Lindsay Hassberger Smith, our Mom & Grandma

Myles meets Grandma for the 1st time
September 2012

Lindsay Hassberger Smith

November 29, 1944 - March 17, 2015

Greg lost his mom this year after a 4 year battle with cancer. She fought bravely & impressed us time and again with her strength through her diagnosis & treatment. A grandmother of 4, we will always regret that she never met our little Oliver Ray. However, even towards the end, her face lit up when she saw pictures of her grandchildren or had them with her. 

Mom, Holly & Greg
Thanksgiving 2011

Myles's 1st bath

Silliness

Myles's 1st Christmas
2012

Christmas
2013

Lindsay left us on St. Patrick's Day as she saw fit that her passing will always be an easy reminder to raise a glass & toast her properly! We love you, Mom!

Ollie, 6 Months (& Myles is 2 1/2!)

6 months old

17.12 lbs

26" long

Likes: his feet, bouncing, sitting up & rolling onto his belly

Dislikes: realizing he's on his belly (even though he can roll to his back.)

Sitting up, albeit "slumpy"

FEEEET!

Bros.

the boys

Myles Goes to the Movie

Myles went to his 1st movie - "The Paddington Bear Movie" - and had a great time! He sat silently with eyes glued to the screen the entire time. Afterward, he raved about seeing a "big movie."

Big chair, big popcorn, little boy

my handsome date

And a very special THANK YOU to our friend Aarin Findley who generously stayed with Ollie so I could take Myles to the movies - she's the best!

Day of Hiking & Play

We started our Saturday with a little hike at Temescal Park.

the boys

 The following 3 pics are ones that Myles took on our hike!

"purple flowers"

"cactus"

"boat"
(yeah, there's a boat out there…)

SmithAldridges

us.

Next, we headed to the park where we met Aunt Mollie & Libby!

getting energized

"I know there are cookies in here."

Ollie is amused by his dad.

Double-fistin' pizza crusts

Greg rocks the double. Quite a workout!

Wiped out.

Libby Visits

My brother & sister-in-law's 8 month old daughter, Libby, 

came to visit for an afternoon, yea!

the gals

"Uncle Greg isn't helping at all."

Libs&Clayton

"Shhh, don't wake a sleeping bear."

Mid-diapering Escapee

Georgia'd up that little lady!

We love you, Libby!

Happy Valentines Day

Myles woke on Valentine's Day to find he had goodies waiting for him! He's so used to decorating cards for other people that when he opened his cards from my parents, he immediately ran to get his crayons so he could decorate them. He also received some stickers and an Etch-A-Sketch. I'm happy to report that the Etch-A-Sketch looks EXACTLY as I remember it from my childhood. Why change a good thing?

 Then I whipped up a little funfetti cake for him…

And turned it into a heart...

And he liked carrying around his "heart balloon" as well.

Ollie, 5 Months Old

Ollie is 5 months old & 17.3 lbs! It's all cheeks, folks, it's all cheeks.

Naked Peek-a-Boo

Fell asleep during Tummy Time

Guitars make great roadways

Stole his Dad's hat

Who's cute?

There was a train at brunch!!

Heart-to-Heart