Aunt Lorelle gets married!

Well, this weekend was an eventful one! Ansel's Aunt Lorelle (Cody's little sister) got married on Friday to John Luckey. He's in the Marines and stationed in South Carolina where they will be living for awhile. She was quite the beautiful bride!
















Ansel's cousins Kelsey and Kaley playing in the fountain














The Sneddon siblings (L-R) Russell, Kim, Melinda, Lorelle, Rachel and Cody





Our little family














Ansel with Lorelle after the reception












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6 months old!

Today Ansel hits his 6 month birthday! It is also his cousin Emma's third birthday today. Happy Birthday Emma! He got to meet his cousins from Louisiana this week. (Olivia-5 Emma-3 and Karina-1) (My sister Roya's three girls.) Her husband Carlo is in the army and stationed at Fort Polk.
Later this week Ansel's Aunt Lorelle is getting married and he'll get to meet up with more family... two family reunions two weekends in a row... not bad!
Last week Ansel was 11 lbs. 14 oz, so I imagine he's a little over 12 pounds now.



We also tested him out on a little rice cereal.. mostly a couple of bites. At this point its more for entertainment than nutrition.. he smiled a lot and got it everywhere except in his stomach!






Sometimes the thumb just isn't enough











Olivia... Starts 1st grade next year; Decided (during Emma's birthday party) she didn't like September anymore.. June is a much better birthday month.






Emma...tough little girl. This past week she was in the hospital for several days after they found out she has diabetes. Big adjustment for any age, especially for only being three.








Karina.. specializes in walking and giving out kisses.

The new Ansel mobile

We got a new car this past week (thankgoodness for tax returns!) It's a 2002 Mazda Protege. My old car was all right around town, but not much past that.







Ansel got his first invitation to a birthday party! Ethan, who just turned a year old, loved his new friend!















While likely several months away from any teeth, Ansel begins to show first stages of teething! Biting down and drooling have become new daily activities.












The Boppy... aka baby recliner
















1st Mother's Day!





























4 generations of Sneddon boys

Blessing day

Ansel was blessed at church this past Sunday! It was a great day that we were able to share with lots of friends and family. Here's a few pictures of his big day.









Ansel got to visit with Amy, his NICU respiratory therapist! He must have been glad to see her because he sure gave her a lot of smiles.











Pictured out!













Cousin Lindsey and Ansel meet again! Lindsey was born a few weeks before Ansel.

1st trip to church!

Yesterday was Ansel's first trip to church. He looked pretty cute in his little outfit (which we had to roll up the sleeves and pant legs to make it fit.) He did pretty well.... no huge outbursts this week atleast, although I imagine there'll be a few to come! He's now about 9 1/2 pounds and 22 1/2 inches long. We're enjoying the smiling and talking and even got his first excited squeal today.. which seemed to catch him off guard. He jumped and seemed a little surprised at the sound which he'd just made.
Exciting news of last week: my incision FINALLY closed up. It's nice not having to rip of and retape myself everyday! I'm left with a crater of a scar, but thankgoodness it is a scar now instead of the never-ending wound!








Getting all dressed up

Happy 1st Easter

We hope you all had a wonderful Easter Sunday! Ansel's extent of easter this year mostly consisted of chewing on the rabbit ears of his new bunny!


Ansel, who's now 8 lbs. 13 ounces and 21 inches long, is now sporting more response smiles and coos. He definitely didn't have ANY smiles at the doctor's appointment today though as he got his 4 month old vaccines! His lungs are working great.. I think he let everyone in the building know how unhappy he was about those shots!









Ansel improvises after becoming impatient while waiting for his bottle

More pictures

There's not a lot of new news... but we thought we'd share more pictures of him, especially now that his oxygen tube is gone. He's been off the extra oxygen for about a week now and is doing great! He now weighs 8lbs. 3oz.







Is it just me or does this dog keep getting smaller?








Wow Dad... will you teach me how to climb mountains someday?













Hurry up with this diaper! It stinks!