Pictures

Here are a few better pictures. Thanks to Aunt Amy (and Aunt Linda's fancy camera). I really do have the best son though. We had a talk about needing sleep last night because the previous two nights he thought it was party time and only slept about 2 hours the whole night. I am pleased to say that last night I slept over 6 hours (not in a row, but it was a definite improvement and I would have been worried had he slept that long at one time). What an obedient boy!

...and Spencer makes three!

He's a boy. He's adorable. He's loved and spoiled by everyone.

First Picture of Baby Boy Anderson

We are pleased to introduce Spencer Erik, our May Day baby. He was 7 lbs 6 oz (yes I know bigger than you thought, no I don't know where I was hiding him at, probably in my ribcage) and 20 inches long.

We really appreciate all the prayers in our behalf. He is healthy. Momma is doing well and getting used to never sleeping. Dad is so good with his little boy and being such a good helper.

 

 

First Family Photo

We are really blessed that everything went as well as it did with all the things that could have gone wrong. I didn't have to have a c-section like they thought, Spencer did well even though it was a really long time in getting him here, and Nathan survived not one but two nights sleeping on the chair in labor and delivery. He put his foot down though when they wanted us to stay another night, so the nurse was nice enough to arrange for us to check out at practically the middle of the night. I must say probably the most traumatic part about the whole ordeal was the awful beds. My tailbone has still not recovered.

Being Discharged at 11 pm

We are also really grateful that he didn't have to wait a long time to be named. We are notoriously bad decision makers and were really worried about how important this one was. He only went a few hours without a name. Spencer just seemed to fit. We love our little tiny and are excited for this journey.

Guess that gender

The closer we get to having this baby, the harder it gets to not know if it is a boy or girl, but we are holding out. It is really funny to hear all of the women that come in where I work tell me all about how they know it is a girl because of this or they are positive it is a boy because of that. I do think it is interesting that the first two trimesters nearly everyone guessed girl, then it abruptly switched and everyone was guessing boy and now it is a mixed bag. We will be ecstatic either way. We are no where near being ready though. We decided to do a shower after the baby is born so that we will know the gender. Unconventional...I know, but that is how we do lots of things. This will work well for us. We have some of the basics and will make do for the meantime. We finally got the garage painted (Many thanks to my Dad and family for all of their help). Now the baby's room is not completely full of boxes, just partly. We are getting to where our house is settling in the way we want it. Hopefully soon I will post those long promised pictures of the rest of our house. They have me going once a week to be monitored at the doctors office. I am measuring really small, but the doctor is not too worried. I am a small girl and will probably have a small baby. As long as it is a healthy baby we will be happy. It is really funny to see the expression on people's faces when they ask when I am due. They expect it to be much further away. The official due date is May 2, but this baby has a mind of it's own so I have a feeling it will come on its own time table. Here's a picture of us from our family photo shoot a few weeks ago at my parents. It is hard to believe that in less than two weeks our family photo will have three people!

Thanks to Washington and Lincoln

We had Presidents day off together to work on all of the projects around the house. Ok, mostly Nathan worked on the projects and I helped some. Amy came and painted our baseboards for us, now we just have to do the doors and some touch up and the inside of the house will be done! Nathan cleaned the pesky pigeon nests our of our roof and put up chicken wire to impede them creating such habitations again. He also primed our garage. It smells better already. Can't wait for it to be done so we can fill it with junk. We also organized our office and had a special dinner together. Yum, Chicken piccata and garlic cauliflower with sparkling apple-cranberry juice. Yeah for holidays!

Wendy's Eat Your Heart Out

Saturday, Nathan and I decided to get our chef on and try out a recipe we found online for Wendy's Spicy Chicken Sandwich. We love eating those spicy delectable sandwiches but at $5 a pop it doesn't happen very often. I am pleased to announce that they turned out awesome. We also had some of Nathan's famous french fries and I made a Frosty that tasted just like the real thing. No, really it did. Ask Amy, she will testify to its authenticity. My husband is a lover of all things fried, so he was put in charge of the actual greasy part.

Hot, Right? Nothing like a man barefoot in the kitchen

I'm not the best cuisine photographer. So sue me. It tasted much better than this picture can ever get across.

Anderson Update

Since last post was all about shopping, here a post about what we have really been up to.

We went to the annual Davis Christmas tree burn...I think they had about 22 trees to burn.

Epic. Good food, good friends, BIG fire.

 Uncle Bob had a special way to protect his face from the firey inferno. The rest of us just played yo-yo moving our chairs closer and further from the fire depending on the level of heat.

 We organized our pantry. It looks awesome! We love food storage, especially when we can find what we need. (This is my mom's favorite part of our house, by the way.)
 Nathan and Dad planted two pomegranate trees. I can't wait until they start producing.

 Amy and I made rockin' Valentines. They are pretty much professional.

 We joined my family for the traditional Valentines' Day Dance Party. Each year we dress up, put on some music and everyone gets their groove on. I'm not gonna lie, its pretty cool. This year mom made delicious hamburgers for dinner beforehand. Doesn't sound like a very Valentine-y meal? Well you must have not ever eaten one of my mom's delicious homemade hamburgers. Any excuse to have them is good enough for me.

 Aww, we're so festive.

 Some pics of the beginning of the dance. Jimmy decided that air guitar was just not good enough. Sorry, I did not get any picture of our awesome Riverdance solo line.

Happy Valentine's Deals To Me!

Yesterday, since Nathan had a short day at school, we decided that I would drop him off and get some errands run while he was in class. I have finally started showing so some maternity pants were a necessary item on the menu. Nathan thinks the baby is "tired of getting squished". So off I went to shop. I love finding good deals and thrift stores are a good place to start. At my first stop I miraculously found a pair of brand-new, tags-still-on cute pants. It was too good to be true. Could they possibly be my size? YES! Now let's sweeten the deal a little.
Here is the original price of the pants.

Yes, that is almost $35.
Here is the thrift store price.

Now, I just happened to find them on a day that all items with a white tag were 50% off. For those of you that are math challenged, that would be $10 my cost.
But WAIT...it gets better. (I know you're thinking "It can get better than brand new jeans for $10? On the fist day of looking for an item you need, at the first store?" At this point I would be thinking this.)
Well I got to the counter and rang up at...

 That's right. $5. The lady that rang me up was super nice and gave me an extra discount.

 Then I went to another thrift store and they were having a huge red tag sale. Everything with a red tag was 2/$1. You had better bet I jumped all over that. The following is what I got for $9.

3 baby outfits
1 little pink dress...yeah we don't know what we're having but for 50 cents it was too good a deal to pass up and someone is going to have a girl sometime.
2 little person jackets
2 camis
1 button down shirt for Nathan
1 mens sweater
1 cute grey sweater for me
1 fitted tan blazer
1 black jersey knit dress
2 button down shirts for me
1 t-shirt
2 slips of various lengths
1 cute sundress for Kristi- also too cute to pass on

 I am still in awe of the bargain-ness. Then at the DI, Nathan found this cool mirror that he wants to pain the frame on and hang in the entryway. (Who knew...he's an in the closet DIY guy)

 And this plant...that did not photograph well but will look nice in our house.

I love deals! I am so glad Nathan understands this and doesn't laugh at me when I come home with little girl clothes because they were "just too good to pass up". Ok so maybe he laughed a little, but it was a loving laugh.