Children's Hospital

This past Thursday we had to take Brady to Children's Hospital in Birmingham for a consult on his hernia. He will be having surgery Friday, April 18. I think this is going to be a lot harder on mom and dad than it will be on him. Dr. Saito is his doctor, and she said he should bounce back with no problems. They will keep him over night for observation because he was a preemie. Our plans are to stay in Birmingham Thursday night because surgery will be so early, and, of course, we will stay in the hospital with him Friday night. Also, we plan for Whit to be with us. Dr. Saito said that siblings can stay in the same room with the patient. I can't imagine separating them for two nights, so we plan to do this as a family. Once again, please keep us in your prayers and thoughts during this upcoming event.

First Easter

Here are a few pictures of the boys on Easter. We went to my mother's house in Andalusia for the first time with the boys. They seemed to enjoy seeing some of their family.


This is Uncle Chad holding Brady for the first time.
Here are Uncle Ricky and Aunt Lynn holding Brady and Whit for the first time.
Brady. These outfits are a little big on them.
Whit
Whit and Brady

Park & Wagon

Sunday we went to Sherling Lake to get me out of the house. It was a beautiful day, and the boys seemed to enjoy being out - they slept the whole time. I was glad to be outside and out of the house. We walked about a mile around the camp ground and pond. Michael got a workout pushing them around.



We put them in their John Deer Wagon that was a gift from Michael's Uncle Lee and Aunt Brenda. Michael's mother made the pillows for the wagon. Again, they slept while we pulled them around the yard. I think this wagon will come in handy as they get older.

Whit is on the left and Brady on the right.

4 Wheeler Pictures

This was their first 4 wheeler ride with Daddy the other afternoon. Whit seemed to like it. He was awake for the ride, but Brady just couldn't seem to open his eyes.

This is Whit enjoying the ride with Dad.


Brady with Daddy.

And I couldn't leave out Maggie Ann and Belle. Belle is 9 months old and is bigger than her mama.

First Post

Hello Everyone!

We our going to try the blog thing since it seems the "in" thing to do now. I'm not going to promise anything, but I will try to keep an update at least once a week. Michael will probably be better at this than me.

As you all know, our miracle boys were born Dec. 27, 2007. They had to stay in the NICU for 45 days. They came home Feb. 10 and are keeping me very busy! They are doing great. They had their 2 month shots March 5. I think it hurt me more than it hurt them. Here are some pictures that were taken for their 2 month pictures 2/27/08. I'll try to post more current ones over the weekend.

Meet Whitman Glover Smith, our first born. He weighed 3.9 when he was born. On March 5, he weighed 6.15.




Meet Brady Robert Smith. He weighed 3.5 when he was born, and on March 5 he weighed 6.7.



We would like to thank all of you who kept us in your thoughts and prayers! You'll never know how much it has meant to us to know that we are so loved!!