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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.

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Baby name: Nathan Dean!

It has been a busier than normal holiday season around the Schneider household this year and for good reason. We welcomed Nathan Dean into our lives last week and could not be happier that our family has grown by one. Big brother Cole has been awesome and really seems to love his little brother already. Nate’s stats: 8lbs 4oz and 21.5″ long. Both of our boys were long babies, but Nate has the definitive edge in birth weight… we’ll see if that holds up as he gets older. It took Cole almost 2 years to make it to the 50th percentile in weight.

Here are some photos of our time at the hospital as well as some photos of us at home. Enjoy!

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What’s up buttercup?

It’s been awhile since we last posted… life has just gotten in the way. I shot a wedding this past Saturday (you can check out some of the photos over on my blog… when they are posted, of course), Schwab has been keeping me super busy (I worked almost 60 hours last week), and Mel’s Mom and Aunt are in town visiting this week. Yeah, you can say it’s been pretty busy around the Schneider house. We’re also beginning to nest… trying to clean the house up and get the place ready for baby. The nursery is top priority and will take a few weeks to materialize, but we took the first step by moving Melanie’s desk out into the loft so now we share an office. I will post some before and after photos while we’re working on the room so you can share in the transformation.

In the meantime here are a bunch of photos that I took on our trip to San Antonio on Wednesday. Aunt Georgia wanted to see the Alamo so while she, Mel, and Mom were learning I wandered around the grounds finding interesting photos. After the Alamo we took a ride on one of the water taxi’s on the River Walk and then stopped in Gruene on the way back home to grab some dinner at the Gristmill. Enjoy the photos and leave a comment letting me know if you like the gallery view. I’m not sure how well it will work so this may be the only time I use it.

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