Happy Four Months, Ian!

Dear Ian,

Time sure does fly!  It seems like I just wrote that you were turning 2 months, and now you're 4 months!  I just can't believe how much joy you've brought daddy and I since you arrived in the world.  We have had so much fun watching you reach little milestones.

The most fulfilling thing that you've done thus far is show us your big, beautiful smile...and laugh.  We will pretty much do ANYTHING to get you to give a full belly laugh!  It is so precious and we can't help but want more and more.  You've started to spend quite a bit of time on your belly, and you're holding up your head really well!  You love to play on your activity mat and grab at all of your toys.  Sometimes, you arch your back and push yourself around with your legs.  Recently, you've started to enjoy your Jumperoo.  We have to put a box underneath you because your legs don't quite touch the ground, but it is so much fun to watch you act "grown up" because you can stand and bounce.  You also "talk" all of the time!  It is so adorable to watch you babble on and on...you seem to know exactly what you're wanting to say.  Some of your favorite "games" are hold mommy's hands and act like you're riding a horse, play patty-cake with your feet, and have daddy bounce your bottom on the bed and move your legs.  Oh...I can't forget....you LOVE having your clothes off!  If you are crying, we can almost always lighten your mood by taking off your pants.  Ha!

The last 2 months have included some big "firsts."  In November, we celebrated your first Thanksgiving in Enid with family.  This was the first time that mommy's extended family got to see you, and everyone thought you were so cute!  We also celebrated your first Christmas in Enid and in Norman. You were so spoiled with love and gifts!  Mommy and daddy had a fun time opening your presents.  You are set on clothes and toys for a LONG TIME! You were definitely the center of attention at the holiday gatherings.  Your Aunt Heddie and Aunt Kellie fought over who could hold you more!  They adore you so much!  Over New Years, we traveled to Kansas City to see Uncle Alan and Carrie.  This was your longest car ride to date, and...you did great!  You had a hard time "finding your groove" at a strange, new location, but we had a lot of fun.  Uncle Alan and Carrie gave you a handsome outfit for Christmas, and this happened to be what you wore for your 4 month pictures.

Physically, you are growing like a weed!  Your hair is coming in more and more, and it's funny because you and daddy have the same hairline.  Surprisingly, your hair is darker than we expected, but it lays down perfectly!  You are also long and lean.  At your 4 month appointment, you were 14 lbs 10 oz (45% - doubled your birth weight), 25.6 inches long (72.8%), and head circumference was 20%.  Daddy took you to your doctor's appointment and said that you were such a brave big boy for your shots.

Our daily routine is becoming more and more comfortable.  Mommy goes to work Monday through Friday from 8am to 4:30pm.  You spend lots of time with Daddy when he's home, and when he has to work, you go to Miss Mikah's house!  You have a lot of fun seeing her and playing with Silas and Karly.  We are so thankful and blessed to have such a great friend watch you.  It sure is nice to know that you're safe and well taken care of when we're at work.

Ian, our love for you grows more and more each day.  We can't wait to see what the future holds!  We thank God everyday for blessing us with you!

Love, 

Mommy and Daddy

January 23, 2010 - 4 Months

Pics by Jenny Myers

Babies Everywhere!

About 5 years ago, everyone I knew was getting married!  I guess we're past that stage and on to the baby stage.  This past week has been filled with all things baby.  On Thursday, our LifeGroup had a baby shower for Shelby.  She is the last of the 5 of us in group that were all pregnant at the same time.  She is expecting a little girl and is due at the first of February.  Can't wait to meet her!

 On Saturday, Ian and I headed to Moore to meet up with my friends from pharmacy school.  We showered Alycia and Lindsay (both expecting boys)!  Ashley is also preggo, but only about 18 weeks along right now.  We are holding off on her shower so we have another reason to get together. :)

 Also on Saturday, my cousin and his wife (Scott and Ashley) had their first little one!  Hudson Cade arrived around 1:30pm.  He was 7 lbs 12 oz and had a full head of hair!  Ian has been waiting for the pending arrival of Hudson so that he has a boy cousin to play with at holiday get-togethers. :)

 Here is a pic of Hudson with his mama!  Doesn't she look great!?!?  I can't wait to meet him!

Finally, I received news that one of my long-time best friends is also pregnant!  I am so excited for her because I know she's been waiting a long time!

On another note, the Snodgrass family has had a rough week with sickness.  All three of us had flu symptoms, but I think we're finally about over it all.  It is definitely NO fun being sick with a baby...or having a sick baby. Hopefully, we are finished with the bugs!

Little Chatterbox

Ian has really started "talking" a lot lately!  Is is adorable, and fun to have little "conversations" with him.  I think he has his own language!

Sleeping Cutie

Sometimes, I think I'm in denial about how fast Ian is growing!  I still feel like he's so small.  When I look back at pics, though, I can definitely see a change.  Here he is at 1 week:

And again at 3 months:

He's definitely growing and changing.  I love watching all of the new milestones!

On another note, we spent New Year's in Kansas City!  We got to spend time with my brother and his fiance, and we did some shopping.  It was a fun time...complete with a Sooner victory in the Fiesta Bowl!

****Many blessings on 2011!!****

Christmas 2010!

We had such a wonderful Christmas (ahem...Christmas-es) this year!  In just 3 days, we traveled from Wichita to Enid to see my side of the family, then Enid to Norman to see Jason's side of the family, then back to Wichita!!  Ian was able to see everyone and, of couse, had a great 1st Christmas!

Ian admiring all of his presents!

Ian, mommy, and his OU sock monkey

Grandma Donna looking at her gift with Uncle Grant

Jason got an autographed pic of Steve Owens - former OU player and Heisman Trophy winner

Ian with Grandma and Grandad

4 Generations!!

 My cousin, Scott, and his wife, Ashley -she is due January 22nd with baby boy Hudson.  We can't wait!

Jason made this for his dad...don't know if you can tell, but the bottom pic of Jason and Ian is a re-creation of the top pic with Jason and his dad

Nanny has a tree with ornaments for all of the grandkids.  Here is Ian's first ornament!!

Ian with Nanny

Ian with his cousins - Kail, Chelci, and Eden

Here's what I got playing Dirty Santa! Score!

Daddy pretending Ian can do Irish dancing

Tree at our house in Wichita

Mantel with our family stockings - If you remember here, I just finished Ian's stocking in September, right before he was born!



As always, we were so blessed during the holidays.  It will be a lot of fun next year too because Ian will probably be walking around and getting into everything!  Maybe he can help open his own presents next year! :)

Ashley's Baby Shower

First of all, does anyone know how to rearrange pics in this program, once you've uploaded them? Mine are always out of order and I can't cut/paste them.

Last weekend, we had a baby shower at my mom's house for my cousin's (Scott) wife, Ashley! The theme was a holiday theme since my mom's house was decorated for Christmas. Scott and Ashley are due at the end of January with baby boy Hudson. Ian is excited to have another little boy in the family!

My mom was an angel during the shower and took care of Ian so I could help the other hostesses. Fortunately, he slept during a majority of the festivities. Here is a cute pic of mom and Ian (actually taken at the end of the shower...precipitating my question above).

Mom and I made a couple of diaper creations to help decorate. The first was a Christmas diaper wreath. You can't tell too well from the pic, but all fo the goodies were red and green.

We also made a diaper snowman...similar to a diaper cake! It was adorable and a big hit...perfect for the theme. Our refreshments included a Butternut Squash Soup with Apple Cream sauce and Rotisserie Chicken Salad sandwiches on croissants. Everything was super-delish!

As a little keepsake for Ashley, everyone wrote advice for her and baby Hudson on decorative river rocks to fill a glass apothecary jar.

If you'll remember when Ashley helped host my first baby shower, everyone signed a book instead of a card. This was SUCH a great idea because Ian has a bookshelf filled with awesome books! We did the same for Ashley, and she scored a great collection as well!

Here is a pic of all of the hostesses with Ashley

L to R: Me, Avadelle (cousin Brent's wife and Ashley's sis-in-law), Ashley, Lucretia (Ashley's sis), and Holly (Ashley's friend)

LifeGroup Christmas Party

I just realized that I had started this post, but never finished...
The week after our LifeGroup Thanksgiving party, we had our Christmas party. We had them this close together because we wanted to make sure Meg and Steve could make it before they were due with their little one. Crazy enough...Meg ended up having baby Roslyn about 2.5 weeks early. She was actually able to join us!

The theme was a "Tacky Christmas Sweater" party. There were some pretty funny ensembles! We even got Ian a tacky sweater and tacky onesie. :)

Family Pic

Our cutie pie sucking his fingers...not thumb!

Some of the group relaxing on the couch after yummy food (Trina with baby Wesley, Shelby, and Justan)

Here is a pic of our entire group...including baby Roslyn who was just born about 5 days prior! Ian is obviously not too excited about the picture. Now that 4 of the babies are here, once Shelby and Justan have their baby...we'll be complete! :)

Thanksgiving Events

As usual, I'm behind on blogging! We've done quite a bit over the past few weeks, but I need to back up to before Thankgiving. We had our first Thanksgiving dinner with our LifeGroup! Justan made a deep-fried turkey and everyone else brought the fixins...it was delicious! Here's some pics I took after we finished eating.

This was an adorable pic...all of the babies lined up asleep! Guess which one woke up first? Yup, you guessed it...mine! (in the middle)

Our second and third Thanksgiving meals were in Enid. Here are a few pics of Ian in his Thanksgiving outfits. We have sooo much to be thankful for!

I love his smile!!