Another Must Have....

How cute is this?!?!?! It is now added to my list:)! I am a huge ring sling fan, HUGE! I have to admit that the moby has its place too:)! I use baby carriers a ton it never hurts to have a couple on stand by. Hard to believe this will be my fourth little kangaroo to carry, it all started almost 5 years ago! The fabric for my diaper bag and sling is retro owls so this is a perfect match! I am loving all the retro owl stuff, reminds me of my Granny Nina. She had an owl jeweled purse:)! She was ahead of her time!

29 WEEKS!

Hello third trimester!! I am on the down hill slide now, too bad I feel like this pregnancy has slowed to a crawl! I am ready ready READY! Not because I am uncomfortable or anything, I feel awesome, I just was to hold him and kiss his sweet face! I am very much enjoying this pregnancy, every single kick, punch, and bump I am so grateful for. As mentioned in the previous post I got some seriously cool baby gear for Christmas, or Hollister did I should say:). Now we just need the matching swing, hint hint Joshua:)! Also, a My Ride 65 for him and we should be set! I am waiting to see if our one size fits all cloth diapers are in face one size fits all. I plan on using cloth diapers exclusively. NeNa is making a matching diaper bag and sling out of super cute fabric I found! Yes, I just got a new sewing machine but I have no clue how to use it:)! I have decided to not go all out in the nursery, I will use G's bedding. I am planing on going all out on bedrooms soon! Lovin Pottery Barn's shared spaces! I will for sure find cheaper alternatives however:)!
We are going to do a 4D ultrasound. I am super excited. I think the pics are a bit weird and for the most part look nothing like the newborn BUT I need another peek at him! I will have a growth scan somewhere around 36 weeks but can't wait that long:)! I have a check up next week and will schedule it then. I will also start seeing the doctor every two weeks! Hopefully that help things seem like they are moving along!
Belly Pics soon:)!

Christmas with Pop & NeNa!

After opening our gifts on Christmas morning we loaded up and headed out to my parents. The kids were so ready to see them! It is a quick three hour drive;). After arriving and getting the kiddos settled Josh and I headed out for our gift, two nights AWAY! We rented a hotel room and just drove back for Christmas celebrations. It was fabulous and not near long enough! We have decided that it will for sure become a tradition for our family. The kiddlets did not mind at all and I am positive preferred it:). We celebrated with Granny Brewer and family Sunday lunch. Then Sunday night we opened gifts with Pop & NeNa and the kids got their huge gift a KITTEN! Guice was over the moon excited! Erica came up just to see his reaction it was truly priceless. We thought he was going to cry he was so excited! They are in love with lucky! I also am in love with my new embroidery and sewing machine! I had been super good this year:)! Hollister got two awesome gifts a new bouncy seat and a bassinet! I love them and not sure how NeNa knew just what to get...might have been the 50 emails I sent. HA! We are getting the matching swing too!

I didn't take a single pic and I am still SO mad at myself.....

here are a couple I lifted of the web of H's goodies!!!

Christmas!!!

Josh and I are in total agreement that this was by far our best Christmas! We had a blast this year with the kids. I LOVE that they know the meaning of Christmas! We opened gifts at our home before heading out to Pop & NeNa's. The kids loved everything. EJ's favorite was her GoGo my walkin' pup. Guice got the imaginext Bigfoot remote control monster and I am not sure who likes it more Josh or Guice:). Evergrace loved all the excitement and was running around like a mad man! When she opened her doll she got so excited, she started yelling BABY BABY BABY!
Our Christmas Recap in total random order:)!
Gifts are open!!
E opening her gifts! She was a pro at it!

Daddy & G checking out the train table.

EJ and her dollhouse.

Evergrace's gifts.

Guice's gifts.

Emery Jai's gifts.

Christmas at MiMi's

Christmas Eve we went to Josh's mom's house to celebrate Christmas. The kiddo's loved hanging out and playing with their aunts and uncles and cousins!
Pics speak for themselves:)!

Christmas Eve Gift!!

This year started out like every other Christmas Eve I can remember. I started super early trying to get all of my family:)! First text went out to Erica at 4 a.m.! I did not get on the facebook bandwagon soon enough and got gifted all over the place! HA! Next year I am all over the social networking sites:)! I have started the tradition with my kiddos, love carrying on family traditions! I told EJ bright and early this morning her response was "Great where's it at?" Of course the post isn't complete without....

CHRISTMAS EVE GIFT!!!

As Good As It Gets....

Sunday before heading out to church I wanted to capture my little darlings in their precious Christmas clothes, courtesy of NeNa. No such luck! HA! E was having none of it! The terrible two's have shown up a bit early. EJ & G were not feeling photogenic that day either...
E is a cutie even in mid fit at least in retrospect:)! Guyboo insisted on wearing his sweater tucked in so you could see his belt....whatever:).

I didn't even get a good shot of the oldest two! I am sure next years will be just as interesting with an 8 month old added to the mix!

MDO Christmas Program!

Guice & Evergrace preformed the sweetest Christmas Program at MDO! Guice was such a star! I am not just saying this because I am his momma, but, he was the only one who did the motions! He is our little star! He did an awesome job! Evergrace hung out with her favorite teacher, in her lap to be exact. almost sure that is where she spends 8 hours a week:). Mrs. Ann is always holding her when I go to pick her up!
Pic of the big day! Enjoy!
Evergrace being such a big girl! Sugar over load!

Evergrace and Mrs. Ann

G singing away in a manger!

Sweet boy!

How cute is he!?!? I am lovin' his hair!

Gonna Be Too Sweet....

Josh's mom gave me the outfit that he wore home from the hospital for Hollister! How special is that!! I am not sure Hollister will wear it home but we will for sure take pics in it!
Josh in his going home attire. He was a big baby, it is where my kiddos get it from:)! Here it is 27 years latter!

Christmas Parade!!

This was our third year to attend our tiny towns parade, fireworks, and lighting of the park lights. Our THIRD year?!?! Somedays it is hard to believe we have lived here that long, other times it feels like forever! HA! I do love our towns parade. It is a big deal around these parts:). Everyone is in great spirits and everyone knows everyone else. Times like those I love living in a small town. The parade was awesome the kids loved it. Evergrace stood by the big kids and watched it, she is growing up right before our eyes! After we watched our parade everyone walked over to the park for the lighting and fireworks. Our churches Praise and Worship team preformed Christmas songs, they were as awesome as always! The firework display was fantastic! Evergrace was sitting by herself when it started, she was in awe! Not the least bit scared! She clapped and smiled it was the cutest thing I have seen in a while:). EJ & G thought it rocked also! It was an awesome night and I didn't take a single picture! Trust me the kids were so very cute!

24 weeks 6 days!

I had a check up today super uneventful and for that I am thankful! Everything checked out just perfect! Hollister sounded great! I have just one more monthly appointment then I go to every two weeks! WOW! I have my paper work for my glucose screening, good times. I just have to do it sometime before my next appointment. The pregnancy is flying by! I love being preggo over the holiday season. Seems to me that the time goes much faster. I do enjoy being experiencing carrying the baby but I am ready to hold my little one! Also, I get to eat a ton and have a great excuse:)! HA! I do not have a weekly belly pic, sad times you will just have to check in next week:)! No new symptoms, I am having some serious heart burn! This kid better have a head full of hair! I have had two kids with a ton of hair and one with zero hair. I am very curious to see which end of the spectrum Hollister will fall. I spend way too much time trying to imagine who he will look like! I am sleeping great and have really no other discomfort to speak of. EJ told me that Hollis was really growing because my tummy is HUGE! Out of the mouths of babes! EJ & G still call him Hollis most of the time and that will probably be his nickname. Who knows what we will actually call him. Emery Jai gets called Jai most of the time and Guice is known around here as Boo. Evergrace is our Dragon so there is really no telling what will stick! We are so thankful for our newest little Anderson, he already feels like such a part of our little family!

Evergrace ready for school!!

Like all of our other kids E LOVES school! She calls it tool. She goes for 4 hours on Tuesday and Thursday. All we have to do is ask if she would like to go to school and she is off and running to get clothes on! Her teachers adore her and spoil her rotten the whole time she is there! Evergrace is one of only four kids in the younger room with two teachers. E is obsessed with her elephant lunch bag! It was originally G's but was overtaken by E! Guice is okay with it he now has a razorback bag:). E insists on carrying her own lunch bag by herself, Miss Independent!
The hat and coat are hand me downs from her cousin Hannah! How cute are they?! E loves the hat, as soon as you put the coat on her she is asking for her hat and patting her head!
Pic of my big BROWN eyed girl:)!!

Black Friday Is My Friend...

I heart black Friday I really really do. Yes it is crowded, yes it is early or late depending on how you look at it. It is all so worth it, the deals are FANTASTIC! Between black Friday shopping and cyber Monday I saved a ton, well over $200. I was thrilled everything we had picked out for the kids were part of the sales! How great is that!?! I am akready looking forward to next year!!

Weaning or lack there of....

We gave weaning Evergrace a real go over Thanksgiving weekend it was unsuccessful. She does great with anyone else getting her to sleep, no problems at all. However, if it is just me she goes ballistic if I will not let her nurse. Really. She pulls her hair, bites me, screams, and basically refuses to let me sooth her any other way. I have mixed feelings about weaning. I am ready to be done considering I will be doing all over again in a few months:). I wouldn't be so over it if she didn't nurse for 2 hours during the day at a stretch, yes seriously. Even with the marathon nursing sessions I am sad to see this season for us go. I provided her exclusively with breast milk, zero formula, zero bottles, zero pacifier. I don't particularly feel that she is too old, the World Health Organization recommends nursing until at least 2. I know some of you just passed out:). It is only because we live in a country where very few people breastfeed at all and formula is the norm. Enough of that rant:). So what is the point of the post? Good question. Just sharing I guess:)!

sick day...

Today is EJ's first day home sick from preschool. She has impetigo. Extremely common in preschoolers or so I hear. I am shocked that she hasn't dealt with more illness since starting school. I honestly thought she, as well as Guice and Evergrace, would be sick all the time! I am so very thankful I was wrong! We had a run in with strep with E and G and now EJ and her skin rash which is a form of strep. That is the sickness total and this semester is almost over! I pray that next semester is just as healthy or more than this!
The whole family is home today and we are taking advantage of our time together and decorating our home for Christmas! The kids are so very excited! Check back for pictures!