Easton turned 1 on Oct. 26, 2009

His one year stats:

Weight: 24 lbs 6.5 oz (75%)
Length: 31 in. (95%)
Head size: 19.25 (90%)

Easton is growing up so fast!! He is is so aware and active. He just wants to be part of the groups doing what they are doing. He LOVES animals and tries to imitate the sounds of them. He definitely has the "Ruff Ruff" down! He is so loving and gives great hugs and kisses to even his brothers and sister. He is quick to catch on to things, after a few trial and errors and bit of a frustrated tantrum, but he gets it. Another he loves is cars, just like his brother Ayden. He started pushing them around at about 10 months and has never lost interest, he loves them. He started walking right before he turned 13 months and has loved every minute of it!

He started sleeping through the night when he turned one(seriously on the date!) but I am still really struggling with his nap. He only gets one nap, he stopped taking his morning nap around 10 months, he just wouldn't have it. But his one afternoon nap is a killer for me, so any advice is welcomed. I will rock him in the beginning lay him down he wakes right up and freaks out, I have let him cry up to an hour and nothing, he keeps going. I think he cries so long that it eventually makes him poop, so i always have to go in at about an hour to change him and then rock him and lay him down. But then it has to be on my bed or else he won't stay down. At night he wakes up when we lay him down and he cries for like 2 seconds and then stops and goes to sleep. i have even tried laying him down without rocking him. At his nap he just cried like he always does and never goes to sleep. At night he cried for 15 minutes then went to sleep. Seriously, i don't know what to do with him. The only way he stays down for his nap is if I lay by him the entire time, which most of t he time I can't do because I am dealing with my boys who are fighting there nap or trying, key word trying to get dinner done. It is killing me for a number of reasons, but the biggest one is I need a break, and him doing this gives me no break. And I let him cry, but it doesn't make for a relaxing break that is for sure. Any advice?!?

Other than his nap, he is a happy baby who loves to play, especially outside. He reminds me a lot of Ayden and Gavin when they were his age. He has been a pretty good eater for the most part. In the morning he has to have eggs and yogurt, that seems to be what fills him up the best. Then he continues to eat what everyone else is having through out the morning. He has 4 teeth on the bottom and two on the top. Just recently I saw in his mouth he now has a set of molars on the bottom as well, I had no idea. I guess that explains his sudden loss of appetite these last few weeks.

He is great at letting us know what he wants. He points or walks up to it, but my favorite is he has a way of fluctuating the sound of his voice to tell us different things. So even though he can't talk, he is definitely learning to communicate!

We love this smiley little boy so much and we are grateful to have him in our family.

Smith News

So Wow, we have a lot of going on right now!! First of all, I am pregnant. I guess that is what happeneds when you have been away from your husband for 5 weeks.

It's a boy and I am about 18 1/2 weeks along. I have so many emotions that come with this. I am worried for my others kids, hoping they will be able to know and feel the love I have for all of them, wondering how I am going to do this, and hating walking any where, having a thousands stares and thinking seriously if they only knew I had another one coming. And when they do find out feeling a little judged with people wondering what is she doing.

So, this is supposed to be an exciting time for us, and it is really a blessing. All of our Children are. My friend said this in her blog talking about her pregnancy and it was something I felt, but just needed to hear.

"I never actually asked “How did this happen?” because it seems so obvious, but let me just say it isn’t always obvious. It’s just the will of the Lord." (Thanks Jo)

This news may come as a shock to some and maybe not to others, but I haven't really been talking about it much because it has been so much easier to enjoy it privately. I don't know what to expect, or how I'm going to do it. But what I do know is that the Lord has constantly wrapped his arms around our family and has carried us from one point to the next. I feel so undeserving of ALL the Lord has blessed me and my family with and I am so humbled by the love he shows me every single day. I truly believe the Lord has a plan for me, and its up to me to get my self together to feel deserving of all of this. So yes I am terrified, but I am excited for all that life has for our future. I am so grateful for my family and for how we have all come together.

Our second bit of exciting news is we are moving to Utah in a couple of weeks!!! This has been a huge blessing. We have been so far away from family and I am so excited to be close to them again. Heavenly Father knows I need them even if they are about 4 hours away and he got us closer to them then I ever thought we would be at this point.

Everything has all happened so fast. He just found out last Friday that we need to be out there so he can start work with in the 2010 period so we seriously feel like I have no time to think, just act! So we now have a place to rent, and hopefully w can get everything set with the movers so we won't be traveling during Christmas,but i am feeling like we will be.

We are excited for all that we have coming our way and count our blessings everyday.