Christmas 2010

This past weekend we went to the Mall to get a picture of Whitney sitting on Santa's lap. The line was horribly long and then Whitney just sat and stared at Santa. She would not look at the photographer nor was she remotely interested in listening to mommy telling her to look up, but we did get a cute one of her and Santa all interested in each other. Maybe we can try to scan it into the computer sometime so we can put it on the blog. But here is us waiting in line

They had a really cute set up at the mall to make it look like Santa's Workshop. We dressed Whitney up all cute for the picture.

I was warned ahead of time to not put your kids in red when sitting on Santa's lap because then it blends into Santa's outfit. So we thought the dress woudl be perfect. we took advantage while at the mall to buy a cute Baby's First Christmas ornament. My aut gave us a first Christmas ornament when Will and I were married and we wanted one for Whitney. I plan on getting one for each future child as well because I like them.

Whitney sometimes has photogenic moments and we have to take whatever we can get because she usually has kind of a deer in the headlights look. But this time she decided to give us a big grin.

I have been telling her about Christmas, not that she understands what I am talking about, but I'm sure that she will be excited to unwrap presents in a couple of days. we will be sure to take lots of pictures. I hope everyone has a great Christmas.

Of Birthday's and Babies

Here is what I received from Courtney for my Birthday. a very nice card, Peanut MnM's and some warm slippers.

Whitney had a good time at the birthday too. I received a few other presents from all my mommies and daddies and siblings, thanks every one.

Courtney also woke up early and baked me a delicious coffee cake for breakfast. 10 extra points for Courtney.

the slippers are extremely fasionable!!

and now for your viewing pleasure, more pictures of the baby

Caught red handed !!

and now your punishment is...

... look! a cute baby


-- baby pictures end here --

we also got a cool advent calendar from mamma keeler, thanks so much

and last but not least is the little gingerbread (graham cracker) house that could. Courtney wante to be sure that every one knew that this house was made while several young moms watched all their babies, while all the husbands played halo for the evening. so it is not exactly the Bel Air of ginger bread houses, but cozy and delicious none the less (when was the last time you said that about a house) plus Whitney and courtney look pretty great too.



buh bye

new new new

Well, we promised to post a picture of the pregnant belly, and Will didn't want to feel left out. So he gets a picture also. Now that the baby room is all ready, all we need is a baby. We cannot really put up much on our walls, being in an apartment, but we really wanted that picture and we got it for Christmas. Someone told me about little stickers you can put onto your walls that peel off real easy, maybe we will look for some cute girl ones at WalMart. We have just about 7 weeks to go, if all stays on schedule. The doctor at Courtney's last appointment said that she looks a little small, so he said that we might need another ultrasound after he checks again in two weeks. Hopefully, everything is well and the baby is just a little small, at least that's what the doctor is thinking. And Courtney wouldn't mind having a slightly smaller baby during delivery, as long as she is still healthy. It would be kind of cool to get an ultrasound this far along; we would really be able to see our baby well.
Christmas was great. We want to thank everyone for the great presents, especially Scott and Emily and Mom and Dad Anderson. We were back in Pasco and were able to spend a lot of time with Courtney's family. We even got in a good snowball fight, which I declare the boys to be the winner and ultimate champion. It was nice to see everyone for a few days.
We hope to keep avoiding the snow this year. So far, Cheney has been very mild with very little snow or ice. Everybody was a little nervous that we would have a repeat of the last two winters, but that hasn't happened yet. Our fingers are crossed for continual warm weather since Courtney has to walk home from work everyday and Will rides the bus to his internship, but we shall see. We hope everyone had good holidays and is starting off the new year well. And we promise lots of postings of the baby coming shortly.

Winter Wonderland in Cheney

So winter has finally hit Cheney. We were hoping to avoid it until after Christmas, but no such luck. Everyone and their dog has told us about how awful winter is in Cheney, but we didn't believe them until we saw the craziness for ourselves.



We are trying to remain positive though; at least, we don't have to go to work since we cannot move our car. They have shut down the day care and the copy center until farther notice. But we have to call everyday to see if we will be needed. It's kind of fun to stay in our apartment sipping hot chocolate and eating whatever we can find in storage. And we have decorated a little bit. The garland wouldn't stay up with scotch tape, so much for those commercials that say scotch tape can handle anything. But at least you can see our cute little Christmas tree.