

March 2023
Lee got a lot sicker than either of the boys, I guess because of the boys... Poppy reading to the boys. I'll always remember this moment....


February 2023
I am writing this two years later. Lee was a very chill baby--Mat and I joke that she tricked us into thinking she was easygoing. When...


January 2023
Back when she wasn't mobile. That was nice. Watching a storm come in Celebrating Poppy's birthday! My sister and I had this framed for...


Lee arrives!
Lee Elizabeth Smith was born on May 31st. I went into the hospital on May 30th, which was Memorial Day, at 5 PM. I was induced during the...


May 2022
Our last month without Lee! It seems like a very long time ago. School ended for both boys, and Vance entered our life (see below). I was...


April 2022
A snapshot in our lives right now: We wake up around 6:30 on weekdays. Mat is the family alarm clock. The boys eat (nothing...


March 2022
March! It flew by in a blur. Except for the week of Spring Break, when my parents were gone and we were sick. That did not fly by in a...


Pete's 7th Birthday
This was the first birthday Pete was really, truly excited about. His last party was his fourth birthday party; his fifth was planned but...


Trip to Austin
My mom and I made a quick trip to Austin with Pete to see Auntie X and Emily! They moved there this summer. Xandra had lived there for a...


February 2022
February passed in a blur! I started feeling a lot better, and school got in gear, etc. I ordered birthday party invites. Hank's having a...