Christmas 2011

After attending Christmas eve service at Bethany Lutheran Church, we went to Grammy and Grandad's house for Christmas eve fun with the Anderson-Gilbert group. Christmas Day was spent at our house and we had everyone (minus Uncle Gabe and Aunt Kari who left for Phoenix on Christmas Day) over for dinner and Wits & "Waggers".

Below is a photographic summary of our family's Christmas celebration -



Team Anderson

Mollie and Sawyer at Grammy and Grandad's.

Ready for Christmas eve fun!

Decorating a gingerbread house with Uncle Gabe (not pictured).

To eat or to decorate...that is the question.

Christmas morning at our house before the little ones came downstairs.

The Little People Zoo Madelyn ordered from Santa.

It IS as much fun as she imagined.

Sawyer's first ride on toy. Wee!

Our family has changed so much in the past year. We moved, welcomed Little Brother Sawyer into the world, and watched Sweet Madelyn turn from a toddler into a little girl. Life moves quickly and I wish I could blog more frequently. But, I know I'm capturing some of the moments in their childhoods that will be looked back on fondly by all of us.

Six months old!

Vital stats from our appointment with Dr Marc -

Height: 26-1/2 in, or 55th percentile
Weight: 17 lb 14 oz, or 55th percentile
Head: 44 cm, or 80th percentile

I can...

* Sit unassisted
* Laugh, coo, gurgle, and say "bah"
* Interact with my big sister
* Roll front to back and back to front.
* Hold an object with my hands and pass it from hand to hand
* Flirt with anyone who'll give me the chance

So, this post is almost a month late BUT better late than never! Happy six month birthday, sweet boy. How did six months go by so quickly?!

Things that go bump in the night

Sawyer is almost ready to sleep through the night. But, we're not quite there yet. At any rate, every little, or not so little, noise wakes me up these days. Last night was particularly goofy night at our house. I'm pretty sure there wasnt a full moon either.

230A. I was awoken by the pitter-patter of little feet running across the tile downstairs and someone yelling, "It's Christmas!" I'm not sure what I was most concerned about -- one of the outside doors being opened and the house alarm going off instantly, the gifts under the tree being torn into and me having to re-wrap them all, or Madelyn injuring herself. I found my sweet little muffin by the kitchen table, brought her back upstairs, and tucked her in bed. There she stayed for the rest of the night.

515A. I was awoken by the sounds of toys falling. Assuming they were falling down the stairs, I got up expecting to find Madelyn headed back downstairs. But, no. I peeked in her room to find two cats. Nemo was under attack! Sadie cat, the look out, had already fled, but Felix was holding his position firmly on the dresser next to Nemo's bowl. The water was sloshing around and the toys on the dresser were all knocked off. When Madelyn and Griff got Nemo a week ago, I swore I would have nothing to do with it. However, I also don't want to clean up dead fish and stinky water. Nemo will be finding a new home within our house so that he can be better protected from cats.

On a side note, Mr Sawyer slept until 615A. Progress!

PS I do have six month pictures and stats to post but afternoon naps haven't been longer than 30 minutes lately so I'm a wee bit delayed.