Brian's new address.

I have Brian's new address. Please email me at nicoleyatessmit at gmail.com if you'd like it! :D Have a great weekend everyone!

Estella's 1st Birthday

I stole this photo off Makenzie's facebook page.

My cousin Daniel's little girl Estella turned the big 1 last week!

Happy Birthday, Estella!!

(and might I add - her favorite cousins Nicole and Brian gave her that adorable dress she is wearing!

*I think I'm in love now...love nooow*

Yes, I changed the words to the infamous 'Tiffany' song "I think we're alone now" but you can hum along to the tune and sing my new version as you look at these FANTASTIC new rugs by Amy Butler, by far my favorite fabric designer ever. I'm in L-O-V-E. I could put one in every room of my house. Amy's website.

Changes.

Life tends to throw us curveballs when we least expect them. Usually they are small ones, like an unexpected rain shower (how did I lose my umbrella AGAIN?!), a sick child (or dog!!), frogs in your house (at least they're cute), the barista who makes your latte wrong (wait...I am my own barista!). All things we adapt to and overcome everyday. The Army/Military in general loooove doing this. Changes at the last minute, changes after the fact, change change change....wait...where have I heard that word before??

Yesterday we got a HUGE curveball thrown at all of us - a big change in Brian's deployment and while we don't have a lot of details, please keep our family and friends in your prayers as we ALL make this transition to Afghanistan. As soon as I find out more information, I'll do my best to share without violating OPSEC (Operational Security). Hopefully I'll have a new address for Brian soon, but until then any packages can still be sent to his current APO address or to me and I will forward them to him once they get moved (it's free for me to mail things to him - it's considered APO to APO). If you need his address or our home address, feel free to email me: NicoleYatesSmit at gmail.com

Waving.

Our little lady waving to daddy (in the very beginning) before Dr. Bauman freezes it!