Surprise!

Making a baby announcement in the Snyder family has gotten to be pretty fun. The last two pregnancies that were announced were very clever, and I wanted to make ours fun also. One sis-in-law had made a "I'm a big sister" t-shirt for their only daughter, the other had a poem in a card to her dad that said they were going from 4 grandkids to 5.

So, after much thought this is what we came up with on how to share our surprisingly good news. It was my mom-in-laws birthday, the whole family was going to be there, including great-grandma and great-grandpa, perfect time to share to everyone.

We had some family picture taken a few months earlier and I usually give copies to Steve's mom, but I just hadn't gotten around to it. I bought two frames, one for the whole family picture and the other for the kids. The surprise was going to come when she opened one of the kids pictures. It has three spots for their pictures, but seeing as we have only 2 kids (at the time) there was one spot left for baby to come. I put in the top spot Andy, then middle Ellyn and then the bottom spot I used some really cute baby scrapbooking paper and wrote "Coming in September!" Needless to say she was a little surprised when she opened the last gift. I remember her saying something like..."WHAT? ARE YOU? WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?" No one else understood because she was the only one who could see it, and then she turned the frame around and showed everyone, and then they got it.

The real adventure...

When was the last time you went shoe shopping with a 7 year old girl who loves shoes?
I have to say, what an adventure it was. She must have tried on every pair of shoes in her size, and then some. I don't know what it is, if she just can't make up her mind or if she is just looking for that perfect pair of shoes. After about thirty minutes, I had been very patient letting her just look and try them on, I finally put a time limit on the whole experience.

And what do you know, she found them. The perfect pair!!

How do I look? Oh, baby you look fabulous!

Camping with dad

One of the things that I was going to be missing out this summer was camping. There was no way I was going camping while being pregnant. But Steve and the kids still wanted to go. So off they went. They had so much fun, as all ways. And I had fun too, sleeping in my own bed.


Ellyn "helping" set up camp.


Got to find something to do while camping.
One hammock, a few bungee cords...ta da, instant
fun.

More fun things to do while camping.

I am not too sure if that is a trail they are on, or if they are just making their own. Snack time after the hike, pudding cups, yum.

They even made a new friend at camp.

Gotta to love playing in the water on a hot day.

Some assembly required

I don't do "some assembly required", but this was easy. The instructions had pictures. I am not sure if you can see it, but these pieces will be our car seat and stroller. Just one of the last things we needed to have and then we are ready for baby. After I got the car seat ready, Ellyn went to get one of her babies to put in it. I guess we had to try it out and see if it worked.