The Snyder Life

A day to remember

On October 22, our little man officially became, Landon Kebede Snyder. We went to court to take the last step in our adoption process. I was looking forward to this day because everything would finally be official. This day turned out to be so much more amazing than I expected. It just so happened that when we walked into the court house there was a huge celebration going on. We didn't know it but our county was celebrating it's first ever "Adoption Day". There was a large number of families that were there to finalize their adoptions along with us. Most were being adopted out of our foster system and there was at least one other international family. They had all kinds of activities for the kids to take part in: balloon artists, pumpkin decorating, face painting and they had really nice gifts for all the kiddos and parents. We came home with all kinds of free coupons to various restaurants, flowers, and Landon got a really cute stuffed bear. It was just a really nice celebration. It was so amazing to be surrounded by other families that share the same passion that Ian and I do for adoption. There seems to be really amazing things happening in our town as far as adoption goes.

Landon in the leaves!!!

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Since the weather has been absolutely beautiful the past couple days, Landon, my mom and I went for a nice little stroll through the leaves today. Landon loved walking through the leaves and kicking them, I think he loved the way it sounded. Of course I had to snap a few pictures (62 to be exact, but who's counting!) I love this time of year!

Traditional Ethiopian attire

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To celebrate Landon's 1st birthday we took pictures of him in his Ethiopian outfit. I had been looking forward to taking these pictures since we got this outfit in Ethiopia. We were able to get a few good pictures before the tongue came out. We know now that this means he is done, he's had enough , no more pictures. Well, here they are:

Landon's First Birthday (1 1/2 Over Due)

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Landon turned one on September 3rd. To celebrate we had just our family over for dinner and cake and ice cream. It was still crazy!! Our little guy loves to be around people and loves entertaining and making people laugh so this was a great night for him. Ian and I were excited to see what Landon would do with his cake and hoping that he would love it and make a huge mess with it. This was not really the case, it took him awhile to decide what to do with it, then he thought he would prefer to eat it with a spoon and have everyone else help him make a mess. We were a little surprised because he makes an absolute mess out of every other meal we give him. Ian and I joke that with Landon, the only thing that is predictable is that he is UNpredictable!!! We love it that way. He keeps us on our toes and always guessing!!