Busy, busy, busy!

Whew! We are staying on our toes around here with tons of holiday fun! While I'm lacking in time to write a proper posting to update you on what's been going on around here, the least I can do is share some pics! The bonus....they are all taken with our fancy new camera that Reese and I got each other for Christmas! Enjoy!

Anderson and his buddy Brody having a ball in the rocking chair.

Anderson creating his cookie masterpiece.

Yummy!!

My little mischief maker "feeding" Riley.

Just being a boy.

Taking Mommy's shoes for a walk!

Our Christmas tree

Trip to Lubbock

While Reese was at a training for work most of last week, I decided to take Anderson to Lubbock to visit his grandparents since he won't see them for Thanksgiving this year. It had been almost a year since we'd been back! I was very nervous about taking him on the flights by myself, but he surprised me and did really well. Here's a picture of him just chillin' on the flight there, watching Blue's Clues on my Ipod.

Anderson loved spending time at Nana B and Grandpa Billy's house. He loved crawling in and out of the doggy door that leads to Macee's potty grass. He played this game over and over and over until we forced him to come inside which of course brought tears.

Anderson really enjoyed going walking with Grandpa Billy and Macee as well as playing in Grandpa Billy's truck. All day long while Grandpa Billy was at work, Anderson would go to the garage door and ask to go out to the "truck". As soon as Billy walked in the door after work, Anderson would be so excited to get to go push the buttons and pretend to drive the truck.

We were also able to spend some time with Uncle Ryland, Grandma Ellen, and PaPaw. Anderson had so much fun playing with Ryland's bucket of balls and trucks. Here he is driving trucks along the concrete path with PaPaw.

Anderson's new game is "Falling Down". He will semi-run and then carefully "fall" to the ground fully expecting someone to say "Uh Oh Anderson fell down!". Then he laughs, gets up and repeats. Here he is after falling in the grass.

Anderson's favorite book right now is a picture book with many, many different types of trucks. He loves to point to each truck and have it named. On a few pages, he can identify almost all of the trucks if we say them out loud (Big Rig, Car transporter, Fuel Tanker, Container Truck, etc.)! Well, he was in Heaven at the airport as we waited for our flight home. He loved watching the planes and the airport fuel truck. He watched the fuel truck take fuel to the plane then come and park right by this window. The driver waved up at Anderson and the look on his face after he waved back was just priceless. Here he is watching intently.

Time flies

It might surprise anyone who reads our blog that Reese is actually writing this entry. The first piece of business is to note that we've now got our web address (www.reeseandallison.com) pointed to this new site. Hopefully that means that our friends and family can more easily find us.

As one would expect, this site is all about Anderson, and our new little one we're expecting in April. We haven't decided whether or not to find out if it's a boy or a girl. On the one hand, it sure would be easier to plan/paint/buy clothes. However, on the other hand, we're tempted not to find out because when in life can you truly have a great surprise like this? Would the anticipation be invigorating or stressful?

Stay tuned for our decision, and maybe even the answer.

Playhouse Fun

Earlier this week we met with Anderson's friends at a Playhouse for some fun. There were loads of fun toys and structures to play with! Anderson loved the swing, train table, and play kitchen the best. He also took two rides on a car rollercoaster. The video below doesn't capture well enough the speed at which he was going as well as the hilarity of the ride. For some reason this had me laughing hysterically both in person and once I got home and downloaded the video.

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!