Too Tired to Write!

So, here are some pictures of the cuteness going on over here!

A Little Comparison

Anderson at ~2 weeks old

Everett at ~2 weeks old in the same shirt, on the same pillow with big bro

Videos

Here are a few videos from when Everett was born!

Wow!

What a difference a couple of weeks makes! Everett is doing very good. He's a great eater so he's spending lots of time with Mommy! ;) He's giving us a few good 3-4 hour stretches at night, so that's good considering he's only 9 days old. So far, he's just being a cutie pie who stole my heart!

Anderson is the world's best big brother, literally. He loves Everett so much already and begins his day by asking where is "Baby Brother" and ends it with kisses goodnight. In between he's busy being a great helper by bringing Everett his pacifier, his blankie, or by turning on the music on the swing/bouncer seat. I really don't think I would've ever imagined Anderson would do so well with the transitions of bringing Everett home.

Some of you have heard that my step-dad, Billy, suffered a heart attack last week. This is been a very trying time, but has also proven to be an excellent testament to God's blessing and the power of prayer. Billy is headed home from the hospital today and that's definitely something to rejoice about. Please continue to pray for his full recovery and for my Mom as she takes this journey as well. We've been very blessed by God to have Billy a part of lives both now and in the future.

The Big Day

Well, yesterday was the day that little Everett decided to join us. It was quite an eventful 18 hours or so.

About 2:30 Sunday morning, Allison woke me up and said she couldn't sleep and that she thought today might be the day, but that nothing was contracting so she'd wait to call the Dr.

The next morning, Allison went to the Dr. who confirmed that her water had broken and that it was time to induce.

Dad found a good friend to watch Anderson while Grammy was in the air, and he headed to the hopsiptal.

When at the hospital, the delivery couldn't have gone smoother. Allison did a great job pushing, even though her epidural had pretty much worn off at the end. She delivered a beautiful baby boy, which we named Everett James.

All is well, although Everett is a sucker and hasn't slept for more than 45 minutes straight yet, so hopefully we'll get over that soon.

Anderson loves his "baby brother" and was very excited to meet him today.

Thanks for all the love and support.

A few pictures from the weekend...

So, this weekend we did some final prepping for the baby. We installed the infant car seat into the car which meant moving Anderson's seat to the window and putting the baby seat next to his in the middle. We took Anderson out there to show him and he was very interested in the whole deal. He was very proud that his seat was the "big" one and the other seat was "little" and for the "baby". However, when Reese took out the carrier part (the part you can tote around the baby in and pop back into the base) Anderson kind-of freaked out. He cried until we put it back in. So, not sure how that's going to play out once the baby is in it and we have to take him out while still in the carrier!

We also washed and reassembled the baby items like the swing, bouncy seats, etc. Anderson promptly took over the swing and spent most of the afternoon climbing in and out and demanding to hear us sing "Rock-a-bye Baby" and "Ba Ba Black Sheep" while he was swinging. Hopefully the novelty of HIM being in the swing will wear off shortly.



On Saturday we went to Anderson's friend's birthday party at a horse farm. Anderson was very excited to ride the pony! He got right on and had a grand time. The second picture is Anderson telling the pony "Hey Horsey!".

Here's a picture of Anderson playing with his new Mickey Mouse Bubble Machine that Aunt Reagan got him. I've already had to make a trip to buy one of those enormous bottles of refill bubble liquid because he loves this so much!

We took the final picture of Anderson with the Blue Bear that he had his picture taken with every month his first year and then every 6 months his second year. I thought this was the most precious smile! I compiled all the Bear pictures into a little Kodak photo book and it's just amazing to see how much he changed over the last two years! I guess we won't get any rest from the Blue Bear pictures, though! Now that Baby Boy 2 is almost here we'll be taking monthly pictures again! I can't wait to compare the two boys!

Gardening With Daddy

Anderson became the proud owner of a new shovel and rake this weekend. He loves using it out in the backyard, copying every move Daddy makes with his own tools. On Saturday morning Anderson and Daddy planted some new flowers together.

Ready with the watering can!

Just like Daddy...

Dig Dig Dig...

As much as he is a boy, Anderson does NOT like his hands dirty. There was a tiny amount of dirt on his hands here that caused major panic.

Taking a break on his new picnic table.