Happy Birthday Grandma!

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

Happy Birthday Claudia!

Yesterday was Claudia's birthday. Her best present was having baby John blessed on her birthday.

Jonathan and Merry Watt, the proud parents.


Ivy wasn't too sure about this little baby getting all her mom's attention. Just you wait my love, only 18 more weeks until your baby brother comes!
I'm always nervous to have my cakes get eaten, you can't really taste test it before serving it up...so I can only judge it's goodness by how fast it gets eaten. This one did...ok.
We loved celebrating Grandma's 55th birthday with her and lots of the cousins. Claudia is one of the best examples I know. She deals with many hardships, but you would never know it by how positive and fun she is. I've also never seen someone so talented at "turning the other cheek," but maybe it's because unfortunately she has had lots of experience with having to do just that. She is such a wonderful person and I'm so happy that my kids get to have her as their grandma forever. I'm also especially glad to have her as my mother-in-law. She is a very nonjudgmental and forgiving person, and loves her 23rd grandchild as though she was her first. Who can say all that about their mother-in-law? Now if only I actually wrote all this in her card...

Okay, it's been a while, so sorry for all the pictures. This is what we've been up to for the past few weeks:

Gloria at Wendy's first birthday party. Wendy turned one on St. Patrick's day. The pictures go backward, so we just went to this party today.

Our newest addition to the Smith family, Ivy's cousin, John. He was born on February 27th and I got to be there for his birth. It was one of the most thrilling things I've ever experienced, mostly because I wasn't the one having the baby.

All the kids at Wendy's party.

Baby John again, he is so perfect and has the cutest little mohawk.

The birthday girl!

I finally got a shot of Ivy's silly teeth, sorry about the yucky nose.

I just had to throw in a pretty picture after that crazy one

This was at my niece, Heather's, birthday lunch

William's brother, Carl, is working on his Eagle project at Camp Nauvoo, so here it is in progress

A few weeks ago we took a little family trip to Coloma

In case anyone forgot I was pregnant...

William has work! The crew started on this 5000 sq.ft. house in Granite Bay recently and it's on the same street where Bobby Jackson lives.

Our mini daffodil hill on Pleasant Street

The real daffodil hill. We went on the first day it opened. I love this stubby little body standing up so big.

My little Humpty Dumpty

This is when I realized I, along with Ivy, do not have any eyebrows. I've since bought an eyebrow pencil. I'll give her some time though.

Ivy was a little scared, I loved how she threw her hands back

Sutter Creek on the way to Daffodil Hill

My dad met us there on his way to Merced

Ivy on her 11 month birthday

Playing the drums with Uncle Buck

I love the springtime

Ivy has too much fun at the Abrahamson's

Ivy has discovered that she loves to climb stairs

Ivy on her fun new toy from Aidan and Brooke