Charlie and his animal sounds

We went to a parenting conference this past weekend at our church. The pastor talked about going to the zoo is like a God-fest because you can talk with your kids about all of the animals that God created! Well, the zoo and all animals are a God-fest-favorite for Charlie!! He is obsessed with all animals. Period. I tried to capture as many animal sounds as I could list on this video clip. After watching it back I made 3 discoveries... 1.) Man, I am really country! 2.) Sorry that I repeat the sounds after he says them 3.) Our son loves his animals!! Enjoy Charlie's cuteness!!

February 2011

February was another busy month with the Andersons!

This is my friend, Stephanie (below). She and I started our first nursing jobs together in H/O at Cook Children's (she still works there). She had her first baby, sweet little Abigail, February 21st. Here we are at her baby shower. Abigail has been diagnosed with a rare syndrome, needing lots of medical attention. You can read more about Abigail and see her sweet little face here. Please keep Abigail and their sweet family in your prayers!!

Charlie in the tub with Vivian Crazy hair Feeding the ducks in our neighborhood Thinking about the ducks My mom bought these cute boots for Charlie to match his Papa Jess (my dad). He looks a little "white trash" walking around in his diaper and boots, but he LOVES these little boots and looks darn cute in them too! We have a slide show of pictures from the zoo and Bear could sit here all day and make the animal sounds when they scroll across the computer. Charlie and Tucker swingin' Building forts with Daddy In February it snowed!! Charlie thought it was pretty neat. Our family, Copper included!! We bundled our bear and took him for a wagon ride! In the boots again! He could play with these oven mitts all day too An update of what Charlie is learning at daycare (this was from January) What they learned in February.... We live really close to an elementary school and when the weather is nice, Charlie loves to go play on the playground! Having some serious fun on the slide All smiles and giggles Daddy tossing Bear in the air Charlie and Uncle Justus on Valentine's in their red Charlie invited a few friends over for Valentine's day, Finn and Hank were not too happy about taking a picture but Charlie, Kate, Luke and William were having fun! Charlie and William left on the couch after all their friends bailed All the munchkins eating lunch together They ate heart shaped PB&Js of course! Charlie's cows (made just for Papa Jess) from school Valentine's artwork Charlie makes the cutest elephant noise ever!! I'll try to get it on video and post it soon. He raises his arm up and sucks in air everytime he sees an elephant. Good times at the zoo Charlie and his buddy, Luke Sweet friends at the zoo. We missed Bryan not being with us but he was off in New Zealand hunting!! We'll have to all go together soon! Our family This artwork below makes me laugh. He was given a marker at school and this is what he did. I guess you could call it abstract?? He also busted his lip in February but was still all smiles :) Last picture of his long hair (playing with cookie cutters and measuring spoons)

Charlie swimming in the tub

Sorry if you couldn't view this swimming video on the previous post... here it is:

Swimming

You might not believe this but when Carson was only 14 months old, he could jump off the diving board all by himself and swim across the pool. Scout's honor. Ask his mom if you don't believe me. Charlie, time to catch up to Daddy!! (evidence below of Carson)

Charlie turned 17 months old on Sunday (3.20.11) and is learning so much everyday! Well, we have a head-start on the swimming...Charlie has decided that he likes to swim now in the bathtub... I guess that means we're ready for summer!


Click here for a video of Charlie swimming in the tub.
(sorry if you cannot see this above link, it's yellow on my screen)

It's Spring Time!

Yesterday was the first day of Spring!! A little windy outside, but Charlie had fun playing outside with the water hose.... and he got a little wet too! His laughter is contagious!

January 2011

Ok.... sooooo sorry for the delay in posting. I'm BAAAAACK! We have been busy these past few months!! Here's a little of what we did in January (oh and Charlie turned 15 months old):

My Debbie's son, Jack, turned 4!! I love that little booger!

Carson with Tucker and Charlie (Tucker turned 1 in February too! All the boys are getting too big!)

Our friends, the Kovacs, were in town so we enjoyed a little Central Market lunch with them!

Charlie went to the FW Stock show for the first time too! He said "Doooo" (meaning "moo") about a hundred times in the cattle barns. He loves his cows!!

Hook 'em!! (ironically these are Aggie cows... look behind my head)

We enjoyed looking at all of the animals with our sweet friends, the Triggers

We had a playdate/brunch at Vivian's house with a few friends (from left to right): Caleb, William, Charlie, Vivian, Luke & Hank (Emme Cate not pictured)

Carson and I scored the best seats EVER at the rodeo (dirt-side) with our friends, the Bakers!! We made some new friends too, Lane and Kyle! We had a blast, Bakers, thanks again!!!! (Even though it always makes me sneeze, I love me some FW RODEO!!)

The next day we went to the rodeo with Carson's family.

Justus and his sweet girlfriend, Caroline

Gary & Wendy

Me and Carson

Charlie has been having a fun time playing with Daddy.

My handsome boys are all smiles

Being silly!

Seriously having a blast!!

And upside-down!!! (yes, he has 12 teeth!)

We used this picture (below) and put it on some cute Valentine cards to mail to Charlie's friends. How can you not be happy when you see that face?? (Even though this is in my January update, HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!! xoxo- CHARLIE) I just can't get enough of that yummy little face. Makes me happy every single day!! (his Valentine is still hanging on the front of my locker at work, so I see it multiple times through out the day)

Charlie's really, really long hair (Boppa and Papa Jess were really concerned that Charlie got a haircut, don't worry he got one in March)

Being silly in the tub!

Watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, eating a snack, and holding his SACRED lovie! When the "Hot Dog" song comes on, he gets up and starts dancing, then looks at us... cuing us to join in on the dancing. Justus, Carson and I sometimes get a little out-of-control with it... which of course makes him smile.

Reading books with Daddy. The little Bear loves to books. We have a drawer full of books in the living room and it's the first thing he goes for when he wakes up and when gets home.

Caroline and Justus reading Bear's books :) I might also add that these two are our favorite babysitters too.... Love you both!!

Charlie loves peanut butter on anything, including bananas (I know we're supposed to avoid it until he's 2 years old... but I went against my pediatric nurse practitioner knowledge and the only reaction from eating it is: happiness!)

Yes, he made a little quilt at school for his Gigi!! If you know my mom, you know she's made a few quilts in her days.... but probably nothing as fancy as this one. :) Yes, that's real fabric... plus glue and I think the colors complement each other very well.

Bear did not like the idea of wearing my boots

Charlie also started saying two syllable words too! Such as "duh-dle" which is "bubble" and "tuh-tul" which is "turtle"! It's the cutest darn thing I've ever heard. If you've noticed the trend of bathtub pictures its because he actually sits still in the tub and the picture isn't just a blur!!

I love this particular artwork from his school and I think its' beautiful! What do you think? I'm saving this one with those cute little fingerprints all over it.

This one, on the other hand, is pretty in it's own little way. The teacher said it was a heart-shaped sponge... kinda hard to see ;) Looks like an elephant to me. (more about elephants in the February post)

Again, reading books. But what is cute about this picture is the bib. It's not just your everyday bib... Charlie walks into the kitchen each day, opens the drawer where the bibs are, pulls one out, brings it to us, we put it on, then he walks over to the drawer by the dishwasher, bangs on it, saying "uh uh" and looks at us, then we get out his vitamin and he happily takes it and eats it! He L.O.V.E.S. those vitamins!! Too stinkin' cute... a vitamin bib. (also shows that he's a creature of habit)

The Pfaffs, Carson's cousin and her family, and his Aunt Linda and Uncle Jeff came over for lunch one day while Noni and Boppa were in town.... so they could all meet Caroline! Charlie had lots of fun playing with Haley and Shelby.

January was busy.... hopefully I can update you on February soon!