official toddler

So... this is happening...

Miss Drew has decided she'll just walk now. Little by little for the last month she has been taking steps. Then steps turned in to short bouts between the couch and the recliner. Then for the last couple weeks she stands up in the middle of the room. WHAT!?! Then she walks from the couch to the recliner to the wall to the stairs to the kitchen... And that turned in to this video... and now I'm going to cry myself to sleep because my baby... walks. Just teasing... but for real, where did the time go... completely amazes me!

Some things to ignore in this video:
* Tayt dominating his nose in the first few seconds
* Nash saying "mom look" repeatedly... I didn't notice until I uploaded the video... oops! pay attention MOM!
* Drew is still in her pj's... give me a break, it's Monday! ;)
* my man voice... yowza!

too thankful

* I am firstly thankful for God's surprise nearly 12 years ago. This family is today because of that surprise... holding back tears until I'm done may be impossible...

* thankful for the spice and creativity to make you smile daily

* thankful for the craziest, girliest-girl around

* thankful for this rough and tumble all boy... The Original Beast :)

* thankful for a child who provides no dull moments & always catches his fall with his forehead (even on Thanksgiving morning!)

* thankful for first steps and the happiest of happy babies

* thankful for the man that makes every day better.  FOREVER  :)

yup, that did it... tear    :)

Saint Mary

"My saint is Saint Mary. She is the mother of Jesus. And she never sinned." ~Austyn

This children's mass was as adorable as Austyn looks here. I could almost feature this as a daily Smith fashion as well because she wore the borrowed clothing around a few days before she had to "perform."  All the saints were so cute and did a great job reciting the facts they learned about their saints. Huge kudos to the first grade teacher for all her work. They/She did excellent!

bon voyage!

Let this serve as a quick note to warn all you followers (oh so many of you...) ;) of some changes happening on the blog. I'm currently separating The Courtney Smith from Courtney Smith Photography and moving the latter... HERE! Make sure you check me out over here and I apologize for all the confusion and mess to come... hopefully this will be painless because I certainly cannot promise quick.  Enjoy!