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Family Park Fun

We discovered this beautiful waterfall and park in downtown Gahanna last Friday. We had a great time just walking the trail and enjoying nature!

Jack's "cheese" pose.

I warned you in my last belly post that I had "blossomed". 28 weeks....

Our little princess.

Congrats Pittsburgh Penguins!

Here is our little man the day after the Pittsburgh Penguins won the Stanley Cup.

Finally a Picture Update!

I love watching my children sleep and sometimes I can't resist taking a picture. They always look so innocent when they are sleeping...

I have "blossomed" futher since this picture was taken. I am about 17 weeks pregnant in this picture.

Aquadoodle fun with daddy.

I have been asked many times since we announced pregnancy #3 if I wanted a boy or a girl. We didn't really care but we are very excited to be having another boy. Kayla is about all of the "princess" I can handle right now. Why is she wearing this outfit you ask?...because she has started to want to pick out her clothes and dress herself. Now you might be thinking this is a good thing, but if you know Kayla it has turned out to be a problem on a few occasions. In this picture she is wearing clothes she pulled out of the bin I had set aside that were too small for her. And knowing that mommy wouldn't let her wear them, she took the clothes to daddy to put on her!

I call these our Ronald McDonald shoes. Brian got these crocs for free and usually keeps them in the garage for yard work. Kayla insisted on wearing them around one day.

Daddy with his yard "helpers"

Kayla and the shoes again...just look at the "innocent" face

Try to refrain from any Wizard of Oz references when looking at this picture.

These quiet moments are precious in our ever busy household.

Easter Pics

My Doll Baby

Birthday fun

We had our Easter Egg Hunt a week early since Brian's

parents came to town for Kayla's birthday.

Yes Jack is holding a Halloween bucket...but he didn't seem to mind.

Enjoying the fruits of their labor.

Kayla likes to read the mail when it comes!

Princess cake....

for my princess!

mmmm cake!

Kayla was a pro this year at opening all her gifts!

Hanging on to her new baby while Jack and Isaac enjoy the new aquadoodle.

Dr. Jack

This year Brian took Jack to the car show and they both had a great time!

Brian said it took some convincing for Jack to believe the lion was not real.

Jack was very excited this was like the car on his shirt.

Oh the thoughts a little boy can think...

This was Jack's "Are you sure the motorcycle is off Dad?" smile.

Nightlife with Daddy :)

Our Sunday School class recently went bowling and all the kids had a great time!

What's gonna happen Daddy?

Mommy and a very squirmy Kayla

This picture is a little fuzzy but it still makes me smile. Kayla was very proud of herself for getting to help push the ball down the alley.

Randomness

Mommy's big helper.

Blue eyes

Cheesin' for daddy.

What do you mean I need a bath mom?...

Bath time bubble fun :)

Will Update Soon...

I usually have a rule that I will not post to my blog unless I have some pictures to go along with the post, but I thought I would make an exception tonight. Part of the reason we have not posted in a while is that Jack broke our digital camera and we had to get a new one. Apparently camera lens should not be closed manually! But we were able to get a new camera and I will hopefully have some pictures to blog soon.

Kayla turned 2 on Saturday which is hard to believe. She is still our child with the most "personality"... as we like to call it. She enjoyed her time with Nana and Umpaw that came in from PA and with my parents as well. And she ripped through all her presents like a pro! She also had her two year check up today and is up to a whopping 27lbs and 35.25". Tall and skinny, I am looking forward to summer when I can put dresses on her and not worry about finding a pair of pants that will stay up on her! She also LOVES to sing! While the average person may not understand the words she is saying, she can belt out the tunes perfectly. Her favorites are "Twinkle, Twinkle", "Blessed Be the Name", and "Praise Him", along with many others.

Jack is now 3 and a half and getting bigger everyday! We are working on potty training, but he much prefers to just keep playing than be bothered. He is very excited about mommy having a baby and has to rub my belly almost everyday. He keeps asking if the baby is big enough to come out yet... He also told me last night that he thought the baby had grown...I think that was his nice of way of telling mommy I had grown!

Funny Story: Today after we got home from running errands all morning Jack was having trouble getting his second shoe off. He looked at Kayla and said, "baby, you do it". And she replied, "otay". So she bent down, took his shoe off for him, and put it away on the rug. Jack then said, "baby, there's the other shoe". (Which he had tossed accross the floor) She said "otay" again and ran over and picked up the other shoe and put it away on the rug as well! If you knew how much "spunk" Kayla can have the story becomes even more funny. I guess we will just have to see if it happens again!

Jack has been playing a lot in the floor like this lately. He likes to be eye level with his toys.

What to you build with blocks when your Daddy is a chemist? You build molecules of course!

Inspecting Daddy's work.

Fishy Lips...

We changed the molecule into "Noah's Ark"

Kayla on the phone during her morning chat with mom-maw or daddy.

New Additions...

We have two new arrivals to the Snyder household. Well one is still in the oven, but one is in the garage...

Addition #1 is our new mini van. Well it is new us, it is a 2005 Buick Terraza or the "fun van" as Jack calls it.

Addition #2 to be arriving at the end of September...

When we told Jack that mommy was going to have another baby he looked at me for a couple seconds, then his eyes lit up, he gasped, and said "AGAIN"! He also says mommy is having a girl, I guess because the last one was a girl it only makes sense to him that girls come out mommy's belly! Until today I thought Kayla had no idea what was going on. But at naptime while I was laying her down she stuffed her baby doll up her shirt. Somtimes I forget just how observant children can be!

Steelers Victory

Both of the kids were overcoming colds the night of the superbowl so we had our own little party at home.

The boys were a little more excited than Kayla!

These moments never last too long.

Watchin' the big game.

Action shot

Macoroni and Cheese Face

Kayla has been expanding her reading lately...

Bedtime stories with Daddy

Snow Day

Isaac and Pop-paw came over to play in the snow with us last week when we had one warm day amidst the very cold weather!

Fair fight?

Kayla wasn't sure what to think of Pop-paw's snowman.

Why not to poop in the potty...

We have been working on potty training Jack for a while now. He still has good days and not so good days. Today while trying to convince him to poop on the potty he said, "No mommy, I don't want my poop to get wet!" After pulling myself off the floor from laughing so hard, I put his diaper back on him. He does make a good argument!...