Late summer and Fall Pictures

August 6--Driving Grandpa's car down the street

August 20-At Jumpin' Joeys.  Alex learned how to climb up the ladder and slide down all by himself.

September 10--Tired boy fell asleep at lunch

September 20--Mama came out from a bout with morning sickness and found Buster arm deep in a bag of tortilla chips and watching Ellen.  :)

October 3--Driving an ambulance with Pa at the Firehouse Open House

October 17--At Kerry and Maggie's wedding in Topeka, Kansas

October 21--picking out our pumpkins at Uncle Bill's Garden Shop

October 29--Pa put me up in a tree!

October 30--enjoying the neighbor's massive leaf pile!

October 31--the cutest elephant with his sucker and Grandma

November 14--Playing at the playground during one of our many trips to Cleveland this fall.

November 15--Sorry it's blurry!  Riding in his car up in Cleveland

November 27--Enjoying his first snowball fight on the day after Thanksgiving.  He LOVED the snow!

First sled ride!  

November 22--intently watching Daddy play his horn at a gig on Ludlow.  

Baby #2

Well....in case you haven't heard, Baby Anderson #2 is on the way!!  I'm 18 weeks along, as of today.  Baby is due to arrive on May 7th, 2010.  We should be able to find out if it's a boy or a girl before Christmas.  :)  The first trimester was really rough.  I was very sick and tired ALL the time.  Thankfully, the second trimester is here, and it's wonderful!  I have energy, an appetite, a baby that I can feel moving around, and a little belly.  My husband  is especially grateful for the nesting instinct that has kicked in after such a long time of feeling sick.    

Alex knows that a baby is coming.  He has been super sweet.  He points to my belly when I ask where the baby is.  One day a few weeks ago, Alex came over, lifted up my shirt and put a toy on my belly.  I was a little confused, and then it dawned on me.  I asked  "Is this for the baby?"  and he grinned a huge smile.  He just recently started giving the baby (my belly) kisses.  He will just run over to me, lift up my shirt and kiss the baby, then go back to playing.  So sweet.  Hopefully he's still sweet when the baby is out and taking Mama's attention away from him!