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!