Anderson Adventures: Family Pictures

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Family Pictures

We had our family pictures taken last month and I'm completely in love with them. My friend Kayla took our pictures and I just love that she does such a good job and got BOTH of our children to smile.

One of my fav's

Look at those baby blues!

The only picture we got of the two kids together. Why? Because Claire wanted to run around and Jared wanted to eat moss.

Toward the end. This picture sums up how the kids were (if you can see them both screaming). It was sooooo cold, so they were being such good sports.

9 comments:

Lindsey said...: LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!!!! The third to last (after the screaming) is my favorite! You have GORGEOUS children and you and Brian are darn beautiful people too!; April 17, 2013 at 12:34 PM
Scooby and Jon said...: Cute pictures! Also, I love your shirt!; April 17, 2013 at 1:26 PM
Jenny Showalter said...: I absolutely LOVE these pictures!!!; April 17, 2013 at 10:01 PM
Janaca said...: How fun! Getting family pictures is always an adventure with kids but worth it in the end. I love the family one towards the top where you're all sitting and both kids have big smiles on their faces! Too cute.; April 17, 2013 at 11:06 PM
kayla said...: Yay! Makes me so happy to hear that you love them. You have such a cute family. I think the crying one is so funny. They honestly were great most of the time.; April 19, 2013 at 7:02 AM
katelinklug said...: Those are great family pictures. You all look so cute!; April 20, 2013 at 5:42 PM
Nicole said...: they turned out so great!! Love them, and love your outfit choices!; April 22, 2013 at 10:49 AM
Kateka said...: So so cute!!; April 24, 2013 at 3:43 PM
bethany said...: Absolutely love these. So beautiful. You all look like you're glowing. Stacy, you look so happy! Such a good mom. Jared looks exactly like what I always thought a Stacy baby would look like. He's a stunner with those bright blue eyes, just like his mom. Such cute kids and such a cute family. So happy for you!; May 4, 2013 at 1:33 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?"