Our Memorial Day Celebrations

Instead of heading south to warmer weather for memorial day. We decided to head to the mountains. We didn't have a BBQ up in the mountains though. Well, some of you are probably asking yourself... " Isn't there still snow?" Yep... there sure is...

This is proof:

We went sledding and snowmobiling at Brighton. We had sooo much fun. There was still a ton of snow that hadn't melted and to make it even better. There was 2' of fresh powder. We went with the other Snows and the Cracrofts. Thanks to Weston (Brennan's little brother) we went up the slope on the snowmobile and went down on the sleds. Going up o the snowmobile was the best part. We all had grins from ear to ear.

This is a picture of Corey and Weston preparing the snowmobile and sled for our enjoyment. As you can see it was snowing while we were up there.

The kids were really good sports, even Marta. She loves being out door and only got fussy when it was time to eat and to take a nap.

I think we, the adults, enjoyed the sledding more than the kids. It was too fast for Ella and so she and Owen found a nice little "bunny" hill they could slide down on their butts.

We had such a fun time we want to do it again. This could very well happen because there is honestly still a lot of snow in the mountains.

Picture Day

In the month of March, I took the girls to get their pictures taken. I am really pleased with how they turned out. Here are a few:

My brown-eyed and blue-eyed girls.

So, funny story about the princess dress. She was supposed to be wearing her blue sweater, pink shirt and cute pants. Well instead, like your classical 3 year old, she found the princess dresses at the photographer's house. I tried my hardest to get the her to take it off, but sometimes you have to pick your battles. This one I figured, was not worth it.

2 posts in 6 months

6 months ago today, my life became even more happy and full. (I have only done 2 posts with Marta, I've got to get better) I can't believe that Marta is already 6 months old. I couldn't believe how fast time went with Ella. But with child #2, things have gone by even faster.

Happy 6 months months, my sweet little "pumpkin"

Much needed update

Needless to say, this is a much needed update. Let's see, where do I start...?

December... We had a wonderful December and Christmas. We had a couple of nice snow storms. Ella loved going outside and sweeping(don't have a little shovel) while Brennan shoveled our driveway and walks. Meanwhile, Marta and I enjoyed the warmth our our house while decorating our Christmas tree. Speaking of Christmas, we had a very Merry Christmas. It was a lot of fun having 2 girls instead of just one. It was also a lot of fun because Ella finally understood the whole "Santa" thing. Santa brought Ella way too many presents, but it was really fun to see her enjoy them as much as she did. We had a lot of fun with with both families and love our time together.

January... Well all good things must come to an end. I started back at school at the beginning of January. It was sure hard leaving my girls that I had been with 24/7 for 2 1/2 months. Luckily though, I only work 2 or 2 1/2 days a week so I still get to spend some very valuable time with my girls. We had a very fun and eventful January. First of all, we were able to spend an enjoyable week at the beach. We are so lucky to go down to Southern California 2 times a year. This year we had an incredibly warm week while we were there. It was so enjoyable to get out of cold, inversion filled SLC valley and feel the warm sun on our faces. We spent many days playing the beach. One day, my parents, Ella and I went one day to Disneyland. We had such a fun time seeing Princesses, Woody, Jessie and all the fun rides. We had a blast! Disneyland was so real to Ella this year. We waited in line to see the Princesses for 45 minutes but, she loved seeing them. She still talks about the Princesses. We had a wonderful time at the beach and can't wait to go down again in 6 months. We also had a huge milestone with Marta. During January, she became very interactive with all of us. She started smiling and even, if we work hard enough, laughing. She is very high maintenance but she is such a joy in our lives. We can't picture our lives with out her.

We also celebrated Ella's 3rd birthday. I can't believe that it has already been 3 years. She is such a joy in our lives. She is an amazing big sister and daughter. Well, since we had such a fun week before with Princesses we decided to keep with that theme. She wanted a pink cake with pink frosting. Well, that's just what she got. After dinner and cake we took her and Chris (brennan's mom) to see Tangled. To top it off she got a Princess bike from Mom and Dad and wonderful presents like Tinkerbell dolls and a bike helmet from her Grammy and Aunt Susan. We had a wonderful night.

I promise to try to keep up with our blog so you can all see Ella and Marta grow.

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

From our little pumpkin

We are proud to introduce...

Marta Gretel Snow. She was born Thursday the 21st of October @ 3:40 in the afternoon. She was a HEALTHY 8lbs. 6 oz. and she was 20 inches long. She is quiet an angel. We are so glad that she is finally here!

Thursday was quiet a day. Not only was I worried about the whole labor and delivery thing, I was also so worried about my little Ella and how she would deal with this new arrival. I had arranged the Tuesday before with my Doctor to be induced that Thursday. So, Thursday morning we left for the hospital and were supposed to be there by 9:00. We arrived in time and by 10:00 that morning I was all IV'd up and ready to go. Brennan hung out with me for about an hour and then my mom came to join the fun. It was a good thing she came because as some of you know my sweet husband can NOT do hospitals. One of my favorite parts of the day is when Brennan purposely went to get lunch because they were going to give me my epidural. To make sure he missed the whole thing he texted me and said "Am I clear to enter?" The nurses got a kick out of him.

Anyways, after I was all hooked up and had my epidural it was about noon. Then the waiting game began. I would watch the monitor and would notice that my contractions were getting more frequent and stronger and stronger. During this time my dad and sister Gretel came to join the party. They hate being left out. the nurse came and went and kept me posted on my progression. Eventually, my water finally broke when I was at a five.

(Brennan was freezing at the hospital so he wore my robe to keep warm)

As some of you are aware, when you are in labor they have you sit half of your body on a pillow so you are not laying totally flat. Well, around 1:30 I started feeling contractions on only my left side of my abdomen, and it REALLY hurt. So, I called in the nurse and come to find out that gravity causes the epidural to not work sometimes. She pulled out the pillow from my left side and moved it to my right side. I painfully had to wait for about 30 minutes for gravity to numb my left side. Once it finally kicked in, life was once again good.

(Coming home for the first time)

Brennan, my parents, sister, and I continued to wait. It was good everyone was there. We laughed and told stories while we waited for the doctor to come check me. Finally, around 3:15 the Doctor came in and informed us he had been helping with an emergency c-section and he was going to check me to see where I was. Well, suprised he said I was at a 10+ and said let's get this going. They quickly got things ready for the delivery, Brennan quickly left the room, I pushed twice, and she was born.

We (Marta and I) had a nice time at the hospital for 2 days, but by the end I started getting very anxious to get home and to see Ella. We left Saturday as soon as I got the O.K. to leave. When we got home it was quiet interesting. To quickly sum up those first couple of days at home, Ella didn't like her new baby sister. She didn't like me on Saturday. She didn't like Brennan on Sunday. By about Wednesday she finally got used to Marta and now she is the best little helper ever. I caught her this morning giving Marta a kiss on the forehead and saying "I love you baby sister." My heart melted. I am so glad to have two beautiful healthy girls. They are amazing. I am looking forward to getting to know them better and grateful for the opportunity to rear them, and be their mother.

Ready or Not...

Here she comes!

Tomorrow is the big day. Snow Baby number #2 will be coming whether I am ready or not.

Stay tuned for pictures!