I couldnt resist when I saw how hilarious the girls looked last night during their bath, I just had to post these pictures. The classic "whoville" head & bath time. They love getting their hair scrubbed especially if it involves a crazy hair-do.

Baby Boy Smith

Well, today was the beginning of the end of this pregnancy. I am 29 weeks 2 days and will start going to appt. every 2 weeks from here on out until "baby boy" is born. The poor thing still doesn't have a name. We were able to see his little growing body in a 3-D ultrasound today and those are the pictures you see posted. The update is that he is now 3 lbs 3 oz and growing big and strong. He is low in the pelvis in birthing position, so hopefully we wont have to worry about a breech baby. As you can see, again, this is not my baby. They said his face is a little squished down there so his features look a little more enhanced, but he is a chubby little boy. Look at how kissable those lips are. I cant wait to see how true to the scan he really is.

Ashlyn's Princess Birthday Party

Today we celebrated Ashlyn's Birthday with all of her friends at the Lollilocks boutique. They all got to dress up like little princess' and had their nails,toes and hair all done. They had a real Tea Party with pink 7-up and had cake. What a fun little time they all had. Oh to be a princess if only for a few hours.

Ryleigh's Great Rescue Mission

I just had to write a blog that went along with the pictures I took the other night. Ryleigh is so patient with Ashlyn's "non-sharing" of her personal favorite toys. Stewart and I turned the corner the other night to find Ryleigh in the hall after having gone into the sleeping Ashlyn's den and retrieving the ponies of her choice that she so desperately had wanted to play with earlier in the day. Bless her little heart she just wanted to play with them so bad she waited until her sister had gone to bed to play with them.

Ryleigh Too!

Well of course you can't do a picture of Ashlyn with out taking one of Ryleigh, so I took this snapshot this morning to and I swear I have seen a picture of Stewart as a child with this face too. Come to think of it I am sure he still has it! Our sweet little Princess...boy she is such a funny little one!

Ashlyn's First Primary Talk

Finally an event worthy to talk about here on the Blogspot :). Ashlyn gave her very first primary talk today. I'm telling you I love all these first milestones but it is just evidence that this little baby girl we prayed so hard for is growing up way to fast.

She was so proud to be able to stand up at the microphone (and of course, it wasnt working) but she did such a great job! It was so fun to here her tony little voice say:

"Each day we are given a chance to show we know how to be like Jesus and follow him in faith.

We can show faith by

• Honoring our family members
  Saying our prayers together
  Reading the scriptures together
  Helping each other

I love my family and want to be like Jesus!"

Fathers Day

The girls have been so cute today constantly telling daddy Happy Father's Day. I love hearing their tiny little voices exclaim this little phrase as if it is the best day in the world. It was fun taking them to figure out what little something we could get for him to let him know he is loved. My favorite of all, however, was watching Ashlyn march up to the podium area at the front of the chapel with a huge smile on her face as she stumbled through the words of the Father's Day song the primary were singing. Some words she knew others she made up or smiled through. Oh how much we love our Daddy for his loving example and for his deep love for our children. Stewart our children have been given such a wonderful Father figure and we do thank you for being our "Daddy"!

Tender Mercies

Fathers Day always chokes me up! In our family it was always a great time to show appreciation for our parents and I always had a deep respect for them both. Of course since Dad isn't here to share my feelings with I often think about what I would say if he were and on more then one occasion he has let me know that he is near me when I need him. I guess he must know that I need a visual or an emotional string pulled to believe he is around. Last night as I was cleaning up some of the church books that the girls had taken out of the book case, mind you for the millionth time. I noticed a folded up stapled stack of papers. When I opened it to see where its home was, it happened to be the last stake conference meeting schedule in which my Dad had attended with full blown "Mike Hancock" chicken scratch and all, it was dated May 18-19 2002. I am so grateful for the tender mercies I have been given and so grateful for a father who still is concerned and is near me, even if we are a world away. To some that may not have been much, but to me, another reminder that we are not far from each other. Happy Fathers Day Dad!

Bedtime

As the girls were getting ready for bed tonight I thought about their cousins who said they would miss seeing them at bedtime and their morning wake up. I will try and capture their raw form for the early morning photo, but I thought it would be fun to post their bedtime hair. We love you guys and are so grateful for all of your help!

23 week Doctor's Appointment

Baby at 12 weeks pregnant

getting ready to suck his thumb

Baby at 19 weeks pregnant

face forward

Well, I promised everyone an update when we got them and unfortunately or maybe for our family we should say "Fortunately" we have no new news. I am measuring right on target and "baby boy" is movin' and a groovin' just like always. I am sure most of you will be happy to hear that I already weigh more then I ever did with both the girls and started out the same weight with all 3. No secret heartbeat here he is obviously moving around. The next follow up is in 4 weeks and then again 2 weeks after that and from then on out every two weeks until the arrival. I have posted my favorite ultrasound pictures for you all to see