Our boys, Tyler Hunt and Jacob Hale: December 2009

SNOW!!

It snowed!!! Again... 2nd year in a row! Jacob got to experience his first snow at 2 weeks old! Neither him or Tyler were big fans of it, we woke Tyler up and he was NOT happy about it. After an hour of coaxing we finally talked him in to going outside in his boots and hat... and the flashlight was also a necessity. He seemed amused by it for about 2 minutes and then decided that hot chocolate and cartoons were a much better alternative. When he finished his drink he told us it was time to go night night and put himself back to bed!!

Beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!

The Christmas Festivities have begun... we've put up the tree and decorated it! I still need to get or make Tyler's ornament for this year, but aside from that its done. We have a black and gold tree this year in honor of Josh's favorite football team, the Saints. We also made some Christmas cookies and eggnog to start the season off right!

Thanksgiving 2009

We spent Thanksgiving with Josh's family. It was nice to get out of the house and get moving... not to mention all the fabulous food! We had way more than we could eat and had a very nice time visiting and letting everyone spoil Jacob. It was a great Thanksgiving and we had one more little one to be thankful for this year.

Thanksgiving 2009!

Jacob Hale!

Jacob Hale Snowbarger was born on Friday, November 20th, 2009. He was 7 pounds and 10.6 ounces and 20 1/2 inches long. After about 16 hours in Labor and Delivery he finally made his debut. It was definitely not a moment too soon either, since my epidural was only making my left leg numb... everything else seem to have full feeling! He was definitely worth the wait though. He had a head full of hair and looked SO much like Tyler. He had some trouble with jaundice and we had to follow up with three different trips to the lab for blood work to keep an eye on his billiruben levels. He got over it on his own though and has a nice pink glow now instead of yellow! Tyler has done great adjusting to being a big brother. While I was in the hospital my mom and sisters and friends all helped keep him busy and distracted so he didn't notice Mama and Daddy were AWOL. Since we've been home he's kind of been oblivious to him most of the time and goes about his regular business. He's got lots of work to do with his tractors, trucks, and trains... so little brothers really aren't all that interesting to him at this point. He does make sure Jacob has his "blank" (blanket) and will help out and give him a nunu or go put a bottle in the sink for us. It's been a much easier transition that I expected and I'm so thankful for it!