Springtime in San Francisco

Spring has sprung and Team Smitty is enjoying every minute of it! We have been spending every day without rain in the park. There are flowers and trees blooming everywhere and lot of fun things to do and see. We are partial to the cherry and crab apple blossoms, the magnolias and the daffodils, but we are happy to see them all. We have been taking some nice family photos in the sun and added them to the most recent photo link.

We also added some other photos of some of Sky's favorite things to do. Swinging and drawing with his Pops! He is also really getting into playing in the sandbox more with his new sand pail and tools. He loves it when Moms lifts him up to go down the slides at the park and once he is more comfortable walking on his own he plans to go down every slide he can. We promise to take some photos of that and post them soon. (He and Moms are headed to the park this afternoon.)

You will also see several photos of what will forever be known as "The Paper Towel Incident" and "The Toybox Incident." You will know them when you see them!

Lots of love to everyone!
Team Smitty

Happy First Birthday Skyler Lincoln!!!

What a wonderful year it has been! Team Smitty celebrated in style with out of town guests and a pair of birthday parties. (thank you for coming to visit G-Pops and Aunt Cassie!!) The 'Rents are feeling all warm and fuzzy inside watching their big boy grow and change. Skyler Lincoln you are simply the best boy ever and we are so grateful to have you on our team!!

We have posted several photos from his birthday lunch and party in the new gallery link. Lots of cake eating and toy playing shots to delight our audience.

We went to his one year check up and our boy is 30.5 inches long and weighs in at 21 lbs. 11 oz. So he is tall and skinny basically, which is pretty amazing considering how much food this kid can put away. He is about 60th percentile height and 45th on weight. Moms thinks he is burning through those calories cruising around the house and getting into trouble!

The Little Dude isn't quite walking on his own yet, but we expect it any day now. He took his first steps on his own 2 days after his birthday. It was great and we are practicing every day. The living room is set up so he can cruise around the whole thing and he does so constantly.

He is talking some, but not a ton yet. His first word was "fish" which sounds more like "gish", but it is really cute. His favorite and most used word is "dog" or rather "dog dog", which he practically screams at the sight of Dexter. He also says "kick" which sounds like "tick" when we are at swimming lessons. We are working on learning more baby sign language to help out with any frustration with communicating and he is catching on quickly.

Other than that we really spend most of our time playing here at the house, going to swimming lessons twice a week and going into Golden Gate Park as much as weather will allow. Sky likes to watch the people, dogs, ducks, geese, water fountains, baseball games, other kids and plants there. He also really likes to hit some of the kids parks for swinging and playing in the sand. If the weather isn't the best he and Moms usually head to a museum. He likes the art museum enough, but it is really all about the science museum and the huge aquariums there. (why his first word was probably fish. between that and our tank at home)All in all, we are living the good life and really happy to be doing it together.

We hope that this lengthy post finds you all well and healthy.

Lots of love from Team Smitty

Baby's First Haircut

So, we gave Sky his first hair cut about 2 weeks ago. It was a little scary for Moms to do it, but we all managed. There was one incident with the clippers where Sky zigged and Moms zagged, but it is hardly noticeable at this point. He looks super cute as always!

There are some before and after shots of the haircut in the latest photo link for you to check out. We also added a few from our most recent Sauce Weekend.

Birthday photos are downloading as we speak and will be up soon.

Photos!!

Just a short post for now. Moms and Sky are getting ready to leave for the airport momentarily. We are super excited to be picking up G-Pops and Aunt Cassie. They are here to celebrate Sky's first birthday this Sunday. Yay!!

Added a few more photos to the end of the Nov-Dec link. Also started a new Jan-Feb link. We have several more to add and are hoping to do so in the next day or two. Gotta make room for lots of birthday photos!!

Here is a nice one of Sky enjoying his first taste of sand:)





Lots of love!
Team Smitty