The King of Pop

I am so glad I danced to MJ's music as a kid with my brothers and attempted the moon walk many times. I remember the time my family all gathered around the t.v. to watch "Black or White"I am sure he will be quite the show upstairs:)

Nolen's first trip!

Soon to be Mr. and Mrs. Durazzani ( Dave and cousin Brittany)

Memorial Day at Bridal Veil Falls

Grammy Sherri

Angela and Kaitlyn

Harbertson family

Kids with their kids:)

Baby Will

Swimmin with Nanna

Bryan, Sarah, and William

That's right

Auntie Krissy

Auntie Angela

Nolen really does LOVE this thing-thanks Aimee!

Shaniqua (Elise)and Jashonda with baby Jamal (awww roomates...)

Aunt MaryAnn and Uncle Jeff about to leave on their mission to Tampico Mexico!

Cousins

Nanna and William and Papa and Nolen

Celiece,me, Amelia-we all have kids now! crazy...

William and Nolen meeting eachother for the first time!

Ok- so rather than try to recap everthing from our trip to Utah- I will just post a gazillion pictures for your enjoyment. We had SO much fun and loved every minute of it:)

*I still don't know how to post my words above my pictures! So lame...

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:)