Anderson Adventures: Swimming. 25. Coming Home. Life

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Swimming. 25. Coming Home. Life

Last week was a big week for us. Claire and I have had many at home pool parties since (sadly) Seven Peaks went to half days and is now closed. We've had a lot of fun with the convenience of a pool in the backyard. She really loves getting all of the grass out of the water. Silly thing.

I also turned 25 last week. Twenty-five. Sigh. A quarter of a century. I'm excited that I'm not in that 18-24 survey age bracket anymore. I feel like I would actually be taken seriously now. I can rent a car. That's a plus! I have a wonderful family and a baby on the way. I think it's going to be a great year. Brian let me indulge in entertainment by getting me the Hunger Games (finished already once last year and read it again the other night.....SO GOOD!) and Life As We Know It. We both have this agreement that Josh Duhamel is HOT HOT HOT. :) Of course I also had to buy that red shirt. Couldn't pass that one up.

Claire also had a fun time sitting on me while we watched Parks and Recreation for my b-day family time. Obviously we're not big party people. Plus, I've been having night morning sickness for the past week, so chillaxing is just what I need.

This was Friday. Falling asleep with chips in hand...priceless.

Friday was our fun family day! Jason was in town from San Fransisco for the day and Trevor got home from basic training. It was so fun to have brothers! I miss my brothers being so close to me all the time. Jason, move back! Jason and I chilled at my house most of the day. To be honest, he was probably SOOOO bored watching me make chip dip and all. Oh well. It was fun to have him there.

Claire LOVES any sort of escalator now. We have to go up and down, up and down. Loves them.

Welcome home Uncle Trevor. She didn't want to have anything to do with him. Now, if he'll just play with her a little....

We played miniature golf, had a BBQ, and watched family videos. Hilarious! I discovered that Jason was in love with my Little Miss Makeup doll when I was 3. I guess you'd just have to see it. :)

Sorry it's a day by day post. I haven't been very reflective lately on anything particularly. Just livin'.

3 comments:

Nicole said...: Happy belated Birthday! Looks like you had a fun time with family! We really should do a playdate.... like, really. :) It would be fun!; September 7, 2011 at 7:04 AM
Lindsey said...: Such a cute post, i love Claire and her delicate little grass-picking fingers in the pool, shes way too cute!; September 7, 2011 at 8:46 AM
Kateka said...: Hahahaha! You are so funny. Your "day by day" post is awesome. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, yay for your brothers visiting, and hope the morning sickness doesn't last too long!

I think the day by day posts that are boring are the ones that are like, "Today I went grocery shopping, ate a sandwich, went for a 80 mile jog (I need to kick it up a notch! I am so lazy!! giggle!), then did some homework!" Your days are far from boring. I love reading in on the life of the Anderson's!!; September 7, 2011 at 10:05 AM

Out of the mouth of Claire

Claire was asking me about Hailey nursing. She was sad to find out that Hailey wasn't nursing anymore. She said, "Well, when I am a mommy can you give my babies milk?" Uh...nope. Can't do that. "Why mom?" Well, my milk will be gone (thank goodness) and you'll have to do it. "Oh, well, I want a big, big, BIG family. TWELVE babies! But I don't want the littlest baby to ever get big because I do NOT want one hundred babies." March 2015
Claire: Daddy, do you stink? Brian: Why do you say that? Claire: Because I can smell you. 6/18/14
Claire walked out of her room and this is what ensued: Daddy: "Claire, get back to bed." Claire: "But Daddy, my bed is being crazy!" (We try hard not to laugh). Daddy: "What?" Claire: "My bed is being crazy!!!" He went back, she tangled her blanket so her feet were getting cold. 5/15/2014
Claire asked her sunbeam teacher what "this" was, pointing to something on her chest. She thought she was talking about the pattern on her dress. Claire said, "No, no! These. They are for milk for babies." 5/2014
Eating corn on the cob for dinner, Claire turned to me and asked, "Mommy, are you going to eat some of this YUUUUMMMMYYY corn?" 5/2014
"Mommy, can you do this for me?" She hands me my eyelash curler and I proceed to curl her eyelashes. She bats her eyes in the mirror and says, "There. That's better." For the record...I have never done this, so she didn't learn it from me. 1/28/14
I was doing Claire's hair , combing through it. "Mommy, stop brushing my hair, you're making me crazy." 1/28/14
Claire has a VERY hard time going #2 in the toilet. She will hold it for days and days, so she ends up sitting on the toilet for hours sometimes. This week, she had been in there for a good two hours (and never went). Anyway, during that time she called me in several times, "MOMMY!!!! Come here!!!" And then would tell me nothing. So, after what seemed like the billionth, "MOMMY come here!" shouting, I went in to find her with the ENTIRE roll of toilet paper collected in a heap in her arms. I looked at her and gasped in frustration. I had just changed that roll! Brand new roll. Think of all that! She looked at me, giggled, and said, "Mommy...hehe....I sneezed...hehe." 1/28/14
We had our first ice storm here in Texas. I took Claire to Costco and let her walk on the ice. "Mom, I need to put on my ice skates". "Claire, do you have ice skates?" "No mom, I don't." Good point though sweetheart!
Claire always wakes me up telling me that the sun is awake. The other day, she came in, told me the sun was awake once more and then told me that she wanted some candy. I informed her that we didn't have any, but she said, "Mom, all we have to do is say Trick-or-treat!"
We went camping and I asked if Claire had fun. Claire: "I love camping, but Jared was naughty. We should leave him home".
Me: "Claire, why are you out of bed?" Claire: "Because of this..." She starts moving as if she'll pee her pants. Me: What? Claire: "Because I have the wiggles."
While at the mall bathroom, "MOMMY! YOU DID IT! YOU PEED!" For everyone to hear.
We're still trying to potty train Claire and have her poop in the potty! She says she does it, but can't seem to have it happen and will hold it for days (which is very frustrating). In an effort to get the ball rolling, I said, "Claire! Let's both push. 1...2...3...push!" At that point I did a fake push and she quickly exclaimed, "MOMMY! Don't poop in your pannies!" 7/12/13
Jared was crying and wandering around the house this morning. He popped his head in the bathroom where Claire and I were, and started to cry. Claire said, "Oh Jared, stop whining". 7/3/13
Brian and I were talking about the frustrating expenses of moving. At one point I said (about our debt), "It's all my fault." Claire came to the rescue and said, "NO! It's MY fault! My fault....and Jared's!"
This morning Claire woke up at 5 am screaming, "I WANT A COOKIE!!!!!" I went in, she repeated her sentiments. I promised her a cookie and she went back to sleep. When she got out of bed at 10:30, she jumped into my arms and said, "Where's my cookie?"

Picture

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Swimming. 25. Coming Home. Life

3 comments: