Blessing Day

Uncle John and Aunt Aimee

Big cousins! Audrey, Miles and Ella

Yesterday was a busy, long, but wonderful day- as Nolen was blessed. We had much support and love from family and friends. It was so great to be with everyone throughout the day! The day couldn't be hotter-98 degrees! I had picked out Nolen's blessing outfit before he was born and of course was hoping for a cooler day than what it turned out to be. He was out of the outfit right after church....luckily! He was such a GOOD boy during the blessing and such a GOOD boy being passed around 100 times to everyone. I can't believe how much I love this kid. Really, I love him more and MORE each day. He is such a joy!

Happy Easter!

Sleepy boy and Darn Bink

Here are some sweet pictures of our boy sleepin away...

So Nolen is now just over a month old! It really does go by fast! He is getting cuter and cuter every day. Owen and I just stare at him and smile at our little boy. He is SO CUTE! Question for all those moms out there...the bink. I spend A LOT of time putting that bink back in his mouth so that he won't throw a fit. He can SCREAM. I have had more headaches than ever before...So anyway, I have noticed that the times that he really wants his bink is when he is tired (and I am tired)-just as he is falling asleep-he is so content when it is in-but the moment it falls out-ahhhhh. As I am writing this I am having to stop to put that bink back in!! I put a video of this to show just a glimpse of what I am talking about...gotta go, wailing baby here.

So what do I do?

Our little sweetie

I know everyone has been waiting for some more pictures of our new addition to the family so here are some more recent ones. Mom Nolte left just over a week ago-she was here for 2 weeks and was SO HELPFUL!! It was soo great to have her here and we miss her so much! Dad Nolte was able to stop by for a few hours one night last week and meet little Nolen. He had a business trip and was able to make the time to meet his new grandson! Grandma Karen lives close by and so we get to see her often-which is so nice:) And I had to put the picture of Owen and Nolen sleeping. Owen LOVES to snuggle with his little son. Owen calls him "my son"-its too cute.

Nolen has been such a great blessing in our lives. We are loving every day with him and know that time goes by fast so we are soaking up this "newborn"stage right now and enjoying every moment of it:)

Nolen Robert Snead

Born -3.7.09 at 7:23 pm Weight-7pounds 9 ounces Length-20 inches

We are absolutley LOVING every moment with this little guy. I will post more later:)

DONE!!!

37 weeks prego!

Dad and Ethan

Soccer game!

Done with teaching that is! For now at least... anyway it feels sooooo GOOD to be done with teaching- I am officially ready to nest and RELAX for the time I have left:) I had a great ending to my teaching yesterday. My kids have been planning a "surprise baby shower" I found out about it a couple of weeks ago when a few of my boys gave it away here or there. Anyway pretty funny- I still acted surprised for the girls. It was great- I left the room for a "meeting" and came back to 40 kids (my class and my friend's 3rd grade class) and some parents, cake, lots of food, and a load of presents! Seriously, I was sooo grateful for this shower! They really pulled it off and I came home with a loot of cuteness! I finally was on my way home after loading the car we just bought (Owen's grandpa's nice green machine cadillac) when i backed up and shattered a glass window of my school. Seriously? Typical. After fretting over that for a while and crying over it- I found out it will all be ok. It will be taken care of through the school and I just added a little character to our car...gosh. Anyway- whenever I leave a class of kids I have taught for a long period of time I start to realize just how much I love them and love teaching. I complain a lot about teaching. A little too much I think. But really, I love it. I come to love every kid I teach even though at times I would love to strangle them....it is still worth it. Children are so sweet. I just can't wait to raise one of my own!
So here are some pictures of yesterday and last weekend when my dad came down for business and play. It is always so great to have him come down so often!! On Saturday we were able to meet John and Brad's family at a park for a great day of play.
Nolen is due 2 weeks from today! Whoa-I'm gonna be a mom!

Thoughts...

Hi there. So I figured it has been a long enough time since my last post- I will just say a little hello and tell you what is on my mind. Right now Owen is playing Mario kart Wii- he very much enjoys it. I am glad to say he is not in the "obsessed man mode of video games" -usually if I ask him to stop he will and Im ok with it. Anyway- I have really been enjoying my time with Owen lately and I realize it is not long from now when we will have a little buddy to play with! Right now Owen and I do whatever the heck we want. Stay up late- go to bed early- wake up late-wake up early when we have to- go to SeaWorld, go to the Zoo, Wild Animal Park, the gym, beach, the Temple-out to eat- and la la la. Life is so fun with my bestfriend right now. Now don't get me wrong- Im not saying that once little Nolen comes around that our life will no longer be "fun"- it will just be different-good different.We are sooo excited for this little buddy and can hardly believe that he is just about a month away from joining us!! Crazy. Anyway- life is wonderful and I hope that who ever reads this is doing well!! -aloha-