Corban was

dedicated Sunday yeah! Pics to come. This week will be crazy as I am trying to get ready to go back to work.... gotta run to the school today.... I am excited about going back too, I miss my kids and the normalcy of life....

Since my post yesterday...

The justice department came back with a no answer. I don't know what the city is going to do now... but it is getting old. We are really disappointed. What chaps my butt is that if the new districts did a way with a white minority in a city we would have never gone through this.... because thats not illegal. I mean seriously, people want equality but they fuss about this? Real equality is dividing the districts up by true population numbers not by color. Can a white person not represent a black person? A hispanic? Oh, thats right, the entire Civil Rights Movement's only supporters and leaders were black Americans.Take it from a history teacher that couldn't be further from the truth. Just because you representative is not you color doesn't mean they can't represent you. Has anyone looked at the President lately? While I didn't vote for him or agree with him on, well, um, anything, he is still the President and I respect that. What is the difference between these two elections? The people voted, the majority wins. What's the problem? It sounds to me like the Department of Justice needs to change its name to the Department of Politically Correct Segregation. And thats what I think about that.

On another note we are down a car..... an 18 wheeler had a blow-out right in front of Eric yesterday. Thank God he is ok. Pics and details to come... Corban calls.

The happenings.....

So it has been forever since I blogged so .... here goes....

- The justice department is supposed to be handing down their decision about city council today.
- Eric will leave this afternoon to go help his dad repair the subfloor in their dining room.... because they had ANOTHER leak... the second sub-floor replaced in a month, same room.
-Corban is 4 weeks and 5 days old... or 1 month and 5 days!!!! It feels like it has gone by so slow but so fast at the same time.
-This week at school is my spring break, I am off next week then it is back to the grind.
- Corban is getting dedicated Sunday.
-None of my shirts fit other than my maternity and bigger t-shirts, I expected to grow but not 3 sizes!!!!!!!!
-We are having our first family pictures and Corban's pictures taken on Friday.

Corban Lee Snyder
-is growing every day.
-is starting to look a little like me, mouth, fingers toes- still has blue eyes.
-smiles very big in his sleep- Eric says he is dreaming about boobies.
-smiles with gas and poop.
-sleeps well at night, not through the night, but I feed him change his diaper and put him back down to sleep and he doesn't really fuss.
-eats every 2 hours or so still, except for last night he gave me 3 consecutive hours of sleep... twice- I am praying it becomes a habit....
-loves spending time with daddy and being sung to by daddy, mama sings too but isn't so good at it.
-has decided this past week that he does not like to sit in a dirty diaper
-has scratched his face twice now allowing mommy to hear the "i am hurt cry"
-is an absolute joy, when he is awake he is perfectly content to sit there and look around... most of the time
-doesn't care for formula, but will eat it, when you put the bottle in his mouth his face looks like you gave him lemon

Promised pics...

Corban's new cousin Will was born Thurs. Look at that hair!!!!!!! It is very thick.

He is bigger than Corban is now.

Eric, Corban and new big sister Lily Beth.

Proud daddys hold their sons.

Corban's visit to daddy's work.

Corban's first bath....

Ready for his first real trip out..... to the mall.

The poo flies too.... and other things "they" don't tell you... observations from a new mom

We all know if cold ait hits it little boys go pee. All the way into the hallway if left uncovered. Well, these past couple of weeks I have more knowledge of "happenings" and I wish to share...

1. Like I said, poo flies too. Since baby is on an all liquid diet, if you happen to be changing his diaper and the frozen yogurt machine kicks on, close the diaper back up and wait for the big finish. Otherwise you will be wearing it. The only thing that would be better is if the soda fountain kicks on and you get a soda and frozen yogurt treat all over mommy. YUM! Not to mention baby also needs a bath.... and may be screaming.

2. The grass is always greener on the other side. Since I am breastfeeding I am learning many amazing things about how God created a woman to be a mommy. While feeding from one breast the other breast begins to give sympathy milk and start to leak. Like it is saying "oh yeah, I have so much milk I am over flowing, come over here!"

3. Humans are related to birds. When I get ready to feed Corban opens his mouth and jerks his head from side to side, he looks like a baby bird waiting to be fed by mommy.

4. Being worried about the epidural and everything else hurting.... including the entire labor process is over rated. What you should be worried about is that they have good meds for you when the epidural wears off... and the day after so you don't feel those 3 packs of stitches in your, um, sensitive area.

5. While sleeping you child may look possessed by an evil spirit. They often sleep with their eyes wide open and their eyeballs continue to move, such as rolling around in the back of their heads or quickly from side to side. It is freaky.

6. Their body= soap. When you do wash their little bodies off, see number 1, they are quite slippery little people. Add screaming and squirming to the list and you are playing a life and death game of "hold on to the soap."

These are just some of my observations and adventures from the past 2 weeks stay tuned for more.....

Some of my new favorite pics....