novembers happenings

well it has been a pretty busy few months for the smith family. starting with max's arrival on november 13th...four days early. i could not have been more grateful for not having to hold our those extra four days!! we went in at 9pm on the 12th and had max at 3:42 in the morning. this labor was much more layed back and relaxed since it seemed like we, and our nurse, were the only people in the hospital, and the epidural worked until the end. which i appreciated:)


he was 8 pounds even (just like carter) and 20 inches long. he is behaving normally and growing well. we couldn't decide/agree on a name until the last minute before we left the hospital, due to my lack of alternate names, tyrell got the names he wanted. we named him maxwell flynt smith. we will just call him max, and the name seems to fit him quite nicely! tyrell reasoning was that, max smith, would look great on the back of a football jersey. i can't bring myself to tell him that usually, only the last name makes it on the jersey. sorry ty:)


in regards to his ultra sound findings... we just need to keep an eye on him to make sure he continues to meet his milestones. so far he seems to be a perfectly healthy baby boy. we are so thankful to everyone for their prayers! he is two months now and smiles a lot, which shows off his dimple. he is pretty mellow and usually only complains when he is hungry. he is a great baby and we LOVE having him. tyrell is in love and, days after max was born, declared that he would like to have another one. WHAT!! for me.... it's just too soon to be discussing such matters.











































my mom came the day he was born and stayed to help us for two weeks. which included the week of thanksgiving. so my dad and spencer drove up and we had thanksgiving at our house. we made 7 pies for 5 adults...it was delicious!




































suzie came for the next two weeks, and was tons of help. during which time tyrell completed taking/giving all his finals, and was able to wrap up the semester with straight A's!



































tyrell had four weeks off of work and we spent two of those weeks in az. the other two weeks, tyrell spent in the garage fixing this ?#$% car :) i vaguely remember him saying he had to change head gaskets, pull the motor, replace ball joints, and a lot of other terms that mean little to me:) at least i have a few terms to throw around if i need them.