The Greatest Unexpected Mother's day gift!!

Brody Taylor Smith Was Born May 3, 2011
Our baby boy was born 18 days early. He decided he had enough of being krinkled in a little ball.

May 3 was just supposed to be a regular old day, I was planning on just going to my weekly doctors appointments and then heading home. I was getting Non-stress test done every week to just make sure his little heart beat was good, making sure he was getting enough oxygen and they would check fluid levels. Brody had been normal every visit so I was expecting it to be the same. The nurse checked his heart beat that was great, then she started measuring fluid levels and I could tell she had to search a little harder then normal. She gets done measuring and tells me his fluid levels are at a 5 and "normal" healthy range is between a 10-24 so he was super low. The nurse told me I had to wait until a doctor could come see me to decide what to do. The doc came in and didn't even hesitate to say because of your history we want to admit you right now to have this baby. I said " RIGHT NOW Like right right now can I go home first"? He said no (well suggested No). At that moment I thought to myself no bag packed, my house a mess, Brody's room wasn't quite finished, I got so nervous at this point I wasn't ready for this I was supposed to have 3 more weeks!! I called Taylor and he rushed right over and we had our little Brody ready or not 9 hours later.

He was 6lbs 7 oz. 20 inches long. which was pretty good I thought for being 3 weeks early.
They told my I may have to have a C-section because babies that have low fluid usually don't take labor very well. He was a champ and took it great which I was so grateful for.
He was so quiet after he was born, they set him on me and he just sat and stared at me. I had been waiting so long to look into his sweet little eyes and he had them opened for me the whole time. A moment I will never forget, I still get teary eyed thinking about it :)



Proud Daddy.
Taylor always tells me how he thinks ALL babies are ugly and so he was totally planning on thinking our baby would be ugly. He hates to admit it but he thinks he is pretty cute.

We are so grateful he finally made it here safe and Healthy as can be. Every thing went so smooth. Its Amazing how much we love the little guy.

Speedy Overview

I have been meaning to post belly pics and have been putting it off as I usually do. I think its more fun to see the pics side by side anyway.


Here I am 29 weeks


32 weeks




37 Weeks

I have the Nursery almost all set up it looks pretty good so far, It took me forever to pick everything out and I am quite pleased the way it turned out. I will post a pic as soon as I get it all done.

Blogging.... WHats that?

Im sure by now most people know are big news.... I am Pregnant!
I cant explain how excited I am for this little baby. When I saw its little heart beat at 6 weeks on the monitor the 7 and 1/2 months I had left seemed so far away. I always tell Taylor I can not wait for the moment I get see our little babies eyes open staring back at me. Time has gone by much faster then I thought it would. I am already 27 weeks (about six months) so I only have to wait 3 more. Things with this pregnancy are going so much better. Its so great to hear EVERYTHING IS NORMAL...
We found out what we are having and the ultrasound picture below shows it clear as day!

YES! its a boy... if you were thinking girl you need to get your eyes checked. At this Ultrasound I was 18 weeks, it was kinda funny because the ultrasound tech didn't even have to tell us what we were having she looked at us and said "ok guys what do you think you are having".

Its been fun because I get to have more ultrasounds than normal so they can just make sure everything is going ok. These next two pictures I am at 23 weeks. His little feet are up by his head he is folded completely in half. The one below is a close up of the same picture you can just see his little profile better. For some reason I find Ultrasounds so fascinating. Its wierd to think there is a little human inside of you and when you actually get to see them it makes everything become real. Well I guess the jabs to the ribs and sides should make it feel real to but its fun to see them.

Here is me at 27 weeks.

SuMMa TiMe FuN!

My family and I havn't been all together since before Richard left on his mission. So we thought it was about time we plan a trip together. We all met at Kim's house my sister in Washington. We had a blast all together lounging, laughing, shopping, napping, eating, and much much more.

Whenever we visit Kim we always hit up Burgerville because its Deeelicious. They have some dang good burgers, fries, icecream ya know all that stuff your not supposed to eat.
And of course I cant but help taking pictures of Alli she is so dang cute.. I crave that little girl she has the cutest personality. She used to be scared of Taylor because of his facial hair but now she is his little buddy its pretty cute.

My little nephew Brycen turned 8 so we had the chance while we were up there to see him get baptized. I wish I had more pictures of him but he looked like quite the stud in his snazzy suite. It was really fun to see him get baptized.

(Brycen is the one on the right)

The last night we were there we had a fun little fire pit in Kim's back yard. It felt like we were in the mountains because her whole back yard you just see forest. I love visiting Oregon and Washington I would totally live there.

Strawberry Days Rodeo

Taylor and I love going to Rodeo's and Strawberry days is one of our favorites. We used to live right next to the rodeo arena so its kinda fun to go back to our old stompin grounds.

We always go super early to get good seats and to watch all the Rode "hoes" and wannabe Cowboys trickle in to the arena. I am amazed every year how Decked out girls get for a rodeo. As we were leaving the rodeo I heard this girl say " Ewww oh my heck it stinks" there was a bunch of calves off to the side. I looked at Taylor and we both had this look on our faces like really is she serious.

I thought this was pretty cool.. The lady on the horse on top of the trailor got those buffalo to get on top of that trailor. My favorite part of Rodeo's is the Bull riding I find it so entertaining to watch ....I personally would not be opposed if thats all that went on at a rodeo.

Im not going to lie I had 2 cups of these bad boys above. This cup of strawberrys and cream is 98.913% of why we go to this rodeo. They are so cheap and absolutely delicious. You are probably drooling just staring at it right??

Memorial Day!!

Every Memorial Day the Garbett side goes to visit my grandpa and grandma Garbett. I have never met my grandpa he died before I was born and my grandma died when I was in the sixth grade. I always wonder what it would be like if they were still around. I sure loved my grandma. Its so great to know that we get to see the people we love again.

Grams and Gramps buried right next to each other.

Our family has this tradition every year after we visit the graves we always go get KFC.. Don't ask me why or how it started and its probably the one time a year I eat KFC but I'm not going to lie I enjoy it everytime. My uncle lives right across from the capital so we took our KFC over to the capital and had our selves one heck of a picnic.

Deeelicious!

Who's Who???

Lee Dewyze WON American Idol.

Taylor has been getting so much from so many people that he looks just like Lee! Im not going to lie sometimes I think he looks a lot like him and at times I would just pretend that taylor could actually sing that good. Cheesy I know but I love when boys can sing and this is as close as Im ever gonna get to taylor singing so I think its fair to say I can dream.

LEE?

Taylor??

Taylor???

Lee???

What do you think do they look alike???