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After the due date our doctor gave us came and went and a false labor the week before it was finally time for our nameless baby boy to enter the world. Molly started contractions Friday morning and we showed up to the hospital Friday night hung around for a couple hours and decided we'd either walk around the hospital all night (boo!) or go home for a bit and come back in the morning perhaps a little refreshed. We went home to Molly's parents house and I slept for a couple hours and Molly quietly continued to labor. At 4:30 am we decided to go back. Molly labored for a few more hours...Molly was fully dilated, but the little one didn't seem to want to come out, he was still at a -2 position. As they always do in hospitals the gave us some options...start a pit drip, break the water, or walk around possibly all day. Because it seemed the only thing keeping us from our baby was the bag of waters we decided to let the doctor break it. Positioned on her side and stacked with pillows Molly labored some more, but not long. It seemed breaking the water was exactly the invitation our baby was waiting for. Molly described the movement of our baby as a freight train moving through her body. At this point he came down so quickly that he almost beat the doctor into the room. Our wonderful nurse Michelle very calmly called the doctor and said "when we turn Mollly we're going to have a baby" The nurses quickly and calmly prepared the delivery room. The doctor arrived just in the knick of time. This is it. Molly pushed through three contractions and boom! out came our little baby boy. A much quicker delivery than Charlotte but much more painful I'm told. Like a champ my amazing wife gave me a beautiful son.
Molly, I appreciate you and all that you do for our family. Thank you for enduring the pain of bringing another beautiful child of mine into this world. You are everything I could ask for in a wife and truly are a rockstar and I love you so much.
As we sat in the quiet and calm delivery room just the three of us we once again went over our list of boy names and to my surprise there was a new name on the list, Riley.
Riley Jack Snelson
born April 16, 2011
8:25 am
8 lbs 7 oz
21 1/2 inches long
Sarah Szafirski:
Congrats! I feel like it was just yesterday we had sushi and you just found out about carrying Charlotte. What a beautiful family.
(05.06.11)
Jade:
HELL-O!!! I go MIA for a few months, and finally log on to see you all are now a family of FOUR! My most heart-felt congratulations!
(05.04.11)
Lyndzee Ellsworth:
Beautiful boy. I am so happy for you guys. What an uber awesome little family you have. I can't wait to meet him.
(04.22.11)
Mark Brooke:
how did i miss this post?
so good!!!! he is a rad little guy.
(04.22.11)
candice brooke:
wahooooo! We are so excited to have great friends with a new baby! Oslo and riley bffs :)
(04.22.11)
Megan:
This brings tears to my eyes. First of all, Molly... you look beautiful as ever! Riley is such a beautiful blessing and so lucky to be born into your family. I can't wait to meet him and hold that little man!
(04.21.11)
Amelia lyon:
Snelsons, you make beautiful babies!!! Riley is a handsome little fella! Congrats! Can't wait to meet him! & Molly, YAY for only having to push three times!!! You deserved it!
(04.21.11)
Erin:
what a handsome stud! congratulations, you guys! a beautiful miracle :)
(04.21.11)
AmyPunky Photography:
Congrats!!!! The photos are priceless!!
(04.21.11)
jac kaiser:
molly, you are incredible!!!!! congrats guys!!! riley is adorable and his name suits him perfectly :)
(04.20.11)
Rico:
awesome! what a great talent to have in times like these. you guys look like one happy fam.
(04.20.11)
Blair Van Bussel:
First off all, I'm obviously choked up....he is beautiful, I CANNOTWAIT to meet him!!! And second, Molly could not be anymore amazing! So proud of her!!! You guys are just a perfect little family and are SO blessed!!! Love you guys tons!!!
(04.20.11)
emily griffith:
CONGRATULATIONS!!! So very happy for your beautiful family of 4!!
(04.20.11)
Jess:
OMG!! I just saw this!! Congrats you beautiful woman! You look absolutely incredible! These images are fantastic, and your son is gorgeous!!! Miss you love!
(04.20.11)
Chenin:
He's perfect! And looking at these pics made me love you guys even more. So happy Riley was born to Ana amazing family!
(04.20.11)
Jackie Wonders:
so awesome!!! congrats Snelsons!!!!!
(04.20.11)
Courtney:
TEARS. There is no feeling in the world like meeting your child for the first time. You captured it beautifully Matt!!! What a beautiful baby boy and a gorgeous little family. Congrats you guys! Can't wait to meet him!
(04.20.11)
Rog:
What a friggin awesome friggin baby friggin boy! I love him already.
(04.20.11)
ash + jer:
YAY! Molly - you are a frickin badass momma to go through that labor, and he is absolutely lovely! SO SO happy for you guys!! :) xo
(04.20.11)
erik:
what a good good gift. family
(04.20.11)
Victor Sizemore:
Awesome, congrats guys!!!
(04.20.11)
Nancy:
What a incredibly precious baby. Can't wait to see him. Love you all.
(04.20.11)
dan:
oh we need a hard copy of that last one...Dad
(04.20.11)
matt sloan:
congrats guys!
(04.20.11)
matthew morgan:
what a beautiful family you have, congrats to you both!!!
(04.20.11)
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Many of you know that Molly is pregnant. If you didn't know, now you know. Despite our efforts to try and keep knowing the sex of our child from ourselves, we found out. The ultra-sound technician didn't do a great job of hiding this information from us. During our ultra-sound we saw a penis. It was a bummer at the time to find out the sex of our child (only because we wanted a surprise) but we are super excited to be having a baby boy. Tomorrow is our due date...so by the time you're reading this we may be in labor :)
Here's to baby boys!!
Babbs:
Stunning!!! It's time to come out little man! We want to meet you already! Love you Snellies!! xo
(04.11.11)
Blair Van Bussel:
Molly , you are AMAZING!!!! Love you guys lots and seriously can.not.wait for the little man to get here!!!!!! :)
(04.11.11)
Sarah:
Molly you look gorgeous!
(04.11.11)
JOSH ELLIOTT:
awesome you guys! so stoked for you! PS - this location is right behind my house. :)
(04.11.11)
Rog:
you said penis on twitter. you said penis on your blog. I said penis in the comments.
(04.11.11)
Ravyn:
Molly, you look beautiful! Hope your delivery goes amazingly!! Can't wait to see that adorable little one.
(04.11.11)
Sussanna @ French Buckets:
Congratulations!... Yes you are beautiful.. and with child... Sending an easy few days your way... look forward to seeing little photos. :) xoxox
(04.11.11)
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auntie m:
Ok...she's adorable...you are photogs...you have to have more pictures than this! She needs her own blog!!! The Junebug Chronicles!!! Chop! Chop! ;}
(02.25.11)
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Sarah:
1. Love the one sock look.
2. I find it quite amusing that I had the same little car when I was just a wee one. Some things are just awesome and timeless.
(02.08.11)
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Giving birth makes you a champion. Giving birth all natural, hippie-style makes you the ultimate champion. My girlfriend Megan has joined the mega-champion club! She pushed this precious little bundle out in record time and I could not be more proud :) There is something so magical about new babies and it seems that they are being born all around me, all the time. 'Tis the season I suppose?
Little "Birdie" as momma calls her is beautiful and perfect in every way. Meg, out of everyone I know I was most excited to see you become a mommy. You were made for this and I feel so blessed to be able to walk even just a bit of this journey beside you. Thank you for allowing me to slip in to capture some photos of her in her first amazing 24 hours on this planet!
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