Anderson Adventures

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

The Cutest Laugh

Jared had a great time being spoiled at the lake. Another vacation. Another grandma and grandpa to spoil him. I think he's enjoying the summer. Even with all of that attention and love from everyone, mommy is still the only one who can make him laugh. And it melts my heart. I'm a sucker for these chillins!

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Park City Vacation

I'm getting caught up on the blog out of request. My sweet mother in law checks my blog everyday (always disappointed since I don't blog everyday) and wants to know why I haven't updated. Well...two kids and blogging all the time doesn't mix as well as I would like them to. I have been tempted to stay up late and blog about Park City, but then my bed calls my name and I've been lost in an instant of hitting my pillow.

We had a WONDERFUL time! Claire couldn't get enough of playing with her cousins. As I write this, she ran in the kitchen, "LOOK! Simon! Iris!" They played hard all week long and I'm sure Claire would like to invite them to be our neighbors and see them every day. I wish we all lived closer to each other. I'll let the pictures do most of the talking.

Playing games- a family favorite

Scott had his birthday up there. I went to the store last minute to buy him this toy. Let's just say he was less than enthused about it and it got confiscated by the younger kids immediately after this picture was taken. I don't think he even opened it. Haha. At least we didn't get the, "I don't' want to hurt your feelings, but..." like grandma did about his birthday cake. :)

Lightning McQueen was a huge hit!

Playing with Mr. Potatohead

YouTubing possibly the most annoying songs/cartoons on the planet. I don't know how my Sis-in-law stands them. We left those in park city buried deep deep beneath everything unholy.

Someone got a little spoiled being held my mommy all the time. :)

New Swimsuit, handsome man!

Swimming with the cousins! It was actually kind of chilly in the afternoon, so we only went swimming once.

ZOO TIME! We went to the zoo while the men were out hiking on their "mancation". Claire was basically a monster the entire time, but I thought it was pretty fun overall.

CHEESE!

What a champ! He slept the whole time at the zoo and the entire time on every shopping trip we did. He's so good to me!

"Icesceeem?" Don't take it away or she'll go BAZERK!

Mancation

The kids thought the little stream outside of the hotel was the best thing since sliced bread. Throwing rocks into water is a new favorite for Claire and you can't pry her greedy little rock hands away.

Look at that saggy, muddy bootay!

Claire fell in head first and did NOT like it one bit. She screamed until I took out the camera and of course she had to say, "Cheese!"

This was so darn cute! Claire loved to snuggle into our bed after her bath and pi's were on. I would crawl up and smoosh the covers by her and she'd laugh super hard.

Melts my heart.

Also, another favorite moment. She was so cute with Brian. She would lay on him and repeat every word. He called me in and it when like this:

Brian: "Stacy!"

Claire: "SeeSee!"

Brian: "Honey

Claire: "Huneeeee!"

Brian: "Stacy!"

Claire: "SeeSee!"

Brian: "Honey

Claire: "Huneeeee!"

Then they'd both laugh and snuggle.

We had such a wonderful time with Brian's family and we really wish we got to see them more often. Claire is having cousin withdrawals and I was sure hoping that Iris would inspire some potty training.

Thursday, June 21, 2012

3 Months

I'm trying to play catch up over here. All of a sudden things have been happening that I need to blog about.

Well, Jared is three months old. It's so crazy how time flies by when you have kids! They grow up way too fast. For this little guy, all I can really say is that I'm completely smitten with him. He has the cutest crooked smile and some pretty long top hair that we comb over in an Elder Bednar kind of way. He has started sleeping through the night consistently and is starting to giggle when I tickle him. He still loves to sleep with mommy whenever he gets the chance and I don't mind it every once in a while. I prefer the co-sleeping to occur during nap time instead of my real sleep time. He is getting some chubs going and I'm excited to finally get him chunked out! He LOVES his baths! If he is at all fussy, a bath will calm him right down and he usually breaks into lots of smiles too. He doesn't like being in the carseat if it's not moving. If we stop he will start to scream, but he'll stop as soon as we start driving again. When he gets angry he REALLY gets angry. He goes from perfectly content to a very shrill scream and he looks adorable when he does it. I usually just laugh when he does it. Since I don't give pacifiers he has learned that his fingers/entire fist is usually a good sucker when mom isn't ready to feed him. I dare say that he is the cutest little boy ever. Then again, I'm biased.

We blessed him on June 10th. It was a beautiful blessing and we had a lot of family and friends there. I was so glad that we got a 4 generation picture with Brian's side. I must say that Jared looked incredibly handsome in his blessing outfit.

I know I was tired, but I promise I didn't fall asleep mid picture.

Handsome boy!

The family of 4!

Smiling for his great aunt Mari

Claire had so much fun with all of her cousins there!

Had to get the BFF picture in there. Love these girls!

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?"