I CAN'T HEAR YOU! TALK A LITTLE LOUDER!

We all know this kid LOVES his guitars...he can have some serious jam sessions...

He quotes School of Rock...and listens for guitar solos in songs...

This toy (although he told me it's not a toy, it's an instrument) only feeds the beast....He couldn't believe it had a cymbal, and I couldn't believe he knew what a cymbal was...

A perfect activity with a sleeping baby :)

Swing Batter, Batter, Swing!

We signed Rett up for his first year of baseball...t-ball actually.... And he's so cute in his uniform...
And yes, sponsored by The Catfish Place, where you can enjoy all the frog legs, gator meat, and catfish you can handle...gotta love St. Cloud...

I was a little nervous when he went up to bat...our kids do not like to be the center of attention. You know this if you have been in Primary or have seen them in the Primary program... So I was worried he would cry and HE DIDN'T!!! He even said after the game, very excitedly, "I felt like I was going to cry, but I DIDN'T!!". Lol, even he couldn't believe it...

sliding into home...

and he got to play pitcher and catcher...He loved it! And we did too! It was sooo nice to spend a beautiful almost Spring day out at the ball field!

Dreams Come True

Yes I know Rita has dominated the blog! I will fill in on the other precious babes in my life!!

Emree's birthday was in December and the last thing we wanted to get her was more "stuff" so on her wish list for Christmas was Taylor Swift tickets and she didn't even know that she was coming to Orlando. Joey did some of his sneaky work and found out she was coming and bought a pair of tickets...Needless to say she cried when she opened them...I know we are pathetic!! All of us are criers!!...She had been counting down the days and it finally came this past Friday...

We decided Joey would take her because I can feed a baby and he can't. They had a great time! Joey did think she might have had a better time with me because we could have danced and sung all the songs...I said to Joey, "You mean you didn't do that?", then I had that visual in my head and agreed that it would have been a little creepy to see a grown man doing that to Taylor Swift songs....but I know he was doing it in his head...

EAT HER UP BUTTERCUP!

Thank you Lindsay Hart for these DARLING pictures that I will treasure forever!! Look at the beautiful pictures she takes right here !

Look at those cowlicks! One of the many things I love about her!...

Happy Valentines

i heart Rita part 2

Look at the neck strength in this picture! Keep in mind she was 3 1/2 weeks old when we took it!

Love her funny little newborn faces...

yummy, yummy baby..

Awww, and her little naked body!!! Oh how I love her!!!

i heart Rita

We sent out Valentines announcements so we had the funnest little photo shoot...then the hard part was picking my favorite...

Loves

Love this little face

Love this little mouth

Love these little legs in those adorable socks

Love her little body in the teeniest of outfits...

LOVE her!!!

Senorita Snider

Rita Eve Snider
born January 10, 2010
7lbs. 14oz., 20 inches

The kids came the Sunday evening and met their new sister...Rita brought them gifts and they were thrilled...

Our bigger better family

Can I just say that I'm one proud mama! I love this little girl!

Tardy for the Party

Rita finally decided to come into the world! We were so happy!

My contractions started around 4:30 on Friday Jan. 8. I had them all night and into Saturday. The OB told me I would have to labor at home for a while. So we waffled all day Saturday when to actually go to the hospital. In between contractions Saturday night Emree slips and falls and hits her forehead on the door frame. Yikes! Everything was okay with a butterfly bandage...but it gave me a good scare!

Finally around 10:30pm we decided to go to the hospital...

Here I am between contractions at home.... It was a team effort...

When we got to the hospital they monitored me and decided that Joey and I should walk around the hospital for an hour and a half...They told us this at 11:30pm!!! I was already sooo tired! But we did and strong contractions were coming every 4 to 5 minutes during that LONG hour and a half!!! After the time was up I had progressed to a 6 and they decided to keep me! I became totally nervous and realized how I never wanted to do this ever again! After having the epidural not take on the left side and feeling a ridiculous amount of pain the last hour and a half little Rita came into the world! Everyone was crying except me I was beyond elated that she was here and that meant no more pain! Yay!

I couldn't believe how much she looked like the other kids...



Getting her little feet stamped...