My sweet jabbering boy...

Anders going down the stairs...

This video is from two weeks ago, but FINALLY videos will upload properly...so that means lots of videos to come!

First trip to the ZOO

We are official members of the Nashville Zoo!  We visited for the first time a couple weeks ago while Todd's mom was in town.  Since then Anders & I have gone again with Elisa & Tripp.  And if YOU ever want to go to the zoo, just let me know -- I have a year pass for me and an adult guest (Anders is free)!  He really enjoys watching any of the animals that are moving -- just laying around is boring.  

Riding on Daddy's shoulders and having fun...

 Note the Gibbon (yes, isn't that impressive labeling -- I wouldn't just say "monkey") in the background swinging from the rope...

 Anders & I crawled up into the observation area in the middle of the meerkat habitat...

 Anders with his Grandma & the flamingos...

Our Anniversary -- SIX YEARS!

TODAY is our wedding anniversary, we have been married SIX years!  I am so thankful to have Todd as my husband and I love seeing him as a daddy.  

I LOVE you Toddy-cakes!    

13 months...almost 14 months old

Anders is STILL such a wonderful, sweet boy.  He loves waving at everyone and waving "bye-bye" to about anything.  He enjoys watching airplanes, birds and the moon, and will wave bye-bye to them.  When we go outside, he waves to the neighbors even when they are not out in their backyard...but when they are, they LOVE waving back to him.  He has taken his first steps, but he is not walking around much.  He does walk around by scaling furniture, toys, walls and me.  I feel like he is close and will suddenly one day start walking all over the place.  BIG CHANGE...at 12 & a half weeks Anders was done nursing.  He was ready and didn't pitch a fit at all.  He is still a good eater and loves fruit, veggies, cheese, and yogurt...and has recently started eating more chicken.  He FINALLY has two teeth -- the bottom left tooth has come up further than the bottom right one, but both have popped through.  We were starting to wonder if he would ever get teeth.  And I was having dreams about it all the time -- one night I dreamed that Anders woke up from a nap with a mouth full of teeth.  He poops on the toilet very often and is such a big boy (that might be too much information, but I am so proud of him)!  He loves climbing up the stairs and has learned how to properly go down the stairs.  He plays "peek-a-boo" and loves clapping.  He is ticklish and laughs often.  We are SO BLESSED and love Anders so much! 

Today at Costco

Going to church on Sunday mornings keeps Anders from getting his morning nap, so he usually falls asleep during the car ride home.  But today we had lunch with Jennifer Carrington, and then ran some errands -- one being a Costco trip since I was in the area already.  I figured that when I pulled Anders out of the car seat he would wake up, but he didn't.  So I just laid him down in the extra-wide Costco grocery cart.  He stayed asleep the WHOLE time, but woke up as the man at the exit was checking my receipt.  He opened his eyes, looked at me and smiled, and then immediately waved hello to the man, so funny!

My little Cheerios model

Recently Anders has starting LOVING Cheerios (and Trader Joe's O's).  This is the first time I let him reach into the box and grab his own handful -- such joy and glee! 

Digging deep...