Our little Princess

 
The other night, I went to check on the kids before I went to bed and noticed that Savannah fell asleep with her Princess hat on. She laughed when I showed her the picture in the morning. 

With Auntie

 
Man, my hand looks huge next to his little face. I enjoyed holding him, but John reminded me that I had better not get used to it. At least Amani lives close by and I will hopefully be able to see him often. 

More pics of Amani

 
I don't think that my brother could be any more proud. He told me to post away, so I thought I would add a couple more cute photos. Enjoy! 

 
Look at all that hair. No wonder why Aleisha was suffering with heartburn. 

Here he is: Amani Thales Anderson

 
This cute little guy was born Jan 29 at 730pm. 7 lbs 5oz, 19 1/2 in with a head full of dark hair. I am not sure what his eyes looked like, they really weren't open for me today when I saw him, but he sure is a little peanut. You quickly forget how tiny they are. Jonathan and Aleisha are doing very well and are such proud parents. I am once again an Auntie. How very exciting! 

The new Guitar Band

 
Uncle was anxious to sit down and play duo guitars with Savannah, she felt the same! They were singing the alphabet and just strummin along. 

School Girl?

 
I think that Olivia was missing her siblings, she was pretending to go to school, wearing her sister's shoes and a huge backpack with her Dora toys inside. She kept telling us, "Buh bye, see you waiter" She would walk down the hallway and read books in Jackson's room then come back to the living room. How Sweet! 

 
Livi was waving good bye to me and my Grandma, as she was heading off to school in her bedroom. 

Sweet Big Sister

 
John and I had been talking, then we realized that Savannah was rocking Olivia and reading a book to her before bed one night. What a very sweet sight it was, it just makes you smile inside. 

Time goes quite fast

 
I was just going through some pics on my computer and came across this one. Aren't they cute? 

Out to dinner

 
We had such a nice dinner at Sol Fire downtown Milwaukee. The drinks were great, had a little sangria, a mojito and some free champagne. The food was very good and desserts, too. Today was a nice relaxing birthday. We went to late church, then to my grandma's house where my aunt and uncle were as well as my mom. Had a little carrot cake and brownies. I couldn't be any more blessed in my life with the family that I have. Thank you! 

Me and my girl!

 
 

The brown has a venetain plaster texture to it

 
 

Our Living Room with the new paint job

 
 

Four things:

Four jobs I have had:
1. mental health tech
2. behavior modification therapist
3. waitress
4. vendor at a movie theater

Four movies I could watch over and over again:
1. Notting Hill
2. Office Space
3. Father of the Bride
4. Old School

Four places I've lived:
1. Waukesha, WI
2. Milwaukee, WI
3. Seville, Spain
4. Verona, WI

Four websites I visit daily:
1. Cathy Zielske
2. Food Network
3.

Four of my favorite tv shows:
1. CSI Miami
2. American Idol
3. Extreme Home Makeover
4. Sex and the City reruns

Four places I have gone on vacation:
1. Florence and Rome, Italy
2. Anna Maria Island, FL
3. San Diego
4. L.A.

Four of my faviorite foods
1. Mexican, just about anything
2. French onion soup
3. pistachios
4.

Four places I'd rather be:
1. anywhere warm
2. Spain
3. Hawaii
4. a big scrapbooking office without distractions

Happy New Year Everyone!

I hope that everyone's holidays were as nice as ours. Christmas Eve night we had my family over and had a very nice evening. Christmas Day we opened gifts, Jackson was up at 520 ready to go, we had told hime the night before that we were going to wait at least until 6. After church we headed to my parent's for the day. A nice quiet day! Monday we headed to Lewiston and stayed until Thurs morning. We had a date night and everything. A very nice relaxing week with well behaved kids. New year's eve I work during the day, then we went out to eat and watched a season of "Sex and the City" this has been our tradtion for 3 years now. We did make it to midnight, very proud of us. Today we went to my parent's and had a nice lunch. One more day with John home. Tomorrow is cleaning day and take down the tree day. Jackson goes back on Wed, he is counting down. Can't believe it is Jan 1st, I am almost 30! I am feeling pretty good about it.

 
Livi and Nana just "snuggling" as Livi would say. 

 
Here we all are in our matching Mickey Mouse pj's. AWWWWWW! Jackson was so excited that he had the same pj's as John! 

 
Just a nice pic with Grandma and Grandpa on Christmas Day. 

 
Savannah as a fairy princess. Thank you Auntie Lolo!! We are having so much fun with the dress up and watching Savannah walk in the fancy shoes!! Baby steps! 

 
Uh oh, she got a hold of Savannah's lipstick. She also colored Nana and Grandpa's stairs with this bright pink color, but luckily mommy was able to get it out!!!! 

 
Officer Jackson was giving us tickets and American Idol Savannah was performing for all of us. Savannah got a lot of dress up clothes. She is enjoying all of them. 

 
 
Olivia with one of the many "Dora" items she got for Christmas.