Blessing, Family, Halloween

We had a wonderful weekend this week. Lilly's blessing was Nov. 1 so some of Nate's family came down from Montana. His parents, sister inlaw, and two nephews came. It was so much fun having our firsts guests in our home. It was also Halloween! Nathan's brother had a baby boy exactly one month before us. So we decided to dress the two up, Kade wore my extra giraffe costume and Lilly wore hers. They were so cute. We are so grateful for family and that they were able to come. The blessing went great and Lilly looked like a little princess.
Lilly in her dress

Nate's dad, Nate, my Dad
Nate, lilly, Colette
Lilly with her cousin Kade
Cute little Giraffes
Kade in the Giraffe Costume
1st halloween

Where did Lilly go?

This is Lilly's Halloween costume. She some how got lost with the other stuffed animals. She's a little Giraffe.

Update

So everything is going good in our Family. Nathan started a new job last week. He is still working for the same company but instead of estimating he will be a project Engineer out on site. The new opportunity is good and bad. The good part is Nathan gets some new experience and the job he is working on is a really neat building. The bad is that he has to drive 1.5 hours to get to work everyday b/c it is in Boulder. He has to be at the site by 6:30 am, so he leaves at 5 am and doesn't get home til 7 pm, he goes to sleep at 8:30 pm. So needless to say we don't get to see Nate as much as we used to. BUt the job lasts until next summer, then he'll get to choose whether he wants to keep doing Project Engineering or Estimating. We'll see. Lilly is doing wonderful, she is a great blessing in our lives and are grateful for the opportunity we have in being her parents. She wakes up every 3-4 hours to eat so hopefully over the next little while that will change. Over the summer my project was making her blessing dress. It was fun/frustrating/ I'm really glad I am done with it.





After
Before

Lillian Phebe Smith

So I won't tell the whole story of how she got here right now, But everything went well and she is 6lbs 13 oz 18 inches long. She has my face with Nathan's dark brown hair. I was so excited when I found out how much hair she had. It is about 1/2 long all over and thick too. She is very beautiful, we love her tons already!

Some pics of our home

So here are some pictures of our house. I didn't put any pictures of the Baby's room on here yet b/c we haven't exactly started it yet. So those will becoming soon. Hope you can see the pictures ok.


Front of the house, Nathan put three flower beds in the front, on top of the retaining wall.


Our Bathroom


The downstairs, where we are going to be putting my Salon in. You'll be seeing more pictures of that.


The rest of our Basement


Two car garage, we are enjoying being able to put our cars in it.


Stairs


Front Hallway


Our Bedroom


Guest Bedroom, with nothing in it right now. But we do have a bedframe


Nate's Bathroom, I call it that because I wouldn't have decorated it like that but he likes it!


Family Room



Another view of family room and dining room

I love my kitchen and having a big pantry

Front room

Another view of Family room, We are enjoying having our own place again.

Fun Day

Nathan and I decided to go have some fun down in Colorado Springs yesterday. We went to the Olympic Training Center, where they house future olympians. They said they had to be in the top 10% of their sport in order to train and live there. Then we went to Manitou Springs and had lunch. Then we went to Garden of the Gods, which is really pretty and good for hiking except it was raining. Then we went to the Air Force Academy and walked around the visitor center. So we saw a lot in one day but had lots of fun exploring.


Some Olympic Medals on display

Down the main walkway of the Training center

Countdown to the Next Summer and Winter games

Nathan out in front of the OTC

Manitou Springs, CO

Garden of the Gods, I didn't take this picture

Air force Academy, I didn't take this one either

Hibscus Tree

So this is my Hibscus tree. I love this tree and I got it at Walmart for like 20 bucks. But anyways it sprouts these pretty flowers all year long. My work had one and it was always so pretty so I got one too. I will eventually post some pics of our house, I just keep thinking I want to do that when I have more decorating done but that will probably be never when I am finished. So look for those next time!