Feeling a little...ditzy

Look at the curves on that little girl! I have an outy belly button now :) I just got back from an OBGYN appointment and the thing on my arm is from where they drew blood for testing.

Since July, I have been busting my brain to figure out how to remove the "forth of July" background on my blog. Did I feel retarded when I finally took the time to see that the "edit" button in the layout give you the option to delete old wallpapers. FINALLY! A background that isnt fireworks! So as I sit here, watching my dog go to town on a T-bone from lastnights dinner at Texas Roadhouse, I wonder how many people have had that problem.

A quick update of the past few weeks:

We got rid of Cali the cat- mainly due to Tony's over worring about me getting Toxoplasmosis from her used litter (which I could no longer tolerate the smell of). She is with a nice family that loves calico cats and couldn't stop saying how cute she was.

Tony got bitten by a stray black kitten so to make sure it didn't have rabies, we were forced to take it in for 10 days... which somehow turned into 3 weeks. We didn't take it to the pound because they told us that after the 10 day holding period they would put it out for adoption only 1 day then put it to sleep, and like the overwhelming animal lovers we are, we took in yet another cat. We finally got rid of "Simba" by giving him away on the all famous craigslist.

The biggest project that has taken up- oh say the past 6+ months of my life, was our garage sale. I went through everything that I have obtained over the past 20+ years of my life and it was not fun. I had so much crap in my parents garage and attic that when we put everything in one pile, my stuff alone took up 3 of the 4 garages my parents have- and that is stacked bins one on the other. Now my poo only takes up maby half of one garage (I know, I know, thats still ALOT), it is mainly forgotten wedding presents (I had good silverware this entire time and I didn't even know it!), kitchen stuff up the yang, and several bins of makeup and easthetic stuff. So even though there is still alot, when we move into our new home (should be before the year is over and the baby is born), I will have yet anoter garage sale. The best part of all of this is that Mom and Dad now have an attic and 3 garage's plus a bedroom once again- something that they have not had for...since I went to Utah in 04. Now if only Sterling can learn to do the same...lol

:) :) I AM NO LONGER A PACK RAT!! :) :)

My baby update: My little girl (whom we still have no idea what to name her) is going to be a karatie teacher. She is constantly moving and kicking. Why, a few hours ago we tried to see if we could hear her heart beat with a stethascope and as soon as we placed it to my tummy, she kicked it and it actually hurt Tony's ears. She is constantly excersizing her muscles and every day I feel like she becomes more and more active. You can see her moving if I am laying down. It makes me giddy when I sing because she will always move- even if she was asleep. I really hope that she likes music as much as I do. So far I have gained about 18 pounds and now strangers are approaching me and rubbing my belly, so I must be showing pretty good. Tony and I are so happy to be parents and cant wait to see what our little girl is like.

If anyone has any good girl names, we would like to hear them. We are clueless when it comes to names!!

IT'S A......

Today was the day. We found out what our little infant is. Here are some of the ultrasound pictures. As you can see (and feel), our little one is a mover. The nurse had the hardest time trying to get any good pictures, so this is the best we have.

So what is our little infant?

IT'S A GIRL!!!!

Yep, another healthy baby Smith girl. She currently weighs 9 ounces and her fingers and toes are all there. I'm amazed at how much she has changed since her last utrasound. You can see all of her little bones, toes, and fingers; and her size is considerably larger. I personally love how you can see her little lips: perfect for bombarding with mommy kisses once shes out of the womb. Tony and I are so excited!!!

Cali the cat and Buddy the dog: two enemies forced to live with eachother

This is our little Cali (short for calico kittten- the other two were white and black). Shes and adventerous sweetheart and Buddy is just in love with her! Its so nice when everyone in the family gets along ^_^

Our Baby's First Pictures!

The first tri-mester ultrasound of our little baby:
(and yes, it is too early to tell if it's male or female)

Note: if you scroll up from the bottom one you can see him going to suck his thumb: so cute!

Update: I just remembered my password!!

Hi everyone! I totally forgot how to update this thing and the most exciting has happened since the last time I uptdated- Im Pregnant!! According to this week calculator thing, Im currently somewhere in my forth week. My estimated due date is January 1st; so baby Smith will hopefully be a new years baby!! Yay!! Even more exciting is that tomorrow is my first ultrasound and I am just bursting with excitement for this exciting event seeing this forien thing growing in me is going to be exciting! EXCITING EXCIDED EXCITEMENT!!!! WHOO!!

Other things going on, We have a little kitten, Cali, added to our small family. With hope, Buddy (our dog) will have a fun playmate-- if Cali learns to stop hissing at him every time he looks at her :) We got Cali from Sterling whoms cat Fuzz had kittens. Being the only girl in the litter, Tony wasnt give much choice on which kitten to choose from. One day when I learn how to upload pictures on this thing, I will be able to show her to everyone.

We are also house searching! This is a process taht feels long and argeous mainly because everything in our price range is slim pickings. Im excited though. Today I found the perfect little 2 bed 2 bath 2 car garage in a nice family neighborhood overlooking a small playgroung. Lets hope that we will be able to make a good enough offer and get it **Fingers crossed**

So in a nutshell, thats really all thats been goin on lately, at least on my end of things. I will try to keep this thing more updated.

Living life to the X-TREAME!

Yesterday Tony and I were breaking in my new motorcycle jacket (purchased just an hour beforehand) by driving down the canyon lake trail and eating at a little diner in what used to be a mining town. Not half a minute were back on the road to go home when the bike slid on some loose gravel (due to the roads deteriorating condition) and fell (skidded about 10- 15 feet). Man was I ever grateful i wore that jacket! it saved my arms and shoulder from really getting messed up. the only damage i got was a bruised and slightly cut left knee, a "flesh wounded" right knee and a small cut on my back. My husband however wasn't as lucky. both his knees are as cut up as my right knee and he has a few more scrapes and cuts, but were both thankful that his jacket, gloves, helmet, motor cycle boots, and surprisingly his cell phone took the majority of the damage. when i fell i skidded for a split second then rolled several times into the oncoming lane, but tony was being dragged by the bike. Thank heavens he had put his cellphone in his pocket (because we were taking pictures with it moments before departure) instead of back into his jacket pocket. when he was being dragged the bike took him with it and his cell was in his right pocket and if it wasn't there I'm and sure he would had to have been either air evacuated or ambulance evacuated because there would be bone damage and severe tissue damage. even with the phone there you can see a huge red bruise where it was sitting in his pocket. we are really lucky. there was another biker coming up behind us and he fell as well just trying to assist us. we are lucky that there was no real on-coming traffic because we would have been hit on either side. two oncoming bikers also saw us fall and they both helped us up. lol they were all amazed that the bike still started and that we were both acting as if nothing happened (note our pants were trashed with huge gaping holes and blood all over them).
As bad as this sounds I'm really thankful that it happened. Lately i have been facing a lot of hard tribulations and have even been considering getting back on antidepressants and seeing a suicide councilor, but this experience really could have been so much worse and the pain I'm feeling in my leg has really remedied me what real pain is. how there really is others less fortunate than i and that all the drama I'm facing right now will pass. its just funny to see how much worse it could have been and all I'm walking away with is a few scrapes, bruises and sore muscles. I am really, REALLY, happy this happened the way it did.

New beginnings

Life is sweet! We just moved into a new apartment complex and we both just LOVE it! My parents are AWESOME for all the help that they have been in getting us in this wonderful place; They help us out so much (I wish I will be half the greatness they are when I'm a parent). I found out that one of my more enjoyable co-workers lives just around the corner in the same complex, so it's great that we at least know someone we can turn to if we need anything; its also nice because they have 2 dogs and that will help Buddy with his socialization needs. So far, its been a very quiet neighborhood and we haven't had any problems yet. I love it here! We got a screaming deal and our place (despite being 30 years old) has new carpet, paint, vinyl floors, windows, blinds, etc. that makes it look and feel very new. The staff is wonderful and the repair men who were here earlier are very well trained and friendly (they are going to install all new fans just because he said they "looked old". lol, only like 3 years old.) its great!

I'm teaching classes all on my own now and so far I'm doing great! One of my students pet parents even told me she has noticed a HUGE difference in just the one week she has been training her dog. This boosted my confidence hugely! Last week (her first class) she was telling me that she didn't even want another dog, but her husband and kids insisted they get one, and like all pets, she was stuck taking full care of it. She told me that this was her last hope for this dog before giving it up, so I'm really happy that she is satisfied. She told me that the dog was now more mild mannered and his chewing, barking, and digging has been more under control. She was saying things like "this is how I want one of our dogs to be" and "I can love Ranger (the dog) more and not see him for his mistakes". She even said she no longer felt like she wanted to get rid of Ranger and that he could stay a part of her family. I was so happy I felt like giving her a big hug! This is the reason why we call dog training "Saving Lives" and I now have my own story as proof of it.

Tony is enjoying his job (not the cleaning part) because he is very much appreciated. Last night he was telling me how the manager was opening up to him and saying that since Tony started working there, things have actually been getting done (despite Tony's 10 minute tardiness which no one seems to mind). He told Tony that everyone seems happier and more excited to do their work, and that the inspection guy (I think it was an inspector of some sort he was talking about) even said that the deli has never been so clean in the 7 years and mentioned that it has only been that way since Tony started to work there. Tony's manager said that everything is in much better working condition and in the mornings (Tony works evenings) things run so much smoother for the morning workers and they have commented that someone in the night shift is doing wonderful clean up and organizing jobs. Tony also said that everyone at work seems to love him and always tries to talk to him. He said that yesterday a regular costumer even said that Tony was the nicest deli worker out of everyone else and that he was happy that Tony was the one serving him. I love to see Tony happy; It seems like this is the job for him. There is even talk that Tony may become the next deli manager. YAY!


Life is Good! :)