The Mother of All Updates!

The time has finally come!....an UPDATE! It was time, I have been so busy with work, school, vacations, holidays and just life....so here it is, our past month in a few words and photos...oh and just in case you forgot what Ken and I looked like we are pictured above:) and no, I'm not that tall, I'm just standing on the running board of my truck....on to the others...

My oldest boy is just such a stud muffin, he has such a sweet heart and his manners are improving everyday.

Daddy and the older two right before Shogun and the Toby Mac concert

Alli-babe, my girl, for whatever reason she has become ever increasingly lovey all of a sudden, I'm loving it, she has always been so independent and not one to be squeezed for an extra long time, I knew she would come around :)

A couple weekends ago my sister Amy and I threw our soon-to-be sister in-law a Christmas shower. Something different and new for a change. The photos below are from the shower.

Instead of having everyone sign in a wedding guest book we bought this Christmas platter and had everyone sign it instead, what a fun thing to get to take out every year

Better late than never...the following pics are from the state fair back in October. Ken got all into this ride, I would have too, it is my favorite, better known as the tea cups though :)

I took this pretty picture above while Ken, Alli, Landon and I were up in the Ferris wheel

The girls and I have been able to hang out a couple times these past months, bowling was a birthday bash, lots of fun, followed by eating of course, and then we went out again for a Christmas dinner and coffee, but I deleted those photos already after sending them to Walgreens

Just some random photos of the kiddos below...

"DaDa"

Aunt Amy also discovered that Anderson has his first tooth popping through. yea!!

214 Days!

7 months old today and ever changing...Anderson said his first word on November 4th, "DaDa" of course. I thought I could get it to be MaMa, from day one I said it in his ear every day several times, any time I picked him up, any time I rocked him, fed him, constantly saying it, but no. None the less I love hearing those words from him, "dadadadaganadada" love it!

He has begun to eat a bit more baby food than before, he prefers table food though. He had his first pancake this Saturday on the 15th.
He has figured out he has a tongue and is constantly sticking it out and grabbing it, just trying to figure out what exactly it is there for.
When he is hungry in the middle of the night he will scooch over to me and tap the back of my head (like a dog scratching at the door when it has to potty) to let me know I need to flip over. :)
He is scooting all over the place and will get up on his knees and hands longer now.
He sits up in the bath like a big boy.
Still no teeth, which I'm perfectly fine with.
He will snatch a toquito right from your hands if you are not careful.
He brings his hands together and holds them lifting them up and down together.
Is getting better and better at using his sippy cup and tilting it back.
Starting sucking from a straw last week.
He is doing really well just being with daddy so I can leave for a few hours if needed.
Spitting on purpose to get attention.
Loves to be thrown into the air.
We and by we I mean Ken, let him cry in his crib for 15-20 minutes until he fell asleep...this was a big deal for me, because I would have never done it if I was here, but I am glad that it did work.
Tries to get out of the car seat as soon as he is being buckled in.
When you go to sit him down he keeps his knees bent and his feet high, clinging on to you so that you won't put him down, very cute.

The photos below are his first pancake morning, the last pic I asked him to say "ahhh" and he did... not really, it's just that tongue thing again, always out.

Calwell Zoo

This was too funny. Anderson kept reaching for the birds when they would land on the birdseed stick that Nana was holding so we finally just gave Anderson the stick and let him do it himself.
As soon as we walked in to this place the birds were just flying all around, I was screaming of course. Pop came walking towards us with about five birdseed sticks in his hands and he was covered with birds, I didn't have the camera on me to get that picture but it was pretty cute. After getting used to the birds being all around each one of the kids eventually took their own stick to feed them. At first they were a bit scared.

Balancing like Flamingos...I should have put Landon up there with them, that boy has been balancing and hoping on one foot for a few months now, very impressive! Alli's favorite animal is the flamingo.

These guys are so big! Landon and I suck around for a bit to watch these, at first we were just looking at their butts :) but they started to walk around after awhile and we got a nice close look at them.

Anderson did so well. Not very fussy at all. This was such a nice day to go to the zoo. Last time we went was July or August, it was way too hot...oh i just remembered Landon was in my tummy then :) Well, then this would be his first trip to the zoo, where is my baby book?

Landon's favorite animal is the giraffe, he says that they are his friends. He loved just laying there looking at them.