Baby S. Birthday - February 17, 2011

This is a photo of me at around 38 weeks.

(It is one of the last ones we took of me pregnant.)

They had decided to induce me on February 16th (my due date) since we weren't able to do it any sooner.

We arrived at the hospital at 5am to begin the induction - luckily when we arrived at the hospital I had already been having contractions on my own. 

After several hours our little Baby S finally decided to join us.

Madilynn Rose Snider was born at 12:07 am on February 17, 2011.

She weighed 7 lbs 11 oz and was 21 inches long.

(per our Dr visit this week - the hospital's measurement of 22in was wrong)

 Madilynn and Grandma Teri

 Madilynn and Aunt Katie

Both mommy and Madilynn did extremely well and were able to go home on February 18.



More Baby Showers

Baby S. Certainly has been showered with love, and he/she isn't even here yet! 

Here are a few photos I thought I would share....

                       The first few photos are from the Snider/Clouse Shower that was held at Aunt Lisa's house on January 9th (I was 34 weeks at the time of this shower).

Baby S. will be Grandma Rosie's 4th great-grandchild (the first 3 are girls),

and he/she will be Grandma Sharon's first great-grandchild!

Baby S...is so lucky to have Grandma Teri - he/she is already loved very much!

The cake was made with love by Grandma Rosie.

This next shower was held the very next Sunday at Holly's house. Many of the ladies from work were able to attend - we had a great time, it was great seeing everyone outside of work!

 These are two of the wonderful pharmacists I work with - Holly on the left lives just 4 houses up the street; Lindsay on the right, also graduated from Ohio Northern - though she graduated quite a few years after me. They are alot of why I like my job so much!

Here I am at 35 weeks.

 

Baby Snider's Nursery

               Here are some photos of the nursery. Matt did a wonderful job painting the nursery - including the trim and doors which used to be a dark brown.

       The white cabinet you see is actually the dresser that was left in our home from the previous owners....it was down in our bedroom, and was dark wood with a "lovely" oriental design on front....needless to say we painted it and feel it works well, providing lots of storage for our little one.

            Notice the changing table - this has had many a diapers changed on it, including: my cousins Ann and Shalina; my sister and I; and my cousins' kids - Matt, James, Kevin and Anna. So great to have something that has been in the family!

The crib was handed down to us from Matt's Aunt Jackie - Ericka had slept in it when she was a baby. We are very thankful to have this crib to use for Baby S.....here's to hoping for many peaceful, sleep-filled nights! I was able to make the valance and bedskirt, and the lamp used to be a gold lamp with a plain white lampshade that I stole from Dad's house....I think it looks much cuter now!

This beautiful blanket was given to us by Matt's Grandma Sharon - she made it from fabric she had actually purchased at a quilt shop in Charleston years ago when she visited us when we lived there! She knew we would be starting a family someday! It is super cute and looks great with the green walls!

Christmas 2010

Just wanted to share a few of the photos from Christmas this year.
Because we were unable to make it to Cleveland this year we were able to do a "mini" Christmas prior to Dad and Grandma traveling north.

We were able to make it over to New Lexington on Christmas eve after I got off work so we could be there in the morning. Poor Jason didn't really realize just what he was missing - not having his brothers and sister there to wake him up at 5:30 to see what Santa brought!

December 25, 2010

We had a very busy weekend - traveling to Zanesville to visit with the Sniders, and traveling to Somerset to visit with the Clouses/Snells/Saxtons. We had a great Christmas Holiday, and are very much looking forward to what next year brings considering Baby S. should be quite active by then!!!

Baby Shower - December 4, 2010

First off - I must give my wonderful friend Katie proper credit - she is the one that created this blogspot for me....as I can't even really do facebook very well. I really appreciate her setting this up for us, and hope to use it to keep everyone up to date on the happenings of the Snider household.

Today we had a baby shower at our home in Chillicothe. We were very nervous people may not be able to come because of course it is Ohio, and it decided to start snowing today of all days! Luckily many of the guests were still able to attend, and it was so great seeing everyone. Unfortunately my family got away without us getting any photos together....but here are a couple photos for you to enjoy.

My friends Katie and Alison did a wonderful job with the shower - and I really appreciate their hard work and everyone braving the weather, and making the long trip to Chillicothe...it was great having everyone come see our home.

 Amanda and Jennifer - both who I have known since 6th grade - two wonderful friends that live in Columbus.

 A photo of me so you can see my growing belly - this is at 29 weeks!

Holly and her little girl Abby, Shannon, Katie, Me, Amy, Alison - all wonderful ZETA's from ONU.

26 weeks!