Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Mara's Many Faces...


Helping Make Dinner

December Minnesota Trip 2010

This year we will be celebrating Christmas in our own house in TN for the first time ever! We are so excited! But, we wanted our extended family in MN to have a chance to meet Mara, so we made a trip up there this past weekend. Here are a few highlights...
Elsa and Jeryn monkey piling on grandpa
The Macy's Display in downtown Minneapolis
My SWEET niece Elsa
Bedtime stories with Grandma and Grandpa
Happy early birthday Auntie Kirk
Jeryn's First time sledding...so fun!!!

Sunday, December 5, 2010

3 Months!

NOT looking at the camera
A kiss?
Please get off me!

After 103 photos with Josh's camera these three were the best I guess? HA!! Thank goodness for digital imaging and the DELETE button.

Mara is now 3 months old and we are enjoying her more and more each day. She has recently discovered her hands and has started to bat at her toys and try to suck on her fingers. My most favorite is her smile! It is truly infectious and Jeryn has such a way of bringing it out in Mara! They are two sweet sisters who love each other to pieces...I will re-read this when they are 12 and 14 to remind myself!!

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Hey Griswold, nice lights!

We put up the Christmas lights this weekend too...the new LED white lights look blue. Not really what we intended, as the back of the house looks like a a law office or something. Oh well, at least they are energy efficient. Here's what 650 'cool white' Christmas lights look like:

In true Clark Griswold form, we cut our own Christmas tree too. We didn't find it in the middle of the woods, just at the local tree farm. Looks like about an 8 footer:

More Thanksgiving Picts


The Anderson Fam, originally uploaded by josh77anderson.




Mom and her kids, originally uploaded by josh77anderson.




Auntie J and Uncle Betty, originally uploaded by josh77anderson.

Someone Got a Time Out

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Me and Keith

So I ran into Keith Urban at the Titans game. He's a really nice guy. Not too tall though...he had 3" boots on and we're still the same height.

She's 3!!! Well, almost...

We celebrated Jeryn's 3rd birthday yesterday a few days early. We decided to forgo the BIG birthday bash this year and just spend time with the people that matter most to Jeryn right now...the Franklin's from across the street. So, this year it was swimming at the community center followed by Papa Murphy's pizza, balloons, presents and a dairy queen cake! What more could an almost 3 year old ask for? It was a fantastic time with friends!






Sunday, November 7, 2010

2 Months!!

Where oh where does the time go? I can't believe that 2 months have passed. Mara is such a joy. She fusses when she is tired or hungry and really that is about it. She is sleeping longer stretches at night which is fabulous and has started to smile and giggle a bit! She had her 2 month appt on Friday and she weighed in at a healthy 11lbs 5.5 ounces!! Whoa!! Jeryn was only 10 lbs at 2 months! It is good to know that she is eating well. Unfortunately, the Anderson household has been a sick one the past week- everyone has had one version or another of a cold-Mara included. Hopefully everyone will be on the mend this week so we can get back to our playdates and happy selves.

Mara...just hanging out





Monday, November 1, 2010

Trick or Treating 2010

Partway through she just couldn't help herself and had to take a tootsie pop break

Jeryn and Lauren- BEST buds!

Well, my intentions of getting pictures of both girls "dressed up" last night failed. Mara fell asleep in her pink blanket and so we didn't even use the lady bug blanket like I had planned. I got a few pictures while Jeryn was trick or treating and that was it. I guess all that matters is she had a fabulous time! Lauren was so sweet and walked with her towards the end. Now I have the task of answering the question, "Where is my candy Mom?" and "Can I have a sucker now Mom?" for the next week. It was a fun day and a GREAT weekend!