More pics of Serena!

This week has been quite the eventful week.  We celebrated Westin's 24th birthday on monday (the 20th) and welcomed a new nephew... for those of you who don't follow the rest of my families blogs, my brother's wife had their first son (3rd child) on Westin's and my dads birthday.  We also went on a roller coaster ride of having A/C to no A/C to swamp cooler to no swamp cooler and on and on until finally the ceiling in our laundry room collapsed.  Anyway here are some fun pics of our week!

 

Serena holding her pacifier in her mouth!  Can't you just see how tiny she is.

Westin blowing out the candles on his birthday dessert!

Serena in a cute premie pajama outfit

Daddy and Serena taking a nap

Laundry room disaster... 

And finally Serena's favorite look, we tried to get one with her eyes open but she kept closing them.  She pulls this look whenever she is awake and looking around, I LOVE it!

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Infant Reveries...

For Serena's room we want to give it a fairy tale theme. Simple and quaint. We think that would be funner than a nauseating Disney theme, we have all seen those rooms that do not contain a single corner where Cinderella's face is not staring you down, pillow cases, wall paper, sandals, posters, toys... no offense to those who have those rooms and ABSOLUTELY no offense to the Disney princesses. We both love the Disney movies and know that Serena will get a lot of enjoyment getting dressed up and pretending she is Snow White or something. We just thought it would be great if we had the Fairy Tale motif that just seemed noncommercial and unbranded, so that the she can create her OWN world as she arouses her own sense of imagination. Westin designed this in Illustrator, he has part of a story that goes with it, but he wants to wait to solidify the storyline of his drawings until Serena's curiosity causes her to ask questions. Hopefully this will be one of many pictures...


Let us know what you think.

We're Home!

Serena, Westin and I came home this morning!  It feels so good to be home and although I am super nervous about not having a nurse right by my side all the time, I am excited to start being "Mom" instead of "patient". 

Thanks so much to everyone who came and visited!  

My Mom with Serena the morning she was born

Westin's Mom with Serena

The Grandma's with Serena

Aunt Joseanne with Serena

Aunt Alora with Serena

Aunt Jenni with Serena

Aunt Heather with Serena

Uncle Danny with Serena

Great Uncle Jeff and Great Aunt Mary (they weren't sick, they were just being careful)

Grandpa Smith with Serena

Aunt Heidi with Serena

Aunt Heidi and Cousin Xander with Serena

Grandpa Hardman with Serena

Great Aunt Anne with Serena

Aunt Leisa "lulu" with Serena

Uncle Andrew "Wally" with Serena

Uncle Jon with Serena

Aunt Leslie with Serena

Jessica Rice with Serena

Aunt Crystal with Serena

My friend Heather Coates with Serena

Serena LOVES her hands up by her face!  We took this picture after wrapping her hands up super tight and she managed to sneak her hand up.

Westin has been the BEST, CUTEST dad EVER! He loves his little girl and she loves him right back!

We were worried that she would be too small to fit into any of her clothes, but this little outfit that we brought her home in wasn't so incredibly big that she swimming in it, just kind of big.  I think it helps that she is as tall as she is!

More pictures to come soon I'm sure!  ENJOY! Don't forget to post a comment!

She's here!!!

Serena------- Smith is here!!!

Weighing in at 5lb 5 oz, 18 1/2 inches at 8:01 am on July 15, 2009 we welcomed our precious little girl into this world and we are so happy!

These pictures need no explanation so just enjoy!!

Also last night Westin and I decided to throw a firework show for ourselves to celebrate her birth-eve!

Here is Westin jumping over some fireworks

Me with a sparkler

Also just for kicks and giggles, here is a picture of me on Tuesday

Enjoy the pics!  There will be more soon, (trust me we just can't stop taking pictures of this little angle)

Baby Showers!!

In an attempt to not get behind on my blogging I am already posting again!   Here are pictures of my two baby showers.

Smith Baby Shower

We got a surprise visit from the stork.  (this is also the best picture I have of me being pregnant, I'll try to get a better one before the baby is born but for now this will have to work)

All the cute clothes hung up on the line

Another picture of the stork handing out the baby gifts.  Westin did a really good job pretending to be the stork and him mom did a great job making his outfit.

Hardman Baby Shower

For those of you who don't blog stock my sisters and aunt's blog here are pictures of the shower my sisters threw me

Me, Leisa, and Crystal chillin' on Heidi's couch

Heidi, Leisa, Me, and Xander playing on the floor

I owe a big thanks to my sisters and sisters in-law for throwing me two fabulous baby showers!  They were both perfect.