So here are some More pics of our little cutie pie. We are so lucky, He was sleeping throught he night at about 7-8 weeksish. The orange shirt was my absolute favorite church outfit and I was sad the day I put it on him and it was too small:(

 This is his 2 month pic I can't believe how big he's gotten!

 Jax with Grammy all ready to be blessed

 ALL of our wonderful family that could make it to support us!! (there were many loved ones with their support that couldn't make it)

 AWE:)

 I love My Nana She means the world to me!!

 Shane and I and all the Kiddo's

After the blessing Jax passed out on the floor for lite 3 hours. He has a herniated belly button so that's why it looks a little weird. It was so hot in our house so we stripped him down and there he slept!

Have 6 Months really gone by?

 Oh mane I cannot believe it has been 6 months since I last posted. I have some serious catching up to do! so, Jax was born (sure am glad I'm not still pregnant) Our little man decided to make his entrance into the world 2 and a half weeks early and Mommy was grateful! On March 22nd, 2012, I came home from work for lunch. Shane had the rest of the day off so he was home as well. I had thought that my water had broke but I wasn't sure. I decided that it hadn't and that I was going to go back to work. Well as I got back in my car to drive to work, a gush of water, YES my water had broke!!!

We got to the hospital at about 1:30pm that afternoon, as you know hospitals take their time so we didn't really know if i was in labor or not yet. about 2 hours later a nurse came in and said "we're going to have a baby!" I was a little nervous!

 I labored through the night with out much progress, it was long and I honestly didn't get much sleep. Shane slept on and off but didn't get much either. At about 9 am (20+ hours later) i was still in labor. The doctor came in and checked me and found another fore bag of water that needed to be ruptured. This all took place at about 10:30 am (no drugs up to this point) at this point the contractions were coming hard and fast and I hadn't slept at all the night before so I decided to get and epidural..

 after the epidural, I slept for 3 hours or so. When I woke up the nurse checked me and said your complete my EXACT words were " so now what to we wait for" I had no idea what I was in store for. I started pushing at 2:05 pm (25 hours AFTER my water broke) Jax was born at 2:53pm weighing in at 7 lbs 13 oz and 19 1/2 inches long. He was so perfect and healthy. He came out whimpering and it was the best sound I have ever heard.

 They placed him on my chest immediately after he was born and I will never forget how he looked up at me and we made eye contact for the first time. I fell in love!

 So here are a few pics of our little man at the hospital,/home and shortly after. Sorry I am so delayed on the post.

Definitely more to come

-The ArMsTrOnGs

32 WeEks!!!

Ok I am at 32 weeks and starting to get really Anxious to meet my little boy!!! I have been working on his room like craczy and I have made his bumpers and his baby quilt. I am now currently working on a fitted sheet for his crib but I am not really understanding the instructions so I am taking a break. I Have decided that I am doing his room in Monkeys....I love it!!! Above is his crib with the bumpers and his quilt draped of the side.

HERe is another pic of the baby quilt that I made!! My Mom helped me coordinate all the fabrics together as I am incapable in that department. She also helped me cut all the fabric for the quilt and for the bumpers.
Below is a pic of me at 32 weeks!!! YAY!!! I feel huge but I still have 8 weeks left so I am sure it is only going to get worse (or I am going to get bigger!) But I feel good most days! I can't wait to hold my little Monkey in my arms and kiss his cheeks!

Well Until next time....The Armstrong's!

Baby Boy Jax

So It has been awhile. I am terrible at this but i want to get better!!! I just need to do it!!! Anyways we have done Christmas, and New Yeats since my last post and I must take a minute to say they were both AMAZING!!! We had a wonderful Christmas and got to see all of our families! We spent Christmas Eve and day with the Smith side then the day after Christmas we went down to Payson and saw the Armstrong's. Boy did we get spoiled from all directions. And so did Jax! and he is not even here yet!
Before we left for Christmas Shane surprised me one day by painting the baby's room! It was so sweet of him and so nice to have it down. When we got back from Christmas all we had to do was do a little touch up paint and we were good to go.
The Tuesday after Christmas We set up the crib that I have had to stare at for a month in a box! It was so much fun to put it together. It also came with a dresser/changing table that we had to build as well. Below are some pics of his room!

As you can see we are going to name him Jax. It is the one boy name that we can both whole hearted agree on. We are also going to do his room in Monkeys. At first I thought it was going to be easy but I am having the hardest time finding fabric!!! Below is a pic of the dresser with all of his stuffed animals, as well as the rocking chair we got from my parents.

and here is a pic of me. I am 27 weeks today (and still need to post ultra sound pics). 13 weeks left to go!!! I feel like there is so much we still have to do and to buy!! But little by little we will get it all! We cannot wait until he is here!

Well hopefully the next post will take place before he is born! I will try my hardest to get ultra sound pics up with in a week or so.

Until next time

-The Armstrongs

It's a BOY

So I must say that it is really weird post a pic of me....Blogger.com is being super slow right now and will not up load any more pics than one at a time and I just want to be done blogging for the night.
First, I am showing!!! YAY!!!! I still think it is more fat than anything else but still....I at least look pregnant!
Second, IT'S A BOY!!! We were able to go to the doctor on Wednesday and I wasn't scheduled for an ultra sound but I asked them if they had time to do one real quick to see if they could see what it was. There was no guessing with this little guy!!!! He was spread eagle with his bum right at the top of my belly!!! Now I must say that I was convinced that it was a girl, so I was a little surprised when I saw that it was a boy!! We seriously couldn't be more excited! The last 5 babies in our family have been boys! We will add one more in the mix!! I am so excited that this little guy with have 2 boy cousins to rough house with!!!

Other than baby talk we really have had a lot going on! We did a 5k race last Saturday, we have had Christmas parties (yes already) and work out the WAZOO!!! We are looking forward to Thanksgiving and having the whole Armstrong clan down to our place! YAY!!! Life is good! Life is great!!!

Until next time

-The ArMsTrOnG's

Missionary and So so so Much More.....

So we sent Andrew off to the MTC last Wednesday. I must say I think that was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do! But it was also a very proud moment for our family! Our family has come a very long way spiritually (for those of you who know us). No one would have ever thought that any one in the Smith family would ever even come close to the MTC. Andrew bless his heart is the biggest sweet heart I know and I already miss him every single day! I constantly want to text him to see how he is doing and I can't!!! The people of Guatemala are getting a very special boy and they better take care of him! Better yet, they better be prepared for him!

Below is a picture of my Mom and Andrew and it is SSOOO Sweet! This was right as we dropped him off at the curb and had literally 5 seconds to say good bye!

Here are the proud parents!! You done good Mom and Dad! Now you just have to wait for 2 years for him to come home! He will be an awesome missionary!

A very sweet picture of Max and Andrew....I think that Andrew will miss these boys more than anyone! The love their uncle "Wandrew". I get all teary eyed thinking about it! They were so sweet and I don't think they even know how long 2 years is.

Everyone minus Brando who came to the MTC with Andrew to send him off. Some sweet sister missionaries took the picture for us so we could all be in it!

Andrew and I, and Max and Dad some how snuck their way into the picture. Oh I am going to miss this boy!

This is the More part, Andrew left on Shane's birthday, so we really had no choice but to throw him a birthday part while we were all up there together. Shane has never experience a Smith birthday family party. I think he liked it!

I baked him a spice cake.....Needless to say, my cake writing skills are starting to fade. But I thought it was pretty good for only one trial run.

And finally, the so Much more. This will be a testament to how many people actually even read my blog (which I don't think is very many), but still, I don't plan to announce on facebook until later but....Shane and I are expecting!!!! Yes we are pregnant!!!! Finally! It has been a very long difficult raoad for us and we have been trying for a while. We finally are confidant enough to announce it to everyone. We have told all of our family and most of our friends. Now everyone in the world can get on my blog and see that WE ARE PREGNANT!!!
My official due date is April 8th, 2012. I am at 13 weeks right now (1 week away from my second trimester). We were able to go to the doctor on Sept 14th and see that all was well with our little Bean (what we are calling it till we know what it is). We are so excited to be parents and we feel like this is long over due!
This is a picture of me at 13 weeks. No forgive me for not looking 100% done up. It was late Sunday night and we remembered. So I re arranged my pony tail and made sure my shirt was clean and away we went with the pic. I am not so much showing and I can no longer suck my fat in. I feel that in the next couple weeks it will be baby. Hopefully the next picture I will look better!
We do have an ultra sound pic but I am going to have to take the time to scan it and upload it...which I will, just not today.

Well that is all of our news for now!
Until next time
-The Armstrong's

Cascade Falls

Shane and I both had the 25th of July off (in celebration of July 24th), this is a unusual event so we decided to make the best of it. We were at home laying on the couch when Shane ask if I wanted to go on a hike. It have been forever since we have been hiking so I was on board. We decided to hit Cascade Falls up by Navajo Lake. This was the first time that I had ever done this hike, needless to say I was impressed. It is a fairly easy hike, there is a well worn trail, but you get going on it and it is like a straight shot down on one side, and on the other it is straight up. It was a beautiful hike. We got to the falls and here is the pic!

Shane and I's famous picture we take of ourselves. It was seriously such a nice day. It was a little warm but there were black clouds rolling in. By the time we got done with the hike it had started to rain and thus cool off a little bit.

Another amazing view!

Luckily, we were able to find some on to take our pic together at this look out. I am grateful for nice people!

This isn't of the hike, but it is proof that we hit up Groovefest this year. We didn't stay for long but it was still way fun. Always love the music! My aunt Chantal and Uncle Brian were down here for the weekend, so we got to meet up with them. We also got the chance to what my cousin Wyatt play baseball and have Emily spend the night.

I must admit that this summer has been pretty amazing! There have been some rough spots, but overall we have had a blast, we got to go on one big vacation, as well as many small spectacular ones. We have downsized to being a two car family!!! We sold the Bigone and my Pontiac and we were able to buy a newer truck. That made it easier for us to be able to go us to the cabin more. We have spent quite a few weekend up there (that to come in a later post). My little brother also got his mission call so we were able to go through the temple with him. He leaves in a week and a half and we will be able to go to his fairwell as well as see him off at the MTC. I think we could both agree that life is good!
Until next time!
~The ArMsTrOnG's~