Justin and Becky

Xander Talking to Mommy!

2010-12-12T11:44:00.000-08:00

Xander is such a sweet baby! The hardest thing about having two kids is adding the extra 30 min to get out the door and getting them both in and out of the car...not too bad! =) He sleeps like an angel! We only get up once in the night to feed him and he rarely cries. He made me realize that Eric was a tough baby and he is my reward! (Eric is also a great baby...we found out that he had acid reflux as a baby from our pediatrician here when I talked about him in the hospital...still a little bugged at his first pediatricians! He sleeps all night now =). )

3 Wonderful Years!

2010-08-05T12:08:00.001-07:00

Cute pictures of Eric posing for the camera!

Pictures were deleted, batteries were charged, and of course the camera was the one thing that didn't make it into our car! So, these are the only pictures we got...We decided to celebrate our anniversary a day early because Justin didn't have work and he did on Wednesday. We had a wonderful time! We went to Watford City, about an hour away, and ate lunch at a very nice park that had a wood fort theme, and then went over to the pool where Eric braved the water! He actually ran through and under the shooting water! He also kept purposely falling into the water. =) Around 4 pm we left for the North Theodore Roosevelt National Park. It was only a 15 min drive and Eric sleep until 6 pm. We got out at every pullout and read the signs, so it took us until 6 pm to make it to the the end of the 14 mile road. It was amazingly beautiful and there were a lot of trails, which we didn't take, throughout the whole park. We were able to see some huge, single buffalo, and deer and her fawn, some interesting birds, and a park ranger on a beautiful horse. There were some amazing land formations and you could see the different layers of the earth throughout the park. At the end of the road there was a path to walk up to a huge cliff that overlooked the missouri river and it was breath taking. I was hoping the whole trip to come across a herd of buffalo with babies and walking back to the car to turn around, there they were! It was great! On the trip back we stopped at another path that took you to the edge of the cliff where there was a cool building, kinda like a gazebo, from bake in Roosevelt's time and on the way there I come across this huge snake that was about 4 feet long, and my heart almost stops because my baby was running towards me in his shorts and flip flops and at the entrance of the park I had read something about rattlesnakes! I yell to Justin and he grabs Eric, who starts screaming, not appreciating that we are potentially saving his life! =) I was a little comforted when Justin gets up to me and the snake still hasn't moved and he asks if it is dead, but it soo wasn't, because it was gone when we got back! My guess it that it wasn't a rattle snake, but you never know... I loved the park and when we were done we went back to Watford City where we ate and a steakhouse called Outlaws. It was pretty good and kid friendly. Since we were celebrating, we got an appetizer of loaded potato skins, that for fabulous, steak dinners, and a pazooki for dessert. The food was great, but my favorite part was watching Eric eat the pazooki! He dug in and ate more than Justin and I! It was awsome! I didn't mind because he ate a lot of his dinner and the potato skins... On the way home we got to see the sun setting, and it was my favorite color...Pink! It made the beautiful countryside seem magical! It was a perfect day!

I Love My Baby!

2010-02-18T16:37:00.000-08:00

Oh Eric...he is the cutest little thing in the world! Justin and I have been doing really good at having scriptures and prayer at night and Eric has partially started praying with us. =) When it is just us he automatically folds his arms and closes his eyes after we are done reading, and he has to have his Baby Bible for scriptures. When we are with my parents and sisters for prayer he looks around and giggles but will fold his arms near the end of prayer. Now at random times during the day, especially when he is getting his diaper changed =), he says, 'Mon' and folds his arms and closes his eyes. I really love it, so we say little prayers about 7 times a day together. He has also becoming quite the climber lately. He likes to get into his wagon all by himself now, and I don't know if it is just him being lazy or if he is scared, but he makes me come and get him when he wants down. I am betting that he is being lazy cuz he is constantly diving/jumping off of things and falls on purpose...hmmm...

China for Emily!

2010-02-09T09:14:00.001-08:00

So here is the china that I will have someday...LoL...I love it!

Christmas in West Virginia

2010-01-24T13:35:00.001-08:00

You can see the picture of Sarah's family on the edge of the table that Eric loved so much here...

Buffalo Wing

Black Water Falls

Justin, Eric, and I really enjoyed our long but short visit to West Virginia with his family. We were able to be there for an entire month, but it flew by. It was fun seeing a little bit more of where Justin grew up and getting to know his family better. I am truly blessed with good in-laws. The only downside to the trip was all of the windy rodes...I got a little car sick. Christmas was great! Eric and Ariana got along a lot better this trip too. =) We had 2 feet of snow over night during the trip and the entire state was declared unter emergency and you weren't allowed to drive on the main highways unless it was absolutely necessary...the snow was beautiful though. Eric got really attached to his grandma while we were there, which is a big change from him bursting into tears the second she comes through the door...=) He also loves his aunt Sarah...There was a picture of her family and he would constantly pick it up and point to her or just stare at her. It was very cute. Eric also loved the Christmas tree! All of the decorations ended up on the top half of the tree. It did look very nice at first though...

Officially a Climber!

2009-11-15T23:13:00.000-08:00

Halloween Fun

2009-11-03T21:06:00.001-08:00

Can you guess what Justin is before you get to the bottom?

Halloween was a lot of fun...Eric was a monkey, Justin was the Mountineer fan club on Facebook, and I was a vampire...=) I was able to go to a halloween dance with Amy, Krista and Katie at my friend Irene's house and got tons of exercise on friday. On Halloween we went to trunk-or-treat at the church and then around the neighborhood. Eric loved it! He was perfectly happy in his wagon for two hours! Justin is loving the candy, and I was...I started working out with my friends on P90X today...we are cutting back on sweets too...Yeah! Oh, the picture with Grandpa Hamrick and Arianna was taken when they were here for Eric's birthday, I just didn't want to ruin the Halloween post by putting it up early.

Jared's Mission Call!!!

2009-10-29T19:33:00.000-07:00

Eric's 1st Birthday!

2009-10-18T22:42:00.000-07:00

Helping Grandpa put Eric's new wagon from them together...We love this thing!

Some of our wonderful guests!

The birthday babies! Eric turned one on the 30th and Michelle on the 26th...

Birthday mommies!!!

Eric's first cake...and he ate the whole thing!

I made two of these cakes...Michelle's had more hair and red m&m's for barrets...

The beautiful Tsunami...we love her!

Irene's very talented little sister, Jackie, she was our clown and she painted faces! She was amazing at keeping the kids entertained!

(Here is Eric with opening his present from his best friend Cash...it was also his birthday and the birthday babies were all wearing long sleives and overall... :) Sorry that I don't have more pictures of Eric's birthday...I had my mind on other things... Justin's family got some good pics but they are gone...I'll have to have Sarah e-mail them to me. Eric's party was so fun...we were sad that Grandma Smith and Katie couldn't be there, but we had both grandpas and Grandma Hamrick there and we got to meet Eric's only cousin from Justin's side, Ariana, for the first time! Justin's sister, Sarah, Amy, Krista and Jared were also there...We also had a lot of our best college friends and our closest friends in Idaho there. We are so greatful for our many friends that help us so often that we could never repay them... One of the best things from the night was watching Eric going around trying to play with all of the big kids as if he could do everything the could...it was amazing! It was kind of like he was saying, "I'm one now; I've got this." LoL I love watching him grow! The food, music, and company was great! Thanks to everyone that was able to make it!

Zoo Trip!

2009-10-09T01:04:00.000-07:00

The bad mommy lamma...that doesn't feed her babies...

The female lion

The baby lamma...

The cute alpacca!

This was a pretty impressive lion...at least I thought so....

Some of the amazing animals we saw at the Idaho Falls zoo with some of our friends, the Tavarez's and Ventura's, and Katie and Jared...It was fun...we are blessed with some really good friends!

Eric has taken his first steps!

2009-09-15T13:38:00.000-07:00

These aren't Eric's best attempts...he is a little camera shy! =)

Our Cali Trip

2009-09-08T09:54:00.000-07:00

Eric got buried on his first beach/camping trip...

With our cousins, Lizzy and Lydwina...

Disneyland!!!

Went to Huntington Beach with Summer, JR, Laura, and Kenny...

We found the perfect babysitter for Eric!

Got to catch up with some old friends...

Went to Hollywood and chilled with the stars...

Met up with Snoop Dog...

Paused with Woody...

Justin found out how it feels to be short...

Used Mickey's ears as a pillow and took a nice nap....

Went to an amazing luau with Summer and JR...thanks guys...

And...Amy and I got our hair cut by our amazing Laura-Lou!
I feel a million times cooler and can actually wear my hair down now!

Our first, real, family vacation was to California, and we had so much fun! We stayed in St. George for a few days and then drove down to Cali early so that we could go camping with Kenny at San Onofre while Laura was in New Mexico. Summer and JR came on Friday and on Saturday we went to Laguna Beach. On Sunday we were able to go to the old ward and got to visit Justin's aunt and cousins! Wednesday we went to Disneyland for mine and Laura's birthday...we both got in free and had tons of fun...we also met up with different family n friends that day to eat. We got to go to Hollywood and to Huntington beach! We had tons of fun...I think we ended up being in Cali for 18 days...LoL Thank you Laura and Kenny for everything...we miss you and can't wait for Thanksgiving!

Behind in the Times!

2009-07-23T22:40:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter everyone! LoL So it is a little late to be posting these pictures, but here they are! Eric was ready for a nap...the pictures are still cute though...we were lucky enough to have Justin's family here...we should have gotten some pictures of them too...too bad. We were disapointed that Sarah, Donnie, and Ariana weren't able to make it. We still haven't met Eric's only cousin on daddy's side....so sad! She is a year old now...

Bear World

2009-07-13T21:30:00.000-07:00

Eric's cousins, Alyssa and Logan, came to visit and we all went to Bear World. Eric had a blast! He went on the different rides and I was surprised at how much he enjoyed them...I had to pry him from those cars and when I did get him out he started crying...poor baby! He got to see a lot of bears, but we didn't pet any. =)

Trip to St. George

2009-05-21T05:41:00.000-07:00

The siblings that made it to Rachel's wedding...It was great to see them! Kenny was there too.

Dallin's 32nd birthday party!

Exhausted from the water/splash park. Eric loved it! I only have pictures of Eric in the water on my phone because I accidently took the camera out of the diaper bag... =(

Joshua is eatting them...can you believe that Mary is almost 6 months older than Eric?

Great Grandma and Grandpa Smith in Brigham City

Double Trouble

2009-04-18T19:55:00.000-07:00

Aww....what else could I say? Eric really did like the swing...he was suffering from an unknown earache at the time...he is much better today!

Eric's first Party!

2009-04-17T21:11:00.000-07:00

Eric went to his first birthday party on his half birthday! There wasn't too much interaction between the kids, but it was cute anyway...This first one is Eric all dressed up & ready to go...=)Eric and the birthday boy!"The Twins"All of the CRAZY party animals! Eric is now super excited to go to his second birthday party for our two-year old friend...he is moy popular! =)

Rolling, Rolling, Rolling! Keep that baby rolling!

2009-03-31T21:37:00.000-07:00

Eric rolled over from his back to his tummy all by himself today! I am so proud! I was so happy that I think I was actually embarrassing him...he kept smiling and covering his face...it was so cute! I couldn't get him to do it again though, he wasn't in that great of a mood today. We'll try again tomorrow. Justin has to work until midnight...I hate the last day of the month!

Eric has been growing so fast!

2009-01-24T21:32:00.000-08:00

I can't believe how fast my baby has been growing...he already is over 15 lbs.! I can't wait until he can crawl around...it is going to be so much fun! A lot has happened lately...Eric learned to laugh, he eats less, and has less messy diapers. Today was a little bit hard...he decided to wake up every hour or two to eat last night and then I couldn't get him to stop crying for a total of about 3 hours. He wouldn't eat or anything, but I did get him to sleep for about 3o minutes in that 3 hour stretch. He went back to the same happy baby just in time to go get daddy. I swear he loves Justin more than me...LoL I keep trying to upload a video of Eric laughing, but it doesn't want to work...I'll keep trying...

Santa!!!

2008-12-18T21:51:00.000-08:00

Tonight we went to our ward's Christmas party and we got the cutest pictures of Eric and Cash (the twins) with Santa...we even got a pretty decent family photo of the three of us...mainly because my hair actually was fixed instead of just up in a ponytail. I need to have Amy spend the night more often so she can braid my hair. =) Sisters are great!

Toy Exchange

2008-12-18T21:30:00.000-08:00

I visit my neighbor Taytum a lot. Since we just live down the hall from each other it is easy for us to try out each others toys. (Well the babies try them out.) =) They really like each other's toys! It was exciting for me to see Eric figuring out Cash's toy...if you grab onto or hit the little toys then it starts playing music and the puppy starts rocking back and forth and singing... Cash really liked talking to himself in the mirror on Eric's bouncer...

Help Arrived!

2008-12-10T20:36:00.000-08:00

My neighbor, Taytum, came over and helped me with my blog today...isn't my backround cute? Taytum's husband was Justin's roommate before we all got married, and their baby, Cash, was born the same day as Eric. Crazy! They are both so cute and it is fun to see them both figure out things at the same time. =)

Still trying to figure this out!

2008-12-09T21:24:00.000-08:00

I still don't know what I am doing!!! I can't figure out how to make my blog look as cool as everyone elses...I should get my neighbor to help me...I can't wait until Christmas when everyone comes!!! The baby can turn over already...he's been doing it for a couple of weeks. He's been growing so fast...He looks nothing like he did 10 weeks ago. I love watching him grow right before my eyes!

See how chubby he's gotten?

Gall Bladder Trouble

2008-10-22T19:04:00.000-07:00

I had my gall bladder removed last night...my belly is sore right now but it feels a lot better that the pain I was getting before it was removed. There were over a 100 tiny gall stones in there! I can't wait until the soreness is gone and I feel normal again. It is hard to take care of a baby when you are in pain. If my parents didn't live nearby I would be in a lot of trouble. I love my family...and Justin is amazing...he's been pretty much taking care of the baby on his own this whole day and last night...plus taking care of me...

Baby Eric

2008-10-16T16:51:00.001-07:00

Eric was born on September 30 at 10:28 p.m. weighing 7lbs. 9oz. He is a really good baby, he doesn't cry very much and sleeps pretty good at night. Justin and I thoroughly enjoy being his parents. It is crazy to think that I am a mom now. I think Eric looks just like his daddy...what do you think?