Surprise!

May 13, 2010 – This gal was born:

 

June 27, 2010 – This chunk was born:

September 1, 2010 – This kiddo was born:

We call them the triplets. 

It all started right after Sawyer was born.  There were 2 new babies that my dad and I had not met.  1 that we had not seen in a 3 months, and another that we had not seen since last Christmas.  My mom was getting ready to fly to Pittsburgh to help Cheryl with Sawyer.  We knew Wendy would be heading to Pittsburgh to see Cheryl/Sawyer/my mom the last weekend my mom would be there and she would be bringing her two kids with her.  The only grandchild missing would be Hannah.  So, my dad and I decided to surprise both Cheryl and Wendy and just show up in Pittsburgh.

It was tough to keep the great news a surprise…but totally worth it for good reactions.

We flew out Thursday, September 17th.  Our flight got in around 4:30 and around 6:00 we rang Cheryl’s doorbell.

The plan was to have Wendy be there as well.  However, it didn’t work out.  So, that night we got to have another surprise when she got there around 1:30 AM

It was SO fun to all be together (although we missed T & L who weren’t with us).  It was a little chaotic with 5 babies 2 and under (3 of which being 4 months and under).  I think twice the entire time we were there we had all five kids quiet and napping….and even then it only lasted about an hour. 

The week was filled with fabulous fun.  Some days we spent hanging out at Cheryl’s just watching Anderson and Lincoln play while other days we tackled going out.  Grandpa Mike finally had his dream come true and took his grandkids to the zoo.  Anderson was really the only one who appreciated it, but Lincoln loved showing off his new skill and had a great time walking all over the place.  The triplets mostly slept in their strollers.

(Anderson LOVED the petting portion of the zoo)

The zoo had this great playground that Anderson loved.  We spent hours watching Anderson RUN all over the place.

(Note: Max – asleep.  Mellow Max was like this the entire trip.  Relaxed no matter what was going on.  I spent 5 days with the kid and I have yet to hear him cry.) 

Max and Hannah gladly played with Papa and Grammy while Anderson got his energy out on the playgrounds.

Grammy was always counting strollers to make sure we didn’t leave a child behind somewhere.

One evening we went downtown and rode “The Incline”.  It was a trollyesque ride that took you up a steep hill for a view of the city.

Another day went went for a beautiful walk along the river.

Strollers on Parade

We attempted a photo shoot with all the kiddos in matching PJ’s…

But it ended up going like this:

Some of the cute pictures we got:

THE TRIPLETS
Max (2.5 months), Hannah (4 months), Sawyer (2.5 weeks)

  BROTHERS
Lincoln (1 year 2.5 months), Sawyer (2.5 weeks)

COUSINS
Sawyer (2.5 weeks), Max (2.5 months)

COUSINS
Lincoln (1 year, 2.5 months), Anderson (2 years, 5 months)

BROTHERS
Max (2.5 months), Anderson (2 years, 5 months)

 COUSINS

Long Nights

Hannah’s latest trick is that she rolls over.  She’s been doing it for a while now.  She can only go over the left shoulder from her back to her tummy.  Lately, she’s getting better at getting her arm unstuck. 

 

The first time she rolled over I was so excited for her but nervous for nighttime.  What if she rolled over while sleeping?  She would get stuck and suffocate.  That meant Hannah was demoted back to her parents’ bedroom where we could keep a closer eye on her.  I felt like it was the first week again.  I was paranoid.  And to make it even worse, we didn’t swaddle her.  She was kicking and stirring and waking herself (and me) up all night long.   My sister Wendy assured me that although she could roll over, Hannah would not be able to roll over while swaddled.  Without the use of her arms to get her momentum going, she would be stuck on her back.

 

Not the case…Hannah, ONCE, rolled over in the swaddle.  Luckily it was in the morning as she was waking up so I was right there to flip her back. 

I couldn’t handle having her back in my room so she was moved back to the crib, swaddled, with the bumpers removed.  Hannah went a few weeks without rolling over while swaddled.  Good – her rolling over in the swaddle was just a one time thing.

Wrong.  It’s normal to find that Hannah has moved while sleeping.

 

But the first time I found her like this during a nap…

She was still alive.  She wasn’t crying.  She was peacefully sleeping.  What can you do?  Nothing.  Now, it’s totally normal to get Hannah from her crib and find her on her tummy.

Typically, if she rolls WHILE sleeping, she’s fine.  The problem comes when she rolls before totally asleep.  Then she knows she’s on her tummy and she cries and gets herself all worked up.  At night, this is especially difficult.  We want her to fall asleep on her own and not rely on us rocking her to sleep.  But, as shown in the video, what do you do when she’s ALMOST asleep, you put her in the crib, and she rolls?

 

I guess just keep loving this face…

GO COUGARS!

We are so excited for football season to start and especially for BYU’s football season to kick off.  To celebrate, we went to BYU’s pep rally last night.  It was Hannah’s first BYU event.

Hannah did great through the whole thing.  We kept her up about 2 hours past her bedtime (not that she actually goes to bed at 8 like we think she should).  She didn’t cry when they blasted music with thumping base.  She didn’t cry when the marching band started playing or the football players yelled into the microphone and the crowd roared.  She didn’t cry when fireworks blasted just across the stadium.  She was just wide-eyed and taking it all in. 

 

However, when we met Cosmo….she cried.  Oh well.

After the whole thing was over she was tuckered out.

Go Cougars!

 

Snowmania

Last weekend we had our annual Snow Family Reunion.  Last year I planned it and I was so grateful this year that all I needed to do was attend.  When we arrived on Thursday, we played a good game of Rubbers – a Snow Classic.

The next morning we went on a the Pine Creek Nature Trail.  The final destination was “Glacial Outwash”.  Apparently that means “A Bunch of Rocks”.

After we had lunch, David and Melissa had planned “The Snowmazing Race” – a spin off of “The Amazing Race”.  We got into 5 different teams and raced around Heber/Midway from clue to clue completing challenges.  Challenges included bobbing for apples, shooting CD’s with rubbers, singing and dancing, and eating massive amounts of ice cream very quickly.  Unfortunately I was busy taking videos and not pictures so there is no documentation (unless you want to watch a 3 minutes of us singing “The Lonely Goatherd”.

The next day we headed into Provo to the CLAS Ropes Course.  Here we were split into groups and had to complete tasks/challenges – like getting everyone through the spider web without touching the string – or get everyone off the “sinking ship” and safety on the “lifeboat”, and cross the “Grand Canyon” with on 4 pieces of wood.  In the afternoon we did the “High Ropes” and rock climbed, did a zip line, and my favorite, the swing…where they lifted you 40 feet in the air and then you dropped.  Some in the family handled it better than others.

 

 

Rob getting ready to swing

Hoisting someone up to swing.

Rob trying to do a flip

Jonathan doing a flip

David – a little freaked out.

 

The next morning everyone got up early and drove to Lehi so they could be there for Hannah’s blessing.  We are very grateful everyone put in the extra effort to be there.

That evening we threw a surprise 50th Wedding Anniversary party for Sheldon and Patricia.  There was cake, decorations, presents, and a movie that Clark put together for them. 

 

Following was a lesson on “teamwork”.

Our team totally won…but at least the other team didn’t break one of the skies.

All in all is was a great reunion.  It’s so fun to see everyone at least once a year.  A big thank you to Cherilyn for planning the whole thing!

Blessed

Hannah Jean Snow

was blessed on July 25th, 2010.

Hannah in the heirloom dress she wore – 111 years old.

 

We feel so blessed that so much family was able to attend and missed those that were unable to.