Killian's Monthly Photos

I can't believe how fast time has been flying by! I've been having fun with Killian's monthly pictures. Here are the first 3 months....can you see the theme?

My Aunt gave me a big roll of paper and the kids love drawing on it. I was trying to come up with some creative way to take his monthly pictures that would be easy enough to do and wouldn't take alot of props. Then it just came to me! White background with a different scene markered on that goes with the month. February/Hearts- Valentine's Day; March/Rainbows ( I also did shamrocks); April/April Showers bring.....yup, I bet you can guess what May will be;) Flowers;)

Some of you may think its dumb and tacky but I've been having fun with it.

{oh, and I put the little puppy in the pictures too so you can see a point of reference of how he's growing}



Owen recently learned how to ride a bike without training wheels. He has turned into a little speedster, riding bike as often as he can. I was really surprised that he learned already with him just turning 4 a couple months ago. When the kids took out the bikes from their winter storage, the training wheels on Owen's bike were broken. He decided he could do it without. With the help of big brothers, Owen learned how to ride a bike all by himself in 3 days! The first couple days after he learned I could not get him to come in the house to eat meals or go to bed, he just wanted to ride bike all day!

It was perfect timing because now Killian has taken over his seat in the stroller:)

I'm so happy that its been so nice out and we are able to get out of the house! We love our daily walks down our long driveway. Blake is always on the lookout for cool rocks. He told me the other day that everyday new rocks are on the ground so that's why he has to keep looking:) I love it because sometimes its the only time I actually get to go outside and Little K loves being in the Snuggy Baby wrap or the stroller.



So....yes, I know, I've been ...ech...ehm.. a little absent around here.

Maybe for like 6 months but who's counting!?

Its been pretty boring and not much has happened so I didn't think anyone would want to read about nothing.

JUST KIDDING!!!!

So much has happened, I'm not sure I will ever get it all written down here. I will at least share the MOST IMPORTANT event that has happened since I've left.

You know the last post I wrote and showed you a few pictures of a baby bump and that we found out it was a little boy. You probably thought I was still pregnant didn't you. I'm not. He did however decide to stay in a little longer than we hoped...like a week....man that was one of the looooooongest weeks of my life.

Killian Reid Smith

was welcomed into our family on

January 7th, 2012

At a whopping 10 pounds 5 ounces

{Yep, that's right 10lbs 5 oz!!!}

{{and yes, it was painful!}}

Here is his birth announcement...

Here are a sampling of pictures of our little man....

{I put them in collages so it wouldn't take me FOREVER to upload them}

Isn't he a doll face!?!?!

He has added much love in our household, that's for sure.The kids ADORE him.

He will be 3 months this Saturday and time has flown by quicker that it ever has. The past few months have been crazy and wonderful to say the least. I have never before felt so overwhelmed and blessed as I do now.

 I HAVE 6 KIDS!!!!! 

It shocks me even when I say it!

You should see people's faces when they hear that I have that many!

I kind of like telling people I don't know just so I can see the "look". Especially if I'm out with just Killian. Its hilarious! They usually ask if he is my first and then I drop the BOMB and say "Nope, he's my sixth." They usually reply with "What?!" Like they maybe didn't hear me correctly. Then I say again "nope my sixth". That's when I see their jaws drop practically to the floor. I love it! HAHA!

As you can imagine, having 6 kids has kept me quite occupied. I've neglected my blog because I get practically no sleep, and you'd think I could write in the middle of the night since I'm up anyways, but Little K loves to be held...a lot. So I do. And since he's so snuggly and I know how fast little ones grow I do it as much as I can.

There are never enough hours in the day to get done all we need to, so we try to get school done, laundry cleaned and folded ( putting away has become a thing of the past) food in my kiddos tummy's, and some semblance of a clean house (which only stays clean for minutes).

The above has kept me from keeping this blog updated but I'm hoping I can get on here with some regularity and at least document things for myself. I've been noticing more and more that my memories aren't as good as they used to be. I'm sure it has a lot to do with the lack of sleep and the amount of craziness that goes on in our house daily but this will at least help me to savour the little things later on.

I'm excited to get back on here and let you have glimpses into our crazy wonderful life.

Welcome:)

This is....um..embarressing.

Please don't look at the date of my last post.

I almost didn't even remember what my blog address was.

Its been that long.

I know.

Embarressing.

Moving on.

We have been crazy busy.

What with?

Just everyday stuff.

School.

Canning and freezing produce from our garden.

Potty training (Audrey).

Camping.

Wood cutting.

The mountains of laundry that can't seem to conquor.

Oh and I didn't even get on here to announce some really BIG news.

You know I'm growing a little one in me.

ITS A BOY!

Yup, 5 boys!

We definatly love boys around here:)

(Now that is embarressing that I never got on here to tell y'all that!)

I'm not sure I'll ever get caught up on here but for now I'll just start with the present and if I can find time to get on here again soon I'll show you lots and lots of pictures of what has been keeping us busy:)

This little guy growing in me has been sucking my energy completely dry. I don't remember being this tired with the rest of the kids but maybe because I have 5 other kids and being prego makes me this tired.

Just thinking about it makes me yawn.

Have I ever told you how much I love my bed?

I do feel like things are going to start calming down a little bit.

So I will be on here again soon, I promise.

(Ethan and I did a little Pregnancy Photo shoot today of my baby bump at 27 weeks today ....here's a little peak)