Happy New Rear!!!!!!

I know, thats not how it goes but it is what I have always said. Why you ask? Because everyone makes a new years resolution to lose weight, therefore the new rear. I figure if you got one then you must have wanted it real bad and it will make you happy...... ok, maybe I am a little spacy due to lack of sleep.


SOMEONE and their DADDY woke me up "playing" at 4:45 this morning, oh, I am not bitter, just TIRED!!!! The past few nights have been pretty restless due to a growing baby and I can now feel every move... well, maybe not but it feels like it. Not to mention the kicks and pushes are much harder, not that I am fussing I just want him to sleep at least some of the night. They say girls are not as active......


To add on or not to add on. That is the question. Eric and I are refinancing the house. We qualified for 4.5% interest rate which is great but we are thinking about adding on. We have a friend who's dad is a contractor and we are be getting a guesstamate so we can see what the payments would be......


Still waiting to hear about city council.....


Eric handed the gavel over to the new chamber president.... oh, am I looking forward to him not being gone every night!!!!!!!


Eric is leaving tomorrow for Fl. to visit his Granny and some other family, he will not be back till Sunday, pray all goes well....


And we're off to church for a party!!!!! The women kick butt in catchphrase.... I don't expect tonight to be any different....

Christmas in pictures....

Eric was the narrator for the kids christmas playat church, hence the top hat, isn't he cute. He also sang Mary did you know and did a great job!

So, after we decided to not spend much on each other for Christmas this year Eric goes and blows it.... he got me a mini dvd camcorder. The exact one I have been looking for, but refused to buy till the prices came down, he promised it was really on sale. I really wanted a camcorder to record friends and family at the hospital when Corban is born. It burns directly to the dvd and all you have to do is pop it into the dvd player, it also takes still shots and has a memory card so you can just upload it to the computer.

I found my camcorder wrapped up in my purse . It was the only wrapped present under the tree for me this year. Eric had 3 and he kept telling me how bad he felt becaues he only got me one thing and I had gotten him 3 things. After I unwrapped the purse it felt a little heavy so I opened it up and there was the camcorder. He did that because I ALWAYS guess my presents and he knew he would have to be tricky.

Eric loves his coffee so I got him a "to go" stainless mug with Corban's Daddy engraved on it.

Remember me talking about Eric saying that if he had footie P.j.'s that he would wear them.... well look at what I found!!! They glow in the dark too!

Eric and Lola, his sister's dog.

The latest Snyder addition Gracie Kalen (Kallen) Snyder.

Megan Snyder.

Me and Amanda being silly, she is due March 23. Both of us will be having boys!!!

Me, not looking so hot..... I was really tired it was a LOOOONNNGGG day.

Eric's parents, Mike and Gail.

Michael and Amanda being krazy. Michael can't wait for Will to get here.

Some of momy's and Corban's Christmas goodies!

My dad saw these and had to get them for Corban, they were in his stocking.

Another thing my dad had to have for Corban, it is a bank.

Eric's sister, Kaci, didn't want to leave Corban out this Christmas either! It is a really cute scrapbook.

Coach purse that Gail got for both me and Amanda. It is the perfect size for keys and a wallet to carry with the diaper bag















Our big gift from my parents was a Garmin nuvi gps. Eric and I are always on the road and after last club volleyball season I realized how handy one would be. Eric is at work and the gps is in his car so I don't have a pic...... Oh, Eric's third gift was a book he wanted called Babyhood.

Happy Christmas!

I am beathing this pnuemonia and feel much better! I am actually in the Christmas spirit. I love to wrap presents and I got to do some shopping for mom and dad yeaterday. My parents got my grandmother a flat sceen t.v. at Sam's yesterday. It was a couple hundred dollars off just because it was a display and didn't have a box so they got a real good deal on it. My grandmother has a friend, Mary, that lives with her. She and grandmother have been good friends for years and they help take care of eachother. Well, they love braves baseball and Auburn football but their tv is teenytiny. So, I can't wait to see the look on grandmother's face! Grandmother has always been there for me. If it was not for her I wouldn't have been able to go to school Kingwood or alot of other things. I don't know exactly how much she "helped" but I know it was alot. Now she is on fixed income and money is tight. As a matter of fact she told us not to get her anything this year.... Oh I can't wait!!!!!!!!!

Have a Merry Christmas!

A parenting class and an unplanned doc visit

So, we all know how great things have been for me over the past 3 weeks! Friday, while on the new cough medicine that makes me a little sleepy, I decided to take a nap. Well, you have to stop coughing long enough to take a nap. After coughing so hard that my lunch and hour and a half earlier was nolonger in my tummy I decided to call the doc again...... They told me to come in she wanted to see me right away. I called Eric at work and told him I was going and he quickly offered to go too (I am not one of those people who has to have someone with me), but it did make me feel better he went, driving was not something I really needed to do. Praise the Lord I was able to see my doctor, I love her. They listend to my cough and lungs and poked around. They gave me a stronger cough medicine and another antibiotic. She also wants a chest x-ray because she thinks I may have pnumonia. Well we went to test scheduling and they were closed for the day. Eric was not a happy camper, I guess it was typical husband protective mode, so sweet. I wan't happy but felt so bad I almost didn't care.... I just wanted the cough syrup... NOW!!!!! So I have to call on Monday and schedule that x-ray and Tues I have a rhonagram test and my regular appt.... the last one before I start going every 2 weeks....

We decided to forge ahead and go to the parneting class we signed up for on Sat. It was from 8:30-4. The next class they offered would have been 2 weeks before my due date and I didn't want to do that. I really enjoyed the class and meeting people, though I kept my distance. Tehy kept showing us videos of breathing and coping... thoes people looked like they were dieing... needless to say give me the drugs baby!!!!!! I learned how to do a "football" hold to bathe baby, not that I will use it,but hey I feel smarter! I love the birthing suites at St. Vincents too! They are very nice and very big. I can't wait!!!!

And he looks like.......

The 4 D was really cool. You know there is a little person in there but this makes things a little more, um, realistic. He was opening and closing his eyes, kicking and punching, rolling his head from side to side, coveing his face with his hand, moving his mouth and sticking his toung out. At one point he even stuck one of his feet over his head. He didn't suck his thumb or even try to so we don't know about that yet....

The first one is one of my favorites he has his right hand over his right eye and is sticking his tongue out. I wish I had a bigger one of these. It was funny because Eric was talking to him and telling him to move, and out came his tongue, we had to laugh. As you can tell the left side of his face is distorted. Because of where his head is he has his face stuck in the placenta, so they could not get a clear shot of it.

That is his left hand covering his chin, and again his face is a little squished because he has it smashed up against the placenta.

I know it is soooooo early but who do you think he looks like? I have my opinion... but I will keep it to myself for now.

Corban's room

All Aboard!

Last night we went on the polar express. I am an awful person cuz I didn't grab my camera. This year we went with a friend of mine from school, Sandy, and her husband Jonathan, their son Jase is almost 2. We had so much fun! Jase didn't exactly like Santa, at all, unless he was waving hello or bye to him. This year we were in the car with the narrator, he was great. He is so animated and, yes really plays the guitar, it is not a recording. We knew last year it wasn't a recording because when there was a tree on the tracks and they had to stop the train to move it he some how made the stop as though it was part of the story of the polar express. This year they are gave out an ornament of the train in the snow for all of the kids, they weren't going to give us one, till Eric poined out my belly. We also got our bells and cookies and milk. While on the train Eric made political chat with Mayor-Elect (No one has been able to take office yet) John Grahm and his wife and kids and Senator Hank Erwin was also in our car. He either has a great memory or Eric has his name written on his face somewhere, because he called him by name, they have met a few times.....

Corban's room
We had the rug cleaned to see if we could get rid of the smell... they guy who cleaned it said it was 100% wool so it is going to smell... so if the smell doesn't go away the rug will have to because it is too strong. I hung the letters and airplanes this weekend, all by myself. I will try to post pics this afternoon. Today I only have to give 2 exams and should be done at 11:30ish and can come home!!!!! Well, after I am done grading them. Tomorrow at 1:30 we go for our 4d. My sister-in-law April, had her baby yeaterday around 4, which isn't too bad they started inducing at about 6 yesterday morning. We have been so blessed, Tabitha has sent another 55 gallon bag of clothes..... praise the Lord for hand-me-downs and good friends!

Just survive!!!!!!

That is my battle cry! I just have to make it through this week. I have final exams, students who have just figured out that they have to make an 81 on their exam to pass the semester with a 60, and mama's who want to be called every day and be updated on if their child had their work and wants additional copies of all their work from me!!!!! Ok, well pardon me for being blunt but no wonder your kid is in middle or highschool and can't do anything for themselves.... mama does everything. Some people say well, you can't help it your kid is irresponsible. Well, I beg to differ. You, as the parent teach your child at a young age things like cleaning up toys, putting garbage in the trash, not the floor. Why? Because some day they will have to make it in the real world without you, the parent. I mean seriously you spend 5 out of 7 days a week at school. WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T HAVE SOMETHING TO WRITE WITH? NO YOU CAN NOT BORROW FROM ME! WHY? BECAUSE YOU ARE IN 8/9TH GRADE GROW UP! Ok I feel better now, thanks.


On a happy thought, I got my Crystal original ornament this weekend and it is so pretty!!!! I am so excited!

FINALLY!!!!

The drugs have kicked in! After having taken them for a full day and a half and after being sick for almost 2 weeks and after discovering I was running a fever, again and being in tears last night because I couldn't stop coughing.... when you reach the point that the medicine is not working and you are coughing so hard you are making yourself throw up..... I did the only thing that would make me feel better, I cried. There I said it. I am not one to cry, well um, hardly ever but I did last night. It unstopped my nose too!!!!

My Honey

So, these past couple of days my coughing has gotten tons worse. I woke myself up at least 4 times last night coughing my head off. I know I woke Eric up too but he didn't say anything. I couldn't blame him if he got irritated .....

The doc....

So, today I called my doc since I am still coughing and don't feel so hot. They said I have an bacterial infection of some sort and called me in some drugs that I can take. On top of that I am to take cough syrup, but only Tussin DM, which doesn't really work. So, I guess the good news is my perscription was generic and only $4!

Merry Christmas!

This is our Christmas pic this year. Notice it looks just like the one from Aaron's wedding, because it is. We had a pic of our tree taken and put behind us. Our across the street neighbor is a photographer and does family pics and stuff. He is going to do Corban's pics, when he gets here, for a good price!
I am so ready for Christmas break. This week is a review week and so is Mon and Tues of next week. Wed-Fri are exams. As next week rolls around I can't wait till Thurs! We have not had an ultrasound since we found out Corban is a boy and we will be going for our 4D. I pray he smiles for the camera like he did last time! Anyway today is our Christmas musical for elementary. My 1st graders are signing Angels We Have Heard on High.. or attempting to anyway, it is so cute, and my 5-6 grades are signing The First Noel, which is very pretty. Friday is Medieval Festival for the highschool and my 9th graders have to learn the entire song to sing We Three Kings and act out a nativity infront of everyone. The festival is really lots of fun... I will have to take my camera.

The leaning cakes.....

I know I posted about Aaron's wedding and the leaning cakes but I couldn't remember if I ever posted the pictures of them. After a conversation with Val and Jeni I decided to repost.... that is if I ever posted. Both cakes came form the same Publix, but I don't know which one. The brides cake was waaaaaaaayyyyyyy worse than the groom's cake. I bet most people didn't notice Aaron's cake but you couldn't help but notice Brittny's cake. The "bright" wedding planner actually told her about her cake 30min. BEFORE the wedding! Lets just say that was the quickest make-up touch-up job I have ever seen. Nothing like bawling your eyes out right before you walk down the isle!!!!! They did turn the cake so it was at its best angle.
If you look at the top layer of Aaron's cake, um, lets just say something isn't right... and I am not a cake decorator... just an expert taster.

The car seat......

I made these to hang in Corban's room. After looking at stuff online and the outrageous prices I decided I could make them myself, for way cheaper. The airplanes are unfinished wood and I painted them the 3 wall colors $.59 each at Hobby Lobby. The letters are also unfinished wood from Hobby Lobby for $.99 each and I painted them too. The most expensive part was the 5x7 canvas I could only find at Michaels, they were a little under $3 each. For a grand total of $25.77 if you look online they want $9-$15 PER LETTER!!!!! I used my handy dandy hot glue gun to attach the letters and canvas after they dried. When I decide where to hang everything I will post more pics.... Oh, and Eric doesn't think the airplanes look like airplanes.... I think they are cute!

The pics as promised

Our Christmas wreath...... blue and silver are my favorite Christmas colors.

Corban's room is finished!!!!!!!

Detailed shot of my secret sister's wreath. These are her favorite Christmas colors.

The whole wreath.

The preggo club. April, on the left, went today and they were thinking they were going to induce but they decided to give her another week. Amanda is in the middle, she is exactly one month behind me. Say a little prayer for her she has been having contractions this week and it is WAY too early. The really HOTT babe is, duh, me. I'm kidding. So, from left to right we will have Gracie next week sometime, Will in March and Corban in Febuary!

I don't have a pic of the car seat yet. It is in the explorer and Eric took it to a chamber meeting tonight... so I will have to remember to post it later but it is so cute!

Say a little prayer for

my sister-in-law who has been having contractions this week. They gave her a shot but it made her heart race. She is a month behind me....

I passed!!!!

my glucose test, YAY!!! Sorry I have not posted pics. I have been fighting a nasty cold and all I can take is tylenol cold, let me tell you how great that works....... I guess it is better than nothing though. On top of that yesterday was a really long day for me. We had our annual history fair, which I would have loved had I felt better and not had 40 something projects to grade, needless to say my feet were killing me by the end of the day and it took me nearly all day to grade them. I was excited because In the junior division I had the first place student in my class and the second place student. In the senior division I had the first place student, a 9th grader beat out a 10th grader and 2 seniors for 1st place. So I was a proud mama. I have to also post pics of Corban's room, he finished painting last night and it is soooooooo ccuuuuutttteeeeee! I have also almost finished his name and stuff so I can take a pic of that too, with the hanging airplanes that Eric says doesn't look like airplanes... I painted them to match.... My students are telling me I am getting bigger every day, I think it is funny that they take notice every day. They made me put a countdown to Corban on my board to count the weeks till he comes, we do this for thanksgiving and Christmas. Today I am going to hopefully get a chence to put up my Christmas tree in my room, its tiny but who cares I have the mini ornaments that are the school colors purple and gold, to decorate it with and a gold star to put on top.

Thanksgiving

Was great! This year was our turn to visit Eric's family, and next year we will go to my aunt's for my family. Both of our families do a big lunch and so we can only do one family event on Thanksgiving, we tried to do both one year, trust me, it doesn't work. We were able to spend some time with Eric's family and grandparents, which was nice. Another reason I was excited was because we got our seat for Corban. Joyce sent it to us via Mema and Granddaddy. It is so cute. While it was originally Zemi's and pink Joyce recovered it for Corban, which was so great of her. THANK YOU JOYCE!!! I don't have my camera close by I will post pics of it and the fam from over the holidays. Eric made April, Amanda and I take a big picture so that you can see all of our tummies sticking out. It looks like April will have Gracie either this week or next, the Dr. said she is running out of room. It was interesting because this year for thanksgiving there were 3 kids and next year there will be 6............ pictures to come..... Oh, and here comes month number 7.....

Can I have seconds please?

Well, maybe not. This morning I had a blast drinking orange Sunkistish stuff! Then I went to see my doctor, where I got pricked. I know I am putting on weight, in my head, and I can see the extra weight but I was still a little shocked when I got on the scale and it said I weigh 20lbs heavier than normal. No wonder my back hurts. The dr. appt. went well and I managed to finish just in time to run back to the lab so they could draw blood out of the other arm, stinkin' vampires. We go back on the 18th for our 4D, back on the 20th for our "class" and back on the 23rd for my last 4 week appt. and for an anti-body screen. Which basically means they are going to draw more blood!!!! YAY!!!!! Since my blood type is o negative my body will produce anti-bodies to "fight off" Corban, just like it would to fight off a cold or something, unless Corban's blood ends up being negative. Testing for Corban's blood type will put him at risk, so they test me and give me a shot to keep my body from fighting him off. If I don't post before then have a happy turkey day!!!! I plan on milking this whole eating for 2 thing.....

Corban's Room Update

This is the painted wall in his room. It is still not finished though but one more session should finish it. Where you see the light tan spots it will be that bright blue color when he finishes. I am so excited I can't wait! The letters on the wall that will spell his name will be painted these colors too.

Exciting News!

There has been some really awesome stuff going on at school this year. Every Wednesday we have chapel instead of Bible. We have had several great services. We have a drama team and a praise and worship team with a full band. So every Wednesday we have students leading students into worship. There have been several bumps in the road this year. Like every year, new students come to school and bring with them their worlds. I would say about 50% of our 7-12 graders come from broken homes. Some don't even know who their dad is. Several core students realized this last year and decided that this year would be different. It all started on the first day of school. This group of students managed to get a copy of all of the students names in the entire school and has made it their mission to pray for evey student every day. They even split the list up on weekends and on off days to take home and have agreed to pray every day for every student and their school. The impact has been inmeasurable. Over this past month 15-20 guys have accepted Christ as their Savior. One that especially got my attention was a boy named JV. Two weeks ago he was curious about this Jesus relationship, he said. The next week he accepted Christ as his savior, on the football field after practice. He later told Coach Adams" hey man I don't know what I am doing, can we get a bible study or something?" Thus begins the guys 7-12 bible study every Wed. morning before school with the male coaches. As Coach Adams explained baptism and basic steps of Christianity to the boys that first study, JV decided he wanted to be baptised. Not only did he want to be baptised but he didn't want to do it at a church. He decided that he wanted to be baptised at school in front of his peers, because these people at school were his family and he wanted them all to know what has happened in his life. So this past Wednesday, in a little private school, in a little town we celebrated life, and what God can do when He is allowed to put His hands on a 16 year old boy in a fatherless home. Don't lose hope in this generation, there is an army of boys learning how to be Godly men. While it breaks my heart that many of these boys are from fatherless homes at the same time that is what makes it so great. When they accept Christ they have the most perfect example of a Father and His unconditional love.

Corban's Stocking

I got it at that place in the mall. It was $17.something, that includes the name....

3 months!!!

I can hardly believe it! Corban will be here in 3 months!!!!!! It feels like forever but at the same time it feels like no time at all. Eric and I both love Christmas and with all of the decorations it has me thinking. I want to go ahead and get Corban a stocking for next year. So far my favorite is at a kiosk in the mall. It is a green elf shoe shaped one with a bell on the end of the curved toe. It also has the name plate in the top part where we can put his name. HHHHMMMMM, maybe I should get it and put it up at the grandparents to be house and see what Santa brings. We are registered at Target and Babies R Us and have asked that our christmas presents come off of our registery.

On another note Jennifer and Michael had their baby girl today, which makes me wish Corban was here even more. Sarah Mae was delivered by a scheduled C-section at 12:33 this afternoon at 7.2lbs and 21 inches. I work with Michael at school and have gotten to know Jennifer better this year and I am so excited because Sarah will be in the school nursery with Corban. Yay friends!

The weekend in review.....

- Aaron got married- in spite of the falling cakes, well they didn't completely fall just lean really bad..... Aaron's wasn't that bad but Brittny's couldn't have the top layer raised or put the topper on it because it would fall.
- My friend Tabitha gave me TONS of clothes for Corban... 1 big garbage bag and another 55 gallon bag... my unborn child has more outfit options than I have had in my entire life!!!!
- Our house is completely decorated for Christmas inside and out!
- I bought some new....um, under things that actually fit.
- Corban decided last night that he does NOT like lasagna from Olive Garden... nuff said.
- I can't wait till next week I get the whole week off!!!!!
- We are supposed to hear if Eric can take office today from the DOJ, so please be praying.
- Pics of the wedding to follow.

Nashville Pics

This was the garden place, I forget the name. But it originally belonged to a man who invested in his cousin's business .......Maxwell Coffee.

The front view of The Hermitage.

Waiting for our tour.

The back view of the Hermitage.

Original furniture from a slaves quarters at The Hermitage.... proof that most slaves were treated well.

The Spring House at The Hermitage.... sometimes used as overflow for all of the guests the Jackson's took in as people needed a place to stay while they were traveling. Jackson and Rachel were more than hospitable.

The enterance to Rachel's garden.

Rachel's grave.

The family cemetary in the garden.... this was normal.

Rachel and Jackson's grave.

Devotion at the Science center..... which was way awesome! If you get a chance to visit here it was great. I even climbed to the top of the tower, where you can see all of downtown Nashville. Definately a great place for kids, it makes the McWayne Center look shabby... and I love the McWayne Center

Christmas tree in the Opry Land Hotel.

At the zoo.

The kids had a blast.

Red panda.

The bamboo walk way to the tigers and stuff...

White tiger.

My girls for the trip.

In the merecat exhibit...

Making art at the Frist.