Getting Big!

Helena is getting so much bigger. She’s almost 14 pounds and 24 inches long. We can’t wait for the official weigh in a week or so from now. We’ll be putting some more pics on SmugMug in the not too distant future, but I wanted to post a couple rare and (in my opinion) cute…

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More Baby Girl Pics

People have been very demanding regarding pictures. It’s not easy to find the time with a little one in the house so we took advantage of a visit from the grandparents to post these pictures. Same password as before. 1st Month Pics

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Baby’s 1st Week

Ok, I admit it, we’re totally in awe of our cute and cuddly baby girl. Strangely enough (not) we’ve taken lots of picture already and I’m sure there will be lots more. She has been with us for a whole week now and we’ve learned a few things about her which I’ll share. She loves…

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Announcement…

Helena Rose Smart July 18, 2009 at 1:04am 8 pounds, 8 ounces 19 1/2 inches long We are so excited to share our exciting news that our little girl, Helena (pronounced HEL – LAY – NAH) came into our lives on July 18th in the wee hours of the morning.  Christine was a total Rock…

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Getting Ready for “B-Day”

That would be Baby/Birthday of our little bundle of joy. We are now just under 2 weeks until Christine’s due date of 7/11 and we are almost ready. We have the crib and the room put together. I think the only thing left is to get the hospital bag packed which we will hopefully start…

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Back From Ohio

After an extremely busy weekend where Christine worked me like a dog to get things ready for our new arrival I finally have 2 minutes to post some pictures of our recent trip. That’s only because we’re going to work a little late today so we can meet with a potential Day Care center. To…

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Cuyahoga Valley National Park

We hit up another national park this weekend in our quest to see them all. While this one was not exactly The Grand Canyon it did have a very beautiful waterfall called Brandywine (how very Lord of the Rings) Falls. There were a few hikes to be done, but we couldn’t do too many of…

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Back From DC

We’re a week removed from our trip to DC and I’m finally getting a chance to talk about it (ok blog about it). We visited our friends Dani & Emerson who took really good care of us. We spent a day in DC on Friday and toured the Botanic Gardens after a stop by Barack’s…

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Kasper’s Visit

Hate to blog and run, but it’s a bit busy around here, so I’ll just leave you with a link to some pictures from Kasper’s visit this past weekend. We had a great time and as always, it was a shame he had to leave so soon 🙁 Picture Gallery

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Bursting at the Seams

We are just back from Easter and my parents’ house and food is the furthest thing from our minds right now. I’m pretty sure that we ate enough for Easter next year as well and maybe even Thanksgiving this year. But everything was delicious! We just couldn’t stop. Much to the chagrin (but not dismay)…

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