tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41704778313628612112024-03-13T11:35:07.916-05:00 Just Another SmithAndihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402465061489497170noreply@blogger.comBlogger1198125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170477831362861211.post-13487746964798429342016-11-18T15:13:00.000-06:002017-01-14T16:20:48.099-06:00FIVE
It's been 5 years since I started this blog! Crazy how much life has changed. I had been thinking of starting a blog for months but kept talking myself out of it. John had his friends over on a Friday night and I was bored and finally went for it. I thought I'd have more sewing projects and more book reviews, but it's mostly just been outfits. Nothing Andihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402465061489497170noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170477831362861211.post-21904213359319025042016-11-14T06:00:00.000-06:002016-11-14T06:00:18.781-06:00Day in the Life
Sometimes, when you are a stay-at-home-mom, people ask you what you do all day. And most of the time, I have no idea. So I decided I'd keep track of a day. Obviously not all days are the same. Sometimes the toddler goes rogue and refuses a nap. Sometimes we actually leave the house (okay, most days we actually leave the house). And the above picture is from Andihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402465061489497170noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170477831362861211.post-10964346258691651022016-11-04T06:00:00.000-05:002016-11-04T06:00:14.495-05:00Feelin' 32
My birthday was a few weeks ago, and this is what I wore for family dinner and celebration. We just went to my favorite restaurant, and then back to our house for cake and presents. The toddler refused to nap that day, but fell asleep in the car and took a little nap on my lap at the restaurant. He's so busy these days, it was kind of the perfect birthday present to get some Andihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402465061489497170noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170477831362861211.post-66372173928622668432016-11-03T13:50:00.001-05:002016-11-03T13:50:23.488-05:00Timey Wimey
Halloween happened this week! We aren't really Halloween people, and the boys don't have any idea what is going on, so I didn't think we'd do anything. But then we got invited to our friends' annual Halloween party, which we've missed the last 2 years. Family costume brainstorming followed and we decided to be as nerdy as possible. John and the toddler both went as Andihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402465061489497170noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170477831362861211.post-23736234510879646572016-10-28T17:25:00.000-05:002016-10-28T17:34:27.455-05:00October Shopping
Hey, I actually bought some stuff in October. I really just needed some things that fit and I feel good in, so I bought more this month than I have in awhile, but mostly used gift cards!
J.Crew Factory emails me every day about sales, and I often put things in my cart and then forget about them. I finally took the plunge on these 4 tops, which I have almost bought a few times. &Andihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402465061489497170noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170477831362861211.post-70436960480560850852016-10-19T06:00:00.000-05:002016-10-19T06:00:11.197-05:00Family Birthday
This is what I wore for our family celebration of John's birthday. I love this dress, even though it's maternity. I'll probably just keep wearing it anyway, okay? Cool.
I think we had a pretty good time for the birthday. We went to dinner, and then came back to our house for presents and dessert.
We have this problem when getting dressed to go places. I Andihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402465061489497170noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170477831362861211.post-88981322207341296542016-10-17T07:00:00.000-05:002016-10-17T07:00:08.683-05:00Date Night
John's birthday was a couple weeks ago, and we finally had a kid-free date night! It's been a few months, since before Baby2 showed up, so it was nice to have some time away from the babies. I was slightly nervous leaving them, but once we got to dinner, I wasn't too distracted. We had a fun, low-key evening. Just ate dinner, hung out at Barnes and Noble for a bit, Andihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402465061489497170noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170477831362861211.post-2159972575912254582016-10-13T07:00:00.000-05:002016-10-13T07:00:22.953-05:00Goodbye Shorts
Shorts season is coming to an end, so I better get more pants that fit soon! I've been wearing these shorts a lot this whole summer and really thanking past self for buying a few pairs of shorts when I was pregnant in the winter the first time around. These shorts were less than $5 and I've worn them roughly a million times. Okay, that might be an exaggeration. But Andihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402465061489497170noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170477831362861211.post-3551176352496967292016-10-10T07:00:00.000-05:002016-10-10T07:00:05.489-05:00Family Date
Now that we have kids, John and I sing a lot of silly songs, and then have arguments about lyrics or meaning of the songs. Case in point:
It's raining, it's pouring
The old man is snoring
He went to bed, bumped his head, and didn't wake up in the morning.
We were singing this song the other day and John said, "why isn't anyone concerned? This guy probably has a concussion."
Andihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402465061489497170noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170477831362861211.post-2292234979065717332016-10-05T19:54:00.000-05:002016-10-05T19:54:11.617-05:00Recent Shopping
My shopping habits have been pretty odd for the last 2 years, with being pregnant so much. I kind of stopped shopping, and then had to buy some more maternity things, and didn't really keep track. I'm pretty sure I am well under budget for the year, but I'm going to start fresh as of October. For the sake of I don't know what, here's what I remember buying recently.
Andihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402465061489497170noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170477831362861211.post-41567649670361523612016-09-28T14:00:00.000-05:002016-09-28T14:11:47.626-05:00Sunday Best
This is my new dress. I wore it to church on Sunday, and unbelievably got to sit through the whole service and all of Sunday School! Baby2 was awake but happy and smiling at me for most of the sermon, so I'm not entirely sure I heard much of it, but hey, it's better than sitting back in the nursery!
Dress & Cardigan: Old Navy
Belt: Madden
Shoes: Target
Andihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402465061489497170noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170477831362861211.post-57656861434403100952016-09-22T13:00:00.000-05:002016-09-22T13:00:19.516-05:00The Awkward Phase
Fall is sort of here, at least some days, so I tentatively pulled out my jeans from last fall. You know, the ones that I searched and searched for, and then barely got to wear before I was pregnant again. Miracle of miracles, they fit! I was shocked because I still have about 15 extra pounds to get rid of.
I think I have generally had a pretty healthy body imageAndihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402465061489497170noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170477831362861211.post-30792381652065082192016-09-16T06:00:00.000-05:002016-09-16T06:00:04.948-05:00Police Encounter
I'm pretty much a rule-follower, so I haven't gotten into very much trouble in my life. Whenever I think I might be in trouble with an authority figure, I kind of panic, frequently cry. A few years ago, I got pulled over for not stopping long enough at a stop sign (I stopped, I am 100% sure he was just bored), and the conversation went something like this:
Police Officer: Miss,Andihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402465061489497170noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170477831362861211.post-40452393725550346842016-09-14T12:00:00.000-05:002016-09-14T13:42:54.801-05:00Pregnancy - Second Half
Second half of pregnancy recap (first half is here)! It's been 7 weeks, but it honestly feels like a lifetime ago that I was pregnant. People say you will never forget certain things in life, but pregnancy is apparently not one of them. I'm looking at these pictures and don't even remember being that huge!
Compared to last time (1/2/3), I think I got bigger faster thisAndihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402465061489497170noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170477831362861211.post-33426728833924295882016-09-08T06:00:00.000-05:002016-09-08T06:00:14.857-05:00Forty Weeks
So these pictures are from the night before Baby2 was born. We are talking like 10 hours before, if you really want to know. I was exactly 40 weeks pregnant, and fairly sure baby wasn't coming any time soon. We went out to dinner because I was not in the mood to cook anything, and since it was in the 90s all week, my number one priority was staying as cool as possible. &Andihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402465061489497170noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170477831362861211.post-67295570086726801022016-09-06T09:58:00.001-05:002016-09-06T10:07:29.904-05:00Smith, Party of FourBlog, I'd like to introduce Mr. Baby 2.0! He arrived at the end of July and he's just pretty wonderful! So different than his big brother was, I feel like a first time mom at certain moments. You know, except for when both boys need me RIGHT NOW! Then it's a little complicated!Life has been good but a bit of a blur for the last 6 weeks. John took some time off work, Andihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402465061489497170noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170477831362861211.post-8355356968021416032016-07-14T06:00:00.000-05:002016-07-14T06:00:01.022-05:0038 weeks
I'll be honest. I'm basically still blogging at this point because I think I should be fair and have this pregnancy documented at least somewhat. Last time, I was taking pictures almost every day, and this time I can barely manage once a week, so it's not quite the same, but hey, it's something. If I had to guess, the blog will probably fade off into obscurity soon.  Andihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402465061489497170noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170477831362861211.post-84111743446363920562016-07-08T06:00:00.000-05:002016-07-08T06:00:28.665-05:0037 weeks
I found this dress recently at Target for $8 and it seemed like a good investment for my last few weeks of pregnancy. It's just comfortable and long enough and I'm honestly running out of clothes that fit. Have I mentioned I'm significantly larger this time around? It's really ridiculous.
Anyway, this is what I wore to church on Sunday. Then we went out to lunch, Andihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402465061489497170noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170477831362861211.post-88593293517047761622016-07-06T06:00:00.000-05:002016-07-06T06:00:19.144-05:0036 Weeks
It's the final countdown! I'm looking at my last few weeks of pregnancy and as I keep saying, time is a funny thing. It's all going too fast and too slow. This is from a couple weeks ago when we went out for a Friday night dinner. I remembered this skirt that I wore last year on the day before Mr. Baby was born, and thought "hey, I can wear that non-maternity skirt Andihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402465061489497170noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170477831362861211.post-13406393973291174682016-06-22T14:33:00.002-05:002016-06-22T14:33:19.213-05:00Weekly Hello
Checking in from the hottest June I can remember. We just keep having these 90+ degree days, and I think I might die. These pics are just from a week ago. We went out to dinner for my SIL's birthday, and then came back to our house for presents and cupcakes and played Harry Potter Clue. It was more complicated than regular clue. John and I were a team because Andihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402465061489497170noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170477831362861211.post-25963658239216598382016-06-15T06:00:00.000-05:002016-06-15T06:00:10.023-05:00Snake Skirt
How is June halfway over already? I'm not ready for July to be here, because that means Baby2 is coming very very soon. Yikes! I need to get my act together!
Here's another outfit from a month ago. I was 30 weeks at the time, and am 34 now. Maybe I've just forgotten how big I was last time, but I feel significantly more enormous right now than I remember Andihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402465061489497170noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170477831362861211.post-30093157598667839772016-06-09T06:00:00.000-05:002016-06-09T06:00:33.078-05:00Paisley shorts
These shorts were a favorite last summer, both before and after Mr. Baby was born. I've already worn them a bunch again this summer. But I've learned that when you are due in July, you need more shorts and tank tops than when you are due in May, so I've had to do some additional maternity shopping. And I'm also much bigger this time around, so some of my maternity shorts Andihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402465061489497170noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170477831362861211.post-41755285775486466112016-06-07T06:00:00.000-05:002016-06-07T06:00:34.039-05:00Life Lately
Hey, the weeks are flying by and I'm going to have a baby next month! Yikes! Things are going generally pretty well. A few highlights from recent weeks:
I spent my first overnight away from Mr. Baby! We figured we needed to have a practice run before baby2 arrives. Pretty sure it was harder on me than on him! Plus we stayed in a hotel downtown, which Andihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402465061489497170noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170477831362861211.post-31051840896545856372016-05-31T06:00:00.000-05:002016-05-31T06:00:32.250-05:00Bella Gravida Recap
Continuing the trend of posting outfits a month after I wear them...
This skirt is the last of my items from Bella Gravida. I really liked getting some fun maternity clothes, and probably would have kept it if I was still working. But as I've said a million times, being a SAHM, I really don't need pretty skirts and dresses very often.
After doing a few months of&Andihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402465061489497170noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170477831362861211.post-11754626693919538902016-05-17T13:00:00.000-05:002016-05-17T13:14:55.872-05:00Phantom of the Opera
This is what I wore to the last broadway show of the season: Phantom of the Opera. I was happy to have another fun dress from Bella Gravida to wear.
I'm not a big fan of Phantom. I know it's a favorite of many people, but I just don't get into it. I first saw it about 6 or 7 years ago. It's one of my MIL and SIL's favorites, so I was excited. I Andihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03402465061489497170noreply@blogger.com1