Some shots from the past few days including Eden’s bath, kids doing homework, and Ember reading to Barbie.
Ember’s Birthday Weekend
This footage is a few months old. Here are some clips from Ember’s 3rd birthday weekend activities, including painting Easter eggs, Camden’s preschool Easter parade, and watching General Conference.
Ember’s 3rd Birthday from Ben Smith on Vimeo.
Kids at Home This Weekend
This weekend was relatively uneventful. We spent a little time at the pool, and the kids spent Saturday playing with Sam. I did also start experimenting a bit with the new camera.
Cute Girls
We caught some good smiles from Eden here under Ember’s supervision. These were taken at the end of May.
Karate Warrior
A few weeks ago, we took the kids to an open house at the Gym for them to try out some new activities. Camden impressed the karate instructor with his sword fighting talent, and received a free month of karate lessons. We also signed him up for a week-long karate camp that he really enjoyed. Here he is in samurai garb defending our living room.
Visit to Chuck’s Farm
I have been on the board of our HOA for the past year and a half and have had the pleasure of getting to know our association manager, Chuck Grubb, through that work. In response to a generous invitation from Chuck, our family visited his farm today and had a blast. The kids got to ride and feed the horses, drive a tractor, play with the dogs, as well as other fun stuff. I forgot the cameras at home, but fortunately was at least able to capture these with my phone (with Chuck’s help in some cases).
Eden at Six Weeks
Here are some shots of Eden at just over six weeks old. She has been growing very quickly, moving from newborn diapers to barely fitting in her size twos.
Her siblings have been great with her. Tonight, Camden covered her ears for her while Erika was vacuuming. They all love to give her kisses and hugs.
Eden did not get Sierra’s elf ears, but did get a pretty good natural mohawk. We think we’ll keep her.
Ember Garage Door Injury
Ember thought it would be fun to ride the garage door up into the air. She fell from near the top, bounced off the back of the van, and fell on her head on the garage floor. She got some bumps and was a bit shaken from the event, but she was ready to go again after a few minutes.
My first experience with online grocery shopping
Eden Ofelia Smith
The big day went well. Eden was born at 12:47 pm at Rex Hospital in Raleigh. She is 19.75" long and weighed in at 6 lbs, 6.4 oz. Mom and baby are doing well. The kids were able to stop by this evening to say hi, which was great.