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Welcome to our life!

We are a growing family located in Austin, TX.  Not too long ago it was just the two of us.  Then we added our fur-baby, Bella.  And most recently we added our son, Cole.  This blog was created to keep our friends and families updated on the goings on at the Schneider household.  Given the new arrival, many of the posts will be geared towards our struggle to learn how to be good parents.  

We enjoy watching movies, traveling, photography, reading, and hanging out with friends (preferably while doing anything in this list).  You are bound to read some funny stories here as we try to keep it light hearted and you'll definitely see a pile of photos.

So if you like a post, want to share your opinion, or just want to say hi feel free to leave us a comment.  We *love* comments.

Monthly Archives: July 2009

Wanna see the belly move?

Saturday, July 25, 2009 at 12:09am Posted in Baby

I love this movie :) The little man is quite the mover and shaker.

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Bella Turns 5

Monday, July 20, 2009 at 10:42pm Posted in Announcements, Bella

Bella turned 5 over the weekend and I can’t believe how fast the time has gone by. Soon we’ll be bringing home a new baby, but we’ll always have room in our hearts for our first fur-baby.

Then:
Probably my favorite photo of her as a pup… this was only a few days after we brought her home.
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I don’t care if this one is out of focus, I love it!
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She still loves her tennis balls
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She’s still a bit unsure about bath time.
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Now:
We got her a new toy for her birthday… Al-the-gator. Little did she know he could climb trees…
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But she managed to get him down…
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And show him who’s boss
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Happy birthday b-girl! You’ll always be our ball of golden sunshine.

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Slackers (blogging, at least)

Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 11:58pm Posted in Announcements, Troy

Yup… headline says it all… we’ve been slacking at updating the blog, but fear not. We will get back to posting a regular mix of photos and interesting stories soon. Just because we have been slacking in updating the blog doesn’t mean we’ve been slacking otherwise. Quite the contrary, you see. We’ve been busily working on the nursery, taking baby prep classes, and generally just trying to enjoy some us time (read renting and watching movies). Yes it’s been oppressively hot here in Austin, but we have a nice air conditioned house to work in and have been working on the nursery daily. To prove it here are some photos of the prep, painting, and crib assembly. Enjoy these for now.

This room used to be Melanie’s office and was painted lavender. Before painting the walls cream I needed to primer the wall. As you can see the blue went on much nicer (no priming necessary).
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The blue looks great!
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Assembling the crib.
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Still assembling. We bought the crib from a friend of a friend and there were a few brackets that were installed upside down and needed to be corrected.
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All done… and you get to see the contrast between the blue and cream walls.
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And of course our fur baby Bella had to get in a shot (actually she was in many, but I only chose this one for the blog). I think she’s already looking forward to looking over the little one.
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