Favorite Words

Anderson is really talking a lot now, or at least trying to. Some of his favorite words are, "More!" - as in right now, I don't want to wait.

"Bath!" - as in right now, I don't want to wait.

"Choc milk!" - as in right now, I don't want to wait... Get the picture? Well, in case you didn't, I took a few of him tonight, demanding More!!!

And while I was at it, I took a few of the kids goofing around in the kitchen. They are all camera hams. They love to come look at the display to see what kind of picture I took, then run back into position. Oh, and the reason Annaliese has no shirt on, is we just had dinner and I didn't want her to get anything on her shirt, so instead of putting another one on, she insisted on waiting until after dinner to put on the original shirt. Some days you just have to pick your battles...

Anna and Anderson Spells TROUBLE!

So, I gave Annaliese some stickers and before long, I heard her and Anderson laughing hysterically. I was actually in the same room but wasn't paying attention to what they were doing. They were standing at the top of the stairs going into the kitchen putting ALL those stickers on each other.
It was one of those times that I thought it was as funny as they did, so I had to take a couple of pictures. The two of them together truly is TROUBLE!!!

They were very happy to pose for pictures, but notice how many more are on Anderson than Annaliese, Hmmm.....

The Dogs

A few weeks ago when the wind was really bad and the temp was really low outside, I felt bad for the dogs and let them into the house (from the garage). The dogs have never been inside dogs, and they can't handle being inside for long because it is so hot for them. But, it was kind of fun and the kids got a kick out of it.

Buz and Molly

Buz

Annaliese and Molly

Annaliese loves Molly! Molly is still kind of leary around the kids. She likes them for the most part but you can tell that she is just like "what ever". For some reason though, Annaliese really takes to Molly and wants to pet her and be near her. Now Buz loves all the kids and totally takes it all in, all the attention and is very enthusiastic about them. Overall, it was a fun evening to have them in the house. I have no idea what we would do if it was a permanent thing, our house is small enough without another 25o pounds of dog!

Cow Girl!

Brad was working on Steve and Alicia's car and we were hanging out in the living room. The kids were all playing upstairs with Andrew (their little boy). All of a sudden, Annaliese appears at the top of the stairs in this cowboy/girl getup. It was hilarious! Just look at her grin!

I tried to get a picture of all the kids together and none of them really turned out that great - too much grandstanding. But, I got a good picture of Jackson and Andrew.

Kids are sick

Anderson
Annaliese

So... The kids aren't feeling well. It started with Annaliese on Saturday night, thought she was better on Sunday and then Sunday night she got sick again. Anderson hasn't been sleeping well either. Then yesterday, Jackson got sick and now I am hoping the rest of us don't get it. Hailey is feeling fine so far. I am so run down with lack of sleep at this point, I don't think I could handle getting sick. Of course, maybe if I did, Brad could stay home and take care of me ~ wouldn't that be nice?! These pics I took of Annaliese and Anderson when they were finally sleeping for a nap yesterday. They are always so sweet when they are asleep.

Too Cute!

Annaliese is so photogenic. This picture was taken this fall with the other pictures, but I love it so much, her character really comes through - and I love that smile! This is one that I am going to try to get enlarged and put in a frame.