Guess what I am doing....

.....anyone.....
PACKING!!!! Yes, for real! It was a huge snowball effect started with our house. It is in horrible structural condition and nothing electric, plumbing, or heating is up to code. We were to secure financing the first of the year, do to the homes issues we would be unable to. Also, Josh lost his job. He was fired. Basically she could not afford to pay him anymore. No notice no severance package, nothing. So, that was kick in the face number two. We have decided to make lemonade out of lemons! We are moving back to central Arkansas and Josh is going to go back to school to get his masters in education! It is not going to be an easy 18 months or so..but it will be so worth it! It will be much more dependable than restaurant management not to mention the hours will ROCK! We are going to miss our tiny town a little but are very excited about moving back HOME! The monkeys are thrilled to be living closer to Pop & NeNa as are we:)! We have found a house to rent. It is super cute but about 1/3 the size of our current home so we are in the middle of downsizing BIG time! Well....I have procrastinated long enough and Josh is giving me the evil eye to get up and get to packing:)!

No longer a nursing mom....

That's right folks Evergrace is weaned! It is bitter sweet, much more sweet than bitter however:). I am enjoying these 2 months of not lactating. HA! I really wanted her weaned before the new baby and Josh has had some unexpected time off so it was a perfect time to wean. I am so glad Evergrace got only breast milk, no formula and was exclusively breastfeed for the first 6 months before solids were introduced. Breastfeeding E wasn't a walk in the park by any means. I battled mastitis and E had a HUGE night time nursing addiction:). She was latched on at night all night and could not sleep at all unless she was latched. E wouldn't take a bottle of expressed milk so she was my constant companion for a whole year. We dealt with nursing strikes and growth spurts and biting issues. All very much worth it to give my little one only liquid gold for just shy of 18 months!

Emery Jai's 5th Birthday Extravaganza!!

Emery Jai's birthday was not a party in the traditional cake, ice cream, screaming kids, kind of event. EJ told us months before her big day all she wanted for her party was to go out of town with just her Daddy and I! It was a blast! We went to Hot Springs, Little Rock, and then ended up in Conway. Pop & NeNa came and got the other two monkeys for the weekend and they could not have been more excited about that:)! Josh and I had a blast hanging out with just EJ! She is the most amazing 5 year old EVER! She is excelling in school. Her teacher tells us how smart, bright, sweet, outgoing, and wonderful she is. All things we already knew, of course:). She is so well behaved at school hasn't been in trouble one time. EJ loves loves loves to learn. EJ is developing such a heart for God! She is very assertive, self-assured, and confident. Five years has flown by, I remember perfectly the day she was born and was placed in my arms! I am so very proud of the young lady she is becoming and look forward to the next 5 years. Josh and I pray above all she has a fierce love for the LORD and is obedient to his calling on her life.

***I took about a million pics. I will post at another time because my computer is on the fritz!

Preoccupied...

That is where I am. So much to blog about but I can not seem to focus. We have a ton going on, I would love to blog about that. However, it is still very much a secret mainly because I have no clue who, if anyone, reads my blog. I am so preoccupied that my new years resolutions have fallen by the side. I am reading my bible more but not nearly enough. Anyway, just a quick note to say nothing really other than I am preoccupied.

31 Weeks & 6 Days!

Has it been two weeks already?!?! Nothing new to report, thankfully:)! I am measuring 36 wks! My blood pressure was perfect 110/60. Hollis' heart rate was 140 and he was moving around a ton!
So thankful for my uneventful and even sometimes boring pregnancy:)!

Potty Training Time!!

It is once again that time in the Anderson household, woooohooo!! Evergrace is 17 months old, same age that EJ was when she was potty trained, it is time:)! She has been very successful! I am looking forward to being diaper free at least for a couple of months.
Big girl on the potty!!!

Evergrace took a little trip....

to the E.R.! Super scary. E is a climber, as were my previous two. She had pushed a chair up to the kitchen island where I was cooking she turned it around and was standing on the back. For whatever reason I picked her up and put her up on the counter. I knew when I did it was a bad plan. About 10 seconds later I turned for a split second and she fell smack on her head. I was so close she almost landed on my shoe. The impact knocked her out cold! I almost fainted. I called Josh to come home and take us to the Emergency Room. I was in a complete panic. Evergrace, of course, was out of it when she came to. Horrendous situation. We insisted on a C.T. and Praise God everything was absolutely normal! Evergrace went right back to climbing everything in sight, she is doing wonderful. I, on the other hand, feel like a completely craptastic mom. As crazy as it is the other two monkeys also had C.T. scans around 18 months, guess it is a family tradition:)!