Life in Curve

The Smith's are so glad that it is fall!! I am so far behind on updating the blog much to my family's dismay but when you have the cutest pumpkin in the patch to play with all day it is hard to make time for anything else. Enjoy my baby who is turning into a big boy before my eyes.

Coleman loves pulling up on everything but his favorite is the window seal. Coleman loves watching the trucks drive by and the wind blowing the trees. Often, I find him standing at the window watching the butterfly's on the bush outside the window.

Here is a quick glimpse into our short trip to the my parent's farm the weekend Courtney graduated. We love going to my parents home on the farm and getting to relax, play, and work the land (as my husband would say).  We are so thankful that Coleman will be able to grow up on a farm when he goes to Big C and JaJa house in the summers and holiday's.  We believe it will hopefully help cultivate some Godly manly qualities in our son. 

One of the perks to living on the farm is riding the tractor with Big C. We put Coleman on the tractor when he was younger but my dad was nervous about taking him for a ride but this time Coleman got to ride and drive the tractor with Big C.






 Lastly,  a bonus to country life is long gravel driveways that grandparents let there grandchildren learn to drive down. So hear is Coleman first driving lesson. Goal of lesson one to keep eyes on the road. Coleman loved getting to drive down the driveway and would look over at the passengers with a proud smile and everyone would remind him to keep his eyes on the road!!! Here, he is driving lesson number one at seven months old!

This week we made a trip to St. Louis, Missouri.  Eric and I love St. Louis. It holds a dear place in my heart because Eric took me on a day trip to St. Louis for my birthday while we were dating and it's the home of the St. Louis Cardinals! Eric grew up a huge fan of the Cardinals and going to St. Louis in the summers to watch them play. We can say that Coleman loves the Cardinals, too!


It was a special trip this year because Aunt NeetNey and Uncle B came along, too! We had so much fun spending time with Courtney and Brandon. They are the best Aunt and Uncle! Coleman is one blessed little boy!

We stayed busy the whole time, one trait my mom has left on us is how to pack as much into one day as we are able too.  Even though we are in our twenty's each of us commented on how sore our feet were last night from walking all over the city. We made a trip to the zoo, a picnic in Forrest Park, experienced the City Museum, window shopped at Union Station, watched the Cardinal game, went to an italian grocery store, had dinner on "The Hill", and of course took in the Gateway Arch. We did it all in 100 degree temperature and stopped to take 550 pictures!

Another aspect of traveling that my parents instilled in us was to not eat at chain restaurants that you have at home. Eric, my husbands, favorite pizza is in St. Louis. He introduced me two years ago and I have been craving it and trying to imitate it in the kitchen ever sense. It is IMO's Pizza, a St. Louis style thin crust pizza covered in your choice of toppings with Provel cheese (the secret ingredient) cut in squares. We all loved it so much we ate it two days in a row for lunch. Another place dear to our hearts is a district called "The Hill", the little Italy of St. Louis. I love real italian food and always enjoy our meal on "The Hill." This year we walked around the community, went to the grocery store, passed by the gelato shop, and ate at Zia's. (Thanks mom and dad for buying our dinner it was delicious!)

Here are a few of the pictures from the trip. Feel free to stop reading and looking at pictures at anytime, family will be the only one that wants to see them all!


 The St. Louis Zoo is the best! It has great animals, beautiful flowers, air conditioned buildings for the animals who cannot handle the heat, and it's FREE! You read my right, FREE! We loved it so much, we stayed almost three hours with a seven month old!








 The Gateway Arch is a must see in St. Louis. Eric took me to the top of the Arch when we were dating and it was an exciting adventure but I knew that I did not want to take Coleman to the top due to the small cubby hole you get in to make it to the top. Eric and I love the museum at the bottom of the Arch and Coleman loved the talking manikins as well.

When you live in Tennessee there is one thing everyone experience during the summer and it is hot, humid days. Since it's Coleman's first summer I have been teaching him how to deal with hot, humid summer days.....POOL time. It is great for baby because he loves the water and needs some Vitamin D and great for mom to get a little tan.