My Baby Is TWO!!

October 22, 2007

October 22, 2009

Little Man, Ander Buddy, My Monkey... He's TWO! It is so hard to believe that my BABY is TWO! And since Anderson is 24 months here is my list of 24 things about him...

1) Anderson organizes his stuffed animals & blankets each morning on one side of the bed and then does the same thing on the other... and repeats until we go get him.

2) Favorite breakfast food is cereal bar or oatmeal

3) He LOVES going to school and seeing his teachers "Awice" & Megan. Loves them so much when we drive by the school and don't stop he yells for Alice & Megan!

4) He's a picky eater- still loves avocado, tofu, crackers, and broccoli best and has started trying other things

5) Because of the above he only weighs 25.5 lbs. (Karoline was 24.5 @ 1 yr old!)

6) He is tall and skinny like his daddy

7) Yo Gabba Gabby is his FAVORITE show! Wonder Pets & Deigo are a close second.

8) He has LOTS of energy! LOTS!!

9) Jumping in the ball pit is one of his favorite in-door activities

10) Playing in his Little Tikes car & side walk chalk are his favorite outdoor activities

11) He knows all his shapes

12) He knows all his colors (well red, blue, yellow, green, white, pink, orange, and black)

13) He knows his ABC's & can recognize a few letters (He really likes to point out the A on my Auburn shirt & the B on my robe)

14) Anderson loves his family! He ALWAYS loves greeting everyone when they arrive home! He's so happy to see everyone.

15) Anderson is already a HUGE Auburn fan. He loves to point out the AU or Aubie on anything and everything Auburn! It's in his blood!

16) He still wears a size 12-18 months in clothes (see #5 again!)

17) He LOVES singing "We Shine" (Fee) and "Sing, Sing, Sing" (Chris Tomlin) at the top of his lungs in the car... it's PRECIOUS!

18)Speaking of #17 he loves sitting in TJ's lap watching worship bands on the computer... I think he will follow in his daddy's footsteps. HE LOVES MUSIC!

19) LOVES bath time!

20) Really wants to be able to brush his teeth by himself!

21) Curious George is his favorite series of books... because he's a monkey himself!

22) He still loves to rock every night and sing praise songs before bed. My favorite part of my day with him & sometimes Karoline sqeezes in the rocker with us.

23) He nuzzles my nose every night before I put him in his crib.

24) He is a FANTASTIC sleeper. Praise the LORD!

To celebrate his birthday we had a fun party on Tuesday with our sweet friends. We went to our favorite mexican restaurant and then had cake & ice cream at our house. It was wild but lots of fun!

Here are LOTS of birthday pictures!



My sweet friends...Danielle, Me, Becca, Mom, Amanda, & Liz






THE Birthday...
Today I took him to Chick-Fil-A for breakfast and let him play. After we had to go to his two year check up. While he was napping TJ put together his train table (from Gammy & Gandaddy) & his train (from us). He also had a blast playing with his new Little People Farm & Puzzles from GiGi & PopPop. It was a great birthday. We celebrate again by taking cupcakes to his class tomorrow.









Slideshow of all the pictures...

Flipping Over Ranch!

Yes, Anderson takes after me & thinks everything goes well with Ranch... EVEN PEANUT BUTTER & JELLY!!! YUCK. Now that's just gross!

Karoline is loving her second round of classes at Gymnastics. She has a few more classes left before she takes a break until spring. I know she is really going to miss it. Anderson is also quite the little flipper! He has perfect form.

Karoline's class went to the Fire Station last week. She had so much fun!

"Hi, I'm Anderson. I'm going to be TWO on THURSDAY!

Can you believe it!?"

Wellspring & To The Right

Wellspring...

Check out the new post on the Wellspring Partners blog... post title Wellspring On Reality TV. CHECK IT OUT!

To the right...

Did you notice that I put TJ's music to the right on my blog. TJ recorded a CD many years ago when we lived in Texas in a friends house! Honestly I have not listened to the whole CD for a while but did recently and I still think it is AMAZING! We sang one of his worship songs on Sunday and it was AWESOME! I have to say I have quite the talented husband! They are all original songs except for a hymn that he wrote a verse to go with it. Check it out. You can buy it on I-Tunes!

Catalyst 2009

Trey, Danielle, TJ, and I had an amazing time at Catalyst this past week. We drove down on Wednesday and the conference was Thursday and Friday. It was very refreshing and we all learned a lot.

There were amazing speakers and it was quite a bit to soak in in just two days but wonderful. Some of the speakers were Andy Stanley, Dave Ramsey, Tony Dungy, Louie Giglio, Chuck Swindoll, Rob Bell, and MANY more! The worship was lead by Steve Fee the first day and some other great worship leaders on Friday.

I'll share the one thing that God really spoke to me about this weekend. I think I worry and want to be steps ahead of where we are at Wellspring. I can't wait for small groups to start, or our kids ministry to grow, or having this or that.... I felt very convicted that have been looking ahead so much I have not been focused or THANKFUL for what God is doing NOW at Wellspring! The Lord really impressed on my heart to WAIT! HE will grow Wellspring at HIS pace and timing NOT MINE.

They said several times at the conference if you grow too fast be cautious. It's more important to grow slow and build that firm foundation of leadership in your church! So my prayers for our church has changed a little... yes I want LOTS of people to come but more importantly I will pray for the hearts and lives of those who are coming that the Lord is really changing their lives and the foundation of Wellspring Church will be a FIRM foundation built on HIM! I am SO thankful for all that He taught me at Catalyst.

Here are the pictures from Catalyst!

Andy Stanley


Yes, TJ looks like he's falling asleep :)


Amazing Worship






Tony Dungy


Friends


Trey and Danielle


Mac Powell of Third Day and his wife Amy introducing their precious son they adopted this year!






Louie Giglio


Video of the world record broken at Catalyst!! This is CRAZY. This man jumped into a baby pool!!

Happy Birthday TJ!

It's finally TJ's 29th birthday! Yes, he is younger than me by 5 months and he always makes it known how "OLD" I am! On Saturday we had a quick little family party for him so that I could give him his gifts (a shirt and some jeans) before we left for our Atlanta trip since we were going to be out of town on his birthday. Karoline always loves birthday parties. She was SO excited we were having a "party" for daddy. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TJ! We love you SO much!!

Catalyst

TJ, Trey, Danielle & I are heading to Atlanta today for the Catalyst Conference and will be back on Friday. Pray for us that we will have safe travel and that the Lord would speak to us as we learn and worship Him!

YES - 7 Years

Seven years ago TJ and I got MARRIED!

We had a great time celebrating today... just spending quality time together talking and laughing. He took me to see Love Happens & then we went to Chili's for dinner. Chili's was my choice... I have been craving it for a while. We got their 3 course meal for $20 offer and it was awesome! Such a great deal for a date! We were stuffed and brought food home! He also got he a Pandora charm for my bracelet.

It was a great anniversary! I am SO thankful for TJ! He is the BEST husband and father.

(excuse the non-focused picture please)

Take A Deep Breath...

I am finished with substatute teaching... My last day was Wednesday. I finally have a LITTLE time to breath! But I must say I LOVED it! I truly did and I miss my kids so much. I have cried many tears. If they offered me a job, I would quit real estate in a heart beat! I did learn that doing both was TOO hard (though I did get two contracts this month)! I could not keep up but now I can concentrate on real estate, but my heart is still in that class room with those kids. Pray for me about this PLEASE!

In other news we had a great week... LOVED the weather! We played outside a LOT and we all enjoyed it. I LOVE FALL! Karoline & Anderson both love being outside so much. Here are some pictures from the week. The first two are after church on Sunday. Anderson loves to watch Yo Gabba Gabba while I make lunch and Karoline STILL just wants her blanket and to lay down. She is so funny! I hope all of you had a great week!




In MAJOR need of a "real" bike... Christmas is coming...

Daddy wanted to play too...




Buster even got to play dress up some this week :)

Macy Brooks

We got to meet sweet Macy Brooks this week! Most of you have prayed for this sweet little girl and I was SO excited that we got to see her and hold her! Needless to say she is SO sweet and just stunning! Ashly, Denny, and Macy Brooks are vacationing in Myrtle Beach this week and we met them for dinner Monday night. Then we went to the beach to take a few pictures... where my children proceeded to throw sand all over the place! Which made for a real fun bath night! Thanks for a fun time Ashly and Denny!