Stitches!

Well for all of you Wii fans out there, you'd better beware! On Saturday night Merrick was showing his mom how to play tennis on the Wii and on the match point as Grandma swung, Avery got knocked really hard in the eyebrow by the controller. It was a total accident and none of us saw that she was in the way because we were looking at the screen, but she got thrown backwards onto her back and it immediately started bleeding and there was about a 3/4" gaping gash in Avery's eyebrow. We took her right to a doctor and she got her first three stitches. She was a brave girl and cried a lot but never got too out of control hysterical. Here is a picture of her with her stitches out.


What an experience to remember! My poor baby girl!

Merry Christmas to All!

Well things have finally settled down a little so that we can enjoy the holidays so I thought I'd give an update. This week has been crazy at the Smith house! We've been busy busy busy packing up the house and are about 80%ish done. Avery was sick for about a week with various flu and cold symptoms and is thankfully back to her happy self. That made the packing experience somewhat interesting but we made it through. Now we're up at the Smith's in Bountiful through Christmas. We'll spend some time with the Haws' after Christmas and then get back to packing next weekend.

Our official load-up date is January 2nd. We're using the U-Pack service through ABF where we load a large trailer and they drive it to Wisconsin for us. It will take about a week for it to get there so once the house is empty and cleaned on the 3rd we'll come back up to Bountiful to hang out for a few days, then drive out our Subaru the 21 hour drive to Milwaukee. We're going to take three days so that we can take plenty of stops for the cranky 18 month-er and the even crankier 7-month pregnant woman. :) So we'll drive between 6-9 hours each day and take it slow since we have some time. Our plan is to arrive at our apartment on January 8th and then unload the trailer on the 9th. We just hope there isn't a blizzard or ice storm going on!! Cross your fingers for us!

We just found out that Vanessa's sister's family got a job to work in Iowa so they're moving to Des Moines (which is about 6 hours from Milwaukee) about a week after us. We're excited that we'll have some family within a reasonable distance! Congratulations Wells!

Well I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas. We're excited to watch Avery enjoy her presents. She loves to say "Santa". And her favorite thing to do right now is point out people in pictures. Luckily we boxed up all our photos so we don't have to hear her say "Mama! Dada! Ay-E" everytime she sees our family picture. (It's cute but after the 50th time in a row, it gets a little distracting). :)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We're sad to leave Provo and all our friends and family but we're excited about our new future ahead of us with Kohl's in Milwaukee.

Tag...

I got tagged by Amber, as well as Janel. So I guess you fill out the answers and pick 4 unsuspecting people to do it too. Here goes:

4 Jobs I have had in my lifetime:
1. BYU Academic Scheduling
2. BYU History Academic Advisor
3. The Added Touch - I sold jewelry and pierced ears
4. McDonalds - yes, my secret pasttime is flipping burgers

4 Films I have watched over and over again:
1. Pride and Prejudice
2. A Walk to Remember
3. The Lizzie McGuire Movie
4. Notting Hill


4 Shows I watch religiously:
1. Gilmore Girls
2. Grey's Anatomy
3. Heroes
4. Private Practice

4 Places I have lived:
1. Provo, Utah
2. Mentor, Ohio
3. Beaverton, Oregon
4. Vancouver, Washington

4 Of my favorite foods:
1. Ice cream - Oatmeal Cookie Chunk from Ben & Jerry's
2. Cinnamon bears
3. Carrot Cake
4. Salmon

4 Favorite colors:
1. Red
2. Navy
3. Lavender
4. Lime Green

4 Places I'd love to be right now:
1. Auvergne, France
2. The Woodlands, Texas
3. Southern California (never been there and it's warmer than here!)
4. Portland, Oregon

4 Names I love but would never use on my own kids:
1. Adam... Adam Smith
2. Seth - too much like Smith
3. Kendra - Merrick hates it
4. Nadine... had a roommate named Nadine Smith who went a little crazy

People to tag:
1. Christina Stevulak
2. Erin Raynor
3. Jenni Blaser
4. Camille Soelberg

We're going to Milwaukee!

Yay we got a job! We have accepted a job offer from Kohl's Department Store to work in their Corporate Headquarters in Milwaukee, WI. Yes, that's Wisconsin! We're really excited. Merrick starts work on January 14, 2008 so we'll be loading up the truck to move on January 2nd and then heading out there shortly thereafter so we can have some time to get settled before he starts work.

So now we're deep into looking for an apartment (all online unfortunately since we don't get to fly out there to go house hunting), figuring out how to move, and getting our apartment ready to pack up! Things happen quickly around here!

We'll miss everyone in Utah - family and friends - but we're excited to start a new and exciting chapter of our lives.