Snedecor Family: December 2012

If you want candy, you have to wear a costume...

When I was a child, I hated Halloween. This is the holiday where my indecisiveness always got the best of me. Surprisingly, that problem hasn't gone away. About a week before Halloween, when pickin's got slim, I purchased a dragon costume for Elliott. I thought how clever it would be for Elliott to be Pete's dragon, but he didn't want anything to do with it. My mom and I even took turns slinging it over our heads, knocking on the door and saying trick-or-treat. I told him that if he wants to get the candy, he has to say "trick or treat" and he has to wear a costume. That still wasn't motivation enough . Finally, on Halloween day, I went back to Toys R Us and got a train hat and scarf. I distracted him with gold fish while I put it on, but once he had his pumpkin pail in hand and Uncle Ben arrived, he didn't think at all about what he was wearing. He wouldn't let go of Uncle Ben's hand until about halfway through the evening, and he was very good at saying "trick-or-treat".

Sheriff William and Conductor Elliott

That night I couldn't believe what a little boy my baby has turned into.

Happy Birthday Elliott!

Elliott had been looking forward to his birthday for over a month. He knew that he was going to be 2, he was going to eat cake and he wanted a choo choo train. All of his dreams came true.

Ready to go to church

Elliott played his first game of musical chairs and LOVED it. He won, of course.

Thomas the train cake.
He thought that was his choo choo train present. If we had known he would be so happy with that choo choo train...

Oh, the presents!! It was very difficult to make him wait when they were wrapped in Thomas the Train paper.

Grandpa assembling his golf clubs from Uncle Steve and Aunt Hailey.

All of these activities took place during world series commercial breaks.

William and Sawyer enjoyed the presents too.

Welcome Andrew

Andrew Daniel Snedecor Born October 23 at 1:39 am 10 lbs 6 oz 23 in

I went to the doctor Monday, October 22nd being 2 days overdue and having been dilated 4 cm for a week! She stripped my membranes at 5 pm. At 7:30 I felt my first real contraction. Pete and I headed to the hospital after putting Elliott down to bed at 8:00. By 9 I was checked into triage 6 cm dilated with contractions still irregular. I'd like to say I handled it like a pro, but by the time they moved me out of triage about an hour and a half later, I was in tears. They got my epidural just in time at 8 cm, broke my bag, and Andrew was born with just 15 minutes of pushing. When they pulled him out we were once again surprised we had such a big biy! We thought we'd never have one as big as Elliott again, but clearly Andrew wanted to make a statement that he wasn't going to spend his life living in Elliott's shadow.