Anderson's STATS and More...

Yesterday I took Anderson to the doctor for his well-check appointment. The doctor said he was perfect and was proud of him for crawling and being so strong. We were both thrilled with the results of having the Zantac and we are going to continue to use it for a while. Here are his STATS...
Weight: 16 lbs. 5 oz. (12%)- He went down 2% and I really thought he would have gone up since he has not been spitting up as much and we added solids to his diet but the doc was not worried...He is just tall and skinny like his daddy!
Height: 27 1/4 inches (54%)
Head: 17 inches (26%)

PICTURES...Karoline loves helping out with Anderson as you can see. She enjoys helping daddy bathe him and she helped me out by helping him hold a bottle the other night... she is a GREAT big sister.


I love putting Karoline's hair in a pony tail these days...

All ready for church...

Enjoying the outdoors...


Finally I got out Anderson's 6-12M PJ's... his other sizes still fit except in the length. He is so tall and skinny so they are pretty big but so cute!!!! I LOVE Baby Gap PJ's but I have to buy them on sale. I got these and four more pair for $3.95 at the Baby Gap when Anderson was just weeks old. TJ always gets mad at me for buying things when we don't need them right away but I buy things when I find them for cheep... it pays off!!



Anderson contently playing in his crib while I make dinner and Karoline and TJ play outside.


Video- I hope this works but if not check back later... I have been having video issues!

Happy Birthday PopPop!

We wish we could be with you on your special day! We cannot wait to see you in just a few weeks!!!




** I have lots of pictures and STATS from Anderson's doctors appt today to post either tonight or tomorrow!***

Watch Videos

Grandparents, eat your heart out... It has been almost two months since my mom has seen the kids and longer than that for my dad and TJ's parents. I took a lot of videos this week and since TJ is watching Man Vs. Wild I think I'll upload the videos!

Video 1
This video is of Karoline playing her drum and Anderson when I first saw him crawl. Also at dinner the other night she started saying Grande and Pequeno, Spanish for large and small. TJ and I looked at each other. We asked her who taught her that and she said "Dora"...

Video 2
This is of Anderson crawling from earlier this week...

Video 3
Anderson puts everything in his mouth... as you can see. Also, he is little Mr. Impatient during meal time... it is impossible to feed him fast enough....

Video 4
Karoline and TJ enjoy throwing the ball in each other's face!!!! I did NOT teach her that obviously and the day that she throws it in Anderson's face, TJ is going to have to sit in TIME OUT!!!

Barna, let me know if you have trouble seeing the videos.

7 Months Old...

Oh how my life has changed in the last week. Anderson is fully mobile now and wants to even pull up on whatever he can. Gone are the days of me being able to leave him and Karoline in the living room for a while as I do housework. I have to make sure he is not pulling up on stuff and shortly after falling over. He already has a boo boo on his chin.... OR Karoline is upset because he is trying to play with "her" toy! He is an adventurous little boy! A change from Karoline... I can already see that a boy is going to be much different. But I LOVE IT! He is so precious and a wonderful little man. I just LOVE him SOOOOO much!!!
Happy 7 Month Birthday Little Man!

Fun To Compare

Here are a few pictures of Karoline (when she was Anderson's age) and Anderson. It is fun to compare their pictures...

Let The Obsessive Compulsive Vacuuming Begin

ANDERSON IS OFFICIALLY CRAWLING!!







TJ says that he has been doing this for a few days but today is the first time I have seen him officially crawl with perfect form! I am so proud of my boy! It is bitter sweet... you want your kids to excell and move to the next level but it does mean more work for me for sure. I think it is also going to make a difference for Karoline. For example, tonight Anderson was playing on the floor and crawled over to her blanket and began "eating" it. She was not happy. So I think there will have to be a few "he's a baby, he does not realize what he is doing" lessons for her to learn... and then will come sharing toys... and then they will start fighting! :) I am proud of my little man though. Karoline started crawling at 6 1/2 months so I wonder if he will be like her with walking too? She started walking at 9 1/2 months so I am not sure how I feel about that. The good think about him walking early will be I won't feel like I have to vacuum every day!! My Kirby will be getting lots of love the next few months!

I had to include this picture because I think it is so cute when Anderson holds his bottle... it took a LONG time for me to get him to take a bottle so he has a small bottle every night for practice. I don't want to go back to the days of Anderson going hungry because I am not around to feed him... Anyway, it's a precious picture to me.

Forks & A First

Last night at 9:30PM, with our windows open, front door open (screen door), TV on.... you get the picture... some youth from our church started forking our yard!!! Are you joking??? 9:30PM when we are obviously wide awake!!!??? What is happening to the youth in America?? Once TJ stepped into the doorway they left. They could definitely use some tips from my high school friends! Then tonight while we were in Target we saw some youth leaving with quite a bit of toilet paper... I guess it is a good thing we really don't have a lot of trees.

As far as the "First" goes... on Friday I took the kids out alone for the FIRST TIME (excluding church). Yes that is right... the FIRST time. Lets just say we usually travel as a family or I go places alone!! I had to take Anderson to the doctor and we usually schedule appts on TJ's day off but they didn't have one open. His foot doctor did say that his foot might have to be casted again. He wants to check him again in two months to see if the stretches we do will help.

Here are some pictures of the kids... I think my mom is just about to die. I mean I have not posted pictures since Thursday!

Not too happy about dinner... he just wanted to go to sleep!


Anderson's new thing is playing with daddy on the floor. He is starting to push up a lot and try to stand on his own. He is so cute trying to wrestle with TJ!



Learning to love ranch dressing like her mommy...

Hanging out with daddy in her room... she is watching Dora and he is reading.

Karoline was so tired after playing at church. She ran in the door and got her blanket right away... she just wanted to chill!


I tried to get Karoline to show off her artwork she made today but Praise Baby was more important.

Funny story: Our dear friends Brian and Misi took us out for a WONDERFUL dinner on Saturday night. I took Karoline to the potty like three times because we have not been out to dinner yet since she has been potty trained. The second time we went to the bathroom Karoline was sitting on the potty and the lady in the stall next store started going potty... Karoline screams "YEAH"!!!! The lady didn't respond but I was laughing pretty hard. She was so proud of that lady for going potty!!

Here is a video of Karoline... no editing and nothing but Karoline being Karoline... probably one of those video's for the grandparents.

If You Have Air Conditioning...

... Get on your knees right now and thank your Heavenly Father that you have air conditioning!!

Boy do I wish we had AC... we are baking in our house and can't go outside either. It's just too hot!

My Birthday...

I had a WONDERFUL birthday yesterday. I woke up to the smell of BACON!!! Need I say more... I will... TJ made me homemade french toast and bacon, my favorite. AND cleaned the kitchen completely before leaving for work. He came home around 4 so we could go on a family walk and then we got ready for a date!! He asked our good friends, Misi and Brian, to babysit and we went to Macaroni Grill. I almost cried when when he told me we were going to go out on a date. It was so nice being alone and just enjoying dinner together. I could not have had a better birthday. I have the sweetest, best husband EVER!!!

My YUMMY breakfast made by TJ...

Karoline was not cooperating for the picture...

TJ and I before our date... I HATE this picture of me but TJ is cute!

I took these the other day...
Oh these picture tells of things to come I am sure..


He's so cute... SO CUTE!

My yummy fingers...

Anderson's New Hobby: YOGA

Gammy was very worried since I am busy tonight going to Now Were Cooking that she was not going to get new pictures... So here you go!! Anderson has been doing what I call Yoga positions a lot lately and it is so cute! He is not crawling yet but SO CLOSE. He did sit up by himself for the first time on Sunday night (like went from laying down to sitting up).





Here is the only picture of Karoline that I have taken the past few days... BECAUSE she has basically been in tears or upset. We were in the back yard the other day and two squirrels were playing and chasing each other. It scared her so bad! She also saw a spider on the swing set and now she will not go outside. She gets scared when she sees an ant. It's ridiculous! She actually wanted to come inside from playing to help me with the laundry!! I don't like bugs/ spiders either, but she has got to get over this! She is the girliest girl I have ever known.

As for potty training, Karoline is doing SO WELL! She is pretty much day time potty trained. I really am so proud of her! I have a box of diapers that I just bought at Target and I am taking them back!!