Smith Family

Audrey was supposed to have big curly hair for her recital. It took forever! My mom luckily has an itty bitty curling iron that worked really well. She did a great job sitting still so I could get it done. Here she is all ready to go! I had to keep taking double takes at her because it was so weird seeing her with such curly hair! I thought it looked so cute! I told her to pose and this is what she did, what a nut. This is her with her cute class and teacher. They danced to Boogie Woogie Santa Clause and she did a great job. She LOVES dance class and can't wait to go every week.

This post was SO hard because I have a million pictures, so I just picked some small highlights to remember. 4:47 AM is the time we were backing out of our garage and on our way. We thought it would be a good idea to enjoy a full day at Disneyland without having to spend the money for an extra night at the hotel. We went during a non busy time so the park didn't open till 10, which gave us plenty of time to get there. Pete found some DVD players for a great deal on Black Friday and boy were those a life saver! The drive there and back was quite delightful. I have to say that we decided to splurge this trip and did things we don't normally do and things we probably won't do for a very long time. One of those splurges was staying at the Disneyland Hotel. It was wonderful. There were a lot of fun little perks to staying on property right next to the monorail BUT it's just hard to justify it when we know what we can get elsewhere. It was a really good experience though. ...

I'm not really sure how we got such a cute little guy. He is a little monkey and always into something. I love that he's my little buddy and so much fun. He wants to be outside ALL DAY LONG riding his scooter, bike and running all over the place. I feel bad, because at 8 months pregnant I'm not the biggest fan of running after him, but we go out everyday to play. It just kills me that he won't be my baby next month. He's going to be a wonderful big brother though. Everybody comments on his big eyes. They have definitely stolen my heart.

The holidays keep getting more and more fun the older the kids get. Audrey was sick this year, but was still super excited about everything. Audrey was.... drum roll... ARIEL of course! This wig is about the most hideous thing I've ever seen, but she absolutely loves it. She will still wear this and walk around with a fork and comb it just like Ariel. Brandon was not a happy camper about the picture taking OR the hood of the costume. The only semi decent picture we have somehow ended up being in my mom's bath, who knows!

Audrey is seriously obsessed with babies! She has been lucky to have 2 new cousins and she will choose to hold them over playing with the older cousins. She can hardly wait for Melanie to get here next month.

Baby number 3 should be here around March 21st. There is a large possibility this child may come out Mexican due to the cravings of Mexican food. Can't get enough of it. It's been kind of rough these first few months so we're all hoping things will start getting better. We are excited even though I'm slightly freaking out!

Audrey has been asking to go to pre-school for a very long time. The time has finally come! I couldn't ever get her to smile normal! Owell. With her best friend Eve Mae It was nice they had one another so they weren't scared. She of course absolutely LOVES it. I get to spend some time with my little man for a couple hours twice a week. He is always very excited when she gets home.