Wow..I finally posted.

I can't believe I haven't been on my blog for 7 months. Time goes by way to fast.  Anyway, I'm not even going to try and catch up what has happened in the last seven months. I will blog what has been happening lately.

My baby boy turned 1 on friday. Josh and I can't believe how fast it flew by. We almost feel bad in a way because we feel like we weren't able to give him our full attention like we did for Maddie. I guess that is just what happens when you have more than one child.

Here are some photo's from his birthday:

Maddie and I sang to him when he woke up.

He clapped for us after we were done singing. 

 Yes those are flowers on his sheets(Boy sheets were dirty).

 Birthday cake.

 He loves wheels.

Happy Birthday Brendan!!!

Love between brother and sister

Maddison thinks it's funny when she makes Brendan smile or in some cases laugh. I placed Brendan in his bumbo a few weeks ago to see how he does in it. I walked away to get my camera and when I came back I found them having a great time together. Brendan's way of having fun is getting whatever he can reach and put it in his mouth as fast as he can. Maddie thinks it's hillarious.

Catching up (October 2011)

Halloween: Pumpkin carving with Daddy, church party and our first halloween dinner.

 The finished product.

 Dorothy and and a pumpkin.

 My mom made Maddie costume.

 We had snails

 eyeball salad

 Boo spaghetti

 ghost cupcakes.

My sister Stefanie joined us.

Blessing day

It's been to long.

I haven't been able to post something in a long time due to a bad Internet connection and having a newborn in the home again.

So let me introduce our newest member of the family to you:

Brendan Dale Snyder

My last appointment with my OB was on my due date August 5th and I was only 1 cm dilated and about 80% effaced. I asked him to not let me go a week overdue. I guess he saw how miserable I looked and told me that he was going on vacation that coming Thursday and told me he can induce me the day before. Allot of people in ward were telling me horror stories about being induced. I was hoping he would come naturally. Every night after that appointment Josh, Maddie and I would go on really long fast walks. Wednesday morning still no baby, I had to call the hospital around 6am to see if there were any empty beds. They told me no and I had to call back in two hours. Two hours later I called they said yes come on in. Josh and I rushed Maddie over to my friends house who had a very busy schedule that day(Thanks Sara) and off we went. I was omitted around 9:30 a.m. Checked to see if I dilated some more. There is two different ways to be induced. 1st way is if you are dilated at one or two(I can't think of the name right now but it's not through an IV) It takes like 14 to 24 hrs. to start labor. 2nd was is to get pitocin through an IV. I definitely did not want the first one. The nurse checked me and I was dilated to 4cm and 85% effaced. At 10:00 a.m. I received my epidural. My OB came and broke my water. Then the pitocin started. About 3 1/2 hrs. later I told Josh that I feel like the baby is going to fall out and two seconds later a couple of nurses came running in with a worried look on their faces, I told them what I was feeling. I asked them if there was something wrong with my baby. The nurses transferred my to a delivery bed and wheeled me into a delivery room. I was told not to laugh or cough because this baby will come out. The nurse called for the OB but he was delivering another baby. The nurse had me pushing which I hate only because the epidural works so awesome on my body that I can't feel anything and it's hard to push something when it feels like there is nothing their. My OB came rushing in and scrubbed up and changed. Four pushes later out came Brendan. This was a relaxed and fast labor compared to my first.

Brendan was born at 2:04 p.m. 6lbs 8oz and 18in long.

Let me tell you what Brendan is like at 7 wks.

He breastfeeds for 20 min. on each side and drinks four ounces of formula after that.

He eats every hour.

He now weighs about 9lbs.

He does a really good job at holding his head up.

Loves to be held.

Gives really cute smiles.

Keeps mommy up at night(I've been living off of 3hrs. of sleep each night).

A whole lot of desitin

Yesterday my friend came over to do some scrap booking with me. Maddison was in her room playing which she sometimes does. My friend and I were in the living room talking and I realized that Maddison was being a little to quiet. So I called her and asked what she was doing and she happily shouted from her room, I playing with desitin! I got up quickly and she came running out to me and I looked at her and couldn't help but laugh.

Happy Mother's Day!

I love my family and I am so blessed to have them in my life.