Chicks & Bunny

We had Easter pictures of Aubri taken a few weeks ago, and they turned out darling! She loved on the bunny, but wanted nothing to do with the chicks because they just talked they whole time.  I wish we would have gotten more pictures of her smiling, but she wasn't feeling the best and wanted to play outside, rather than sit inside posing for pictures.

      

Its apparent that Aubri thinks smiling in pictures is a sign of weakness or something. She will be all smiles and giggles until she is expected to smile on demand. 

We are so excited for Easter coming up in two weeks. I've been buying things for her basket, as well as Austin's. Its hard not to buy her everything. Especially clothes, because she gets to excited and loves them so much! The necklace she is wearing in the pictures was a huge hit! She loves to wear and usually wears it from the moment she wakes up, to the second she goes to sleep. She is exactly how I was when I was little, just a little more overboard and not so tacky. lol

Spring is Here

It has been so long since I posted last. We are all alive and absolutely loving this beautiful weather we have had lately. Everyday we go outside and walk around, eat bark, swing our hearts away and climb the play ground until our limbs can no longer move.  I can already tell that this is what our life will  be like every day this summer, and I am 100% happy about it. I don't particularly like being couped up inside all day.

Yesterday, we took full advantage of the 70* weather. We headed up to Alpine and had a picnic with Bre and Braylee at the Creekside Park (If you haven't been there, its a must. Its ginormous  It has tennis courts, basketball courts, endless views of green grass in every direction . It decked out with state-of-the art playgrounds and a spectacular splash pad, which we can't wait to use this summer!) The girls loved playing outside. They didn't care much for the playground. They preferred to meander around the trails picking up rocks, sticks and playing with the dirt. 

I am just loving the age Aubri is at. It has been so much fun! Just yesterday after the afternoon at the park, I put her down for her afternoon nap, I went to get her out after she woke up and I was amazed at what I walked into. Aubri had stripped down naked in her crib. She took her shirt, socks, and diaper completely off. And to put the cherry on top, she peed in the corner of her crib. Oh my.  But I still adore and love my peanut.

Our life has been so crazy lately, but we truly are so happy and blessed with the life we have been given.  I am currently taking a Dental Assisting course (Which I love, and will be finished in April!) Austin is doing fantastic at work, and as always is a spectacular husband and father. We have been house shopping for six months or so. At this point, we are leaning more towards building our home, and  have officially decided to make the move from Utah county to Salt Lake county.  Which we are both thrilled about, and we are positive Aubri will love a bigger home with stairs to run around in and won't tell the difference. I'll keep trying to post more often, but its hard to take time away from my cute family to do so. Feel free to follow us both on InstaGram, for more frequent postings, tanders620 & ando3. 

Our Valentine

Umm...can I just say this girl is gorgeous, beyond gorgeous. Like its not even fair. She has such a beautiful personality, and has the most lush lips, deep blue eyes and perfect skin. We fall more in love with this adorable girl each day. It blows our mind that on Friday, she will be 14 months! So bizarre how fast time flies when you have a little tyke toddling around your house. We are loving her babbling self. 

We had her pictures taken for Valentine's Day--and I loved every single one! If you want to see more, check out mine or Austin's Facebook. Each one is breath taking. I can see why my friend Bre is a photography addict!:) I can't wait to get her Easter pictures done, too. The middle of march just can't come fast enough!

Signing Time

Our cute little Roo has turned into a spounge when it comes to learning new things. She already has picked up so much in such a short time. She signs thank you, please, food, drink, milk, and more on top of all the other signs she knows. She also has started to get herself dressed. She loves sweaters, jackets and coats. And she'll  wear all three if possible. We are just so in love and adore all the new little  things she is doing. She is such an add ducks at times.

Milk & Cookies

Well, we are officially back to working mode in our home. After our computer crashed, we wanted to fix it rather than buy a brand new one. We ended up fixing it and buying a new one. So we are now,two for two. Hooray! Anyways, I am so backed up on blogging, its not even funny. So I thought I would just jump into Aubri's big birthday bash we had for her! It turned out fantastic and we were surrounded by loved ones. It was perfect!

She wasn't a big fan of the frosting. She kept trying to fling it off her hand and just never got into the whole, smashing the cake. Silly girl.  She does however, love to eat cookies and milk with her Daddy, as often as we will let her.  Because of this, we had a Milk and Cookies themed birthday. It turned out so cute and perfect! Aubri is pretty shy when she is in a crowd. She clings tight to me and stays right by my side. Even if she knows everyone there. 

She has turned into such a fun, loving toddler. We are loving and enjoying every second of it. I think my favorite thing she has started to do is say "Mmmmm" when I head for the kitchen and grab a snack or meal for her. Its the cutest thing. She also loves to wash herself in the tub. She lathers up the soap in her hand and rubs her baby belly and anywhere else she can reach. It melts your heart! I'll post more about that in its own post.

So far the new year has been great! Other than this single digit weather...we are all in thermals and hoodies everyday all day, with the heater cranked. We just can't seemed to stay warm!  All we can say is we are ready for spring and warmer weather. Just warm enough where we can go on a walk. Is that too much to ask for?

From The Anderson's

Excuse our informal Christmas card. I never got around to actually making our cards until today. So its safe to say, these won't be printed and sent out this year. Next year is sounding more doable.  We have a teething one year old (all four molars at the same time.) On top of that, she had shots on Monday. Its been an emotional week for the babes.  Wish us luck that we will survive. Its testing all our patience.

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