"Runny Babbit"

A lot has been going on at the Smith Residence lately! First of all.... THE BABY BED IS HERE!!! After all the madness we finally got a call from Babies R Us informing us that the baby bed was at their store waiting on us to pick it up. Ahhhhhh, what a sigh of relief. Scott stopped by there on his way home from Nashville and picked it up for me. Of course, I was too antsy to wait for it to be put together at a later date so him and Papa Ricky put it together that night. I absolutely love it. It is exactly what I was hoping for. Now, I can quit stressing about it!

The finished product!!

I stopped by mom's house one afternoon while she was going through closets. Of course, I had to scope out my old closet to make sure all my belongings were still "in tact". When I started snooping around through all my stuff that is still there I came across my old bunny rabbit that I used to carry everywhere with me. I can remember taking that bunny to church camps and sleepovers well into my early teens. I was a bit obsessed. She doesn't have any eyes left and her belly is hollow from where I carried her, but she will be perfect for Suzy's nursery! So glad mom kept it for me!

My sweet "runny babbit"!

Last weekend mom, memaw, and I went to Babies R Us so I could finish registering. I went in the store knowing exactly what I wanted (stroller, car seat, pack and play, etc) just to find out that it was being discontinued. Just my luck, eh? So, the quick trip I had planned turned into a bit longer than expected. But, I am happy to say that we are registered at the two big places! I am so happy that is behind me. I had no idea how expensive baby "stuff" was. I knew formula and diapers were the pits, but I didn't know that baby accessories were so high! I guess I am just learning as I go. The coolest thing that I found while at the store was this contraption called a "Nap Nanny". I MUST have one of these gadgets. Look it up, they seem amazing!

A friend of mine that I went to high school with, Lynn Nickels Savage, has been working on my stationary for Suzy. I gave her my fabric samples and she went to work creating the coolest cards ever for her. I am in love with them and cannot wait to get them!! Check out her blog if you ever need anything like this done. She even does party/shower invitations!!!! lnsavage.blogspot.com

This is the folded notecard that she designed!

This is the flat notecard that she designed.

How being 23 weeks pregnant is treating me:

1. It is definitely time to put all the non-maternity clothes in tupperware not to be seen again until late January or early February. I have even outgrown a lot of the maternity hand me downs that friends have sent me. I know that getting bigger is all part of being pregnant, I was just unaware of how quickly it happened.
2. Heartburn has consumed me more than ever and I don't see it slacking up. My new best friend is Tums. I could drink a glass of water and have heartburn.
3. My once restful nights are no longer restful... up and down.... up and down... up and down... and the madness continues all night.
4. The coolest part of my day is when I can feel her moving around in my belly. It is such an amazing thing to feel. I wish that I knew when she was going to do it so I could be "on guard" to feel it through my belly by hand. I've only caught it by touch a couple times and it is awesome. I cannot wait for Scott to feel it.
5. I no longer buy anything for myself. I told Lauren the other night that it was amazing how much money I have saved by not shopping for myself every weekend. I am buying stuff for Suzy every chance I get, but am some how coming out better in the long run than I did pre-pregnancy! Crazy how things work out.
6. Giving the pups a bath in the tub is quite challenging. My belly doesn't really allow the reach that I used to have, so my pups are filthy little critters.

23 Weeks and 4 days pregnant.

Our next doctor's appointment is October 11. They will do my glucose testing so it won't be nearly as exciting as the last appointment. For the next week I will be counting down the days until Fall Break!!

Chunky Monkey

First and foremost- I am trying to blog while I watch the MSU vs LSU football game. I am sitting at home alone in the recliner wrapped in my MSU blanket screaming and yelling at the TV. Man, I wish I were a spec of white in that stadium. Thursday night games make me miss college life even more! JoAnne and I are blackberry messaging while we watch. Three years ago we were in The Junction cheering for them. Gosh, how times change!!

As times are changing our house is changing, too! I cleaned out the nursery Sunday afternoon and pulled all the furniture that was originally in the room to the middle of the floor so Frankie could come paint Suzy's room. He came Tuesday morning and painted her room a lovely shade of "Gossamer Blue". I absolutely adore the color. It looks so clean and refreshing. I am so glad that I picked the color. It matches the fabric for the bedding perfectly.



The color doesn't show up too great, but you get the gist. The lighting in the room wasn't very good when I took the picture.



Yesterday afternoon I went by mom's work to chit chat with her. While I was there we looked online to investigate the baby bed situation. The Internet said "available in stores" finally!!! I called the Memphis store and they confirmed that they could indeed order the bed for me. The lady on the phone said, "Make sure you hurry to get here. There are only 10 in the warehouse and it looks like they go quick". Of course those words stressed me out. I was trying to figure out how on Earth I was going to get to Wolfchase that night. I was completely drained from work and knew that I would just be too exhausted to go. So, I called my friend Mandy Elizondo and she agreed to go to Babies R Us and order the bed for me! She had to do all the dirty work! It pays to have friends that live in those pesky urban areas :) After paying 20% of the price of the bed for me she had it ordered. It will be here in 7-14 days. This is such a huge relief. That baby bed was causing some stress around this house!! I cannot wait to get it put together in her little room. One more piece to the "nursery puzzle" is now added!

This is the picture of the crib that Babies R Us has posted.

I went to the doctor to have the "total scan" of Suzy Monday. It was the coolest thing that I have ever seen in my life. We watched her on the monitor for about 30 to 40 minutes. She was all over the place. My grandmother went with me to this appointment and she was in awe at how technology can show you all that. She has never seen an ultrasound before so this was the perfect scan for her to see. Suzy is a very healthy baby girl. The ultrasound tech says she is going to be a little "chunky monkey". She is already a few ounces overweight (she is supposed to be 10 oz and she is weighing around 14). I will take a big bulky baby any day :) It is so nice to be able to see her and know she is doing great!!

Ella Suzanne Smith at 21 weeks!

"Gives You Wings"

Well, I am 21 weeks pregnant today and behind on blog posts! I can already tell that I am not going to be good at this... But, as most of you mommies out there know different websites send you updates on your "status" of being pregnant and compare the size of your baby to everyday items or foods. My reminder this morning told me that Suzy was approximately the size of a can of Red Bull. It is hard to imagine that this growing belly is only containing a baby the size of an energy drink can!!


A quick reminder of how a can of Red Bull looks :)


This week I have been trying to order the baby bed that I have picked out from Babies R Us. It has been quite the nightmare to say the least.... I have been looking online daily to see if it has become available (because it has been sold out since our first shopping excursion a couple weeks ago) and low and behold Friday afternoon it was available!!! Exciting, right? Not so much.... It is available online and "ship to home" only. This means that in order to buy the baby bed you must pay shipping instead of having it shipped to the store and recieve free shipping. Well, I added it to my cart just to see how much it would be. If it were just like 20 or 30 bucks I was game for paying the shipping fees. Well, brace yourselves..... to ship this baby bed it would cost $180.00!!! Yeah, I know... I felt the same way!! I was floored. I picked up the phone and called the 1-800 number to the main warehouse. I talked to a guy there that informed me they had a shipping special going on right now. I added the coupon code to my order and it took off a whopping 20 bucks. Geeeee thanks. So, now instead of $180 bucks it is $160 bucks. I think not. So, back to the drawing board... I will be checking the net daily now to see when it becomes available to "ship to store".
But, on a brighter note... Suzy's room will be painted this week. I hope Frankie will be here Tuesday to start on it. I went with a baby blue/robin's egg color. I also went to my aunt's house Thursday night to get a "Game Plan" for Suzy's room! I am so excited to say that I have ordered the fabrics for the bedding and it is going to be adorable! I cannot wait for y'all to see it all put together!



Paint Chips and the 2 main fabrics that will be used for the bedding.





 A few things that have happened this week-

1. I began using a pregnancy pillow (thanks to Ali G)! She brought the pillow by the house while I wasn't there so I didn't have anyone to tell me how to use it! I was so blown away by this contraption that I had to google images of it to figure out how to sleep with it!
2. Suzy is a very hyper baby girl. Saturday night Scott and I went to El Charro to have dinner. Apparently baby girl loves enchiladas!!! While trying to fall asleep I felt the craziest, coolest thing... She started moving around and kept moving around on and off all night long. I got a total of maybe 3 good hours of sleep. I woke up at one point in the night and Scott was on the couch- I guess that I kept him up all night long too!
3. Bathroom breaks are coming way too frequently way too quick!! I thought that the bathroom issues didn't start until later in pregnancy?? I am an exception to the rule if this myth is true... I am up constantly with the urge and I am told that it only gets worse! JOY!! :)
4. Everything gives me heartburn.... EVERYTHING! From pop-tarts to mexican food.
5. School Day Pictures are for the BIRDS! I had a nice pitty party for myself Wednesday night. And, when I say pitty party.... I mean "let me sit in my closet floor and cry because I have NOTHING to wear" pitty party!! It took me exactly 1 hour to find something that was only decent to wear for school day pictures. I have gone from big to bigger! I hate to see the day that I have to dress my body at 9 months pregnant. I sent a text to several girlfriends venting about the situation...Of course they all tried to make me feel better about it, but it was hard to convince me that the world wasn't ending b/c of my lack of clothing that fits.

This has been quite a busy week.. I will leave you with a nice comparison of how my body has changed in only 4 weeks!!





16 Weeks

20 Weeks





Veazy's 2nd Birthday Bash

Today, is Veazy William's 2nd birthday and the 10th Anniversary of 9-11. On one hand it was a happy day of celebration and on the other was a somber day of rememberance. Veazy will have a birthday that everyone will always remember.


 Sally is the most crafty, cool mom out there in my book. VZ had an awesome birthday party. The weather was perfect for his huge water slide and cool kiddy pool! Everyone had a great time hanging out, watching babies play, and eating burgers and dogs. This beautiful weather makes everything so much more perfect.

Brian, Veazy, and Sally opening all the awesome birthday goodies!



Lindsey, Lauren, Ali G, Monica, myself (21 weeks), and Laura at The Bash!

A Bun in the Oven

A friend of mine that I work with has a blog entry on her page of how pregnancy "changed" her, I am going to borrow the idea tonight....

1. Most women have the common symptom of "morning sickness", which I am so thrilled to say that I have not had one ounce of. I haven't thrown up or felt nauses one time. I count my blessings for sure in this area. But, since I haven't been sick I haven't been losing weight like some pregnant women do. Instead, I have gained and started showing quite early (according to some). I am 19 weeks pregnant today and I definitely "look" pregnant and have for a couple weeks now.

14 Weeks.

16 Weeks.

17 Weeks. (not a good belly shot, I know)

18 Weeks.



2. My medicine cabinet has drastically changed- My cabinet only consists of benadryl, tylenol, heart burn relief, and gas x. Instead of having morning sickness I was graced with heartburn very quickly. It is quite miserable. I have to take Zantc 2 times a day, everyday. But, I would  much rather have heart burn than throw up!

3. My sleeping habits- Instead of only waking up throughout the night to let Bella and Lola outside, I wake up at least 3 times to go to the bathroom on top of letting them out. We cannot seem to get on the same schedule.

4. My tastebuds have control over me- I have had "cravings" like every pregnant woman does, but mine change from week to week. When I first found out that I was pregnant I only wanted popsicles. I loved them all except Orange. Then, I started eating Flamin' Hot Popcorn and Fruit Roll Ups. Now, I am hooked on hot fudge sundaes from Sonic (extra hot fudge and nuts, no whip cream or cherry). When the idea pops in my head that I need this tasty snack there is nothing that holds me back from it. This too could have something to do with the weight gain :)

5. My shopping habits have drastically changed- I was telling JoAnne the other night that I didn't realize how much I bought for myself until recently. Now, instead of buying myself something nearly every weekend I buy Suzy something. I didn't even look for clothes for myself when we went shopping. I went straight to the baby stuff!

6. I am now a side sleeper- Before I was pregnant I slept on my stomach buried in pillows. Now, I am on my left side with a fan blowing directly in my face. I get hot much easier these days.

I am sure there are many, many more things that have changed about me, but I will think on this and repost in a couple weeks :)



Auntie Laurie and Shopping For Suzy

WOW!!! is all I can say about yesterday's shopping excursion for Baby Suzy. Laruen, Mom, and I left Senatobia around 9 o'clock on a mission to find a baby bed.... Our first stop was Babies R' Us. While we were there we had a blast. I found the stroller, car seat, pack and play, and a possible baby bed. Mine and mom's fun cannot even compare to the time that Auntie Laurie had!!! She went crazy over all the stylish clothes they had for Suzy. The picture below is of all the finds that Auntie Laurie ooooooh'ed and aaaaaah'ed over. The leopard and red... Well, it has a story to go along with it! After we had the gender revealing Lauren sent me a BBM asking if Suzy would be allowed to wear leopard print. For any of you that don't know Lauren, leopard print is a staple in her wardrobe. I, of course, told her that Suzy could wear anything that she bought for her! We aren't picky around the Smith residence! That was Lauren's cue to be on the hunt for leopard! When she saw this little outfit I thought she was going to jump up and down, pee her pants, and cry all at the same time. Mom and I TRY to spend cautiously so our first question was, "how much is it?". Lauren replied, "I am paying 22 bucks for this hot little number"... And, to top it off, they didn't have the correct size so Lauren bought the 12 month. She won't be able to wear it for a WHILE, but she did not care one bit. Thank goodness it was indeed on sale and she didn't pay 22 bucks for it, but it was the funniest thing that we had seen all morning UNTIL we went to Ross! We all head to the check out lines and lucky Lauren was the first to be rung up. The clerk said, "you have impeccable taste in clothing" which struck us to be very humourous, too. She was shopping for Suzy like she was HER child. Lauren proceeded to tell the woman that she was shopping for MY baby. For today we can sum up who the "spoiler" will be in the clothing department. She didn't just stop at Babies R' Us. She bought at least one item at every single store we walked into.

(these are all the items that Auntie Laurie purchased for Suzy yesterday)

Ross- We walk into the store and of course head to the baby section to check out their gear. Low and behold there was the same leopard print outfit hanging on the rack. Lauren and I burst out laughing and she immediately checked the size. If it were a 0-3 month we were fixing to have to go all the way back to Babies R' Us and return the 12 month. It was a 6 month (which will be her summer size) thank goodness.

We had an awesome time shopping for clothes for Suzy, the hard part is finding a baby bed! I think I have found "the one" at Babies R' Us, but of course it is out of stock. I am on the email waiting list. I hope they send me an email this week informing me that I can order it asap!

I bought the dress (above) at BRU which of course matches some of the accessories that Laurie bought perfectly! We will have a fashionista on the lose very soon!

These are some of the finds that I purchased yesterday!

Our house divided. Lauren and I bought the MSU outfits and showed them to Scott as soon as we got home. He was mortified of course. Mom and dad went to Cracker Barrel this morning and purchased the Ole Miss outfit for Scott (to make him feel better). It is SO UGLY! She will look like a little boy if anyone ever puts that garbage on her (hahaha)! I'm sure that Scott will be itching to put it on her as soon he can!

How We Became "The Smith's"

I figured since I have started this blog in order to "keep track of our lives" I should create a post of how Scott and I met.  I thought that maybe I should get back to the beginning!
I guess you could say that I initiated the romance (as bad as I hate to admit it). As most of you know I lived in Starkville and attended Mississippi State University (Go Dawgs!!) for several years where I got my degree in special education. While there I met some great people and had an amazing time. But, there was just "something" or "someone" missing in my life.... Little did I know that the phone calls I was about to make would fill the void in the "someone missing" part of my life.
One afternoon on my way home (Senatobia, MS) I called a friend, Kent Spencer, to see what was going on that weekend. In the conversation Kent mentioned to me that Scott Smith was living in Starkville now. He explained that Scott had just gotten a great job with Jayton Construction and that he would be in Starkville for several weeks/months. Well, this news got my attention for some strange reason. Kent gave me his number and I proceeded to called to Scott. Unfortunately, I had to leave a voicemail that said something along the lines of "Hey Scott, this is Amy Geeslin (we knew each other from living in a small town, but we didn't know each THAT well. I figured he wouldn't know who just "Amy" was)... I heard you were living in Starkville now. If you ever want to go out or have dinner or something just give me a call". I hung up the phone and didnt really think much else of the message. The Sunday of my weekend at home JoAnne, mom, and I were in Target and my cell rang.. Low and behold it was Scott.  I got all blush and gooby and whispered to my company who was on the other end of the line. We agreed that we would meet soon and have dinner. Now let me remind you, I had never thought of this guy as anything at all... much less as someone I would date or have a relationship with. I hadn't heard from Scott besides a few texts here and there about nonsense things.
On Thursday nights it was a given that me and the girls would be having a "girls night" somewhere Downtown or in the Cotton District. This particular night we had decided on going to Mugshots (downtown). We were enjoying our night when I heard my cell phone ding... text message... It was Scott. He asked where we were and what we were doing. I proceeded to tell him we were at Mugshots sitting on the balcony, having a few drinks,enjoying the night. He simply responded with "ok". The next thing I know a waitress brought out a round of drinks "from the gentleman at the bar".... Well, I bet you can't guess who one of the gentleman was? Of course, it was Scott and a friend he worked with. We hung out that night and the rest is history!
We have shared some great times and experiences so far! I cannot wait to add a baby to the mix :)

Scott and I at Windy City, Como.

Bin 612, Starkville

I am not sure why it is so hard to get Scott excited about taking photos...

Brian and Sally William's wedding!

New Orleans