sleepy baby

This photo is a rare sight. When we were in China Anslee fell asleep when we were holding her a couple of times. When we were flying to Arizona she fell asleep when Keith was holding her. This is the first time she has fallen asleep with someone holding her at home.

Now that Anslee has given up her naps(!!!) we may see a little more of this. Neither Keith or I mind getting this extra snuggle time :-)

The Game Ball

Andrew loves playing baseball. He isn't the best on his team, but he isn't the worst :-)
Every game the coach gives out the game ball. Andrew got it this game for knocking in the winning run. He was so excited.
Anslee just adores Andrew right now. When she wakes up in the morning she asks if Andrew is on the bus. She can't wait for him to get off the bus in the afternoon.

zoo trip

I went with Andrew's class to the zoo. When I taught school field trips were so stressful. It was nerve wracking to keep track of 21 children in a public place!
Andrew's teacher divided the class up and each parent had 5 children. We only had about 2 1/2 hours to go through the entire zoo and to eat lunch. Amazingly we were able to see all the animals including the baby panda. The children were exhausted when we were done since we had to run to each animal!

T

Author's Party

Andrew's class had an Author's Party. Each child in the class writes and illustrates a story and then all the parents come in and read and sign the children's books. Andrew did a great job writing and illustrating his book and he was so proud of himself.

I have been so happy with Andrew's school. If you look up your school on greatschools.net you can find great information about it and the surrounding schools. Before Andrew started kindergarten, I was impressed with our schools standardized test scores but a little concerned that the teachers were just "teaching to the test". I was so happy to find that this is not the case. His kindergarten and first grade teachers have been incredible and he has learned so much. I also love the ethnic diversity at our school. We have a large Asian and Indian population so Anslee will never feel like she is in the minority.

Doesn't she already look comfortable :-)

Happy Birthday!!!!!

Happy Birthday to my Dad, my sister and to Andrew!

I think it is so cool that they share the same birthday.

It seems like yesterday that Andrew was born. He was born at 1:30 in the morning at just 30 weeks. Keith and I were so excited and scared at the same time. Our Ob told us that he probably would not be crying so we were prepared for him to be intubated immediately and whisked away. But he started crying right away and had an apgar of 8. We were so happy. His 2nd apgar fell to a 4 and they had to intubate him, but we knew by his first cries that he was a fighter and would make it. After 6 long weeks in the hospital he came home. He has no problems from his early birth and is such an amazing little boy.

Easter Weekend

We went to North Carolina for Easter. On Good Friday we went to my sister's house and had a delicious dinner. We also got to hold and pet all the new babies on the farm. This tiny little lamb was a favorite.
Anslee loved watching the ducks get their feet dirty.
On Saturday morning we woke up to several inches of snow. We weren't expecting it at all so it was even more exciting!!

Uncle Mike made the cutest snow bunny with the kid's help. We used Easter eggs for eyes, a carrot nose, and black jelly beans for the mouth. On top is Mr. Potato Head bunny ears. Anslee couldn't bare to impale another peep on the snowbunny's other arm, so she is eating it instead.
It was great getting to spend time with my parents, two of my sisters and their families and my brother who brought his girlfriend I hadn't met yet. We had a wonderful time.
Terri

Andrew and I had this conversation Driving home from Sports Authority tonight :

Andrew said "Mom, there is something that I've really been wondering about for years."

I asked him what that was and he said "How did God decide to put my soul in this body?"

I said I didn't know and asked him if he felt like his soul fit pretty well in the body he has.

Andrew said " Yeah, I think it does. But you know how some people are born that can never walk? I think their soul is too great for their body and too big and that it has to kind of crumple in the legs to fit in and then they can't walk."

I might have written before about a conversation we had before he turned four.

We were in the kitchen and Andrew said "Mom, I know why babies cry when they are born."

I asked him how he knew and he said "Because I remember when I was born. I was up in heaven with God and Jesus and God told me I was going to have to leave him to go be born. He told me I would come back to be with him again but I still didn't want to leave. So when I was born I was crying so hard because I was already missing God and Jesus. But then I grew to love you and Dad. :-)

He thinks so much deeper than I ever did (or do!). His teachers have always said that he's an old soul and I agree.

On a lighter note, do you know what the appropriate attire is for grocery store shopping? You can wear anything as long as you wear a hat.

Anslee wore this pitcher to the grocery store and thought she looked so beautiful. She wouldn't take it off. She drew a lot of attention! :-)

Terri