Our fur baby

Meet Toby :)

The newest member of the Anderson family

He's a 9 month old Harrier (mix?) that we rescued from a local shelter. And he seems to be fitting in GREAT with our family!

Home at LAST!!!

This has been the LONGEST 7 months of our LIVES!!
I think this moment here was the longest though..
the first bus pulling in..

Woo hoo they're HOME!!!!!

HURRY UP and let them GO!!!!

FINALLY!!!!

Home at LAST!

SOOOO glad Daddy is home... it's been a long 7 months, but this homecoming made it ALL worth it!

We LOVE you Daddy!!!!

Oh how the years FLY by!

It is so hard for me to believe that in 3 short years (that have flown by WAY too fast) my baby girl has gone from this beautiful, tiny, little bundle that SOLELY relied on me...

To this 3 year old independent little beauty!

I don't even know where to start when it comes to describing my girl and all of the wonderful things that make her, her. She has changed SO much this past year, by looking at pictures it's clear to see that she's losing her "baby" look.. she no longer has the baby chub, her hair is growing long and beautiful and though I am amazed and so excited by all that she is becoming, I so miss her baby days! She has a love for everything.. she's constantly talking, asking questions, wanting to do what I do and I love it. She's all girly-girl. She's a Cinderella, Disneyland, Shamu and Ice Cream loving THREE year old and I can't believe it! Paige Ryan, words cannot express the love I have for you.. but I will spend every day of the rest of my life showing you! Happy 3rd Birthday baby girl!!

We didn't do much today for her birthday because the poor girl has been pretty sick :( Our original plan was to go to build a bear today and then in a few weeks have her "Cinderella" party. Instead of build a bear, we just stayed home, opened a few presents and had cake.

Helping me with her cake..

Can you tell she loves purple sprinkles??

Happy Birthday!

Make a wish!

Luke's new "CHEESE" face.. he also enjoyed the cake :)

Hopefully she feels MUCH better at her party in a few weeks!

For Paw Paw...

Happy Birthday Paw Paw!!!

WE LOVE YOU!!

We miss you and Grandma lots and hope you're enjoying your trip to Indiana.. See you soon!

Oh and FYI- these pictures are alot harder to take then I thought they would be! My kiddos are little stinkers!

Flashback Friday

I LOVE fall.. I love the weather, the pumpkins, the scarecrows, the warm colors..EVERYTHING!! So I thought since we're now in September, and well on our way into fall and all the wonderful things that come along with it that my flashback would be of our visit to Oak Glen last year.

It was our first time going and we loved it. I can't wait to continue our new family tradition this year..

It's AMAZING (and kinda sad) how much my babies have changed in just 12 short months!! Actually, i've changed quite a bit too.. but there's not ONE sad thing about that!! (more on that later:)

Happy Friday... and Happy Fall!!!

A new FAVORITE place

WHIMSICAL!!!!

Paige had chocolate with rainbow sprinkles (no her cup was not full, it's the kinda place where you fill it yourself and they weigh it :) i'm sure she would have LOVED that though!!

and Luke shared with mommy.. Cake batter flavored fro yo.. yuuumm!!

Do you think she enjoyed it??

It was a fun thing to do on such a HOT day!