Bye, Bye Baby Curls

 Before I went off to girls camp, I finally bit the bullet and cut off Spencer's baby curls. It is too hot in Vegas to have much hair and he had been irritated by a sweaty head. I know I needed to do it, but it was hard to say goodbye to my little baby. He definitely looks like a toddler now.

 The only time I had to do it that I would have help was late at night the Saturday before camp. He was grumpy, but I had good helpers to keep him entertained.

It looks pretty good, even with all the wiggles.

Now is the month of Maying

It has been a crazy month for us. We kicked it off with Spencer's birthday on the first. Several birthday parties at the Grandparent's and our house happened. I am pretty sure he ate the equivalent of an entire cake himself...and LOVED it.

Birthday maccaroni. This kid LOVES pasta.

Train cake made by Mom

Cousins with birthdays 3 days apart

Mmmm, chocolate frosting. Thanks Grandma Anderson!

The boys in their birthday outfits. They love the kitty.

We had our one year old check-up. He is over the 95th percentile for his height. I can't remember for his weight, but it was in the upper 80s. The doctor was impressed with how smart he is. He is walking proficiently and can stand up all by himself. He also says "What's that?" ALL the time. It is really cute and very clearly understandable. He had immunizations that he had a really bad reactions to. One week of fevers, onset of a rash, the rash cleared up, came back with another rash and severe itchiness, followed by a swollen injection site and sore muscles. Poor kid and poor Mom and Dad. I didn't appreciate how good of a sleeper Spencer is, but this last month of him not feeling good and being up in the night had made me so grateful for how well he sleeps.

The only time he sits still enough to cuddle. Someone needs a haircut.

Celebrated Cinco de Mayo with the best churros yet. Both of our Mom's had birthdays. We had an anniversary (with a sick baby all we did was go to the temple to do sealings because I couldn't bear to leave him for too long, but it was fun to have the sealer who had sealed us 3 years ago be the one there that night). Mother's day we gave talks in sacrament meeting on...wait for it....following the prophet. I thought we did a good job at tying it in though. My parents came to watch Spencer for us and Spencer called Dad on the stand using Grandpa's phone. Luckily it was on vibrate.

Spencer was upset we didn't have a pinata.

We have been trying to stay on top of getting our house and yard in order, but with our callings and jobs keeping us busy sometimes I don't quite make it. We are ok having a less than spotless house though. We bought a swamp cooler that we have yet to put in, but I am excited to have it set up so we can use the garage as a playspace. Our food storage is all organized in the garage. My dad had some shelves for files at the office that he was going to throw away and being the packrat that I am I kept them and turned them into this...

Behold, Food Storage galore

I love it. And Nathan admits that although he had his doubts about keeping the shelves, he really likes how they worked for the food storage.

Nathan got picked up by the school district for extended school year, so we feel very blessed that he will have some extra paychecks this summer. I am a little sad that we won't get to have as much time together, but we love provident living. I am getting ready for Girls Camp this summer. Our ward went rappelling this weekend with the girls to help teach them their knots and have a little fun. I can tie a bowline like a pro now.

Rappelling at Red Rock

The Davis family reunion is this weekend and we are super excited to have some family time.

Her is a funny Spencer-ism for you. He has started throwing all of our black shoes in the bathtub. He has done it several times now and it is just our black shoes. I don't know why. I wish I could understand some of his little jabberings when he really gets talking so I could understand how his little thought process works, but it is funny none the less.

County Fair! (in pictures)

Super Spencer

My sister, Kristianne (10), is quite the writer. She has written a series of poems and stories about Super Spencer. Here is as much as I can remember of one of her first poems.

Super Spencer is so sweet.

He really is sweet.

Super Spencer loves to eat, 

He loves to eat cereal with his fingers like chopsticks. 

He uses his pointer and middle finger. 

Who needs thumbs?

Soup and Spinach salad galore.

We don't really feed him salad yet because he doesn't have any teeth, 

but he does love to eat like a grown-up. 

No bottles for him. He prefers a cup. 

Don't mash his banana. He wants to eat it right from the peel.

Super Spencer begs for more!

And who could resist that face?

Super Spencer is not sad, 

Super Spencer loves his Dad!

Brightly Beams

For Christmas, I gave Dad a paintings of two lighthouses in his mission. I haven't watercolored since I was in middle school, but I really like how they turned out. They will replace the ugly flower pictures that came with their house in the entry way.  He visited the lighthouse at Peggy's cove. I asked Dad which lighthouse he liked the best for the other one. I told him after painting them that he definitely has a lighthouse "type"... red top, white everything else. They almost look the same. It was fun doing it. Next I think I am going to try doing the Las Vegas temple for my house. We will see how ambitious I am. I have a feeling painting will have to wait until Nathan's next break now that Spencer is mobile.

Cape Anguille, Newfoundland, Canada

Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

An Anderson Holiday Part 2

 Went to Ethel M and Magical Forest at Opportunity Village to see the lights with Grandma and Grandpa and Aunts and Uncles too.

 Made Spudnuts! One of the Keeley family traditions that we have introduced to the Andersons. They look pretty professional, right? They tasted even better than they look.

 Drove to St. George for Steak and shrimp with the extended Anderson clan.

 Watched the nativity and saw the lights at the temple. Not quite Salt Lake but it helped fill in on some missed traditions.

Had a wonderful Christmas morning with family and were spoiled by Santa and grandparents.

 

 Look at that cute boy!

Had Great-Grandma Davis and Megan over and tried to skype with Linda. It didn't work out so instead we skyped the my family and built a block tower.

 Learned to crawl and eat cheerios.

Slept under the Christmas tree post-Christmas, another tradition.

Hope your holidays were as merry as ours.