Happy FIRST Birthday Anderson!

My Sweet little William Anderson Roy is one year old!

I cannot believe it. What a blessing he has been to our family. From the moment he was born he was an "easy baby". He has his moments but he is the happiest child! That's why we call him "Mr. Happy" sometimes. We really cannot imagine our lives without our Little Man. TJ, Karoline, and I all adore him and love on him all day long! These pictures bring back such amazing memories...






Anderson's birthday party is on Saturday! We cannot wait to celebrate with our sweet friends here. We go to the doctor tomorrow so I will post his STATS.

California Academy of Science

Monday we went to the California Academy of Science in the Golden Gate Park. It was OK but really I think Karoline was too young and there were no toddler play/ exploring areas. The two big attractions are the planetarium and the rain forest walk. We could not do either one. She was too young for the planetarium and didn't like the rain forest animals being "free" to fly around. So I was very thankful we were given free tickets because I would have died it we would have spent $50 on going... the zoo would have been better. For older kids it would have been GREAT! After we went to the botanical gardens and that was our favorite part of the day!

Karoline was scared from the moment she looked at the first live animal... even the stuffed animals scared her!

The penguins...

Looking at the fish...


Anderson loved watching the fish...

I tried to get Karoline to go into a tunnel where you felt like you were in with the fish... It was a NO GO!

The living roof...

Scared of everything else but this HUGE dino... she thought she was in a Diego video.

We went to the Botanical Gardens after and they had a ton of ducks. Anderson LOVED the ducks. He kept saying duck to the best of his ability. It was precious!




Tonight Karoline put on her nightgown... it's a size 4 so I was not sure if it would be too big but she wanted to wear it. She put it on and she said "Mommy, I'm an angel!" It was so cute! Also, my mom is finally here! Praise the LORD!

Commitment Cards & Online Banking...

New Post on the Wellspring Partners Blog!

Because Gammy Can't Wait Until Tuesday...

My mom requested pictures... She gets here on Tuesday to help with the kids and the move and then she will be taking the kids back to Texas with her on November 1st. She cannot get here fast enough! I need help!!!


Sweet little man...


Emily,Avery and Isabel came over for dinner last night and the girls had a great time playing in Karoline's room...



Karoline LOVES baby Isabel!

Diane, this is for you... TJ wrapped up Big Bird and Baby Lion in the blanket you made for Karoline to play with.

Yesterday she thought it would be fun to take all the toys and put them through the window of the play house...


One day Karoline put her PJ's on on top of her play clothes!

Spread The Word...

New post on Wellspring Partners Blog... Check it out!

(So that I don't have to write the same things twice I am just going to let you know on this blog when I update our Wellspring Partners Blog.)
Have a great weekend!

Golden Gate Park and Ocean Park

Two of the things on my "to do" list before we left SF was 1) to get Anderson's picture with the Golden Gate Bridge in the back ground and 2) Walk through Golden Gate Park. I can check them off as of today!
I cannot believe we have lived here over three years and have not been to Golden Gate Park. Our friend, Heather, grew up in the Bay Area so she was our tour guide. It was a lot of fun. We got some great pictures. To get to the park we drove by Ocean Beach which was BEAUTIFUL! TJ wanted to surf! After walking around we went to favorite place of mine for lunch, Crapevine. Emily works as UCSF and walked to meet us for a little bit. It was a fun afternoon... We have really enjoyed living so close to so many amazing sights!
The kids were so tired by the time we left. Anderson fell asleep on the drive home and Karoline wanted to hold his hand while he slept! So sweet!

Around The House

Little Man likes playing with the lawn mower...

Karoline dancing around the house in her Dora towel...


Silly face...

TJ snuck a picture of us watching Baby Einstein together...