Halloween

Anderson was a fisherman for Halloween this year. He did great wearing the costume and carrying his fishing pole so everyone could see the fish he caught! After a few pictures there is a video of Anderson going down the bouncy house slide at the Halloween carnival we visited.

Taking out the Trash

Anderson loves taking trash out to the big garbage bins outside. Whenever he sees the bag sitting by the door in the garage, he gets so excited and takes it straight there once the garage is open. Here he is managing a rather large load!

Getting Bigger!

TX State Fair

Last weekend we took Anderson for his second trip to the Fair. Last year, he went as a baby, but didn't get to sample the yummy goodies that he tasted this year! He also had lots of fun playing the fishing game. No rides this year, still a little too small. Anderson LOVED the farm animals and threw an enormous tantrum when we left the barn area. Overall, we had a great time!

Our Busy Boy

One of Anderson's favorite activities these days is going into the backyard with Daddy. He's already figured out that's where the fish are and he enjoys going to visit and take care of the pond.

Tornado Anderson is making a daily landfall here in our home. It's becoming very difficult to avoid having our house look this way most of the time. Thank goodness we don't get many unexpected visitors! One would think we have a large dog in our home!

Immediately as this video was being ended, Anderson took that book he was bringing me and threw it at my face (he hasn't quite realized stuff like that hurts)! He hit me right in the corner of my eye so hard that it immediately swelled up and over the next few days a bruise formed. I'm just glad I hit the 'end' button or else the video would've caught me gasping and crying in pain!

18 Months Old! Where did the last 6 months go?

Here's a sampling of what's going on with Anderson.

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  The sweetest thing ever! When we are out and about and Anderson hears another child say the word Mommy, he turns quickly to me, points, and exclaims proudly "My Mommy". To him, I'm the only Mommy in the world and those other kids are just all confused.
• In trying to keep Anderson's baby book up to date, I recently wrote down every word Anderson has said, at least as well as I can remember. He is up to almost 50 if you include the 10 signs that he uses frequently. Some recent new words are: balloon, star, towel, bus, and door. His new signs are "help", "drink" and "cereal". He loves watching his signing DVD and I'm amazed when he starts using a new one.
• Anderson loves spotting and hearing airplanes, trucks, fire trucks, and helicopters. He's a pro at imitating a fire truck's siren.
• Shapes and letters all around! Anderson has always been interested in printed letters and numbers. At the pool this summer, he would be more interested in going and pointing at the letters printed on the side (3 feet 6 inches) rather than being in the water. Lately he's been very interested in ABC books. He will identify the letter 'A' both in pointing and verbally. His favorite little alphabet book is the 'D' book because he can "read" every page on his own. The book is only 3 pages but he proudly exclaims "deer", "dog", and "duck" as we turn the pages. He's a pro at shape sorters and will verbally identify "star" and "circle" as he places them. It's so fun to see him learning through our dialy playing!
• Last night Anderson was determined to take an old, non-working cell phone to bed with him. I obliged, of course, thinking it would do no harm. Boy was he was a busy boy in his crib after the lights went out! I watched him on our video monitor as he proceeded to make pretend phone calls for about 30 minutes. He even shared some airtime with his puppy as he would hold the phone up to the dog's head. Eventually he fell asleep for the night, but this morning he went right back to work making phone calls when he woke giving Mommy an extra 30 minutes in bed before he finally decided his phone calls were over!
• Anderson loves to pretend to go "night night" and then wake up to the excitement of Mommy and Daddy saying "Good Morning!". Recently Daddy put Anderson in his old cradle where Anderson thought it was lots of fun to play "night night good morning".

Just can't make it any longer....