30 March 2007
praise: we are all healthy (i think).
prayer: dalton may have an ear infection, i can't tell. he never runs fevers with them.
playfulness: DALTON IS WALKING! He is all over the place. He was doing pretty well last weekend at mom smith's, and i said to dave that he would probably be walking by the end of the week. dave and i agreed tonight that we could officially say he's on his own-not just attempting. tonight dave was sitting on the recliner and i was on the loveseat-dalton kept walking back and forth between the two of us-loving every moment of it. i love watching him toddle around-it's so cute! i know that he's not quite one, but i wish he could move up to the toddler one room at church. he loves to be mobile-oh well-i know i just need to be patient. he'll get there.
this reminded me of something i wanted to say about dave. one of our friends told us about these bracelets that a church down south (i think) is making and sending out for free. they're supposed to be worn to remind the wearer not to complain or speak in a way that is grumbling/negative. dave ordered 5-for our whole family. i love that he is concerned about our spiritual well-being. be watching for our purple bracelets!
nic @ 22:43 | comments(30) | Permanent link
27 March 2007
praise: we made it safely to ohio and back. wonderful weather!
prayer: staying diligent.
playfulness: but everyone is doing it! okay, so i wouldn't jump off a cliff-but i've seen this test on a lot of blogs-so i thought i'd do one, too. have fun!
Create your own Friend Test here
nic @ 21:58 | comments(4173) | Permanent link
14 March 2007
praise: i am not hurt.
prayer: dave isn't feeling too well.
playfulness: this isn't really playful-last night i had my purse stolen in the kroger parking lot. some would say that i was mugged. i was walking around my van digging my cell phone out of my purse when little miss chickie-poo walked up to me and shoved me-taking my purse at the same time. yes, i had parked in the very front, and yes i was right under the light-but that didn't stop her. yes, there were witnesses-but she was determined. when i tried to pull my purse back, she whipped something shiny out-at which point i decided to let her keep my purse. I didn't need that purse anyway!!! =) thankfully-she didn't get much cash. i stayed up late last night canceling all of my credit cards. (which, by the way, i will be carrying far fewer of them from now on). she did get some gift cards-that bummed me out. oh well. my biggest consolation has been that God knew what was going on. He was not watching thinking "how is this happening?" isn't great that we can trust an all-knowing God even when something ugly happens? so...ladies...don't go shopping late at night all by yourself. i have done my shopping at night since dalton was born-so i didn't have to drag the kiddos with me. anyone want a shopping buddy?!?
have a good (and safe) day!
nic @ 09:09 | comments(17) | Permanent link
3 March 2007
praise: warmer weather is not far off! my friend, marcia, had her little girl yesterday. elizabeth joy was born around 2:30, weighing in at 7lb. 13oz. and 21 in. long.
prayer: kiddos all have some degree of ickiness.
playfulness: i know it has been a while since i blogged-so this is going to be a long one. i'll tell the stories before i post pictures so i don't forget.
1. auburn was eating a banana when she came upon a brown spot. her assessment: "it's poop!"
2. i made my first call to poison control-auburn ate hand soap.
3. landon was talking about the three rooms in the basement. this is how he labeled them: playroom=kids room, studio=dad's room, laundry room=mom's room.
4. i was going in for some work on my tooth two weeks ago, and i explained to landon that i might not feel very well when i got home. he responded with great care and concern-"are you still going to make supper?"
5. on a better note for landon-i've watched the sand girls a few times recently. one of the times landon pulled out his book about salvation that he made in sunday school and started witnessing to ellie. that was fun to listen to.
6. dave was asking auburn if she wanted to stay home or go with him to the library, dalton interjected with a very clear sounding "go!" of course, we know he didn't know what he said-but it was funny.
7. a lady called my cell phone a week ago-very irate with me for repetitively text-messaging her daughter. i tried to explain to her that i was not the one doing it. she wouldn't listen and kept telling me that she was going to turn me into the police. i finally hung up on her. she proceeded to call me three more times in 5 minutes-finally leaving a voice message. her voice message was an apology, stating that she had the wrong phone number and asking if i would please answer her next call so she could apologize directly to me. i answered and all was set straight. right before our conversation was about to end she asked if she could ask me another question. i said she could, she said "your nicole smith, right?" (yes) "i thought you were dead!" (you must have me confused with someone else, nicole smith is a common name. -as i'm explaining this, she interjects) "you're not anna-nicole smith!" i about died trying to keep from exploding in laughter at her. yes-i'm anna-nicole smith, back from the dead with a cell phone that says "hi, you've reached the smiths and nicole smith of avon! and i've been text-messaging your daughter for days!
now for some pictures:
dalton is everywhere now. the first few will be of him.
he loves to sit on his knees.
dalton loves to vacuum, he chases me down while i'm cleaning.
i've started flipping auburn's hair out when we go to church and other functions. she loves to have her hair curled.
we borrowed some bows from a friend-because i had no idea what to do with auburn's hair for some pictures we were having done with the cousins. dave didn't like so we didn't use it, but what do you think-is it her?
this picture was to be of auburn sleeping at the table-not of landon's goofy face!
auburn put one of her play hats on dalton's head-he wasn't real thrilled with it.
dave got these handcuffs for spirit week-landon locked up his dog.
this get-up was another one of dave's purchases for spirit week.
landon constructed this boat all by himself.
landon just got these batman pjs-so he dressed up "white charlie" as superman so they could play together.
dave took the kids outside to play one afternoon. they loved it!
dave took landon out to lunch on valentines day. they came home with flowers for auburn and i. landon picked out auburn's and dave, mine.
have a great night!
nic @ 19:09 | comments(26) | Permanent link
