Happy Birthday My Sweet Nephew

No pictures to show of my sweet nephew because we are in OKC right now but I wanted to say Happy first birthday to Brady Elijah Francis! What a sweet baby he is. I know my sister doesnt think of him as a baby anymore and I think none of us think of our own as babies once they hit this huge mile marker in their so very young life, but to me he still seems like the sweet precious baby he was the day he was born. He loves to jabber, get into things (or should I say everything), and is a baby on the go. I love it when he cries he pouches out his bottom lip and cries. He has done this ever since he was brand new and I thought he might grow out of it but I was hoping he wouldnt for a while because I think it is the cutest thing ever. I know this sounds mean but sometimes when he is with me I hope he does cry just so I will get to see it!!!! He loves his mommy and daddy very much. He doesnt want his mommy to leave him and I love to see how much he loves her! They are wonderful parents and have done such a great job with him this first year. Aiden loves his cousin very much. They have fun playing together. Although Aiden can be a little mean to him, but he always loves to give Brady kisses. These boys are going to have so much fun growing up together. So happy first birthday baby boy and I cant wait to see you tomorrow to give you hugs and kisses!

Finally

Finally the Memorial Chargers are headed back to state. For a lot of you reading this post I am sure this will bore you, but for me this is a big deal. Basketball season is very hard to start with considering my husband is gone pretty much 5 nights a week and even practice on Sundays from November to March. I begin to feel like a single parent and find myself really missing my husbands company. It seems like we are only together when we are asleep. We are both so very tired very early in the evenings that he does either have off or gets home early and we find ourselves going to bed by 9:00. I love basketball season and I enjoy going to the games. I am a crazy fan but for the most part its because I want my husband to do well. Its crazy the anxiety I get because I want him to win so bad. It has been a few years since we have been to the state tournament and we had a heart breaker on Friday night. We just didnt play all that well and we have had this curse on us for the past few years of loosing both games in the area tournament. Well tonight that curse ended. We beat Stillwater by 18! It was a great game and the boys played so well together. I was so proud of them. But I think what I loved most about it was that my husband couldnt wait to celebrate the win with Aiden and I!!! It feels so good for him to be so happy! It becomes very hard to come home with him after a loss because he takes it so hard and it is hard for me to see him that way. I am very proud of my husband and what he does and to finally make it back to the state tournament makes it all worth it!

What a weekend

What a weekend it has been for the Anderson household. Todd had gall bladder surgery on Friday. What are the odds that Todd and I would both have to have gall bladder surgery within months of each other. Maybe that is just how "in sync" we are with each other! hehe j/k! I started feeling queasy early friday morning but thought I could shake it. My stomach was a little upset while we were at the hospital waiting on Todd, but I thought it would pass since nothing had happened yet. Plus I knew that I didnt have time to be sick because I was going to have a poor baby on my hands after we got home from the hospital! We got home and I took care of Todd and I knew that I was getting sick. My stomach was making all kinds of noises and was very squeamish. We sent Aiden to his Aunt Carla's for the day and then his Aunt Ange took him to Incredible Pizza and then he spent the night with his Memaw and Papa. I guess I God knew that I couldnt handle a horrible strain of the stomach bug that was going around so I got off pretty easy and only had for pretty much Friday and Saturday. We decided on Saturday night that it would be best for Aiden to go and stay with his Nana and Granddad and boy they were excited to get to keep him. Todd is doing much better today but still trying to squeeze as much babing as I will allow. But I have enjoyed getting to take care of my husband. It feels good to be needed! We are just recouping today and laying around. Hopefully he will be back up on his feet before long! anyway what a weekend!

Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day

May this valentines bring you many smiles and much laughter. May your hearts be filled with love and hope. May you always value love in all of your relationships with our Lord, spouse, children, parents, sibilings, rest of your family and of course your friends because our friends are the family we choose for ourselves! Happy Valentines Day!





Here are a couple of sweet Valentines pictures. Look at how these two precious babies have changed in just a year!

Sweet Sweet Baby

Lacey I hope you dont mind that I snagged these pics from your site. I fell in love with all of them and I had to share them. For everyone else reading this these pictures are a great example of why you should use McKay Portraits for all your photography needs. (Brian and Lacey McKay) They are the best. I dont know what it is about these pictures but I almost feel as if I just fell in love with my child all over again for the first time. I am sure that wont make sense to most of you, but I am sure to some of you new mommies you know exactly how I feel. I cry when I look at these pictures and I am taken back at what a miracle children are. Thank you Lacey for capturing these wonderful moments! I LOVE LOVE LOVE them!

I adore this one. It actually reminds me of my father. There is a few pictures of him as a little boy that I remember and he looks so much like this. My dad had blonde hair and had that sweet face as a child. This picture captures his childlike innocence!
He is just the sweetest little boy!

time to post

sorry it has taken me so long to post. Its not that I didnt have stuff to post about, I have just been really busy lately. Here is what is going on with the Anderson's. We are in the heat of basketball season. The Chargers are doing great! Maybe this could be our year again! Heres to hoping. We spend a lot of time in the gym. With my new job, I am also spending a lot of time with that, I am also staying busy with church and of course trying to keep up with my toddler! When I come home at night I just want to play with my baby! and that is not a bad thing, so my blog has been the one to get neglected. For me this is kind of sad though cause I use my blog as a way of journaling what is going on in our lives and I always want to be able to look back and see what we were doing. So I will try (try being the key word there) to keep up my posting.

Happy Late Birthday

Happy Belated Birthday to my wonderful friend Angela. Angela is not only a wonderful friend she is a wonderful person. She has a heart of gold, the sweetest spirit, and she is genuinely caring! We were good friends in high school, stayed friends in college and her and her husband and children moved back home a few years ago so we have reconnected lately. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful friend like her. She is always there when I need her if I need to vent, cry, or just talk. She will always lend her ear. She is also a wonderful mother. I admire how she is with her children and hope that I can be like that with my children! Angela, here is my birthday wish to you. I hope that the Lord blesses you this year with peace, calmness, and love. May you always know how wonderful you are to me and what your friendship means to me. I am so glad I called you that day, because I remembered how much I loved our friendship! Thank you for being my friend!

Christmas Pics