Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Crazy 8s!
Since I last wrote, our marriage turned 8 years and our son turned 8 months. This has definitely been a crazy year for us. Since our last anniversary, Jason has started a new job (which he loves), we've bought our first house (which we love) and we've brought home our first son (which we absolutely, positively love with all our hearts). Jason is the love of my life and I'm glad we're together through times of change and times of routine. He's keeps me calm and laughing. I have tried to stay mad at him before and it never works. Thanks for 8 great years!
On to the boy. Anderson has changed so much in the past month. He is officially a STINKER! He is army crawling all over the place and has knocked over the dog bowl exactly three times, swallowed a foam letter "S" and attempted to swallow a tag that fell off a toy. He's knocked my camera off the desk, pulled up on the gate and fallen over (twice), and almost jumped out of the exercauser. He's taken his first "big boy" bath with Maizie and also received his first combat wound in a battle for control of a metal Cinderella purse. Maizie was a much more active little baby, but she wasn't as curious as this little Monkey. I am really enjoying watching more of him emerge. Here are pics of our smiley little man.
Perfect fit.
Princess Anderson. He's chronically surrounded by girls, so more of this is sure to come.
Happy, happy. Joy, joy.
On to the boy. Anderson has changed so much in the past month. He is officially a STINKER! He is army crawling all over the place and has knocked over the dog bowl exactly three times, swallowed a foam letter "S" and attempted to swallow a tag that fell off a toy. He's knocked my camera off the desk, pulled up on the gate and fallen over (twice), and almost jumped out of the exercauser. He's taken his first "big boy" bath with Maizie and also received his first combat wound in a battle for control of a metal Cinderella purse. Maizie was a much more active little baby, but she wasn't as curious as this little Monkey. I am really enjoying watching more of him emerge. Here are pics of our smiley little man.
Perfect fit.
Princess Anderson. He's chronically surrounded by girls, so more of this is sure to come.
Happy, happy. Joy, joy.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Cuteness
"I'm so pretty, mommy!"
My little twinkies. Kim let us borrow this shirt from Ryan and Jason had one to match. Also, check out the little tennies borrowed from Luc! It takes a village to dress a child.
Love my boys!
Maizie, the ultimate multi-tasker.
Ponies and Monster Trucks
My family is sometimes in denial that we live in Texas, but this post should be plain proof. Our church has been hosting fun activities all summers to keep us moms sane (oh, and to help us reach out to the community). A few weeks ago, they brought ponies for rides and a monster truck for the kids to paint. Maizie was all about the ponies, but not so much into the monster truck. She wasn't too happy about getting paint on her hands. Here's some cuteness.
4th of July Revisited
So, it's been awhile, per usual, so here are some updates from the land of George.
The week before the 4th, our church, in partnership with 2 other area churches, opened a resource center at an apartment complex where many refugees are living in Austin. A group of us hung out there each night that week to get to know the families there. I don't like posting kids pics without permission, but thankfully we did a mask project! These kids are so fun and amazingly strong. And to top it all off, they LOVE our kids. We were really blessed by our time out there.
Mueller (our neighborhood) knows how to Keep Austin Weird. We stepped out our front door to watch a little parade on the morning of the 4th. Here were the people leading it. Maizie was a little wary of the giant blue beehive.
July has been H.O.T. We've done a lot of nightswimming to cool off from the hot days. Here's Anderson on his favorite perch.
Another way to keep cool and spend time as a family is a trip to our home away from home, IKEA. Maizie has to stop and pet the "sheep" rugs every time we go there.
The week before the 4th, our church, in partnership with 2 other area churches, opened a resource center at an apartment complex where many refugees are living in Austin. A group of us hung out there each night that week to get to know the families there. I don't like posting kids pics without permission, but thankfully we did a mask project! These kids are so fun and amazingly strong. And to top it all off, they LOVE our kids. We were really blessed by our time out there.
Mueller (our neighborhood) knows how to Keep Austin Weird. We stepped out our front door to watch a little parade on the morning of the 4th. Here were the people leading it. Maizie was a little wary of the giant blue beehive.
July has been H.O.T. We've done a lot of nightswimming to cool off from the hot days. Here's Anderson on his favorite perch.
Another way to keep cool and spend time as a family is a trip to our home away from home, IKEA. Maizie has to stop and pet the "sheep" rugs every time we go there.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Does it Get Any Cuter Than This?
The Answer: No.
In case you're wondering, I chose the last one. Smiling is Anderson's "go to" face and it shows off his brand new teeth.
In case you're wondering, I chose the last one. Smiling is Anderson's "go to" face and it shows off his brand new teeth.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
7 Months - Laughing, Crawling & Eating
Anderson is 7 months old today. Here's what's been going on with him.
There's some laughing.
And "crawling".
And eating, with the help of big sis.
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