25 weeks 💕

Hello all of you beautiful people! It's been a couple weeks since my last post. We have had some awful cold and flu bugs lately! But I am very hopeful we are on the mend!! Any one else feel like it's been a brutal cold and flu season?! I'm hoping we are done!!

I'm 25 weeks now!! Wahoo only 15 more weeks to go!! Baby girl Smith is kicking, flipping and moving around like crazy! It's so great to be able to feel her but man am I ever getting very little/ broken sleep!! I guess she's just trying to prepare me for the new born stage.... 😳
Lately I have had quite a bit of anxiety! It's all coming back to me, the no sleep, the hormones, the hair loss, the after while your bodies healing.... deep breaths!! Lol it's so worth it but it's all coming back to me and I've been a bit anxious to say the least!! I can honestly say I'm not scared for the labour part, I found labour to be the most amazing miracle I've ever been a part of! And I can hardly wait to hold that baby girl in my arms!! I'm trying to stay positive and I know it's going to be great.

I have felt a lot better with this pregnancy nausea wise, but like I said we have had lots of cold and flus! I have loved being able to workout and eat (mostly) healthy. I'm not going to lie this past week I have been stress eating and letting my prego cravings get the best of me but I'm back on track and feeling better than ever! I'm feeling large and getting dressed has become my least favourite thing but I'm focusing on this amazing little miracle I'm creating and how blessed I am! My hormones and emotions have been all over the place and getting the best of me and I keep reminding myself to be kind, take deep breathes and stay centered!! So I'm sorry in advance if you've caught me or catch me on a highly hormonal day! Poor Matt!! Lol

I cannot believe my baby boy is going to be 3 March 1! Where does the time go! He is such a sweet boy. He's definitely turning into a "three-nager" he's Silly emotional and sweet! Hes always coming up with the funniest things to say! Did I mention he's emotional?!? Haha we are both so emotional that at least one of us cries on the daily. He goes from laughing to crying to happy to angry for really no reason at all. He's such a mommas boy and loves  giving snuggles and kisses and is always wanting to give baby Sis a smooch.
He can be so dramatic "I don't want anyfing!! No presents, no food, no treats, no tv, I don't want Santa!" Lol where does he even come up with this stuff?! He's 100% potty trained and getting so good at sleeping in his big boy bed. We love our Lane so much 💙

I have been so indecisive with the nursery but I am realizing it's time to get on it seeing as tho she will be here in 15 weeks!! My goal is to decide this week and get started this weekend! Wish me luck!!

Life is beautiful when you take the time to count your blessings and be grateful!! I hope you all have a fantastic rest of your week! Xoxo

22 weeks

Baby Girl Smith is the size of a cob of corn today 🌽 she is quite the active little baby and I love feeling her little flips and kicks! I am still feeling much better only have to take 1 diclectin a day!! My bump is growing and I am embracing all of these amazing changes! As women our bodies are TRULY amazing!! I'm so thankful every single day I was blessed with fertility and healthy babies. My heart aches for my friends and family who struggle with fertility! It's not fair and I hope and pray that one day they can be blessed with beautiful babies!

I honestly wasn't sure how I would feel after working so hard to lose weight and start a healthy lifestyle. I remember being asked if I would have more kids after working so hard to get "fit" . YES babies are so worth all the stretch marks and body expansion 😜 plus I've lost the baby weight once I Know I can do it again!
It's been over a year and half since I made a lifestyle change. I can honestly say I never felt fat. I always knew I was "curvy" and I had just convinced myself that that was my normal and that I could never be "skinny" it just wasn't in my genes. It wasn't until Matt had a bit of a health scare that I realized we needed to make some changes and not to be "skinny" but to be healthy!! I cannot tell you how much better I feel! Mentally, physically, emotionally and just in the way my body works and functions. I never realized just how much the food you eat controls how you feel. I have come to realize that the food you eat can either be the best kind of medicine or the worst kind of sickness. I'm not perfect and I'm still always reading and learning but I am doing my very best to raise and take care of my family in the healthiest ways that I can! This pregnancy has been so much of a better experience! I love that I can still workout and feel great, that I know I am feeding my baby the nutrients she needs to grow and it is exciting to see all the changes in my growing body. ❤️

Well I was hoping a new year would mean we were done with all of these nasty cold and flu seasons BUT poor Lane has an ear infection! We took him into emerge last night and sure enough the poor kid had an ear infection and they had to give him a steroid for his cough! Honestly sick kids are the worst! It's awful to watch him go through this I feel helpless and I'm just trying to do my best to help him feel better! So hopefully the antibiotics will start doing there job and he will be on the mend soon!! I'm very thankful for modern medicine! For now I'm enjoying all the snuggles and love.

Being a mom is the hardest most rewarding job in the world and I wouldn't have it any other way! Being a mom has made me so very happy and so very tired! Happy Wednesday all have a great week 💗xo

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

We had a great Christmas! Surrounded by those we love the most! We got spoiled as always! Since having Lane Christmas has become so much more fun! I love watching the magic in his sweet little eyes as we made cookies for Santa and how his eyes lit up when he woke up Christmas morning to his presents! I know Christmas is much more than what you buy at the store but it is so fun watching Lanes excitement and joy on Christmas! The best gift of all was getting so be with all of our families over the holidays!

2016 was a great year for us Smiths! We snow shoed with family!

Lane turned 2 and had many parties to celebrate!! He is a very loved little boy!

 

I turned 26 and we went shopping and up to Calgary to celebrate with Christie!

We went to movies, golfed and went for lots of hikes!

 

We went on a Chipman family vacation to fairmont and had such great weather! We enjoyed playing with cousins and soaking up the sun!!

Lane and I road tripped to Edmonton with my mom and Hallie to visit the Bennetts! We played at the spray park, hiked, shopped, worked out and had so much fun playing!

We had lots of creek path adventures and dips in the creek, we camped and went to bachelor and bachelorette parties.

Our great friends Chris and Jan got married and we had so much fun celebrating their love and dancing the night away!

Matt and I had the privilege of being in our great friends Brady and Devvyn's wedding and we had such a great day celebrating their sweet little family and again dancing the night away!

We celebrated our 4 year wedding anniversary and we took Lane to the zoo for the first time it was the perfect day and then Matt treated me to lobster at the keg 😍

We went to Echo lake with the smiths for our fav camping trip! We had so much fun swimming, tubing, sea doing, jogging, shopping, eating and making memories with the fam!! I can hardly wait for next year!

We went on a great weekend camping trip with our "line family" to Ridge park to end our camping season off right!

We announced that we will be adding a new member to our family in May and we are so excited!!

I started and stopped potty training Lane more times than I would like to admit but I am SO happy to say he is now potty trained!! WAHOO

We had a great Halloween dressing up as the ninja turtles and taking our sweet boy trick or treating he thought it was THE best thing ever.

We took Lane skating for the first time and he absolutely loves it I have a feeling I may be spending a lot of time at the rink in my future!

My sweet grandma Alston was diagnosed with early Alzheimer's and it's been tough on everyone! She has always been so healthy and independent and she will be moving from her home 2 houses away from my moms and into the diamond willow (seniors home) tomorrow. There have been lots of tears and reminiscing but we are so happy for her that she can move into such a nice place and still be so close to family.

We went on a mini vacay to fernie with friends and had so much fun Lane loved water sliding and it was so much fun to have a family friendly get away I think we will be doing that more often!!

We found out we are expecting a baby GIRL and we are SO excited I went shopping the other day and had way to much fun!!

Matt turned 29! Last year of his twenties and we are so proud and thankful for him! He is the hardest working, most thoughtful man that I know. He takes such good care of us and I am thankful every single day for him and his love.

We had a great Christmas and we celebrated New Years with some of our very best friends the Yanke's and got the BEST news they are expecting twins!!! We could not be happier for them!!

I can't helped but feel so incredibly blessed and excited for the year to come we have so many friends expecting babies this year and it is just so exciting!! Life is so beautiful!

I have so many goals I want to accomplish in 2017 it is going to be a fantastic year full of love and not a lot of sleep 😜 but hey I've got this!! I hope you all have a fantastic new year don't forget to dream big and work your but off to achieve those dreams thus year life is such a gift so do what you want, be who you want to be and always spread love and positive energy💗💗

Xoxo