She definately has my heart!

Today is Michelle's birthday and I have the day off! Ali is growing so fast and is learning new words weekly! She says, " Hi dad!" when I come in from work!

So now that I have a blackberry I want to try this whole blogging thing again

5 Months

Ali is 5 months old today! She is getting so old and is so much fun! She is rolling over and trying to push up onto her knees and hands (She'll be crawling in no time!) I have been teaching her how to "give me five" and tonight I said "Give me 5 Ali" and she reached up and touched my palm with her hand!!!
Check out these recent pictures!!

Life with The Smith's

Ali is 6 weeks old now and growing sooo fast! She weighed 10 lbs today! She is begining to hold up her head now and she recognized voices (turning her head when she hears a voice she recognizes). She does seem to have some acid reflux though so Michelle is going to take her to the doctor on Monday. It has been a relaxing Saturday, I put new tires on Michelle's car and this afternoon got to play a few holes of golf!! I need a lot of practice but it's nice to be able to get back out on the course! Tonight we are going out to dinner with some friends from Church, we were supposed to go out with them the week after Ali was born (this had been planned weeks before we knew that she was coming that early). Last night Michelle and I went out to dinner at "The Range Cafe" in Bernalillo! They have one here in Albuquerque but it's nice to drive somewhere new for a change! It was good food, but the atmosphere was really neat, an old building with intricate plaster work on the ceiling and a gift shop area with old fashioned toys. They also had a small wine selection and we just happened to be there on a night that they were doing wine tasting, they gave me a very full bodied red from a winery in Santa Fe that was`very good. With dinner I tried a light beer from a brewery in Santa Fe but it was a bit too sweet.

Well that;s about all that's new.

1 Month

Yesterday was Alli's 1 month Birthday!! She is growing so fast. And sleeping more at night too! She is beginning to smile some when we talk to her! Mom & Dad are doing well too! We are settling into a routine and so far only one all nighter with the baby. Mom & Ali are sleeping right now and Dad is watching the news.
And what a lot of news . . . I really don't know what this world is coming too. Just yesterday President Obama called the U.S. arrogant. . . . it sounds like our own president is fighting against us rather than for us, and the only media outlets that cover this side are Fox News and talk radio. I don't know what life will be like for my daughter when she grows up and has children of her own, or even what it will be like when she is in elementary school.

1st Blog

I've never blogged before . . . . but I'm giving it a shot.
It's almost the end of March and what a month it's been. The baby was due the 25th but she came unexpectedly on the 6th. Which in hind sight I'm glad she came when she did, I don't know if we could have stood the suspense of waiting so long if she had come on or around the 25th. Still it was a difficult birth which included a c - section and Michelle's blood pressure was extremely high for about a day afterwords. She als0 had a spinal headache which is like a migraine (only 10 times worse). Now three weeks later, we are settling into a routine. My mom is here this week helping out which has been great!
Well that's about all for now, I hope to use this blog to give updates about us as well as share my thoughts about the state of the world.