Looooong time and here we are! Drew is in Kindergarten and we are in Colorado

 Well, since I've taken a break from social media, I'd still love to document kids' happenings, Snodgrass adventures and the huge move we just did to Colorado.  There were two big transitions in August - Eliana started middle school and Drew flew the coop.  I cried almost the whole first day he was gone, listening to Brandi Carlile and sobbing for the little boy that will change so much this first year.  When I went to pick him up at school, I asked, "How was your first day? Did you make any new friends?" His response was, "Mom, all the kids were annoying. So I went on the swings."  I responded, "I think it's really important you have friends that are your age (5 years old)."  What a hilarious kid!  He's so used to being with his older bro and sis's friends that he's adjusting to kids his own age. 

The other amazing thing to watch was the first day Ethan and Drew went to school together. Since Drew had the first day off, he went the second day with Ethan. Ethan helped us walk Drew to his classroom and unprompted, gave him a huge hug. Drew walked through that Kindergarten door (Mrs. Smith) and never looked back.

Easter Bunny

When asking Eliana what she wants the Easter bunny to leave in her Easter basket, she replied, "Eggs and toast, blueberries and strawberries."  Do you think she'll still want that next year?  :) I also told her that the Easter bunny would only visit if she was a good girl, so the rest of the morning before school she kept saying, "Easter bunny, Easter bunny..." as if she wanted me to reply that it was going to come since she was being good.  She's been a bit of a rascal lately, so I was trying to use the Easter bunny as a motivator....we'll see if it works!

Ethan Oscar's arrival

It is so fun to look back at these pictures, almost four months now, that Ethan was born. His arrival was early, quick, scary and surprising; but we feel so lucky that everyone is healthy and fine. My water broke at 2:30 am on Tuesday, June 19, 5 weeks ahead of due date (July 20). It was such a loud gush of water that it even woke Nate up as a huge puddle splashed next to our bed. I was in denial and so was Nate. After drying out, we decided to look up a few things online before panicking to call the midwife. Well, I should have just faced reality, because it truly was my water. We were just in such disbelief we were sure it was something else (like what? I have no idea). So, we called the midwife, which happened to be Heather (the same one who helped deliver Eliana) and she said I needed to come in. Since Eliana was still asleep and we hadn't prepared for this early of an arrival and my contractions hadn't started, we decided that I would drive myself to the hospital while we figured out childcare for Eliana. Our original plan was to have one of my friends, Michelle or Janna, come watch her, but that would have been in July when he was really due and since they were still teaching in school, we had to opt for plan b. So, before leaving the house and discussing things we needed in our bag, we decided to call Anna and Casey and see which one answered:)

While I was driving myself to the hospital, Nate could not sit still. He threw in some of our newborn girl clothes from when Eliana was a baby and found some unisex ones.  It still makes me laugh that when Nate got to the hospital around 5:00 am, he was hanging these clothes around the delivery room since they hadn't had time to fully dry.  I love that part of the story.