Brelynn and Her Apples

Ok, you have to believe me when I tell you I feed my children! I mean look at those cheeks!! Poor little brelynn was spending her Christmas morning at Grandmama's house hoarding apples! She started out with two...

but that just wasn't enough, she soon got her apple arsenal up to 3...

Three just isn't enough apples to bunker down with for the winter, so Brelynn set out to find more...

Then the paranoia set in and she kept thinking that everyone was out to get her precious apples, she kept checking around to make sure no one put a hand on her bounty of fruit...

"I's gots me some apples, but you cant have none"


"Are YOU looking at my apples..."

Merry Late Christmas to You!

Here are some pictures from Christmas at my moms and some from Christmas and Richard's Parent's house (all of his siblings were able to come into town).

Richard (and all the brothers) got machetes from Mary (brought all the way from Guatemala *on an airplane*)

Hanging out with Daddy on Grandmama's new couch!

Trenton, Aiden and Athena love their Uncle Buck (Blake)

Auntie Katie and Brelynn hanging out!

Trenton got this insanely large "action figure" from Grandpa Chuck!

Grandma Smith with baby McKeltie

This is 9 month old Brelynn showing her cousin Elaine who's boss, you can see the progression in the next 2 pictures!

Coming in for the kill!!


Got'er! She was biting her SHIRT! but Elaine is deathly afraid of Brelynn and cries when she is anywhere near her!!!

Ashley, trying out Nathan's new Rip Stick!! It's much harder than it looks!

A very late HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I have been "under the weather" for a very long time, so it has taken me a while to finally get stuff together for this post. For New Years Eve Trenton spent the night and Grandmama's House (My mom), Richard stayed home with Brelynn and rested, and I went over to Genevieve's mom's house for a bon fire (I LOVE fire), I stayed until about 11:30 because I wanted to make sure I was not on the roads while all the crazy partiers started driving home. So, basically, it was a mellow evening on fun. But I got a few pictures of Brelynn's first New Year's...

We call her exersaucer her little office, its where she gets all of her "baby work" done!

Trenton Kindergarten

Yes, Trenton is still around, poor guy isn't getting any of my "virtual world" attention so I will post a bit about him. He started school this year. Trenton is in Mrs. Bedrosian's class at Lakeview Elementary. He is too smart for his own good sometimes! He is having a blast making friends, learning to read and doing more art projects than you could ever imagine, I will post some pictures of his art soon. Trenton loves playing outside and building things. He is fasinated by magnets, he loves trying to figure out how they work and how much he can do with them.

Ready for the first day of school...but mom wasn't :-(..

Trenton and Mrs. Bedrosian on the first day of school!
Walking at Balboa park with friends

Checking out the Box Canyon Trail created by the Mormon Battalion. Sarah, Brelynn, Trenton and Mary relaxing on the grass in Old Town!

Brelynn Catch Up

So, I jumped ahead quite a bit with my last post, so I just wanted to stick in some pictures and commentary of Brelynn's first 8 months on Earth. She had already been to Disneyland, California Adventure, LegoLand, Sea World, The San Diego Zoo and The Wild Animal Park before she was 3 months old! What a trooper, her are some pics of her adventures so far. Enjoy!

We were all playing trekkie dress up! She's the cutest little Geordi!

He is so proud to be a big brother!!

Meeting Eeyore on Brelynn's first trip to Disneyland!

You cant really tell but this is Brelynn and Richard on the Pirates of Carribean ride, right after we got on, then they make you put away your camera.

Brelynn in her blessing dress, she is so adorable

Brandon Reas' mission farewell, she's just chillin'

Meeting her Auntie Mary for the first time, Mary was at BYU when the baby was born. As you can tell, they are both very fond of eachother.

Her first time in a swimming pool, we were at the Overson's. COry let her borrow his sun hat :-)

Her first amusement park ride, LegoLand's Story Book Boat (or something) and the next picture is a boat ride at LegoLand that takes you to see all of the awesome lego structures.

Her first 5K walk, for Parkinson's, she made it the whole way!!

Her first trip to Channel 1225, hanging out with Auntie Gen.

My friend Lyndsey holding Brelynn and her friend Kamryn!

Brelynn's Birth

This was Brelynn when I was 10 weeks pregnant. She was comfy cozy and decided she was going to stay in and not be born on her due date, she was subsequently, forcibly removed (I was induced) on March 12th. I had a 6 hour labor and she was born at 2:36 pm!

Brelynn Renee Smith was 8 lbs 4 oz! She is my little princess.

Trenton has taken to calling her "wanga changs" but if you ever try saying it, he will tell you you are saying it wrong, there is some kind of accent he puts on the "ch", and he is very particular. To this day I do not know where he picked that name up from but it has stuck and he now calls her his little wangas.

Trenton is an amazing big brother and knows all the best tricks to keep the baby happy. He is great at sharing his toys, although some toys have been not so baby friendly, like the tiny magnetix pieces! He also shares his play tent...

Finally gonna get this party started!

Well, I am not sure how far back to start. I have been trying to get a blog up since before the baby was born. So, I guess I will go through a quick synopsis of life, up until her birth....
Richard and I were married in July of 2005. We have a son, Trenton and a daughter, Brelynn. We lived in El Cajon, California until January of 2005. Trenton loves to rock climb and Richard built him his own rock wall for his room. I have been a stay at home mom since early 2007! I love it, and cant imagine going back out to work in the crazy world. My family is my life and all of my joy comes from their happiness. So, we moved to Lakeside in January of 2008, and we are still working on moving in lol, mostly because of a large amount of construction we had to do on the house and partly because when we moved in I was 8 months pregnant. Brelynn was due March 5th 2008.....