twilight, which is great on a big screen, then we just stayed in there for an hour until New Moon started. Oh, has anyone else noticed at the end of Twilight when Jake comes and talks to Bella before the prom, then Edward comes back and gets her and says,"I leave you alone for 2 seconds and the wolves descend." Well Bella didn't know about the wolves yet. Just a thought. We had great seats in the very back row!! New Moon was AWESOME!!!!!! The effects were great, the acting was great, and it follows the book perfectly except for one part. There was also only one part that wasn't in the book at all which was pretty odd, but the movie overall was amazing and I am definitely going to see it many more times! I can't wait for you all to see it if you haven't yet!

Twilight Fanatic!!!!

2009-11-15T19:38:00.000-08:00

I absolutely LOOOVE the Twilight series. I am currently reading New moon for the second time so that I can prepare myself for the movie. I am soooo excited, I can hardly wait! A friend that I'm going with called the theatre and asked what time we should get there to line up and they said 1 or 2 in the afternoon. Well since we all have families we can't do that. That night I work till 6:30 and Brian has a basketball game at 7, I have to go since I haven't been to one game, then I have to go home and take a shower cause I will smell like food. SO I probably wont get there till around 9:30 or 10. I just hope that we don't get stuck in the front row. There is a pretty big group of us going so maybe someone can get in line early. And we didn't order our shirts that said "Real housewives have OCD, Obsessive Cullen Disorder." I think that is so cute but we just never got around to getting them. Oh well, we are going to have so much fun Thursday I can't wait. WOOOOOHOOOO! Go TEAM EDWARD! And this song is one of my favorites from the movie!

halloween

2009-11-09T20:33:00.001-08:00

Brooklyn and Ellie getting ready to trick or treat

Digging for candy

Brooklyn's photoshoot

2009-11-04T17:27:00.000-08:00

Bree took these cute pictures of Brooklyn up at Aunt Abby's house. She was having so much fun playing outside with the little pumpkins. She also loves to play with Elle and Charlie which you can see in some of the pictures. Brooklyn has so much energy now and she loves to climb. She loves to say "Hi" and wave to people. She is a happy baby and so very cute!

Kern's Cutest Kid

2009-10-12T12:12:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! I entered Brooklyn into the Kern's cutest kid contest and I want you all to vote! All you have to do is go to Bakersfield.upickem.net and click on the contest title, then you have to register, which only takes a minute, check your e-mail and confirm your registration, then vote! It's really not as bad as it sounds. Oh for winning she gets to be on the cover of the applause and we get to place an ad inside about her! You have until october 18th to vote. I will post the pic on here that we submitted, tomorrow. Please vote!

2009-09-22T00:16:00.000-07:00

My Boy Chun aka "Snacks" nailed it with this pic. I feel like showing up to work looking like Sho Nuff, just to let these kids know "What's really up". If you have watched the movie you know what I'm talking about. I've Gotta get this costume for Halloween. Classic "Last Dragon" what cha'll know about Bruce Leroy.... catching bullets with his teeth. Been off this Blog for a minute. Mandi and I finally got in our crib and got the technology going again so we will hit you with alot of new pics and updates. But for now Mikey T "Money" I'm proud of you for finally doing the dang thing. Hope you and your lovely wife are back and settled in finally. Sorry I didn't get over the other night, but get at me.

Cancun day 6

2009-08-21T13:43:00.001-07:00

On this day we went to one of the hotels on the Cancun strip for the day. This is where the water is beautiful! We walked from the one resort down the beach for about 25 minutes until we got to another resort. When we got there it was pretty crowded so we got back on the bus and went back to our resort. We hung out there and played golf, and connect four, went swimming, then that night got ready and went out to dinner. After dinner we went to the club to people watch, which was pretty funny. These pictures are out of order cause I don't feel like rearranging,and forgot to put them up right in the first place.

In front of the resort

Outside the gym after our workout!

The ceiling of one of the lobbies

waiting for dinner

Bree and I outside the jewelry store

Trying not to smile after losing this round

Outside our room

One of the resorts on the beach at the strip, I thought it was pretty cool.

Palace resort Cancun strip

Brooklyn's 1st Birthday!!!

2009-08-18T20:23:00.000-07:00

Brooklyn's birthday was on August 8th ( Happy birthday Lydia!) and it was a lot of fun. But boy has time flown by. I can't believe she's 1!The night before starting around 9:30 my mom and sister helped me make the cakes, and there were 5 of them, which lasted until 2:30 am. Brian and I actually left at 2 and my mom said she would take the last one out of the oven for me so that we could get Brooklyn home and everything. The next morning I picked up Bree at 8 and we all decorated the cake until 11:30...when the party started! It was well worth it cause it turned out cute, and may I add that it was my first cake to make and decorate! Thanks to everyone for your help!! Brooklyn was a little overwhelmed by all the people there and so she just stared and didn't look too happy in some of the pics! Enjoy!!

This picture is from her 12 month doctor visit and I just thought it was so cute

The princess was the last to arrive to her party

Looking at all the people

All her presents!!

Brooklyn loves har garden

I love this little smile

Hmm, what's in this box?

Brooklyn with cousin Noah playing the piano

Checking out Libby, her first doll!

Waiting patiently while mom reads the card

Brooklyn just absolutely loves her little radio flyer car, she also started walking with this!

Looking thrilled as everyone sings, while she eyeballs the cake!

The castle!!

8 hours to make......

8 minutes to destroy

She's not sure what to do with it since sh'es never been able to get messy!

1st taste of chocolate!

must be pretty good

gettin ready to dig in again

The aftermath

Busy summer

2009-08-18T20:20:00.000-07:00

This summer has been crazy busy for us and I am so behind on blogging it all. I still has 2 more days of Cancun, family reunion, San Diego, and probably more to talk about and post pictures of. This week we have been packing up our apartment to move so I will post asap...stayed tuned!

Cancun Day 5

2009-08-12T22:44:00.001-07:00

On Saturday we went to Tulum, the Mayan temples. You walk through this little wall and there is this city inside- pretty cool. We took the tour and lost our guide because we kept stopping to take pictures, but we found him again, and ended up at the cliff with the beach below. Sean was sick that day so he didn't go into the ocean. We were only in there of about 15 minutes when the storm came and the lifeguard made everyone get out. Well the storm was pretty intense and the rain and sand hitting us from the wind hurt. Sean said he would meet us at the front and we stayed and took some more pictures. Then when we tried to get out of the city wall, there was a group of tourists waiting to come in, but they were standing under the opening in the wall, starring at us as the rain was pounding down. It seemed pretty obvious to me that we wanted to get through the wall, but apparently they had no clue. So finally I asked them if we could get through but they wouldn't move, and it turned out they didn't speak English. So I gestured and kept talking to try and get the message across, and one lady said " You get through?" SERIOUSLY??? No, really we liked standing in the rain getting pounded by sand and just felt like starring at them all nice and under the shelter. These people were idiots. So then the two people in front leaned against the wall for us to fit through but the space was so tiny it was impossible( you can see me standing in the wall in a pic below). Finally they moved out and we were free. Then as we ran to catch the tram that took us back to the front where the buses were, a powerful gust of wind came and knocked the glasses off my head and they broke. So we get to the front and can't find Sean. Brian decided to go buy a souveniere and Bree and I kept searching through the crowds as people tried to sell us stuff. It was time to go and Sean was nowhere. Then he came out of the bus and we saw him and got on too. Well that was an interesting day, but fun and beautiful. The bus then took us to anothere Palace resort in the jungle and we saw animals and swam in the pools there.

Brian playing water polo with random people

The cute little jungle cat!

Check out the monkey sitting down, he's just relaxin', so cute!

One of the corcodiles

This was taken during the rain storm, but you can't tell.

The War God, Fertility God, and Descending God, in the three squares

Crazy sky

The iguana chillin by our stuff at the beach

Beautiful scenery

The city

The Mayan people were very short as you can see

Being evacuated, cool pic

Bree and I waving to Sean as the storm begins

Day 4 Cancun

2009-08-09T16:53:00.000-07:00

On Friday we went zip lining and it was really fun! There were about 14 towers that we went to and some of them we ran and jumped off the platform which was fun cause we bounced in the air, others we went upside down and backwards. The water had crocodiles but we didn't see any. When we got back to the resort we ate lunch hung out and went out to dinner that night.

Bree and I got fried bananas and we look funny because we were laughing so hard cause we all made a joke about the way they looked.

Sean taught Brian how to use chop sticks

When we first arrived, it was pretty scary looking at all the towers so high up

Here's Bree upside down

Here's Sean upside down, but he's so tiny it's hard to see

Brian on the last tower

Me jumping off backwards without holding on!!

Brian upside down

Here's me with my break ready!

Brian above the crocodile infested waters!

These are our breaks made out of sticks

Overview of the towers

This was the Los Tacos, the best mexican tacos!

Cancun-Day 3

2009-08-02T20:44:00.000-07:00

Our third day in Cancun we went to Isla Mujeres. First we got on a boat and it took us across the ocean to the island. The boat ride was really fun! The guys sang and danced, and there were two guys who re-inacted Jack and Rose from Titanic, wearing wigs, hanging over the front of the boat, and all, while another guy had a microphone and was saying their parts. It was hilarious, I wish we would have taped it. When we got there we hung out at the hotel there, played water volleyball, layed out, ate, rode a little boat and bike in the water. Sean and Bree rode a kayak. Bree and I got henna tattoos, which only lasted about 5 days instead of 3 weeks.Then about 4 hours or so later, we got back on the boat, and it took us to another part of the island where the shops and stuff were. We payed 10 dollars to ride a scooter around the island for an hour! It was really fun, though scary taking pictures when brian was driving so fast. We drove and ended up at the hotel we had just came from, so we stopped and the boys jumped in the pool and then we left again. While we were waiting for the boat to come back to get our group, it started raining which felt really good cause it was hot outside. When we got back to the resort we decided that we wanted to try and stay in the new part of the resort that was just built, so Brian called and they said yes! We packed up and moved over to our new rooms(pics below). We got ready and we out to dinner.

Bree and I waiting for the boat to come get us and take us Isla Mujeres!

The three of us on the boat

Another one of the plants I love

As soon as we got to the Island we tried out these hammocks

This was the best breakfast I had the whole trip. I was delicious!! And it was on the beach!

Brian, Sean, and Bree played volleyball in the pool at the hotel there.

We rode this little boat in the ocean while Sean and Bree kayaked.

The monster bike that was super hard to pedal in the water.

My henna tattoo.

One of the houses on the island we rode by on the scooters.

The island that only takes an hour to ride around.

Bree and I were taking pics of each other

One of the funny guys dancin around on the boat.

Brian gettin close to the lizard outside our hotel

Our new and improved room

The balcony where I read Breaking Dawn!!

The thing next to the door is where you put the key when you walk in and it turns on the lights

Cancun trip

2009-07-23T22:10:00.000-07:00

Our Cancun trip was soo much fun, we loved it! We took a million pictures so I'm putting them up at seperate times. The slideshow below is from the first and second day. The day we left was actually our two year anniversary 7-7-09! We didn't plan for it to be out anniversary trip it just happened to land on that day. Anyways, our plane was delayed so we got there a little later than expected. We just checked in, got our rooms, planned for the week, and ate. The first full day we just hung out at the pools and got drinks all day, and ate!! Enjoy!

2009-07-23T21:58:00.001-07:00

R.I.P. MJ (The greatest entertainer of all time)

2009-06-25T21:40:00.000-07:00

MJ representing at the White House in 1984 .

Me representing MJ at my house in 1984

Our latest trip to Pacific Grove

2009-06-10T00:12:00.000-07:00

Last week we went up to Pacific Grove for my sister-in-law's graduation. The weather was great and we had a great time. Of course on our drive up we stopped at the Gilroy outlets like we do every time, and got to the house around 9:30pm. The next day we spent the majority of it looking for camp sites for the camping trip that the young men in our ward are going on. There were some great sites that looked like fun with rivers and huge trees. The last place we went was cool cause it had a waterfall and you had to go through a 20 ft. tunnel in the mountain to get to it, as you will see in the pics below. The other scenery pics were takin on this day too. We also went to a private beach that you have to pay to go to,but it was awesome. There weren't many people there and it was a great place to relax. The next day was Olivia's highschool graduation. It was nice, but Brooklyn was being a pill so I stood up with her during the ceremony and missed the girl that fell three times. Talk about embarassing. Other family came as well so afterward we went back to the house and had dinner which was really good. The next day we left around noon and came home. The first two pics were at my parent's house, the first one takin for her ten month shoot! The last pic was at Brian's grandparent's house, she had a blow-out just before we were leaving so she had to get a bath!

Miss Thang!

Brooklyn just woke up from her nap

Beautiful scenery

The lighthouse

Brooklyn and I at Olivia's graduation in Pacific Grove

Walking through the tunnel in the mountain on our way to see the........

waterfall

Our trip to the private beach

Brooklyn loves the water and she loves to eat it!

Our trip to St. George

2009-05-27T19:42:00.000-07:00

We went to St. George over Memorial weekend for Brian's friend's wedding. We stayed at Sunni and Nick's, only they weren't there, they were in Cali. We got a little taste of what it's like to come home to a real home, and we can't wait to get our house and have more space. Brooklyn crawled all over and enjoyed it too, and it was the first time she slept in a crib and in a different room and she did just fine! The weather was so nice, sunny and breezy, hot at times, but really nice. The temple is beautiful and the reception had the best entertainment ever. The bride is Somoan and her family is super talented, there were about 12 different acts, singing, dancing, traditional things. We had a great time. We drove home on Monday and it took forever so we stopped at the outlets at state line to let the traffic die down, and to shop of course. We got home at about 1 am.

Priceless

Brooklyn with an attitude

Grumpy

Brooklyn update!

2009-05-21T23:36:00.000-07:00

Brooklyn went to the doctor the other day for her 9 month check up. She is a whopping 15lbs. 14oz. and 27 in. long. She loves to wave, yelp, and eat popsicles..especially the lifesaver kind. She loves to climb up and stand holding on to the couch or table and tries to takes steps. She also loves to leap over my lap in the morning while I'm doing my make-up and try to eat my brushes, sharpeners, pencils, and lamp cord, which is why I put her in the pack n' play as you can see below (she's trying to escape).

"Let me out, I promise I will be good," is what she's trying to say.
"Hi Mom!!"

too cute!
this is her yelping with excitement

Can't get enough
Yumm!

Just more cute pics and an update!

2009-05-10T22:39:00.000-07:00

Well Brooklyn went from moving one leg to full on crawl in 4 days. She loves to pull herself up on the couch, me or anything else and stand. She has this new little face that she makes for any reason weather it be because she's mad, happy, or just wants to fuss, where she crinkles her little nose! It's really cute. As for me, I got released from nursery leader and was called to be the primary secretary. I'm gonna miss my kids but will see them again. Brian is still the young men's president. Well that's it for now. Enjoy the pictures!!

How sweet!

I love my leg warmers!

Looks just like her daddy

She loves to put that foot up

Hangin out at relay for life

I thought this was funny......Cheese!!

Cute little dress that cousin Sunni bought

sleepin so peacefully

Spring Break and Easter!!

2009-04-20T22:05:00.000-07:00

She loves her basketball hoop!

Brian bought these things for her easter basket , can you tell?

Looks like the paparazzi took a pic of me!!

Playin at the beach

2009-04-20T21:08:00.000-07:00

so cute!

Walking along to find the last egg!!

The first egg of the hunt!

Admiring the flowers

Let's see if this is edible!

Brooklyn's easter basket gifts

Hangin out with dad at the beach

Beautiful day, very cold

Looking at the fishes at the aquarium!!

My Birthday April 15th!

2009-04-16T17:23:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was my birthday and I turned 24. I had school all day and I have been pretty sick since before Easter, so we didn't have any big plans. While we were up north for the break, Brian bought me a really nice (expensive) purse at Carmel beach!! Yesterday I didn't get home until around 9:30pm, but Brian bought food, and a little chocolate cake and some ice cream...all of which looked delicious but I can't taste anything. He also rented "Yes Man," which I turned off about 20 minutes into it because he fell asleep. He's also going to get me a tanning pass and gym pass for our trip this summer to Cancun with Sean and Bree! But best of all he bought me a dozen red roses and plucked them and did all the little tricks to make them look beautiful! I just hope they last a while because we don't get any sun at the apartment. I also got money from my parents,Brian's parents, and grandma which I need a lot right now cause I have to buy new clothes for our trip!

Relay For Life

2009-04-13T21:59:00.000-07:00

Brian and I are participating in this years Relay For Life(May 2&3) for a friend in our ward who is a cancer survivor.We have to get the rest of our money by Saturday (april 18). For any of you who knows a cancer survivor, someone battling cancer, or someone who has passed away from cancer, this would be a great opportunity to help with cancer research and save lives. Any amount would be helpful. So if you are interested and would like to donate please let one of us know. Thanks.

Brooklyn update

2009-04-07T21:44:00.000-07:00

Brooklyn has changed so much these past weeks. On St. Patrick's Day she said her first word. I call her "Mama" and always say mama so of course that would be her first word. Well it wasn't, it was "Dadad." Then Brian told me that when he plays with her he always says " Dada.....Daddyyyyyy" over and over. Then about two weeks later she said "Mum." Now she says those words all the time. She has her first tooth, she loves wrapped granola bars because they are shiney, make noise, and she can chew on them. She scoots backwards like crazy and rolls all over. She also loves water bottles with a little bit of really cold water in it for her gums. She likes all foods so far even peas and green beans....well she makes faces when she eats them but at least she eats them. She always sleeps on her stomach, even when I turn her back over she rolls right back, and often wakes up with her head at the foot of her crib. Her skin has a little bit more color, and her hair is longer and really blond. She likes to wave and make silly sounds. She still doesn't like the pacifier, and sometimes prefers the hard part or the fabric that connects it to her shirt. She loves to be naked and has to be held 24/7.She loves to rip and chew my notes while I'm trying to study. My favorite new thing she does is going to bed at 12 or 1... am that is (her teething schedule).

Valentine's Day

2009-03-02T16:30:00.000-08:00

Brooklyn looking up at daddy

Family pic before we left for dinner at PF Changs, yum!

Oops, I spit up on the couch

Our little girl is 6 months!

2009-02-16T21:37:00.000-08:00

When I took Brooklyn to the doctor for her 6 month shots, the nurse asked how much I thought she weighed. Well being that at 4 months she weighed 13lbs. 12oz. and has grown so much since then, I said 17 lbs. The nurse said "nope, she's 14.lbs. 14oz." I couldn't believe it, I thought maybe I don't feed her enough or something. She was 25.5 inches long. The doctor said she was in the 25 percentile for her age, but nothing to be worried about and I wasn't doing anything wrong. He asked if I feed her solids and I told him that I've had her on rice cereal in liquid form for a little over a month cause I was afraid of making it thicker. But now it's thicker and she loves it. I started her on oatmeal yesterday and she loves that too. She grabs the spoon and feeds herself. A change of subject here, she's been sick ever since that appointment with a cold. She coughs all the time especially when it's time to go to bed. The other day at my parents house she started choking and her lips turned dark blue in a matter of seconds. It was so scary but then she caught her breath and was ok. She has lots of boogers too. In fact, she loves the booger bulb. Every time I go to use it, she stops what she's doing, looks up to let me pick her nose, and then smiles really big when I suck them out. It's really cute. Another change of subject, after I feed her she like to stand up and look over my shoulder and scratch the couch.Oh and she wont take a pacifier. Anyways, she does new little things everyday and it's so fun to watch!

Christmas at the in-laws

2009-01-18T22:49:00.000-08:00

Beautiful day

I'm tellin' you Winnie my dad always says,"It is what it is!"

With all these pictures being taken somebody better have my money!

While I was in the Bay area I picked up my thiz face!

Pucker up for the press!!

My "I don't know about you, but I'm out" look..

Her favorite little seahorse

Candy Cane Lane

Brian reaching over to hold Brooklyn in place

Strike a pose!

She even sits at the table like an adult!

Pretty blue eyes "Strait Snow Bunny Status"

Getting spoiled once again!

Back up momma, I told you girl I got this!

Pre- Christmas pics

2008-12-22T20:37:00.000-08:00

My beautiful Christmas dress

Kinda gross, but I think it's cute

Ooo, cold snow!

Brian's Birthday Trip

2008-11-16T19:23:00.000-08:00

Brian's birthday was on Veteran's Day(he's 31) so we went to his parent's house for the 4 day weekend. We went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, the outlets, church( which was Brooklyn's first time in the rain), and celebrated his birthday on Monday with the family. On his actual birthday, Tuesday, we went back to the outlets on the way home. We had a good time up there and his family sure had a fun time with the baby!!

With Dad on his birthday

First time to the aquarium

I like being close to Daddy!

Brian and the shrimp

Chillin in my swing

Getting all cleaned up for dads big day

Until my next photo shoot peace!

One more pic with the man that helped get me here.

Brooklyn's First Halloween!!

2008-10-31T23:22:00.000-07:00

We went to Mauri's house for Halloween and she did such a great job on the decorations. I wish Brooklyn was a little older cause she had all kinds of crafts for the kids and there were cute little finger foods that were decorated to be fingers, mummy's, hands, and other cute things. We took Brooklyn Trick-or-Treating as she slept in the stroller. We watched the kids hit a pinata which was fun, and then we just sat around and talked! Here are some cute pics of our little witch!!

Halloween Shoot

2008-10-20T22:36:00.000-07:00

My mom bought pumpkins for a mutual activity so we decided to take pictures of Brooklyn with the cute Halloween dollar items we bought at Target!

Just chillin'
Starin'
Stretchin'
Relaxin'

Bein' cute!

Brooklyn's x-rays

2008-10-15T18:19:00.000-07:00

Poor little Brooklyn has GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease), basically she throws everything up, has heartburn, very irritable, just in pain, and so the doctor wanted her to get x-rays. I took her and she had to drink some really thick white fluid so the doc. could see if everything was digesting right. Well he said everything was good and so we left. Well on the way home I could tell Brooklyn threw up and she started crying, then fell asleep. About 20 minutes later when I got to my parents house, I went to take her out of the car and started to laugh. This is what I saw...

Boys II Men!!

2008-10-06T19:41:00.000-07:00

Boys II Men came to the fair so Brian and I went and met Mikey there and David and Lindsey. They were awesome and getting so into it, dancing and all!! I can't believe they were wearing suits cause it was hot, but anyways it was a lot of fun. O, and the concert was free, even better!! It was eight dollars to get in but still, what a deal!! Here are some pics, and if you notice there are only three guys now.

Brooklyn's Blessing Day!

2008-09-29T16:04:00.000-07:00

Brooklyn's blessing day was great. There were a lot of people in her circle: Brian, my Dad, Sean, Grandpa, Uncle Mike, Michael U, 2 of Brian's friends, and the bishopric. Brian's family came, Kristi and Eric, and some other family members that I asked to come. Aunt Abby made her dress and it turned out beautiful!! I was afraid she would spit up on it but she didn't. She did so good and Brian gave her a beautiful blessing.

A Little Bit About Brooklyn

2008-09-22T18:25:00.000-07:00

She is currently(as of friday) 10 lbs. and is 22 inches long, can hold her head up and look around, she can stand, she's very strong, she has the cutest cries especially the one that sounds like a lamb, she makes the cutest faces (it's sad but I like her sad about-to-cry face), gets hungry right before we have to leave, she laughs in her sleep, her feet are ticklish, her pinky toe curls under, she likes her bouncer, really likes her car seat, and loves to be outside, she likes to smile at me(mandi), her farts smell like rotten eggs and are so loud I can't tell if it's her or Brian, she slept for 7 hours straight two nights in a row!, holds my hand or grabs my hair when she eats, and she gulps so loud it sounds like it hurts, she likes to lay on Brian's chest and cuddle up next to him to sleep, she's PERFECT!!

Brooklyn's first month

2008-09-13T10:47:00.000-07:00

She doesn't like her baths
Sleepin away on our bed
One of my favorite outfits
Pretty
She likes to claw herself when she's frustrated

Playing with her toy, actually she was asleep and Brian put it in her hand
I'm afraid she will poop and pee in the water, so the diaper stays on
Mom watched the baby while we went to the movies
First day back at church(sacrament)in her cute little dress. She pooped on Brian in church while he was holding her(I didn't tighten her diaper enough!)
She likes to hit the bird and watch it spin around

Brooklyn's photo shoot

2008-08-30T19:49:00.000-07:00

One weekend when Sunni came down we had a photo shoot at Aunt Abby's. Brooklyn was only 5 days old so she was really good and let us pose her and everything. Jamie made the bow for her head, Abby made the tu-tu, and I bought the wings to hang up in her room. It was really fun and she had a little episode where she peed all over Sunni's back drop. For some reason in all the pictures we take of her, she has red hair. It really isn't that red. So here are some of the pics. Good job Sunni!!

2008-08-29T13:24:00.000-07:00

Being a mom is definitely the hardest thing I have done yet. At first we couldn't get Brooklyn to wake up and eat, now we can't get her to sleep at night cause all she wants to do is eat. I'm finally starting to get things done around the house without being so paranoid about her suffocating, or not breathing, or choking on her spit up. My mom comes over every day after work to help me so I can take a shower and Brian and I can run errands. I would definitely go crazy without her help. I don't like to wake Brian up at night to help because he goes to work in the morning, but sometimes he will wake up when he hears her crying and let me sleep a little. Although it is challenging, frustrating,depressing at times, and very tiring, it is also really fun to watch her make little faces and sounds and we wouldn't change it for the world. We love her so much. Now I can't wait for her to be more independent!

2008-08-17T19:10:00.000-07:00

Brooklyn's first sponge bath!

Brooklyn giving the infamous....."This Negro" or "Are You Serious" one eyed Willie look like her dad does.

Brooklyn after a good feeding, knocked out like she just had some Thanksgiving turkey with cranberry sauce and stuffing.

Posing on the fur like a true diva!

My new "Cuddy Buddy".

Brooklyn giving the daddy "Who Pooted" look.

All day..

I dream...

about soccer! (ADIDAS) My little 2028 Olympic project. Like Tiger's dad and Serena & Venus William's father this girl has already started training in the Smith home.

8/8/08 Olympic baby Brooklyn Marie Smith 7lbs 6 oz....20"

2008-08-08T13:51:00.000-07:00

It was a long night time for our first family nap .
Brooklyn posing in the nursery with the mummified look.
It's definitely official like a referee with a whistle.
Brooklyn meets mom for the first time.
All cleaned up and ready for mom. Fresh hospital beenie and sheer top creased up with extra starch like a fresh white T.
Getting that first spa treatment under the lamp. I told the nurse to turn it up to tanning bed U.V. status to get this girl some color.
The nurses said she's definitely strong. She's already working out to be ready for the Olympics in 2028
Brooklyn hot and fresh out the kitchen with the fohawk getting them vitals checked.

Hanging on strong!!!

2008-08-07T23:01:00.000-07:00

This morning we woke up for Mandi's check up at the Doc's office and to our surprise the Doc said today is the day. Of course because the Doc said you'll be having her within the next 7 hours Mandi freaked out. So we ran home got our bags and took off to the hospital. I wanted to go eat first, but she insisted we go because the doctor already called up the hospital. I tried to tell her my daughter wasn't ready so we should take our time and get a bite to eat. Well we got here at 2:00pm and now it is 11:10pm. No baby and Mandi hasn't been able to eat since we got here. I knew my daughter would be late she's not only on Mormon time, but she's also on black time. Since we have been here, we have been hoping Brooklyn could hold out until midnight. Since we were married on 7/7/07 we thought it would be cool for her to be born on 8/8/08. Also one of my best friends is getting sealed in Manti on 8/8/08, so it gives me the official excuse why I didn't make it. Well we have 40 minutes to go so I'll keep everyone posted when it all goes down. Mandi is doing great she hasn't complained all 9 months and still hasn't said anything about pain.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!! 7-7-7

2008-07-09T14:03:00.000-07:00

Our 1 year Anniversary!!

2008-07-09T13:35:00.001-07:00

Our anniversary was this past monday on the 7th and it was a lot of fun. I thought we were just going to eat here in town,but I was wrong. Brian said that we should make a tradition and go to the temple every year on our anniversary so I called and made reservations to stay at the Temple apartments that night. The temple was closed monday so we went tuesday instead.We decided to open our gifts the next day when we got home cause it was already getting late. So we got in the car and headed out. I noticed when we were on the freeway that we weren't getting off so that's when I figured we were going to LA anyways for dinner. We got to the Pirate's Dinner Adventure in Buena Park across from Knott's Berry Farm. Neither of us had been there and I hadn't even heard of it. It was really fun though, we got a necklace and a purple piece of material to wear around our heads( but we didn't wear it). This place is like Midevil Times where you sit around and eat dinner while the show is going on. The food was really good. The show lasted about 2 hours and there were gun battles, sword fight, tricks, and the audience even had to get involved. In fact, Brian was a volunteer(not really) but he had to put on a short purple vest, a hat, and carry a big treasure chest and then walk around the whole thing with a bunch of other guys. It was funny, but our camera didn't work in the dark so no pics. We had a good time. Then we were off to the temple. When we got there we ate our year old wedding cake which was actually pretty good. The next morning we did a session,took some pics and headed back home. When we got home we opened our presents! Overall it was a great, fun anniversary!!

Pirate's Dinner Adventure

2008-07-09T13:25:00.000-07:00

They took this picture of us when we first got there, that guy is supposed to look like a pirate. We sat in the purple section, so we had a purple pirate that we had to cheer for during the battle.
This was our pirate, he was really acrobatic.
This was the set.

The Temple

2008-07-09T13:14:00.001-07:00

We wrapped it pretty good as you can see, in plastic, cardboard, and foil!!

Brian being goofy
Feeding Brian,well, pretending to feed him.

It was good! The cake tasted fresh but the frosting wasn't as fresh. It was better than we thought it would be.
The next morning at the temple!!

Our gifts

2008-07-09T13:04:00.001-07:00

He gets me flowers every month on the 7th, but these are the same ones I had at our wedding!!

Carpinteria

2008-07-06T21:22:00.000-07:00

Here we are just playing games, it was a lot of fun. I got really sunburned the first day so the rest of the time I wore a hat and a t-shirt. It was nice to relax and not have to think about working. I'm officially done working now!!

8 months (33weeks)

2008-07-06T20:53:00.000-07:00

I look like i'm about to pop, but I have 7 weeks left.

Who does she look like?

2008-06-25T20:39:00.000-07:00

We had our 3d/4d ultrasound on friday and it was so neat to watch her move, make faces, and to see her heartbeat. We got the video of the ultrasound so we can watch it whenever we want, along with a disk of still images, 10 color photos, and 5 black and whites. Good deal. I just wish she would have made more faces or moved so we could get her at different angles, but we still got good pics. She definitely has Brian's nose, my little chin, and she shares both of our big foreheads and lips. She was mad in the first picture because the tech kept poking her to have her move her hands away from the face. My favorite one is the one where she's posing with her hand under her chin and puckering her lips. Brian doesn't like it as much, he says she has a Shrek ear. The side profile one is good cause you can see her nose and lips a little better. Anyways, it was a neat experience! Now we are getting ready for the baby shower and I can't wait to see what we get for her since all we have is a stroller!

2008-06-25T20:31:00.000-07:00

2008-06-25T20:21:00.001-07:00

7 months

2008-06-01T22:08:00.000-07:00

At seven months I now have no ankles. My calves are getting bigger and my poor feet are so sore and swollen. The doctor called me the other day and said my test results were abnormal because my blood sugar was way too high. The next morning I had to go take a 3 hour glucose test that consisted of 5 urine and 5 blood samples. I'll find out on tuesday what those results are. Then I had a scare at work the other day. The baby wasn't kicking and moving like she normally does and it was the same the day before. I called the doctor to see if they could get me in so they could listen to her heartbeat and they told me to just go to labor and delivery. I was too scared so I just waited. That night she kicked and by the next day she was kicking hard and swimming around, so I knew she was still alive!! That was a horrible experience and I went to the bathroom at work and just cried. Now everything is ok with that, we just have to wait and see how I'm doing. I'll give you an update.

Ghost Ride the "baby" Whip!!

2008-05-31T01:33:00.001-07:00

Great-Grandma Bench hooked it up with Brooklyn's first "G" ride. She'll be rollin' in style with her new sleek black on black Graco frame and car seat. Even Grandpa Fischer has to appreciate that it's sittin' on them deuce point cinco's. That's right 2.5" Gray plated 3 spoke rims and low profile tires.

Our New Car!!

2008-05-11T20:27:00.000-07:00

We drove down with my parents on the 5th to Mission Viejo, about 3 hours away, and bought our new car. We love it. Now we have three cars so we're working on selling Brian's other Audi. I wanted a safe car for the baby, and this is definitely a safe car. We didn't get home until about 12:30 in the morning, and Brian drove. He was so tired and he was going like 85 mph trying to get home faster. I was scared and told him to let me drive, but he said he was ok even though his eyes kept closing. Being that it was a Monday night, we had to get up early on Tuesday to go to work. Now that we've had our rest we are very happy with the car. Even though it's really MY car, i've only driven it like 3 times, but that's ok because he needs to drive it and enjoy it as much as he can until the baby gets here!! Then he gets my car, he can't wait!! Thanks mom and dad for taking us!!

6 months!!

2008-05-11T20:23:00.000-07:00

I look like crap in this pic. but oh well. I'm just trying to keep you all updated with my lovely baby bump!! I'ts more than a bump now as you can see. I think I'm having twins or something.

Mandi's Birthday

2008-04-16T21:50:00.000-07:00

My birthday was yesterday and it was great. I stayed home from school and slept in. Then I went to work for 8 hours(i like to work), and they bought me a banana split ice cream cake! Yum! Then my parents, grandpa, Brian and I went out to dinner. After that I went home to open my gifts from Brian. He bought me flowers, a purse, and gave me money!! I also got money from my parents,Brian's grandma, and his parents. Now I can buy lovely maternity clothes since I will be needing them soon. Oh, I shouldn't forget to mention that when I came home from work the house was clean and smelled good!!

Utah trip

2008-04-13T21:18:00.000-07:00

Last week we drove to Utah for General Conference and Brian's missionary reunion. We had fun but unfortunately we didn't take any pictures. We were able to go to the Saturday morning session. That night Brian went with all the guys to the Priesthood session and I got to spend time with Joni, Jolinda, aunt Linda, and Sarah. We went to the Olive Garden to eat dinner and met Ranie and the Degracie's. We had a good time. Brian went to eat with the guys. Sunday night we drove to Sunni and Nick's and stayed the night. Thanks guys!! We stayed up pretty late talking and watching t.v. I had fun. The next morning I had the opportunity to drive all the way home while Brian graded papers. We did stop at State Line and shopped at the outlets. I only bought baby clothes because that's my favorite thing to do!!

5 months pregnant

2008-04-13T19:03:00.001-07:00