Lots of updates!

Baby Smith has officially been cooking for 5 months...and you can tell:-) We have finally had to break down and buy stretchy pants so that I have something to wear out of the house. Thanks to hand me down and borrowed clothes, I may be able to make it another month without having to spend too much money:-)

For the holidays, we met up with Karen and Brian in NYC to see Spamalot before it goes off Broadway in January. For those of you that haven't seen it, it is well worth the trip before you can't anymore! Clay Aiken was in the show in NYC...MUCH different from when he was on American Idol!! We then hit up Carmines on the upper east side.

On the 18th we visited the doctor and found out that baby Smith is actually baby BOY Smith! See pics below of the "proof".

On the 23rd, Mark, the dogs and I headed in the car for our last 12-hour drive to Virginia Beach for Christmas. The traffic was terrible, but we were able to spent a couple of days with my parents and then met up with the A-Phi girls at the beach for our last Christmas brunch all together before my parents move to CT.

Mark and I came back to NY for a few days of work, then took the train to DC to spend New Year's with the normal gang--the Smith's, Wheeler's, Scott's and Babcocks...with one extra addition--Brayden came early and was able to join the fun! He is super cute...see pictures below...no denying who his momma is! With two preggos and one new mom, we had virgin mimosa's and played games, both video and board. This makes 8 New Year's with Julie and Brad, 7 with the Scotts and 5 with the Wheelers.

Dickens and Mogley had fun too--below are pictures of Dickens in the Michigan hat that the Babcocks gave Baby Smith and Mogley in the bow from one of the Christmas presents...