1 year old

Dear Abby Sue,
How in the WORLD are you a whole year old today?!?! It seems like yesterday that we saw the word pregnant on that little stick. Little did we know how drastically our lives would change, and how incomplete it had been before your birth. The day you were born is the day our family was finally complete.

I remember when we found out you were a little girl. I was in complete shock. Even though my gut told me you were a girl (everyone else thought you were a boy), I was still in shock. I was going to get the little girl I had always dreamed of!!! I knew your name before we left the doctor's office. Abigail Susan: after your mommy and Grandmommy. This is where Abby Sue came from. Everyone in mommy's family calls me Jenny Sue, and so naturally you became Abby Sue. ;)



You were originally due on mommy and daddy's 5th wedding anniversary, April 1st, but that was changed to April 5th. I still think the 1st is more accurate. So...you were either 2 days late or 2 days early. Either way, you entered this world much how you act each and every day....with wild abandonment and excitement...and absolutely perfect! :)


I started feeling labor around 3:30AM on April 3rd. I didn't realize what it was until the "cramps" I was having started becoming more and more regular, and began hurting. This is when I woke your daddy up. He fell right back asleep. I woke him up again....and we started timing the contractions. By 5:30 AMwe were on our way to the hospital. At 10:12 AM on April 3, 2011 Abigail Susan Anderson came into the world and mommy, daddy and Caleb were instantly smitten.
The past year has been amazing. You have amazed us with your personality, your ability (and want) to eat anything and everything, your obsession love for your big brother, mommy and daddy, and your spunky personality that Grandmommy calls my "payback."

You are the most perfect little girl, and I thank God every single day for blessing me with the privilege of being you and Caleb's mommy. I love you sweet girl!!!

Happy 1st Birthday, Abby Sue!

I love you to the moon and back,
Mommy

I've loved you...

I've loved you through prom dates, first dates, wedding dates and due dates...



I've loved you through high school days, college days, newlywed days, parenthood days...

I've loved you through "curfew-ed" nights, summer nights, snowy nights, sleepless nights...

I've loved you through life changes, name changes, career changes, family changes...

I've loved you through laughter, joy, sorrow, tears...

I've loved you through sickness, health, good times, and bad

...and through it all, I'm always amazed that you still love me, too.

Happy 6 Year Anniversary to the one I love.

There's no one else I'd rather go through life with than you.

Those Anderson Kids

Two kiddos keep me pretty busy, so I thought I would update with some pictures.

At 3 1/2 (almost) Caleb is the most perfect little boy ever!!! Don't get me wrong -- he has his moments -- but he is so.much.fun! He still loves anything baseball/football/golf/basketball and is still the pickiest eater on the planet. Seriously -- if there was an award, he would get it.

At almost 1 (where did the past year go?!?!) Abby is....a.mess. And a hot one at that. :) She is a doll, and one of the most cuddliest babies ever. She loves to give hugs and kisses, and loves mama and daddy time. It depends on the day as to who she wants more. I will do more of an update for her first birthday, so the next few pictures will have to do....

For 11.5 months I have been trying to get just a decent picture of my children. I try all the time to no avail. This is what they usually end up looking like....

Oh, those Anderson Kids...

I'm baaaack!

Well, 2 months later, a lost camera cord and a death by juice box macbook, I am back with a new computer (thanks, Michael) and a new camera cord! :)

Life around here has been super busy with just, well, life. Michael has been traveling for about 3 days every week since the beginning of February, so I have been single mommying it. It is not an easy job!!! Hopefully the traveling will be over around St. Patrick's Day.

On Valentine's Day Abby had tubes put in. We were nervous about the surgery, but she did AMAZING and our doctors were awesome, too. Miss Abby has also started WALKING!!! She has been standing up and cruising, for what seems like forever, but started taking steps on February 18th. Since then it has been more and more each day. We are thinking she will give up crawling all together in the not too distant future. Today Abby is 11 months old.....my how time flies!
Here are a few things Abby loves at 11 months....
- daddy - OMG -- obsessed is more like it!
- the bath tub - she loves to splash and mommy/daddy look like they just got off splash water falls after bath time
- her brother (she calls him Bubba)
- food -- any and all of it. She hasn't met a food she isn't BFF with! :)
- talking - she. never. stops.
- her bottle
- her baby

At 11 months Abby does not like...
- having her face washed/wiped
- sleep -- we are getting a bit better
- having her diaper changed or getting dresses

Caleb is doing great! He is such a big boy. He still loves anything and everything baseball/football/golf. He is the know-it-all about Cars 1 or 2, and thinks Lightening McQueen is the best thing since sliced bread. He is still going to school 2 days a week at our church. He loves it!!!! We have signed him up for t-ball with his cousin, Owen, and friend Robert. This should be a sight to see!!!

Here are a few more pics of my babies!

Abby and mommy before a baby shower for our new twin baby boy cousins, Jack and Will!

The Top 10 Moments of 2011

2011 was a great year for our family. Here are the Top 10 Moments of 2011 for the Anderson Family:

10 - Having these 2 miracles in our lives every day!

9 - Celebrating 3 amazing years with our baby boy
8 - Spending time with our friends.

dinner club kiddos (before Abby...we had 3 babies born this year!!)
at the fountains at the Mall of GA

7 - Spending time with our families.

6 - The birth of our cousins/nieces Harper Olivia Anderson and Evelyn Grace King...3 days apart, and 7 months since Abby!

5 - Our precious pig and pirate at Halloween.

4 - Caleb potty training himself. Yes, I can not take responsibility for this one.
3 - Our family beach trip to Pensacola Beach for Abby's first time at the beach.
2 - Caleb's first day of school.
1 - The birth of Abigail Susan Anderson. We gained a love we didn't know we were missing, and our family was finally complete. It has been a wonderful 9 months with "baby blue eyes."

Happy New Year! May 2012 be the best year yet!!!!!!!