Proof!...

...That Anderson is the funniest little kid!

Firsts...

First time picking bugs out of daddy's hair...

First time standing up between daddy's legs.

First time sitting up all by himself! (Well, it wasn't the very first time,
but it was the first time he sat up for a long time without falling over!)

First time talking to himself in the mirror at Grandma Haynie's house!

First trip on an airplane!

He loved it! We flew to Utah to visit family and take Laurie to school.
Anderson did so good on the plane. He slept the entire flight back to NC...he must really love his Mamma!

This is a Tribute...

...to 2 of my favorite people:

~~My beautfiul, darling, daring sister, Laurie, is leaving me!

She has packed her bags, aka 5 large suitcases, and is venturing off to the land of BYU. Now, I know this is a good thing. She will meet so many new people and will do all that "learny" stuff, but what am I supposed to do without her? Laurie is my little sis, my Buhbay, my friend. I am 6 years older than her, but it feels like much less. Over the past few years we have had some really fun times and have gotten very close. We have even been asked several times if we are twins. I have really enjoyed the fun, the trouble, and the jokes we have shared.
A List of memories/things I love about Laurie:
*When we came up with the nickname "Buhbay"
*Watching you play soccer.
*Stealing clothes from each other...I love being the same size! It's like going shopping when I walk in your room!
*Our late-night game of capture the flag, the police coming and sitting on the curb for an hour...Hey! It was mom's idea to play there!
*Going to lots and lots of movies, and ALWAYS getting popcorn!
*Mom reading Harry Potter to us.
*Sharing beds at hotels for dance competitions, soccer tourney's, or the Grandparents house in the mountains.
*Riding around the Grandparents yard in Granny's motorized wheelchair!
*You have the most extensive music library on your ipod that I've ever seen, besides Curt.
*Your enormous imagination as a kid...Imaginary friends Meg, Thunder, Lightening, and Tony Danza
*Your love of animals (mainly dogs), writing BLUE on mom's tupper ware bowl...HAHA
*Old Christmas Day memories while opening presents:
"It doesn't staaaaannnndddddd!?!?!?"
"A BREADSPED!"
*Trips to Disney World, and your visit to see us in Florida.
*Watching Dante's Peak while home alone and getting scared!
*Spending time with you and your friends, whether it was making music videos with Eliza, driving around town with Dana, or hangin at the beach with Eve.
*Going to the mall together...we did that a lot!
*Finding names in the hymns at church.
*Always having goldfish to snack on at church.
*Loungin' on the couch on Sundays, or any day for that matter.
*I love that you are outgoing and you make friends so easily.
*I think you are hilarious.
*You are a genius! Seriously people, my sister is SMART!
*So fun to be with and talk to.
*I really admire your self confidences and love for life.

I could think of a ton more, but that'll do for now. I am really going to miss her, she is my best friend. But, I am so excited for what her future holds, so WATCH OUT BYU, Laurie's coming!

I LOVE YOU LAUR!

~~And second, I'll have you all know that my little Ande turned 4 MONTHS OLD yesterday! I won't go too crazy talking about him, since this whole blog is basically devoted to him already, but congrat's to him for putting up with us for that long! What an adorable, lively, smart little chunkeroo he is!

Thank you America!

I know this is a little after-the-fact, but I had to say something about this season of SYTYCD. Overall, I thought this season was kind of forgettable, with only a handful of really talented dancers. I thought that Jeanine, Brandon, Kayla, and Ade saved the season, or maybe my standards are too high. Nothing will ever live up to my memories of season 2. Several years later, here I am, still able to recall some of my favorite dances from that season. But back to this season. Going into the finale, I really thought Evan would win and that would have been a TRAVESTY! So many people liked him, but honestly, I can't believe he made it to the top 10! So, what I'd really like to say is, THANK YOU AMERICA for voting for my girl JEANINE! She was A-mazing! I didn't even like her at first, which was probably due to her terrible partner, Phillip. Him getting kicked off was the best thing that ever happened to that girl. After he left, I started to realize how ridiculously good she is! For the first time since season 2, I voted. Several times. Here are a couple clips...first one of my favorites from season 2, then of Jeanine (it's not actually from sytycd but a clip of her dancing at competition)...





And while I'm on the subject of thank you's, here are some other things I'm thankful for today:

1. Thank you Anderson, for sleeping 13 hours last night.

2. Thank you Aldi's, for the lowest prices in town and for only being a block from our apt.

3. Thank you YMCA, for giving me a chance to get back in shape while you watch Anderson.

4. Thank you to wedding receptions for the candy buffet's which provided us with endless amounts of chocolate that we are still eating several days later.

5. Thank you OxyClean, for getting out those tough stains, without you, Anderson wouldn't have any clothes left.

Family Picture!

I meant to add this to the blog a few days ago.
This is my favorite picture that Laur took of our family!

You so funny Daddy!

Nobody can make Anderson laugh like his Daddy!!!

Catch up!

Alrighty, we've got to play catch-up here. We have been using Picasa to post the pictures on here, and I have no idea how to put more than 4 pictures in a blog using that. I sorta figured it out with this one, but scroll on down, there are several new posts!

Curtis had a fun date planned for us last week. He kept it a big secret. He was given tickets to the Jason Mraz concert! (THANK YOU SO MUCH for the tickets, by the way!) We both love him, it was so much fun! It was at a smaller size venu here in Cary. Everyone comes and sits on these grass tiers with lawn chairs and blankets. Luckily, we had tickets for the tables on the patio. We had a waitress and everything. Good times!

Anderson is still intrigued by the tv. Saturday he watched Playhouse Disney while we vacuumed and cleaned up.


This is us at a Hannah and Wor's wedding this weekend. My sister took some pictures outside of the reception. They are pretty good! Looks like we got our family Chrismas photo already! Thanks Laur!

Laurie and I



This is Anderson's new bff! A friend of mine had a baby 11 days before me and he was at the reception too. It was so cute! They just stared at each other and then the other baby put his hand on Ande's knee. Eventually they were holding hands. It was awesome.



Chad and Syd...this one's for you. It's a picture of Ashley! Well...a little girl that looks exactly like Ashley when she was younger. Freaky!

Anderson keeps waking up from his naps a little early because he keeps getting a stuffy nose. This is what we did with our time:

We woke up one morning to Ande hanging out in his crib like this:

A couple nights later, it was his arm sticking through the rails. He has gotten so wiggly! He just moves all over that crib, so we finally got some bumpers.

He loves to stand up and he can now roll over from his back to his stomach. We're working on the whole sitting up thing.