in case you skipped right past the home page or are reading this in an rss reader, the new little smitty is here.
dalton barrett smith was born at 4:27 pm on may 3, 2006. The "healthiest" of the little smittys, he weighed in at 8lbs, 12oz. (which is actually a conservative weight since he relieved himself both ways upon arrival -- before being weighed) and measured at 20 inches with 8 and 9 apgar scores and an impressive set of mits. his curly hair cracks me up. i love playing with it, which seems to calm him down.
nicole did a fantastic job as always and bounced back quickly (for now) after an emotional ride. i'm sure her blog will feature a more detailed account when she gets back to the world of wifi. pics can be seen in the usual photo section of our site, or you could just go back to the home page and click the link there.
i haven't seen my other children all day today and look forward to seeing them tomorrow at the hospital with their new little brother. i told the warrior child that he is getting a gift from his little brother and he said he hopes it is a stack of toy bricks. not sure where that came from. of course, last week he did think dalton had a workbench in nicole's belly that he would bring out with him. i didn't see anything like that today. . .but i did get a pic of the placenta if anyone cares to see it. video will come as soon as i get the time to do so.
speaking of video, i do have a video of landon and his friend dylan (titled boyz n trux part 1) from last week. our neighbor has given us many toys that her grandson has outgrown. among them are a battery-powered truck and a pedal-powered fire engine (complete with helmet) so the boys got together at the park for some good 'ol fun. hope you enjoy the video. if you have a slow connection, check out the smaller clip (800k). for those with high speed (or dialup and a lot of time), check out the medium version (5.5mb). those in the neighborhood, stop by for a viewing of the full-quality version. . .and then check out my new kid while you are at it.
more later. . .
peace and java
