Halloween 2012

This Halloween we couldn't agree on a family theme so everyone just picked something. We mostly just used costumes we already had. Karley was a pumpkin. Spencer was Dumbo. Audrey was Tinkerbell. Hailey was a ladybug and Mark and I were Nacho Libre and Encarnacion. We went to our Ward Trunk-o-treat. THe kids played games and rode Mimi and Papa's horse train. They all had fun and got WAY too much candy.

Pumpkin picking at Apple Annie's

Conference weekend after our morning soccer games we drove over to Wilcox to Apple Annie's Pumpkins and Produce. We took a hayride to the pumpkin patch to find our perfect pumpkins. After the hayride we found out way through the corn maze. It was a lot warmer than I thought it would be and we all got a bit sun burned. The kids had a lot of fun though.

Thumb sucker

It looks like we have another thumb sucker on our hands. Too bad she looks so stink'n cute.

Soccer 2012

It's soccer season again and we're coaching both Audrey's and Hailey's teams. It's been a little tricky with Spencer and Karley.

Karley's pony tail

Karley's hair in front is finally long enough for tiny little pony tail. She looks pretty cute even if it is ridiculously tiny.

3 weeks

4 Weeks

Karley Marie

Karley Marie Smith was born at 1:21 PM on June 22. She weighed 8 pounds 9 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long.

My water was broken by the doctor around 9:00 They monitored me for an hour and then I walked the halls of the hospital from 10-11:30 or so. By then my contractions were every 4 minutes apart and getting uncomfortable. I went back to my room and took a warm shower. It felt so good I didn't want to get out. When I got out of the shower the nurse checked me and I was at a 7. She had me sit-up on the end of the bed and went to call the anesthesiologist. Well it seemed to me the the doctor was taking FOREVER to come. My contraction were about a minuet or 2 apart and very painful. I actually felt some pressure like I needed to push, but I was holding out for that epidural. The Doctor finally came in and she had a student with her. She took her sweet little time and kept telling me to breath when I had a contraction. I thought to myself "if she tells me to 'just breath' one more time I might punch her." My nurse asked me if I was feeling any pressure. I should have said yes, but I was having a contraction and I wanted that stinking epidural. I finally got the epidural and the nurse had me lay down to check me and I was at a 10, 100% and Karley's head was right there. She texted the doctor who ran over. My epidural hadn't kicked in yet and after 3 short pushes and the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck Karley was born. They put her on my chest and I held her and looked at her little swollen face. She had about 2 inches of hair in the back and just a little skiff of hair in the front. She was adorable and then she promptly pooped :)