DEAR JENNIFER..

SO our best friends Matt and Jennifer are expecting their first child in June! YAY!!! I am so excited and apparently it shows a lot. Jennifer went last week to FINALLY find out what they are having and I was anxiously awaiting the text message with the revealing! As I sat with my reading group, phone in lap, i heard "BEEP". As I opened my phone I screamed "YAY!! A BOY!!" My sweet angels looked at me with a look of "ok she really has gone crazy now." I decided to tell them the great news right away. As soon as I told them how my friend was going to be a mommy to a little baby boy the chattering started (this is very typical in my class which is why there is a sign outside my room that reads : IF IT'S TOO LOUD YOU'RE TOO OLD" --thats my only defense.

ANYWHO, the kids were rambling on, and amongst the talking I heard "baby boys need bottles!" and "baby boys need video games!" Suddenly, a light came on in my head (again, stop laughing matt!) I had yet to think of a good writing topic for the day and what better way to show our excitement than to write Jennifer a few letters. The kids have never been so excited. When i told them I was going to mail them all to them (3 hrs to the mountains) they got right to work. I wrote on the board " Dear Jennifer, baby boys need...." and told them to have at it. The responses were great! Of course all the girls said the usual mommy stuff; i.e. bottles, diapers, passies, etc. and the boys were more into the games and playing issues. The papers were priceless and i couldnt wait to send them to the parents to be!

Troy and I also sent our first "baby boy" outfit, which may I add..when we decided to pop out our own little one I am totally shopping at TARGET for everything! They had the cutest outfits! :)

And in case it isn't obvious yet.. we are SO EXCITED to meet little baby boy Snider in June! Love ya'll!