The Boys

Brady playing the piano

Baby Aiden

I just found this clip of Aiden.  Awwwww.....my sweet baby.

Short Stories

So we have been having a lot of fun lately and I haven't had much time to post.  So I thought I would share some cute short stories of funny things Aiden has said lately.

Wed afternoon when it was so nice out when I got home from work I asked Aiden if he wanted to go outside and ride his four wheeler.  He was so excited and we were outside for a very long time.  He was riding and he came by me and said "bye mom got to go".  Puzzled where he thought he was going he came right back by and said "OK I am back now."  So I asked where did you go.  His response. "Work" to which I asked "oh what did you do at 'work'?  "Oh mom I was just working at work!"

Then on Thursday my mom happened to be in town so she went by and picked Aiden up from Shelly's and my mom asked him where he wanted to go eat lunch.  He thought for a minute and told her he wanted a hamburger.  She said Braums and then immediately remembered my story from the last time he visited Braums and quickly changed her mind.  So he then asked if he could go to Wendy's.  Which is funny because we don't eat at Wendy's all too much but that is what he wanted.  My mom hadn't a clue if we had a Wendy's and if we did where was it at.  So they are in the car driving and she tells him that she is going to have to call mommy to see if we have one and ask where it is at.  He tells her "Yes we do and you turn left!" so she says well I think I will ask your mommy and he again says " I told you turn left!"  pretty funny for a two year old!

So then at dinner last night we were desperately trying to get Aiden to eat his dinner which in an every night battle with him but last night he was not going to give into us and eat.  I tried and tried and tried to get him to eat.  So then at some point of my trying he got tired of it and preceded to tell me "Mommy, you are bugging me!"  How in the world do you not laugh at that.  I haven't a clue as to where he learned that but my husband tells me he learned it from me.  

Hope you enjoyed a few cute stories!

To the Loves of my life

Happy Valentines day to all.  I wanted to post about the two most special guys in my life.  Don't get me wrong rest of my family means the world to me and I love them all. However, Today I get to share the day with the two guys I love the most!

First My husband.  He is so amazing.  I cant even begin to describe how much I love him and how in love with him I am.  He always takes care of me and tries his hardest to make all my dreams come true.  I love where our life has been and where its at right now.  I truly look forward to our future together.  

And for our precious son.  He is the light of my life.  Although he has really tried testing me lately, I cant help but look at him and smile.  He brings so much joy and happiness to me and our family.  To see life through a child's eye is very precious and short lived so I enjoy life everyday with him.  I am so thankful that God would bless me so richly with him.  There is nothing sweeter than hearing him tell me he loves me and getting to tell him I love him!  I know there are days that I smother him because all I want to do is hold him, give him kisses, and tell him I love him.  But he is the greatest gift God has given me!  

I love both of my guys very much and feel blessed beyond measure.  I am so thankful to God that He gave me these precious gifts.  

Most embarrassing moment (yet that is)

With Todd being gone a lot (4 and sometimes 5 nights a week) I don't have many groceries in the pantry or the desire to cook for just Aiden and I (bad mom I know because he is the most important one out of all of us but he is such a bad eater).  Not only is he a not so good eater, I also do not want to take the time that it takes to cook clean and force him to eat.  So we have been doing a lot of frozen meals and eating out.  This week has been a rather long week and exhausting week for all of us.  So Thursday night I decided it would be fun and relaxing (should have known you cant put relaxing in the same sentence with a two year old) for us to go and eat somewhere.  Aiden said he wanted Braums.   I could see the wheels spinning on how he was going to get him some ice cream.  I told him if he ate all his hamburger he could have some and I was excited to because I will never turn down mint chocolate chip ice cream.  We ordered and it was nice because there were just a few people in there so not too much to distract him.  He piddled for a while and then told me he needed to go to the bathroom.  He only seems to want to go when we are in public and its hard on me to get him there with all our stuff.  So we left our food on the table which I was a little uneasy about but nevertheless when your two year old boy tells you he has to go, you listen.  We got in there and he got scared.  So we went back to our table and got situated again.  Not two seconds after I took a bite after sitting down he told me again he needed to go.  So off we went again and as we were headed in I looked up to see Braums was now packed with people ordering both dinner and ice cream.  Aiden again got scared and I asked him to please just try because this was the second time and I really thought he needed to go.  He started screaming NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOO at me and I said ok he didn't have to.  So we leave the restroom to return to our seats where are food is patiently waiting for us to eat and people are now looking at me like I spanked my child in the bathroom.  OK no big deal, we are just gonna eat our food.  So I am tired at this point and I have eaten all of my hamburger and most of my fries and I am really excited about some mint chocolate chip ice cream.  Aiden piddles even more and I tell him for 10 minutes that if he doesn't finish his hamburger we cant get any ice cream. So after seeing that he is not going to eat any more I am done and I take our tray and his remaining food and throw it away.  Unfortunate for me my son understands what this means and stands up on the table and is now screaming "don't take my food away, I want to eat."  So now all eyes in Braums are back on me and I now know I am not getting any ice cream either and it is time for us to leave.  So I calmly grab our stuff, pick up my screaming crying child and start to head out the door as every one watches me.  He then precedes to tell everyone there that "I don't want to go with you, I want to stay here."  I got out of there as quickly as I could and was mortified that those people probably thought I was a horrible mother.  But I am sure I made some mother laugh and recall the days where her two year old embarrassed her the same way.

The latest belated bday wish ever

I cannot believe that I forgot to do a blog birthday wish for my good friend Angela.  This birthday post is almost a month late and I feel awful.  I however did remember to call her on her birthday and talk to her, I  just forgot to post about what a wonderful person she is.  I am not even sure she visits my blog any more or not because she has turned into one busy busy lady these days but here is my wish to her.  May this year bring you joy, peace, laughter, love and most of all more sleep!!!  Angela is an amazing girl with a heart of gold.  She would do anything for any one.  She has been through a lot and she continues to serve and love the Lord with all her heart.  She is truly an inspiration to me and helps me out a lot when I need someone to call.  She loves to laugh and doesn't care even if it is the smallest silliest thing we can laugh forever about it.  She has a beautiful smile that radiates and shows her true love and compassion for others.  We haven't been able to talk as much lately because of both of our busy schedules these days and I really miss our daily talks but I know no matter what she is there for me.  I love you girl!  Happy belated birthday post!

Big Day in the Anderson family

In the midst of Aiden throwing horrible tantrums, so bad that I have actually cried, he surprised me last night by being such a big boy and poopied on the potty.  This event was not pushed or provoked by me, it was all his idea.  We were at the basketball game last night and he told me he needed to go to the big boy bathroom.  I didnt think he would do it, but I took him any way and of course he changed his mind when we got down there.  So we headed back to the stands to finish watching the game and durning the 4th quarter he told me again he wanted to go to the big boy bathroom so I decided it was worth trying again  because he may just surprise me. Surprise me he did.  I was so happy and making a big deal of it to him and I really thought someone was going to hear us and think something was wrong.  I cant believe he did it at a ball game.  When he was done the game was over and Todd was already on the court talking to people so Aiden and I got to go tell him the good news.  He didnt make as big of a deal about it as me probably because he was talking to one of the booster members.  (oops)  But the guy laughed and had Aiden give him a high five! Then we saw the principle and told her our good news.  Todd just shook his head at me in disbelief.  I was one proud mommy last night that wanted to go to the announcers table and tell every one there!  We have been telling him for months now that when he finally does it we will take and get him a toy.  So at ten o'clock last night we were at Wal-Mart picking out a toy.  He got a couple of Thomas Trains and was very happy.  Now lets see if he will continue to do it!  Hopefully!

Sitting in the Tampa Airport

Ok so Tampa has been good this week a little cold and long meetings but still it has been nice to get to see my work buddies. We have a new team and I love them all. They are all so much fun and absolutely hilarious. The meetings got a little long and repetitive after a while but even so a good trip until today that was. Our company dropped us off at the airport around 12:30 and my flight isnt until 5:20 or so I thought. It was going to be fine because the OKC girls and I were just going to hang out do a little airport shopping and go and have an early dinner together that was until Delta ad to go and change everything on me. I got to the Delta counter to check in and they preceded to tell me that I was flying home on Northwest. Ok so I was in that line for a while but whatever right I am going home. So I go to the Northwest counter only for them to tell me they have no ticket for me. After 15 minutes of waiting on her to go over to Delta and figure out what is going on she comes back to tell me that I must go to the Delta counter to get my ticket printed out. So back I go to Delta's counter. A sweet but unhelpful attendant tells me that my ticket says I am actually going to Cincinnati and then on to Tulsa which is not what my flight schedule that I have in my hands tells me. I am supposed to go through Memphis and then on to Tulsa. She tells me that she can still get me on that Memphis flight but I am going to have to pay the fees. I said no since I was supposed to be on that flight in the first place and that my company is the one who takes care of our expenses and that I am not comfortable making that decision not knowing if my company will reimburse me. So she then sends me to yet another long line at the same Delta counter to be serviced. Thank goodness one of my companies managers came walking by and he stopped to help me. He got our travel agency on the phone and then stayed with me to talk to the Delta lady at the counter. She then tells us that our travel agency never confirmed my ticket and that it is their fault and this manager is on the phone with the travel agency where they are telling him it is his fault. So finally the Delta lady says oh wait a minute it is our fault there was a scheduling change because there is no Cincinnati flight to Tulsa. She was very nice but failed to up me to first class for all my troubles even though the manager asked for them to give that to me. Oh well right I finally have my ticket and I am going home. So then I get to the security check point and because of all of Delta's mistakes I have now been selected to go through extra security measures. So I told security of course that would happen to me. So here I am with still yet another hour and a half to go before I fly that I am praying nothing else will go wrong. Hopefully I will get to sleep in my own bed tonight not an airport!!!! I did keep my cool but was a little upset because needless to say I did not get to have a fun afternoon with the girls and have sat by myself for several hours. Oh well I did decide to create a face book page since I had so much time. Here's to hoping I am coming home.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Brandi.  Today my good friend celebrates her last birthday before the big one!  Brandi and I have recently become good friends.  We met in Sunday School a few years ago but for some odd reason it took us a few years to really get to know each other.  This summer the four of us on a whim decided to head for Mexico and I think that is where I really got to know her better.  She is such a sweet person.  She is very outgoing and loves to just have fun.  She is a great mom to her sweet baby boy Hunter and soon another baby boy!  I love to watch her with Hunter because (she may not believe this part) she has so much patience with Hunter and I admire her for that.  She is always so loving with him and although I never had the privilege of meeting her mom, I know her mom is so proud of the mother she is.  We have found that we have a lot in common and it is a lot of fun to hang out together.  It seems so strange that our paths crossed so many years ago but that God didn't intend for our friendship to start then but 10 years later.  I think God knew I would need it more today than back then.  So here is my birthday wish to you:  May you have more happiness than your hearts desire, may you continue to grow in your walk with the Lord, may your sweet new baby boy bring joy to your already sweet family, may you shop as much as you want, may you live up your last year in your twenties and may our OU Sooners finally win a big game!!!! Some birthday wish...huh?!?!?!?