Mr & Mrs Smith

THIRTY weeks and the sinuses are finally clearing up so I can sleep a little bit better. Grandma Jane let me take some much needed TUMS for my bedside. Most of my pregnancy woes have been related to those two things. Alexis still has her cough, but hopefully all is on the mend for a little while. Including my car, which we just took to the shop because the ignition switch seems to be a bit picky about when it wants to turn on. I refuse to learn stick so I can't drive Mr Smith's car, but he also travels for work so needless to say, feeling trapped at home is not the best feeling, even in winter. We just need more to stimulate our minds and bodies. Between all that and jcp.com botching my online orders, I've been experiencing first world problems this week. However, I did manage the cutest Christmas photo of Lexi so at least that worked out. Let me think of some of miss thangs latest … "Thanks mom, you da best" "What you talkin bout?"...

This Christmas, I'm truly blessed with a wonderful husband, toddler and a baby on the way. I'm so eternally grateful for my family here and afar. I love my Savior; He truly is The Gift. I am so grateful to know He lives, that there is a plan, and that we can return to live with Him and our Heavenly Parents again some day. My warmest wishes to all of our friends and family this fabulous white Christmas morning. I didn't manage a lot of pictures of the holidays…yet. With Lexi and I both being under the weather, we haven't aimed to be photogenic. I had a few traditions I wanted to reach (I'll add photos as I get them):  1. Seeing Santa . We took a quick trip to the mall on the 23rd. She walked up to him, sat on his lap, told him she wanted a trumpet (he tried to also encourage Paw Patrol and I'm all don't push commercialism mall Santa!). The trumpet was pretty random though; I have no idea where that came from, but it sure made dad proud. He got his ou...

I do love this hot chocolate time of year. My favorite thing to do for myself when I was single was get Starbucks mint hot chocolate. If I could fit it in to any date, I tried. Now, the boxed mix works well enough since I can't just sit in a coffee hot spot with my headphones in anymore.  Now the holidays are filled with different pleasures... like watching my toddler get excited about seeing a picture of Santa, talking about the presents under her tree & all her favorite ornaments. Lexi LOVES the snow and no matter how many times I tell her not to put her non-snowboot shoe in the snow, she stomps away.  And did I tell you she is excited to open her presents?  She is also still very excited about being a big sister. She woke up this morning telling me that when the baby comes out of my belly she will hold it and how the baby can play with his toys (we started getting things out and calling them his). Her idea of sharing is to take it from them and give it back to...

I'm beginning to think the post hit count on blogger is a little off. I typically don't pay attention because it's always somewhere around say - 20 - for my average life posts. But just under 200 read what I deemed my most boring post as of yet, the cost of diapers. For one reason or another, it's good to know others care. I have kept my blog mostly focused on Alexis and the pregnancy for the last few months. Admittedly, that is my life, but it doesn't have to be all my life. However, things like Alexis trying to stay quiet in her room so that I don't hear her awake when she should be napping… or the fact that I'm getting overly jealous of anyone who posts about their latest delivery… that is current. Current to my small, small world. And whether I acknowledge it, the rest of the world is frighteningly on the verge of collapse. Some places are collapsing. Most of us have no idea how to really comprehend the struggles of civilians living in the Mi...

Okay, you guys are going to think I'm crazy, but sometimes I just get obsessed with things and then I have to lay it out in an Excel spreadsheet to make sense of my mind-erings. With Cyber Monday and Target $20 gift cards, I get a little excited. If you haven't heard from me yet, I LOVE the gift cards Targets offers on their diapers. I also have a bunch of random brands for Size 1 (currently Pampers Dry, New Generation from Amazon, Walgreens, Target), but after that - I'm Target loyal because it's the easiest way to get them cheap HOWEVER I didn't always get the deals with Lexi because I bought as needed and hoped when I needed they were on sale! So this time around, while the deals fell in the same few weeks, I thought why not stock up and not stress about making sure things are in stock when I need them, because it's UT and diaper deals go fast! Mr Smith and I also like to calculate how much we spend overall on things like this. Quicken tells him what he nee...

Somehow we got lucky with a little bit of Fall end of November. It snowed the next day. I really loved how the photos turned out last year by the lake, but outside of maybe wanting something new, we also needed to avoid the cold winds (much colder / cloudy this year) since this bunch of people can't handle their photo being taken for long even under good circumstances… Aunt Lisa came to fill in for the tripod, which I didn't feel like fooling with this year. And Uncle Troy was here to complete the family! My Christmas gift ^^ {25 weeks}

I know I've mentioned it before, but she has seriously become known for her negotiation skills. Any time I say 1, it's 2. When I say here is 1 vitamin, it is always a request for 1 for each hand.  Just yesterday I told her we had to go to 3 stores. And her immediate response was, "I'll be good and get french fries." - Oh yeah, is that how it works now? Lexi wants another cookie so she says she will share with me - ok mommy? So sweet and manipulative…but mostly brilliant. She felt the baby kick for the first time yesterday and it was pretty cute. She kept putting her ear on my belly and laughing every time he kicked her ear. I think I'm most excited for March so that she will be a big sister. The last two days hold mostly happy memories of me and her, but the day before, I reached my tipping point. We still aren't sure why she seemingly reverted for the day, and truth be told for the last couple months post potty training, she would still h...