Dinosaur!

Hello friends!
Anderson has been feeling pretty good since his tubes were put in and his adenoids were taken out. He's been waking up very early in the mornings and chattering away...sweet. But, not when he's lying next to you and it's 3:30a.m. :)
Since A had surgery, he was showered with gifts. Almost like Christmas. Gami and Pappy sent some big and small dinosaurs and our sweet neighbor Casey and her kids gave Anderson two great books! Thank you guys so much!! Lately, Anderson has become OBSESSED with dinosaurs! Like he notices ANYTHING that has dinosaurs on it. I think his obsession started here at Downtown Disney and the restaurant called T-Rex. It's the same company that does Rainforest Cafe and Anderson just LOVED all of these animatronic dinosaurs!! We could hardly could sit down to eat, because he kept wanting to "look at stuff". It was like eating in a museum!! He also loves the show on PBS called Dinosaur Train. Have you ever heard of it? It's really informative and holds his attention. So, he settles down in front of the t.v. to watch it with dino reference book in hand. Ha! Seriously...it's pretty hard to keep up with all the names of dinosaurs, but Adam and I have gotten pretty good! This really helps, click here. Because, let's just face it, some of the pronunciations are just plain, ole, hard!! But, Anderson can remember more of the names than we can. Guess that's a perk of having a 2 year old brain :)

Hello friends! Can I just tell you that we felt SO covered by your prayers for Anderson's surgery? It went so smoothly. They took him back, gave him a little medicine and he was a little loopy and he went to surgery. The surgery only took 20 minutes and we were SO glad!

When Anderson woke up...he was MAD AS A HORNET!!! And, I would have been too! He had no idea where he was! Let's just say that he hit me enough to last a lifetime! ;)

He only let me cuddle him for about 45 minutes. And then he was up and running around and playing! So glad he's feeling back to his old self again!

Again, thank you for the all the prayers! As we were waiting during Anderson's surgery, I just kept praying for Anderson and all the sick children in the world and their parents.

Thank you God SO MUCH for a healthy boy, we are so very blessed!

I wanted to share this video with you. This is the way Anderson is acting today. He was watching "It's a Small World" his very favorite!! He is giddy with excitement!

Free Entertainment on a Saturday

Hello friends! It's been so HOT here and I know wherever you are, it's been hot too! I have started thinking about Fall already and am so ready to feel some cool weather. Saturday, we had nothing to do and it was 106 degrees outside. We wanted to find something inside, and cheap...possibly free to do.We thought of Cabela's. It's just like Bass Pro Shop(if you've been there) but maybe a bit larger.

Please DO NOT mistake me for a hunter. I'm no Sarah Palin. Ha! But, they do have neat-o animal displays and A doesn't care if they aren't alive. He just LOVES them!

They have several sections of animals. The one that is the neatest is the African animals display( I really hope this elephant wasn't at one time alive...that would be so sad for somebody to have hunted him). A just stands there in awe of all of these animals in one place!!In most pictures, I couldn't even get Anderson to stand still. He was that excited!! We got away from Cabela's only spending $8.00 for some little plastic animals that Anderson found! Yippeee!

Anderson is having tubes put in his ears and his adenoids taken out tomorrow and I have SO nervous about the anesthesia. Will you please say a prayer for Anderson to do well in surgery tomorrow and for the doctor to have a clear mind and steady hands? Thank you! :)

P.T. Coming Soon!

Hello friends!

It was that time again. Time to get Anderson's hair cut. I always HATE having to go to do it. Especially, because his hair was getting long in the back and was curling in the humidity. I LOVE those beautiful curls!!! But, it was getting kind of mullet-ish, so a little hair cut never hurt anybody. Anyways, it will grow back...right?! But, I really liked it!Soon, we are going to start P.T. (potty training) maybe next month. I am REALLY dreading it! I'm gonna try and do what my friend Brandi did with her kids. The potty training boot camp. Which is a three day p.t. boot camp where you take your kids basically every 20 minutes and really reward them with all kinds of prizes and a really big prize at the end when they FINALLY get it! Is that right Brandi??

Any suggestions on the potty training that really worked for you?? I need all the help I can get!!

Kids Museum!

Hello friends!
Anderson and I went to the Ft. Worth Science Museum for Kids! We went with my friend Casey and her two kiddos. We had such a great time!

We saw cool things like giant shadow pinwheelsPlayed with toys from MexicoThey had the MOST AWESOME dinosaur dig you've ever seen. Complete with a nice creek to wade in. Or sit down in...which is what A likes to do!And of course they had a neat souvenir store. Anderson ran straight towards the dinosaur books!

It was a great day to be outside a little bit and then come inside to the cool air! Hope you are staying cool too!

Disney World Day 4

Hello Friends!
Day 4 at Disney World we decided to go to Epcot. This is Adam's favorite park at Disney. I have to admit that Anderson liked it a WHOLE lot more than I thought he would. We started off the day with Spaceship Earth(the huge ball pictured here) They have really done some updating at Epcot and in Spaceship Earth they take your picture and add into the storyline at the end. It's pretty cool!It was pretty hot and it was only 9:30 in the morning. Good thing, I packed A's bathing suit for the day. Anderson played and played on the splash pad. We were thinking, really what is their for a 2 year old to do at Epcot? But, he really LOVED it. He adored Ellen's Energy Adventure with the dinosaurs. Dinosaurs are our new thing.

Epcot has also updated the Living Seas Aquarium into Nemo's underwater ride. A really LOVED this one. This was his favorite of the day!! I think we stayed for almost 2 hours! Also...it was really cool inside (like air-conditioner cool;)Here are mom and Sydney on the Nemo Ride in the clam carrier-ha!
Then, we headed over to the countries of the world. The first thing we saw here was Belue from Jungle Book and we HAD to get our picture taken with him!Here is Mom and me in jolly old England! Adam and me with all of the countries in the background.
We stopped in France and got creme brewle and chocolate eclairs and cooled off while Anderson took a good nap.We were so hot that we stopped in Morocco for Anderson to take a dip in the fountain. Ha! He was hot he was walking around and almost seriously went swimming.We ended our day by eating at Mexico(which is my favorite)! It's really good, but the atmosphere inside is the best. It looks like Mexico City at night, complete with boat rides and a Mayan temple in the background.Mom bought A a pinata and a parrot to keep him busy while we ate!We had such a great time in Disney, and I want to thank my Momma for taking us! We will always remember Anderson's first trip!

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Will you please pray for Adam's cousin, Emily? She is 33 weeks pregnant and is labor and headed to Pensacola for delivery. Please pray that her baby girl Julia will be perfect and healthy and that Emily will have an easy delivery.

Disney World Day 3

Hello friends!
My cousin, Sydney met us in Orlando and we were so excited to see her.I have NO idea why this picture is sideways...I can't change it! You see, we haven't seen each other since we were 19 years old. She and I embarked on a road trip that Summer to visit my Aunt Beverly in Arizona. We had such a fun time together that Summer!
We decided to go to Animal Kingdom. It was so unbelievable all of the cool shows they have and Anderson LOVED it! This particular one was Festival of the Lion King...AWESOME!! I don't think Anderson moved a muscle!We did Kilimanjaro Safari. This is a neat-o trip through a wildlife reserve and the animals are right there as your bus drives through. This was Anderson's favorite of the day!We went back to Magic Kingdom that afternoon after Anderson's nap and rode Small World...again!!! Adam and Syd rode Space Mountain and waited for an hour and a half! WOW! So, Mom, Anderson and me rode the caroseul and we had to name all of the horses for Anderson to ride on them. And of course...he rode seatbelt-less cause of the incident with Dumbo. So...round and round we went with Mom on Snowy the horse, and A and me on Snowball the horse! It was super fun!!

We ate supper at the Liberty Tree Tavern and it was SO GOOD! It was nice and cool and wonderful food too! Family style(is that what they call these large portions?)The last thing we did was The Haunted Mansion. I was worried about A getting scared...but he went to sleep! ha!