William Fischer Smith

Well, baby Smith finally made his appearance..in perfect time I might add. We all just knew it was going to be a girl, but we were wrong!

We just so happened to be traveling to the coast the day after he was born, so we got to make a quick stop by the hospital to hold that little bundle of joy!  I thought it might REALLY make me want another baby soon, but umm, I'm not so sure...I forgot how much tiny babies require (and that has nothing on the attention a 15 month old requires!) It is so fun having these boys so close together. Maybe they will be as close as their momma's were (is that even possible?). Even though 15 months makes a BIG difference right now, in a few years they will be running around everywhere together.

Bishop, for the record, was not concerned much with baby Fischer. As long as he gets [a lot of] attention, still gets to ride Uncle Steve's "was see" and gets to see Nate, he is good to go...baby or no baby.

Sweetness

One happy momma!

Oh, how tiny and sweet he is! Makes me want to go grab Bishop and make him stop growing so fast...but I can't :(

Instead, I'll just look at his pictures of when he was this size and get all emotional and sad and be ridiculous.

My baby boy

I'm so happy for her! She is going to be a fabulous mom!

Quite possibly the proudest grandaddy ever. Period.

That is as close as he wanted to get to the baby.

Ok, maybe looking a the pictures again makes me want another baby a LITTLE bit. MAYBE. Maybe not though :)

July 4

Play date

A while back, Brandi and I met at the mall area for a playdate for our boys. It was Bishop's first time there and although he had just woke up, he really enjoyed it. It is a good indoor (free) thing to do on a hot, cold, or rainy day. It was nice catching up with Brandi too! Can't wait to do it again!

My Aunts Bday

My mom decided on a whim to cook for my Aunt Pam's birthday. We had lots of good food and fun, and we got to see sweet baby Jake. (oh, and Russ and Audrey too)

What a big pretty smile he has

Helping granddaddy

Showing Jake how to work the exersaucer

Love those blue eyes! Which reminds me, where did my brown-eyed boy come from? I love them too though!

Much better than the last attempt of a picture of the two of them....

Daddy and his sweet boy

The sweet Bullard Family

The Hays Fam

It would have also been my Granny's birthday. I truely hate that she was never able to see these two boys. I know she would be so very proud of them. Words can't describe how much I miss her and wish she could be here to see Bishop and Jake grow up together. She probably would think it is pretty funny that Russ has a baby boy who looks just like him with RED hair, and how I have a curly haired boy with hair just like hers!

Picking Blueberries

A few weeks ago now, we picked blueberries at Uncle Steve's and Aunt Kathy's. This should probably be 2 or even 3 separate posts, but I made it one..one LONG post.

Since the baby horses were born that week, we first took a ride out to the pasture to see the "was ees".

Still trying to decide if he wanted to pet him or not.

After playing with the horses, we went inside for a little break and to ride other "horses"

Then it was time to pick some blueberries....

Or just stand and look cute instead....

We had so much fun that we went back again this past weekend and got more.....

Picking blueberries is serious business to some people.

But, not so much to others

And, some people just like to pick the blueberries and eat them right off of the bush. Along with a little grass.

 

Now, what to do with all of these blueberries?!!?

Blueberry lemonade

Blueberry crisp with homemade vanilla ice cream

And these delicious muffins. I added vanilla and a little brown sugar on top.  They are SO good! I wonder if it is from the expired yogurt or expired cake flour that made them so good?

Whew...I said it was LONG, right?

One More

One more beach post and then I'll stop. I just love the beach and so does Bishop!

He loved the sand......

And, the water...

And, the ride back....

What is not to love??