The Andersons have had a wonderful and blessed year. 2007 was a year of big events: the birth of our son, the first full year with Miss Emery Jai, moving to Tennessee, my first year as a SAHM, and Josh changed jobs twice. As grateful as I am for all of the momentous occasions I am just as in awe of the little things. When my husband hugs me out of the blue. Seeing Emery Jai's ear to ear smile. Watching Guice change so quick, almost hourly. All of these tiny moments made for a wonderful year. I am looking forward to what 2008 has in store!

Emery Jai talking about her Birthday....

She is so excited about her big day! We have to talk about it several times during the day. She is very excited that there is going to be cake. Last year I did not do the cake thing, she had yogurt (cruel and unusual). She is looking so forward to her big day.
Hope to see everyone at the party!

Emery Jai....

She loves loves loves to read! We honestly read books all day. This is one of her favorites.

Emery Jai "Reading"!

Emery Jai "reading" with NeNa! She got this book from MiMi for Christmas, E.J. loves it!

5 Months Old!

Guice is 5 months today! He has changed allot in the last month. He is growing so much socially. Guice is making his needs well known! He is sitting up for longer periods of time and can play a little while sitting up. Guice is also reaching for people and toys he wants. The other night he reached to get into his exersaucer! He has also reached out from his wrap and grabbed strangers! I don't think he has gained weight, his clothes are still fitting the same way. This is a good thing maybe he can wear something more than a couple of times! He is wearing 12-18 months (of course brands vary but generally speaking). So we have purchased complete wardrobes from 0-3 to 12-18 months in just 5 months! Every time I went to put something on him it was too small, but he has worn a few things more than 3 times this month, maybe we are slowing down a bit. He still will not take a bottle because of this he went to the movies twice this month. I think he knows if he takes a bottle he will have to stay home without his Mommy :). He was very good in the movie, Guice just kept smiling. He never went to sleep in the first movie he was afraid he would miss something.
Guice is amazing and he is simply wonderful!
Guice Brewer Anderson 5 months!

Look What I Did!

I cut ALL of my hair off and colored it! I really like it! The color is not showing up very well in these pics, it is a mocha brown with a hint of red. It is a very drastic change, I was very overdue! Before I got preggers with E.J. I changed my hair all of the time. It has been every color pink and black included. I grew tired of the mom pony tail and needed to cut it off. The blond highlights were also on my nerves. I had that style for way to long, 3 years or more! The cut is very very short in the back and longer in the front (reverse mullet), think Posh Spice ( I am sure people are going to mistake me for her all of the time now, that will be such a hassle :). Anyway, I love being a mom it is the absolute best thing. However, I do not want to look like a have kids! And for awhile now I think the fact that I am a mom was all to apparent to everyone! I think my new hair cut/color takes away a little bit of the mommyness from my look. Now I just need to lose this extra 30 lbs of baby weight and I will be good to go :)!
I was going to wait and shock Josh but I decided to post it on the blog so he could get a sneak peek! Josh says that if I ever decided to divorce him, he will find out from a blog post :)! This is a safer bet anyway. This way Josh can think about what he is going to say BEFORE he says it. And I am going to make an effort not to read into what he says.

A Post For My SNL!

As most of you know I am a huge advocate of "wearing" babies. I love my Maya Wrap. In the how to video it shows how to carry two babies. My sister in law Jessica* and I were talking about it. I thought I should give it a try. In case you are wondering, it is not comfortable (50 + lbs of babies strapped to me) and I can not move my arms.
Here you go Jess- 2 babies in slings! I could have been in the baby Carl video**!

*** *my snl and i have the same name! how crazy is that! we also have other things in common: we are both very tall 5 10 and 5 11, we worked in hospitals until we quit to stay home, we had baby boys within three weeks of each other, and we have brown eyes (i am 97% sure of that) and brown hair (sorry to ruin the illusion, i color my hair, for those of you who thought i was a natural blond:)).

**the baby carl video is a must see, it is supremely funny!

***i cut my face out on purpose, it was hideous! i set the timer on my camera and took the pic all by myself!!!!!!!!!