Our Little Traveler

The first flight of Eliana! I must say that we took more to the airport as new parents than we probably needed, but you have to be prepared. Our little traveler did such a great job before, during, and after the flight. Fortunately, we had an extra seat beside us for her to stretch out and enjoy the ride. I must admit that I was a little unsure how she would do, but she came through with flying colors. Here are a few pictures and a video of her first trip on her first flight.

Mommy and Eliana waiting for boarding...


Daddy and Eliana in our seats...


Eliana being her smiley self...


All packed up and ready go...


Some video of our funny girl...

Eliana is growing up!

Our little princess is now 11 weeks old! It is amazing the changes that we have seen in such a short time. She is now holding her head up pretty good on her own, smiling all the time in response to our voices/faces, and is outgrowing her sling bathtub (notice that I went with the Princess Pink model of tub). We the good of growing up comes the bad. She recently had her first visit to the emergency room, fortunately it was just a stomach virus and she is about over the effects of that bug. Here are some Eliana pictures:

Chillin' in her favorite bouncy seat . . .


hogging the remote, already . . .


and enjoying bath time with dad!

More Christmas Pictures!!!

Here is another batch!

Christmas Pictures at Last

Here is the beginning of a lot of Christmas pictures. Not in any real order. We had a great time in Missouri with family, although it was much too short. It as a great first family Christmas together.

Picture Extravaganza!

It has been over a week since any picture updates of Eliana. The first picture was her 1 month birthday picture. Things have been going great around here. Eliana is sleeping really good at night, having some good wake time during the day, and is pretty content all the time. We have made a few more trips outside of the house to the mall, to church, and to small group. Also, Eliana went to her first birthday party, Maggie McKay's 1st birthday, yesterday and we all had a great time. I promise more pictures to come this week.

More pictures of our sweet baby girl!

Full-Size Family Photos

Our family photos came back from the photographer. We are so excited to be able to share these with everyone. Here a just a few of them, more to come soon.

Busy Week

The past week has been extremely busy! As we finished up Thanksgiving, we prepared for a week of many firsts. It seems like every week is a week of firsts right now. We took Eliana to church for the first time, to our small group for the first time, and she got her first full head to toe bath in her new tub (I had to go with the pink tub, it was just so cute). This has also been my first full week back at work, so Patty has had to adjust to being at home with Eliana alone during the day. All in all it has been a good week for the Smith family.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Eliana's first Thanksgiving is here and we are so thankful for her. She is excited to get to meet three of her cousins, who are visiting from Houston, TX. Also, we got a little post turkey nap in together. Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!

Family Photos

It has been a few days, but they have been busy days. We had family photos taken on Friday of last week and we got the online proofs today. We are so excited about them, they turned out great. If you would like to see them, go to:

http://www.photostockplus.com/home.php?event=149112&rq_name=Patty Smith&rq_email=jasonandpatty@juno.com&album_password=family

We will get the disk with the pictures on it later this week and will post some of them here for all to enjoy. I pulled a few thumbnails for you to look at for now.

Tummy Time

Eliana is starting to try out spending some tummy time. Before she was born we went out and bought this great tummy time mat, as you can tell she likes it. Although, personally I think she likes spending tummy time on daddy's chest. Who needs a tummy time mat when you have dad!

Sweet Feet and Face

Patty and I are doing great. Patty is such a great mom and is starting to hit her stride. We have been so blessed by everyone who has rallied around us this past couple weeks. If you have noticed, I think Eliana likes getting her picture taken. We were playing around with the camera today and these were some fun shots. She is growing and healthy (at least that is what her diapers are indicating). She is still sleeping pretty good (that means that we are, too). She is starting to make more little noises that just melt your heart. Can you tell that I am smitten by my little girl?

The Many Faces of Eliana

Taking a Stroll

Tonight was our first time to take a stroll around the neighborhood together as a family. The weather was perfect (a nice 70 degrees). We actually got a chance to talk to some of our neighbors who we hadn't had a chance to chat with before Eliana (b.e.). She is a real conversation starter. Also, here is another bath time picture (she loves getting her head full of hair washed!).