It is so hard to believe that it is March 31st and I am updating the blog for the first time this year. So sad! Well, not to make excuses, but it has been quite busy. The Christmas season went by in a flash and we enjoyed spending it with lots of friends and family. In December we received the wonderful news that Adam was going to be assigned to a detective spot starting in January so we had to bust our butts and do some shopping! Since Adam was used to wearing uniforms to work and jeans and t-shirts on the weekends we had a lot to buy. Thankfully we found out early enough to put nice work clothes on Adam's Santa Christmas list!!
We welcomed in the New Year by having some friends and family over on New Year's eve. It was a nice night and we actually stayed up past midnight! Quite a accomplishment for parents of two young boys! New Years day we spent hanging around the house and enjoying our family. Adam was scheduled to start at the detective bureau on January 16th (which happens to be my parents anniversary) so we decided to head up to the mountains the weekend before with my entire family and have a nice snow weekend. Unfortunately we had a incident on the way up on Friday, putting on snow chains, where my Dad started having some chest pains. We immediately headed home and sent him to the hospital to get checked out. Long story short, my Dad ended up having triple bypass surgery on January 15th to repair a 98% blockage on his main artery. The doctor said that if the surgery had not been performed then he would have died of a massive heart attack within the next month or two. We could not feel more blessed that the blockage was found and fixed so we have many more years with my wonderful Dad! What a wonderful anniversary gift for my parent's anniversary!!
The week following the surgery was crazy to say the least. Adam started his new position, we were trying to visit Dad at the hospital and helping my mom out at home. To add to the craziness Adam and I found out on the Thursday of that week that I am expecting a baby! WOW were we shocked!!! It was certainly not something that we planned, but who are we to question God's will? The new little one is due on September 26th of this year and we are getting pretty excited! The most fun thing was telling everyone that we were pregnant. Since we were not even trying it was a shock to EVERYONE!!
The boys are doing wonderfully. Alec is SO excited about the new baby that he kisses my belly every morning and every night. He is convinced it is a girl and refers to her as Ashley. I keep telling him that it might be a boy (Anderson) but he is not buying it. Sure would be nice if he was right, but I would certainly take another little boy also...as long as it is healthy. Alec is enjoying school and I just registered him for next year's classes. He has made lots of friends and our social calendar is filling up quickly with play dates and birthday parties. His favorite friend at school is a little red headed girl named Carly. He calls her his, "sweet girl." I just about DIED when he referred to her as that the first time as that is usually his name for me. I thought it would be much longer before I had to deal with this stuff! Alec is so compassionate and smart and I am so proud of the boy he is turning into. I can't wait to see what the future holds for him!
Aaron is doing well also. He is still a peanut but he thinks he is about the same size (and age) as Alec. He wants to do whatever Alec is doing and play with whatever Alec is playing with. He has quite the temper and will not hesitate to let you know when you have done something that does not agree with him. Although whining is still is primary source of communication, he is starting to use more words. Popular ones are now...doggie, mammie (grammie), baby, peeees (please), and ah-ah-ah (his blanket). Aaron is completely in his element when he is outside, preferably on his scooter. If his scooter is not available then he will settle for sucking the dirt off of rocks in his mouth. Yes, this is a inherited trait...I used to suck on dirt clods as a child...but see how well I turned out!?! :)
Things look bright for the future and we are enjoying every second of it. Adam LOVES his new position and is drudging through school. He only has one year left and can't wait for it to be over. I am finally past my morning sickness stage of pregnancy so hopefully I will be able to take on projects that have been neglected over the past few months and get moving. I promise to update the blog more frequently and add some pictures. I hope all my faithful (but few by this point I am sure) readers are doing well and I will keep you updated!
We welcomed in the New Year by having some friends and family over on New Year's eve. It was a nice night and we actually stayed up past midnight! Quite a accomplishment for parents of two young boys! New Years day we spent hanging around the house and enjoying our family. Adam was scheduled to start at the detective bureau on January 16th (which happens to be my parents anniversary) so we decided to head up to the mountains the weekend before with my entire family and have a nice snow weekend. Unfortunately we had a incident on the way up on Friday, putting on snow chains, where my Dad started having some chest pains. We immediately headed home and sent him to the hospital to get checked out. Long story short, my Dad ended up having triple bypass surgery on January 15th to repair a 98% blockage on his main artery. The doctor said that if the surgery had not been performed then he would have died of a massive heart attack within the next month or two. We could not feel more blessed that the blockage was found and fixed so we have many more years with my wonderful Dad! What a wonderful anniversary gift for my parent's anniversary!!
The week following the surgery was crazy to say the least. Adam started his new position, we were trying to visit Dad at the hospital and helping my mom out at home. To add to the craziness Adam and I found out on the Thursday of that week that I am expecting a baby! WOW were we shocked!!! It was certainly not something that we planned, but who are we to question God's will? The new little one is due on September 26th of this year and we are getting pretty excited! The most fun thing was telling everyone that we were pregnant. Since we were not even trying it was a shock to EVERYONE!!
The boys are doing wonderfully. Alec is SO excited about the new baby that he kisses my belly every morning and every night. He is convinced it is a girl and refers to her as Ashley. I keep telling him that it might be a boy (Anderson) but he is not buying it. Sure would be nice if he was right, but I would certainly take another little boy also...as long as it is healthy. Alec is enjoying school and I just registered him for next year's classes. He has made lots of friends and our social calendar is filling up quickly with play dates and birthday parties. His favorite friend at school is a little red headed girl named Carly. He calls her his, "sweet girl." I just about DIED when he referred to her as that the first time as that is usually his name for me. I thought it would be much longer before I had to deal with this stuff! Alec is so compassionate and smart and I am so proud of the boy he is turning into. I can't wait to see what the future holds for him!
Aaron is doing well also. He is still a peanut but he thinks he is about the same size (and age) as Alec. He wants to do whatever Alec is doing and play with whatever Alec is playing with. He has quite the temper and will not hesitate to let you know when you have done something that does not agree with him. Although whining is still is primary source of communication, he is starting to use more words. Popular ones are now...doggie, mammie (grammie), baby, peeees (please), and ah-ah-ah (his blanket). Aaron is completely in his element when he is outside, preferably on his scooter. If his scooter is not available then he will settle for sucking the dirt off of rocks in his mouth. Yes, this is a inherited trait...I used to suck on dirt clods as a child...but see how well I turned out!?! :)
Things look bright for the future and we are enjoying every second of it. Adam LOVES his new position and is drudging through school. He only has one year left and can't wait for it to be over. I am finally past my morning sickness stage of pregnancy so hopefully I will be able to take on projects that have been neglected over the past few months and get moving. I promise to update the blog more frequently and add some pictures. I hope all my faithful (but few by this point I am sure) readers are doing well and I will keep you updated!
