My Favorite Turkey!!!
Tyler's latest and greatest Preschool art project!

Big brother Tyler with baby Chase
10 days old, finally opening his eyes more
Daddy and his boy
Day 10 as Family of 4!
Tyler & Chase's "Nana"

It has been a beautiful last 10 days. Not only is the fall weather beautiful, we are really enjoying our new family life. Chase continues to be a good baby and Tyler has been a champ to say the least with the new adjustment of Chase coming home. Thanks for all your cards and support! Love, The Smith's

Adam Ethridge and Big brother Tyler Smith hanging out in Baby Chase's room...
Welcome Chase Hampton Smith, born Nov. 1st 1:38pm
8lbs 4 oz. 21 inches...eating great and sleeping better:)
We are so excited to announce that Chase is here! It has been the most beautiful few days since his birth. We are loving every minute and Tyler has been so excited to meet his new baby brother. He is already trying to teach him new things. Too cute! We have loved all the family and friends who have come to visit. We should be able to go home from the hospital tomorrow or latest monday. Wireless in the hospital is great! Thanks again for all your thoughts and prayers!

Love, The Smith's

Eric, Colin, Tyler & Chase

This is the big week..and boy am I feeling it!

Chase and I are doing well and we can't wait to finally see his sweet face on Thursday:)

Our sweet boy, it's hard to believe it is time for him to be Chase's big brother!
Making silly faces...does he get any sweeter!

As this last week before Chase's arrival we don't have too much going on. We go to the doctor today to check in and then we are going to spend the week getting ready. Tyler has his Pajama party at school tomorrow for Halloween and he says he will be a fireman on Halloween. We will have to see..last week at the halloween party for our neighborhood, he wanted to be BOB the Builder and of course all I have heard is that he wants to be a fireman, so mommy did not have a BOB costume. We never made it in the fireman outfit, so Halloween is going to be interesting:) I guess he will go out in his clothes and toolbelt if nothing else.

Congrats to our friends Justin & Torry, they just welcomed yesterday morning their second baby girl into the world! We are so excited for you. We look forward to meeting her!

As of right now, we are checking into Northside Hosptial on Thursday, Nov. 1st at 11am.

The c-section is scheduled for 1pm.

It's official...10 more days to go until we meet our baby Chase! I went to the doctor this morning and will go one more time next Monday prior to our scheduled c-section on Thursday, November 1st. Today she checked to see if I was showing any signs of labor and PRAISE GOD I am not (Eric is in Portland for the week:)). She also did an ultrasound to measure everything and all looks perfect, he was even practicing his breathing like a full term baby so that is good for when he comes. Our original due date was Nov. 14th but they induce/c-section 2 weeks early so it is good that he is breathing well and she says he is definitely going to be around 8 lbs or so...So all is great and we look forward to our last preparations before he arrives. Tyler seems to understand as much as he can, we know he is going to be a great big brother:) Love to all...Happy Monday! Praise God for Rain:)

We had some friends in town last weekend from SC..the kids all had a ball...
Our neighborhood fall festival...
Eric & Ty and Tommy & Finn...what fun!
Tyler's favorite...a "jumpy place" as he calls it! 2 more weeks until Chase arrives...

It's friday morning and we are off to the Pumpkin Patch with some friends...

Update on Baby Boy Chase....

We are officially set for November 1st as the big day for Chase to arrive. We had our last high risk appointment this past Monday and he said everything looks great and the baby is growing perfectly. He currently weighs about 6 lbs 3 oz. and is quite a busy boy these days. We are staying busy around the Smith house and look forward to the coming weeks when we get to meet our little guy! Thanks for all your love and support!

Tyler's First Musical...Click on the Play button above and enjoy!

Good evening! Eric and I went to the doctor today to "check in on Chase!" We had a great visit and all looks great. He was busy doing flips in my stomach during the exam so we did not get a great chance to get many pictures. We will post the latest pics tomorrow. I am now 32 weeks and he is measuring 4 lbs. I think he is going to be a big boy! Love to all...Colin

Hawaii, 2007....A great trip to celebrate with my friend, Katie and her new husband, Guy.
Our first sunrise in Hawaii! from our hotel..North Shore, Oahu
Katie & Guy, Sept 1, 2007...Kawela Bay, North Shore Hawaii
A great hike to the beautiful falls in Waimea Bay
31 weeks and enjoying a beautiful morning..

Eric and I departed over a week ago for beautiful hawaii. We have had the trip planned the entire pregnancy so we just were hoping all would be good for us to go. It was! We had a blast! I had the amazing blessing of watching my friend, Katie get married on the most gorgeous beach I have ever seen and celebrate with her friends and family. We spent the first half of the trip on the North Shore in Oahu which is the countryside. It was beautiful. We spent the second half in the city on Waikiki Beach. We hated to leave such a beautiful place but could not wait to get home to Tyler! He did fantastic at his Nana's and Papa's, he talked to us on the phone while we were away which was such a treat. Thanks to Eric's parents for taking such great care of him!

Aloha! Good night..

28 weeks...well, 29 weeks according to Chase....
I went to see my doctors yesterday to check on Baby Chase. All is perfect and we have the go-ahead to head off to Hawaii next week. We saw my high risk doctor in the morning and he is measuring a little over a week ahead. Baby looks great and is right at 3 lbs. I then headed up to my regular OB and successfully passed my gestational diabetes test and got the go-ahead from her too...so off to Hawaii we go. My girlfriend, Katie is getting married over Labor Day weekend on the North Shore so we have been anticipating this trip since the New Year...Can't wait! Love to all...4D pics to come at my next appointment on Sept. 10th!

Granny Ley came for an afternoon visit with the boys!
My adorable nephew Adam..he is growing up so fast
Great memories with Granny
Tyler is teaching Adam all he needs to know about Big Trucks
Aunt Caryl came to visit too..she showed up with M&M's...instant hit!

My sis came for a great visit this week, despite a temporary outage with the a/c it turned out to be a great week. The boys got along great and Tyler was good at sharing his toys. Adam got to sleep in Chase's crib which was nice, the boys both slept great which made for happy campers. Sis and I had enjoyed catching up and seeing all our family.

Have a great weekend!

Tyler and Papa Ray at Five Guys Burgers in Suwanee...yummy!
Getting wet in the fountain!!
How fun is this!
Night out with our neighbors watching a "driveway" movie. My neighbor projects it up on his garage door..the kids and parents have a ball!

Have a great weekend!

Pregnancy is going well, almost 27 weeks!

Chase is busy, you can see him moving now by looking at my tummy. Tyler seems to be "getting it" a little although it will definitely take Chase arriving before he fully understands. He woke up yesterday saying " I am too big for Chase's bed!" and he will tell you that Chase is coming in November once he is finished growing. Very cute.

Smith's are doing great, hope you all are too!

We had a great "date night" with Tyler. Our destination was to find any and all construction equipment we could. We were fortunate to find some dump trucks and other exciting trucks along the way. We finished with ice cream at Carvel:) Tyler loved it! After every stop, he would say "bye bye Back hoe" or "bye bye dump truck"! He calls this BIG FUN!
Enjoy the pics.

Tyler and Nana heading out to the garden...
Tyler has his own cherry tomato plant...how fun!
Nana helps me pick some too:)
Just a few new pictures...Tyler has a blast at his Nana and Papa's house, he loves the garden!

Have a great weekend...Love, Colin

Does it get any cuter!!!

First Pony Ride...
Today was a great day, it is Eric's 34th birthday! We started the morning at our favorite bagel/muffin shop and then went to the gym. The afternoon we spent at the CURE Childhood Cancer Family Picnic and Tyler had a blast! After a good nap, Tyler woke up to his Papa Mike to play with while mommy and daddy went out for the night. We had a great time! We came home to find Papa Mike and Tyler sound asleep in Tyler's big boy bed! I would have taken a picture but I learned early on my dad does not like to be startled when asleep:) Too sweet...good night...love, Colin