Fantasy in Lights

This year, Adam and I decided that we would not give each other presents and focus on Anderson. We decided that we would take Anderson to Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia and go see the Fantasy in Lights Tour. Now, for those of you who have never seen this show, shame on you, go take your kids, it's fabulous!! We left on Saturday and spent the day at Callaway Gardens, where we walked some trails, went to see Mr. Carson's vegetable garden and relaxed.

The Fantasy in Lights Tour started at 6p.m and of course, when it got to 6 p.m., Anderson was exhausted and fell fast asleep. Adam and I enjoyed the show from the car, it takes about 45 minutes to drive through and boy is it beautiful. Half way through the drive, Anderson woke up and we took him out of his carseat and put him up front (no, I'm not a bad parent, we were only going 2 miles, if that, per hour). Anderson LOVED the tour, he looked at all of the lights very intensely and listened to the music that accompanied the lights. He even cried when we were done with the tour.

On Sunday, we went to Warm Springs, Georgia and went to the Little White House(which is the former home of FDR)who just happens to be my favorite president. Anderson and I got our picture made in front of the Little White House(knocking on FDR's door). Adam made this picture of me when I was pregnant with Anderson and I thought it would be neat to recreate the scene again with him.

We had such a wonderful time and Anderson was sooo good!

Oh, I almost forgot, Anderson is 8 months old today!!! I can't believe it! This last month you got another tooth(a total of two bottom ones), grew your hair back and sat up by yourself...such a big boy!! My baby is growing up!! I love you Anderson

On a holiday note, Christmas time is coming, (on Wednesday to be exact) and we are thrilled for Anderson's first Christmas! We are headed to Dothan, this will be our last year traveling there for Christmas, since we have a son now, we want him to be able to open presents at his house from now on. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!;)

Thankful Thursday

We have SO much to be thankful for
I am thankful for my wonderful husband who loves me no matter what
I am thankful for our WONDERFUL son Anderson, who God has blessed us with and who I look at each and everyday and think, "wow, he is a miracle"
I am thankful for my momma, who is the best momma and friend a girl could ask for
I am thankful for Mrs. Sherri, who babysits Anderson, she is so wonderful and does so much for him, (she got him a rid on car and made us an Alabama quilt for Christmas) she is too sweet!!
I am thankful for Gus who loves me just because I'm his mommie and is ALWAYS faithful to me
I am thankful for Christmas break and time home with my babes
I am thankful for Carmellos and water(the best snack ever)Adam just brought me one!
I am thankful for a God who sent his son into this world and who died for our sins

Good night :)

Heavy on my heart

As I go from day to day. I find that I worry about well Richard Carlson put it best, the small stuff. I worry if Anderson doesn't eat all of his food or if he wakes up in the middle of the night or cries for no reason or countless other little worries. Today, Adam, Anderson and I went to the reunion Christmas NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) party. If you don't know, Anderson was in NICU for 6 days after he was born. I had him 1 month early and had an emergency c-section and didn't even get to hold him or kiss him after he was delivered.

I feel that I was sent to that party for a reason, to give back. I encountered the Footprints Ministry lady, who her non-profit organization was so kind to give us a bag with gift card, disposable camera, scent blanket, bible and poem in it when Anderson was in NICU. I began reading their blog and really want to get involved in their ministry to the NICU babies.

We have so much and are SO BLESSED to have Anderson happy and healthy. I always felt guilty in NICU because Anderson was healthy (he just had wet lungs was jaundiced and wouldn't eat too much) and I would look around at all of the babies who weighed 2 and 3 lbs.

Please consider giving a donation or even your time if you live around somewhere that has a ministry like Footprints Ministry. You can go to http://www.nicufootprints.blogspot.com/. It was a life saver for us. I remember sitting at home after the first day I had to leave my child in the hospital, crying uncontrollaby and opening the bag that Footprints had given to us. I remember feeling a peace when I read the bible verses that had been provided. Oh, my God had come to me in my darkest hour! There is HOPE!

Thank you God for our wonderful baby and I continue to pray for those parents who are or have experienced the same thing.

I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him." (1 Samuel 1:27)

YAY I've been tagged!

Yay! I've been tagged by my friend Becky! So here are 29 things about me...

8 TV shows I watch:
1. Kath and Kim
2. ER
3.The Office
4. House Hunters(I could watch this forever and ever)
5. Designed to Sell
6. Little People (when I remember)
7. Jon and Kate +Eight (again...when I remember)
8. Noggin, because Anderson LOVES it already (he loves Moose A. Moose's voice- he watches intensely)

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. Macaroni Grill
2. Anything Mexican- Epcot has the best, in the country of Mexico, OMG, it's good!
3. The Best Italian Place- in Gatlinburg, their garlic rolls are brought to you sitting in olive oil and cheese ohhhhhh.....
4. Chick-fil-A (I could eat this every day...in fact we eat if every Sat. )
5. Panera Bread
6. Chinese food (anything)
7. Steak and Shake( I miss ours)
8. Carrabba's

8 Things that happened this week:
1. Went to work everyday YAY me!!This is very hard for me...:)
2. Anderson woke up during the night, twice!
3. My momma came up
4. My Sil, Kelly, found out she was having a boy!
5. Anderson discovered the Christmas tree
6. It rained and rained and rained
7. Adam found out he has to take bar classes for 6 weeks Mon-Fri, 6p.m.-10p.m, and 3 Sat. and 1 Sun. YUCK!!!
8. Anderson started sitting up all by himself this Sunday!

8 Things I look forward to:
1. Anderson having a cousin
2. Moving somewhere besides Montgomery-ugh
3. Adam getting a job pertaining to his degree
4. Anderson growing up(but not too fast) and us being able to be good friends
5. Becoming a SAHM!!!!!!!!!
6. Heaven
7. Having another baby(but again, not too soon!)
8. Anderson's first Christmas-WOW, I'm excited!

8 Things I wish for/pray for:
1. Anderson to live until he's 90 and have a wonderful life and be a wonderful person
2. For Adam and me to live until 90 and have a wonderful marriage until that day
3. For God to give us the wisdom and know how to raise Anderson to believe in him and be a great adult.
4. For us to be a close family
5. For my Sil to have a happy, healthy baby
6. To be a SAHM
7. Adam to pass the bar, on the first try
8. For our families to be happy and safe

8 people I tag:
1. My momma
2. Hillary Ivey
3. Candice
4. Laura
5.Angela
6.Tara
7. Hillary Dunham
8. Carrie

Houston, we have a sitter!!!

Anderson (B.S.-no, not what you think...it stands for Before Sitting Up) and...

Anderson (A.S.-After Sitting up)

Yipeeeee, is all I can say! Anderson has just started being able to sit up by himself last Sunday for prolonged periods of time! He is such a big boy! Now, all he wants to do is sit, sit, sit. Sit up in the bed, sit up in his bouncy chair when he's trying to be fed etc...

I mispoke when I said Anderson had not even so much as looked at the Christmas lights, this morning when I was getting ready, Anderson was in his walker and CRASH! I looked over and he was in the tree(in his walker) and he was in the process of putting a nutcracker into his mouth. Now, that is his new favorite thing, get in his walker and straight to the Christmas tree!

We are taking Christmas family pictures this weekend, momma is coming up and I think we're gonna either go to the Renaissance Hotel or the Alabama River. I'm SOOO excited about Anderson's first Christmas card picture!!

I finally got a picture(even though it's blurry) of Anderson's two teeth. Now, I believe he is cutting another tooth, because he is waking a couple of time a night again. Thank goodness for Hyland's teething tablets!!:)

Anderson is also starting to enjoy his big boy carseat, alot more than his infant one. The shrieking has subsided somewhat during the daytime hours, but we DON"T go out at night, because he howls when it gets dark.

Only 6 more working days til Anderson and I are off for our Christmas break! Then, I'll think about going back to work, well I'll think about it, Adam will make me :(

Hope you have a marvelous Friday and great weekend! Love to you all!

More Christmas City...

Yes, there is more...;)

Here is the front of our house

Here is our nutcracker tree and travel tree. Our nutcracker tree has been a work in progress. My mom started it for me when I was just 12. My, it has grown... The second tree(the smaller of the two) is our travel tree, we buy an ornament from every city we go to. Boy, we have alot now!

Here is our nutcracker collection. Some of these nutcrackers are from Germany, I LOVE nutcrackers!

I was taking a picture of Anderson and Gus decided to get in the picture, I think he is a picture hog;)And Anderson's favorite thing now is cups

Welcome to Christmas City

We LOVE Christmas around here! We love decorating for it, the reason for it the whole nine yards. I am my happiest at this time of year and always have been. We decorate every room for Christmas and I do mean EVERY room! Our house is not huge, but all 1,200 square foot of it is covered with these festive decorations and we have themes.

This is the University of Alabama tree-ROLL Tide!

First off I put Anderson by the Christmas tree. He's been sitting up pretty well, but just as I was snapping the picture, whoosh he goes and he laughed on the way down!

I also got a picture of my two favorite boys in the whole wide world!

And look at Anderson sitting up for real with no help-YAY Anderson!!

Here is our front door at Christmas--we LOVE nutcrackers!!

I will have to publish another post just to put more pictures on here!

Only 2 weeks until Anderson and I are home together for 2 WHOLE weeks for Christmas break!

Ya'll please say a prayer that Adam gets a job, he is applying for jobs because he is done with law school and will take the bar in February We need all the prayers we can get!!! This is my ONE chance at being a S-A-H-M!

Love ya'll and Merry Christmas;)