Santa!

Today Mommy finally took Carson to sit on Santa's lap. We waited in line for 2 hours, but it was worth it to get this great shot of him.

Carson dreaming of his First Christmas! What a sweetheart!

Fall Fun!

Although today is the official first day of winter, we were able to enjoy the last of the fall leaves over the weekend with Carson.

Please note, this photo shoot was Jeff's idea. The pics came out great, so I won't complain about our newborn son being tossed into a pile of leaves! :)

We are looking forward to celebrating Christmas in California this year with friends and family. We leave on Wednesday and will return on Sunday. Many more pictures to come!

Carson's First Hanukkah!

Last night was the first night of Hanukkah, and we had to light the menorah and celebrate with Carson. Here are a couple cute pictures we got of him sitting by the menorah.

This picture Daddy took of Carson between the candles like it's a field-goal post:

Daddy caught this great moment on camera too, poor baby tipping over, we had to share it. At least it looks like I'm a good Mommy cause I am catching him. :(

This picture is little Carson smiling while his daddy is holding him and singing to him. Too cute!

We have 7 more nights of Hanukkah to celebrate, and although we will probably take pictures every night, we might not post them all to bore you. Many more pictures to come as we celebrate the upcoming holidays with our family in California!

6 weeks old!

Today Carson turned 6-weeks old! He is growing, healthy, happy and doing great. Jeff and I couldn't love him anymore... well, maybe if he slept a few more hours at night! ;)

We enjoyed our first Thanksgiving as a new family, and Grandmama and Grandad came in to spend the weekend with us. We loved being together, and are already looking forward to going to California for Christmas with the rest of the family.

Here are some pictures of our weekend together:


Our little turkey centerpiece. He looks pleased, right?

The happy family!

Here is Carson playing on his little mat:

More pictures and posts to come... Daddy returns home from a week in Boston (for business) in a few hours, and we just can't wait to see him!

Four weeks old?!?!

Wow, time flies...

Tomorrow Carson will be four weeks old. Although Jeff and I can't remember what it was like to be a couple with no children, it still doesn't seem like Carson is already four weeks old. We still are learning so much from him every day (to make sure he is happy), but we are getting better.

Here are some pictures from the past few weeks.

Carson as a pumpkin on Halloween (8 days old):

Jeff's parents came out to visit for 5 days, here is a picture of Jeff, Mandy and Jerry, and Carson:

Mr. Big Eyes (that's his nickname while he is awake for 6 hours a day!):

One more picture while he is sitting on Mom's lap watching TV:

Many more pictures to come. Sorry for the delay in updating, but Carson likes to be held and Mommy doesn't get a lot of time on the computer!

WELCOME CARSON!

Our big day came a week early...

Carson William Schnell
Date - October 23, 2009
Time - 4:27 PM
Weight - 6 pounds, 15 ounces
Length - 19 inches

One week ago we welcomed our little boy to the world. It was a wonderful journey, and we are just so thrilled to have him at home, and doing perfectly well. Jeff and I now know what this new love is all about!!

Here are Jeff and I, about to go into the surgery room for the C-Section.

Here is our little baby, just after birth (and clean up in the nursery)

Daddy brings Baby into recovering Mommy!

Some of our many visitors included Grandmama and Grandad (Suzi's parents), and our nephews Dylan and Devan. Of course Auntie Michele came too, but we didn't have a photo with everyone in it.

Our other visitors have been - Gerry and Lynda Robbins, Uncle Michael and Auntie Erica, Aunt Maya, Kara, and Kourtney and Ben. More to come this weekend... lots of love for Baby Carson!! :)

Mandy and Jerry's 50th Anniversary Party

This post is VERY delayed...

Mandy and Jerry Schnell celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary on October 4. Over Labor Day weekend, Jeff, Beth and Tracey threw them a party to celebrate the big occasion in Cincinnati. Unfortunately I couldn't be there, but the rest of the family was there to celebrate this wonderful milestone!

Enjoy a few pictures...

On the night that everyone arrived. Aunt Nancy and Kitty had already left at this point, but it was nice that everyone could be there to celebrate Mandy and Jerry's big day! The Hendrixsons flew in from Florida as a surprise... and Mandy was floored to see her brother and sister-in-law!

This picture is all of the "cousins" - Beth, Jeff, Brian, Tracey and Shari. Small family, but I think they are just right! :)

Here are the "bride and groom" getting ready to help themselves to the yummy buffet dinner at their party!

Mandy and Jerry with some friends who were also a part of their wedding 50 years ago.

Of course, there had to be a putting contest... which was won by TEAM SCHNELL (Jeff and Jerry)!

Big congratulations go out to Mom and Dad Schnell... for many more years of love and family fun!