Meet Drew!

Drew Ruth Smith

Born August 26, 2009

5 pounds 11 ounces

17 inches long

Wow has it been that long!!

I can't believe how far behind you can get in the summer time!! Wow!! Well I do have a little more of an excuse but for the most part I'm a slacker!!
As most of you all know we are going to have a baby soon. She is the excuse I'm using for all of the slacking on our blog! We have had some adventures with this little one. I came down with the Fifths Disease or also know as the Human Parvo Virus at the first of June. I got it from Kara and Oakley! It is a childhood rash that you only get once and then your body has built up immunity to it! But I never got it as a child, so I was lucky enough to get it this summer. Usually in adults it runs it course of a rash and some aches and pains then you are good to go. Not the case for the pregnant mom!! I have had months of aches and pains where I walked worse then my 95 and 1/2 year old Grandma, then the doctors sent me to a specialist to have ultra sounds done every week to the baby to make sure she is okay. The virus cause anemia in babies, and when a baby goes anemic for to long it causes brain damage, from the lack of blood cells to the brain. Of course these specialist can't be found in our small town so I have had to travel to Provo each week to have our little one checked out!! She was doing great for some time so we kept our little issue quite hoping we could squeak by and have her not have the virus to bad! Well we weren't so lucky! 3 weeks ago her levels reached the dangerous zone, so they watched her closely and gave me steroids shots, in preparation for the worst, which scared me to death! We ended up having to do a blood transfusion to the baby almost 2 weeks ago to help bring her levels back to normal! The whole thing went smoothly, so they tell me!! Thank heavens for good drugs! They were able to do that right into her umbilical cord through my stomach! I still can't even believe all they can do, from transfusing the baby, and how the monitor her blood flow through the tiny veins in her little head!! Her new blood will only last for 10-12 days, so this means we will be getting our little one a whole month early!! Wednesday morning we will go in and have a sample taken and see if her lungs are okay and see what we will be dealing with then onto the delivery! I'm excited and scared at the same time! It has been fun to see my baby each week through the ultra sounds and actual watch her grow and not just my belly!! But the roller coaster of emotions has not been fun at all, but we are almost there!!
I need to express my gratitude to all of you for the well wish and all the prayers that have been sent our way! I know that is why we have had things go the way they have! I also have huge thank you to my girls!! They have been my nurses, when I have had my bad days! Oakley has been a huge help to pitch in with the house work and watching Kara, while I have had my appointments! Thank you Oaks, you are the best!! And to Greg for always knowing when I needed him!!
pictures to come later!

So my promise to you and my family is to get our blog back up to date,with our small summer adventures as soon as she is here!! I have some great Kara & Oakley moments I need to share before I forget them!!

Okay! Okay!

Its a GIRL!! I have had a few people say why haven't you put it on your blog so there you have it!! Greg will be surrounded by girls, but he loves every minute of it!! I do have to tell you what he said after the ultrasound,"So that means we have to pay for 3 weddings!" I love this man!! His is truely the Best!!

Okay it's has been a day or two!!!

Well first things first we are all still alive!!

And I have ton of catching up to do!!

So I guess I will share what we have been up to as a family. Can any one guess what it has been? If any of you said cows you win the prize!!! We have been busy, but we have still found time to play! First Greg competed in his first time ever Ranch Rodeo!! It was so much fun to watch!! Me and the girls have never laughed so hard and cheered so loud in our lives!! I hope he will continue to do these again I enjoyed watching him and his cowboy friends do this!

Some of the events included a trailer race, a rope & brand, one where they had to run down and get their horses, bring them back and saddle them then ride back! I can't remember what the called it! There was other events like a hide race, and more! It was so fun to watch and the girls would just cheer and shout for their Dad it was a great day!!

The next day we got ready to head out to the desert to do a little cowboy work! We have our mama cows turned out with some of our friends cows out on the desert and it was time to round them up and get all of the calves branded! There was a big crew of cowboys to help make the work go faster and boy was it work! After it was all done we enjoyed a dutch oven dinner that I cooked for them all! I love to dutch oven it is a lot of fun and I don't think anything taste better then food cooked in a dutch oven!!

Oh my Lulu

I just had to add this before I forget about it! I was just fixing a broken sprinkler in our yard and when you do that you have to have the proper pant problem (so you can get the job done right!) So as I was kneeling down digging out the sprinkler for the second time(Kara came along when I went to go get more parts!)my Little Lulu shouts out to me "Hey Mom I can see your underwear, but at least I don't see your crack!! You never know what will just pop out of that girls mouth!!

And She Danced!!

Oakley has really enjoyed Dance this year! She has been taking a hip hop class, a technique class and her regular class with the girls her age! She has really grown a lot in her ability to dance and move this year! I love to go watch her preform and so does Kara, she is heard over the loud music shouting "GO SISSY GO!! and "SHAKE IT SISSY!!" It makes me so happy to know that they do love each other and enjoy watching each other, because somedays I really wonder about it! Here are a few pictures of SISSY SHAKIN' IT!![{wink}]

Guess What!?!?

I guess it's time to let the cat out of the bag!! This is straight out of Kara's mouth MY MOMMY IS HAVING A BABY!! She tells every one very where we go, at the post office, grocery store and even the drive through at McDonald's, so I thought I would beat her to it!! So there you go!

Bucket List

I took this off my friends blog and I thought it was a fun idea so you all should try it out then I can learn some of your wild and crazy pasts too!!

The Bucket List
place an X by all the things you've done.This is for your entire life!
(x) Gone on a blind date
(x) skipped school-Shh don't tell my kids!!
( ) Watched someone die
( ) Been to Canada
(x)Been to Mexico
( ) Been to Florida
(x) Been on a plane
(x) Been lost
( ) Been on the opposite side of the country
( ) Gone to Washington , DC-hopefully I will soon though.
(x) Swam in the ocean
(x) Cried yourself to sleep
(x) Played cops and robbers
(x) Recently colored with crayons
(x) Sang Karaoke
(x) Paid for a meal with coins only-Good Times!!
(x) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't
(x) Made prank phone calls-I still do with my YW! LOL
(x) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose.
(x) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
(x) Danced in the rain
(x) Written a letter to Santa Claus
(x) Been kissed under the mistletoe
( ) Watched the sunrise with someone
(x) Blown bubbles
(x) Gone ice-skating
(x) Been skinny dipping outdoors
( ) traveled on a train
( ) Gone scuba diving
( ) gone on a cruise
( ) gone skydiving-It is on my list to do before I die
(x) speak a foreign language If you count french class in 8th & 9th grade!

1. Any nickname? ....Rig
2. Mother's name? .... Joyce
3. Favorite drink? .... ?
4. Favorite vegetable? ....Carrots
5. Body Piercing? ..... Just in my ears.
6. How much do you love your job? I love my job it is the best I set my own hours and everything!!
7. Birthplace? .... Salt Lake City, UT
8. Favorite vacation spot? ....Disneyland!
9. Ever been to Africa? ....Nope but maybe in 2 years!!
10. Ever eaten just cookies for dinner?.... I am sure I have.
11. Ever been on TV?.... yes
12. Ever steal any traffic signs? ....yep
13. Ever been in a car accident? ....yes
14. Drive a 2-door or 4-door vehicle? ...... 4
15. Can you drive a car with a standard transmission (stick shift)? .... Why yes I can it is a must when married to Gregory Smith you never know what he needs help with!
16. Favorite pie? .... pecan and apple (warm with ice cream)
17. Favorite number? ....5
18. Favorite movie? .... well I have a lot of favs but the last old one I watched was Forest Gump!!

19. Favorite holiday?....Halloween!
20. Favorite dessert? .... Cheese Cake
21. Favorite food? .... ALL!!
22. Favorite day of the week? .... Saturday-I guess.
23. Favorite brand of body soap? .... The Soap Lady ( Swiss Days!!)
24. Favorite toothpaste? ....Colgate-or whatever we have.
25. Favorite smell? ....Rain
26. How do you relax? .... take a bath.
27. How do you see yourself in 10 years.... Happy!!
28. Furthest place you will send this message...It depends on who reads my blog!!

December review!!

December was here and now its gone!! I can't even believe how fast it goes!! We have had a wonderful Holiday spent with our friends and family! So I thought I would give you the short sweet version of what happened this December!

We had Family parties to attend! But it never fails that when it's the Bailey family Christmas party Kara gets sick so Greg and Oakley go with out us!But we all made it to the Family tree in Santaquin for Greg's family party! It was such a blizzard and the roads were awful but everyone made it safe and sound!! I forgot my camera for My family party so I will need to get some pictures from someone!!

Greg always has some sort of cows that need to be moved form one spot to another! It's just like in the Old Westerns all you see is cows going down the road followed by men on horses but in stead of covered wagons they do use trucks and trailers!!

Then came Christmas Eve! This year Christmas was a little different! We were able to have my brother in law Jayson spend Christmas with us, it was so much fun to have him around! Even Santa found him! We had to leave out the cookies and milk and Kara made sure it was good milk for Santa! Oh... and you can't forget the carrots!!

Christmas morning is always so fun! to watch the everyone open their gifts!

Shortly after Christmas it was my Grandma Parry's 95 Birthday! The girls and I were able to take her out to lunch and spend the afternoon visiting with her and my parents and sister Mindy! My Grandma is my HERO!! She is an amazing woman!! She is always so happy and has handled what ever life has thrown at her the best way she could with out any complaints! (that's something I need to work on!) She raised 12 children on her own after my Grandpa was kill in a rail road accident, I have always loved to go my grandmas house! She always has a huge smile for you when you get there and she would always watch you from the window as you left waving till you couldn't see her anymore! And to this day it is still the same and my girls have the same fond memories!! Oh how I love her!

Kara LuLu is now 4

My little LuLu is now the big age of 4!! All Kara wanted to do on her birthday was to have "BBQ chicken and a cake like the one that Bruce eats on Matilda, you know the one the Trunchbull makes him eat"(Chocolate Cake) she told me that morning! So all day when family would call her and wish her a Happy Birthday her would she she was still 3 because she hadn't had cake yet! That just reminded me of something she said this summer. She was sad that Oakley and her friend were playing and she wasn't big enough to do what they were, she came to me crying and told me to just go make her a cake so so could be big!! I wish that was the answer to not ageing then I would ban birthday cakes forever for me!!{[WINK]}Kara also had her day care Christmas party on her birthday, what more could a kid ask for then to see Santa on your birthday! As we were leaving the party, Kara kicked something on the sidewalk on the way out it was a jingle bell off of Santa's suit! Her face lit up and she turned to me and said Mom I just got my secret wish!! Then we had to make a mad dash back inside to tell everyone what she had found!! Then we had to call Dad, he didn't understand a word she said because she was so excited!! It defiantly was a birthday to remember!!
Kara LuLu,
I want you to how grateful we are to have you in our family!! I love all of the funny little things you say, and do! You are so special! I love how you get so excited to go help your dad at the dairy, so you can ware you poop boots! I love that you like to be home and no where else. I love that you miss Oakley when she is gone. I love how you try to wiggle you ears, but only your eyes blink and your nose gets all crinkled! But most of all I love you!!
Love MOM

Change is always Good!

Well I guess I can share this with everyone, Greg quit his job! I can't even tell you how excited I am!! I know you all are thinking that I must have lost my mind with the way the economy is and all. But yes, this is a great thing! Greg is a work-aholic! He was working for a man raising Holstein heifers for the local dairies around Delta, that is what he called his day job. Greg also does the AI work for a few dairies, runs our hauling business, and manages our Mama cows, to name a few of the side things that occupy his time. So when Greg said he wanted to cut something out, I was so happy and when he said it was his day job. I was bouncing off the walls with joy! Greg and I will have been married for 11 years tomorrow Greg has had to go to work on Christmas all but one of those, it was our first Christmas. We still lived in Draper at the time! So to have Greg home for all of Christmas morning, we wont know how to act!! So now Greg's main job is doing the AI work for the dairy, which will only take till early afternoon to do. Now he will have time for all of his other side job's and still be able to make it home for dinner!! With change always comes sacrifices, but what we have give up is very minimal to having my Greg around more!!

"Who Needs Snow"

So today was decorating day for the Festival of Trees! My Family and I have been working on our Tree for a few months now, so it was fun to see it all come together! This year Our theme was a beach or tropical kind of tree. You have to name your tree, so we gave our tree the name of "Who Needs Snow!" We have done this in the memory of my niece Ashley. She loved the summertime and always wished that she could go some place warm during the cold winter, I imagine the cold was hard on her but she never let you know how much it really bothered her! This was our second tree and we plan on doing it every year, we enjoy it so much and it helps ease the hurt and heartache a little, knowing that our time and effort is going to help children at Primary Children's Hospital, the same place that our Ashley spent weeks at a time, receiving great care and hope! Ashley My Angel
By Randie Smith

I have a guardian angel now,
She was sent to me from above.
With eyes so warm and caring,
They showed me of her Love.

Her laughter I will always hear,
The fun times we had I hold so dear.
We had a friendship that was so strong,
I know her love will go on and on.

A smile she would always wear,
Even when life, seemed to be unfair
She would always give me that sweet look,
And in no time she was off the hook.

Her heart was full of music,
A song I could always hear.
It told of her joy and love,
And so often she would share.

She has taught me of so many things
Like what it means to fight,
And live for everything.
I don’t know who I would be,
If my guardian angel, hadn’t been sent to me.

I read this at her funeral. We were more like sisters then anything else! I will miss her forever until that time comes when I get to hug her once more, till then all I have are fond memories that always bring a smile to my face and tears to my eyes! Love you Ash!

Puppies!!

We are now the proud parents to 10 puppies! Our dog Itch had thees puppies about 5 weeks ago and we just are able to find out how many there were! No we aren't the type that just didn't care! Oakley has been trying to figure out a way to get to them sense the day they were born! Itch had to find the best spot to have her puppies, I tell you what she did a dang good job of it. We have a large pile to pine poles for building fences up next to our barn, Itch crawled in between the poles and the barn half way in and dug a hole to have these pups! Oakley came up with a plan on how to get them out! She used our net that we used to scoop out bugs and muck from our swimming pool/water trough this summer to get those puppies out! I wasn't home when this took place but I'm sure it was a site, it might have looked like something form the movie 101 Dalmatians with Cruella De Ville after the puppies!! So if anyone is in need of a puppy just let me know! They would make great Christmas presents![{WINK!}]

Oh the good old days!

The weeks are just slipping past us! Thanksgiving is almost here and then on to Christmas! The year is almost over and there are things that I said I was going to do this year that I haven't got to just yet so I guess I better hop to it!

Do you remember when you were in Elementary and was so excited to play the recorder!! Well Oakley is now the that great stage in life! And all I have to say is how did our mothers do it!! I don't remember my mom telling me that it drove her crazy or that I couldn't practice it when she was around! I guess she was a lot nicer then I am! I have to admit that I did tell Oakley that the best time to practice was on Fridays! The reason behind it is that it is her early day from school. Greg is in charge of her on that day! So she practices while she waits for her Dad! But the sad thing is that Oakley knew exactly why I had said for her to practice on Fridays! Here is a picture of Oakley playing her recorder at our local grocery store!(that is another story!!) Ya got to love small town life?!?! {[WINK!]}

Oh the Life of a Farmer!

Just a random thought for you, from the middle of the night! After almost 11 years of being married to Farmer Greg, you would think when the phone rings in the middle of the night, I should assume the cows are out! But it's not!! My heart races and as I run to find the phone, only to hear another farmer or sometimes dispatch asking for Farmer Greg, always telling him the cows are out! Then Farmer Greg drags out of bed to go put them back in! I always stay up until he returns safely back home or until I get the phone call from Farmer Greg saying he needs my help!! We have spent a few nights putting cows away together either our own or from the feedlot. Each trip out has always been an adventure for the half asleep farmer and his wife! But you know what they say 1 night in the country is far better then a week in the city! I do have to agree!

This picture is of Farmer Greg sorting out some of our mama cows and calves. Sorry I haven't thought to take pictures during the middle of the night craziness! It is only 1:40 am!

I know I have lost it!

Today has been a day of Complete Chaos! You know one of those days that you just couldn't possibly fit in one more thing, but some how you figure out how to say yes to one more thing to be accomplished in that same day.... With my chaos all around me, I have taken multitasking to a new level! I can't believe that I even did it but I did! I made taco soup for my young women's activity at my shop today, while I was working. So in between clients I found myself stirring or dumping another can of this or that into it my good old crock pot, but that was after I had to barrow a can opener from the Diamond D Motor Lodge & Old Folks Home. (she said that was the strangest thing she has had anyone ask for, especially coming from the hair salon!) I just couldn't find the 20 minutes it takes to drive town and back before or after all of the different directions I had to go today. So desperate times call for desperate measures and this was mine!! I'm proud to say that my soup was a hit, and I know you all are thinking it, but no, no one found a hair in their soup!
*Taco Soup*
1 lb Hamburger
1 small Onion
1 package Taco Seasoning
1 package Ranch Mix
2 cans Diced Tomatoes
3 cans of any style of Beans(red, pinto, etc.)
2 cans of Green Chili's
1 can of Corn
1 can of Hominy (the only one that is drained!)
Great for days of Complete Chaos!

Halloween Fun!!

Once again Grandma Smith made my girls supper cute Halloween costumes! They both were "Puddle Skirt Girl's" is what Kara would tell you. I told someone that my girls were dressing up like the 50's she promptly came back with "No we are Puddle Skirt Girls!" We started are day with a fun breakfast with a group of my friends before the big costume parade at the school. Then I dropped Kara off at her daycare so she could attend her Halloween party with her friends. After school and daycare and work for me, we went over to our church and did the wonderful Trunk R Treat!! It is the best, especially were we live so far out! We never get any trick or treaties at our door! Here is a few pictures form our big candy gathering day!! Now the question is what do we do with it all!!

Oakley and her friends at school!

This is our Friend Casey and Broze. I had to have a picture of the Hot Cheerleader and the new DHS mascot!!Grandma gave them Hana Montana pens that sang! Thanks Grandma! Kara loves hers!!I usually have a better costume than this I just couldn't get into it this year!