May 20, 2008 - Here I am in the middle of a contraction....yeah! Our little bug was determined to have her birthday on the 20th. I started having contractions at about 7:00 am Tuesday morning and we were scheduled to have a c-section at 12:00 pm. Before we went in for the c-section, the contractions were about 3 1/2 minutes apart and were pretty intense. Although they were painful, I was happy in a way that I got to experience the "surprise" of when labor would begin.


May 20, 2008 - This is our "before" family picture. We dropped Aniston off at my parents before we went to the hospital to have our little bug. I was a bit anxious about leaving Aniston for three days, but she had no problem with it. As we were saying goodbye, she said, "Bye Mommy. Bye Daddy" and shut the front door.
May 19, 2008 - The "soccer ball jammies" are a HUGE hit! Aniston did not want to take her new Brazil Soccer uniform off under any circumstance. I was, however, able to get them off of her long enough to wash them. Every 15 to 20 minutes while they were being washed she asked for a "soccer ball jammies" update. As soon as they were clean, off came the real clothes and on came the soccer ball jammies once again.

May 19, 2008 - Aniston is really good about sleeping in her own bed, but occasionally she will climb into bed with us in the morning. It is amazing how much space a little body can take up on a bed...especially when she is laying horizontal.

May 18, 2008 - GO BRAZIL! A huge thanks to awesome Uncle Cade for these amazing "soccer ball jammies"! Uncle Cade recently got back from a trip to Brazil and brought these authentic Brazilian soccer uniforms back for Aniston and Ethan. As you can see, they both loved them! In fact, Aniston decided that her's were "soccer ball jammies" and refused to put on any other jammies to go to bed....these work just fine.

Maybe Aniston has a future in soccer.

May 10, 2008 - Aniston and Daddy are sporting their awesome "gwackes"


May 5, 2008 - Happy Birthday Baby Jade! Aaron and Savanna welcomed their little girl Jade on Cinco De Mayo. I was really excited to have Aniston go to the hospital and see the new baby. In addition to seeing her newest cousing, we were excited to see how she would react to mommy and dady holding a new little person. Aniston wasn't so sure about her new baby cousin, but was fascinated with her "purple toes."
April 28, 2008 - Ansiton really loves beans! Even more than eating them, she loves playing with them. She has really gotten into playing with her food and here you can see that the beans are "swimming".
April 24, 2008 - Aniston was so proud of herself.... She wanted to help Shelby learn the alphabet, so she put all of Grandma and Grandpa's letter magnets into Shelby's water dish. Good work!

April 24, 2008 - I know that I am biased, but I swear our little bug is so smart. As I was cleaning up, Aniston took it upon herself to bring all of her Noah's Ark animals from the toy room downstairs and line them up in a perfect semi-circle, with their respective partner. Additionally, she matched the little green elephant up with the mommy and daddy elephant...I was so proud!

April 21, 2008 - Mommy's sidekick! Aniston likes to help when I cook dinner by putting her feet in the sink and playing with the water. This particular day, however, went a little farther than her feet.

Tulip Festival 2008

April 19, 2008 - We ventured out on a VERY WINDY spring afternoon to visit the tulip festival at Thanksgiving Point. Although the flowers were somewhat sparse this year, Aniston took it upon herself to pick one of the few tulips that were in bloom. She probably wasn't supposed to do it, but we sure thought it was funny.
Yeah! We found a stick!
Grandma and Aniston
Although you can't see or hear the harp, Aniston danced and danced and danced!

April 18, 2008 - Our trip to the zoo with Grandma Annie, Kylee, Jen, Ethan, and Boston

Although you can't see them, Aniston was quite excited to see the monkeys.
Aniston and Grandma Annie watching the elephants.
As you can see, the elephants were a big hit. I think anything would have been a hit after the albino alligator. Aniston came out of the exhibit saying, "Alligator scary!"
Bear...Raaaarr!
Although she doesn't look too enthused, she was happy to see the zebra's. However, it took all of thirty seconds to hear, "Mommy, giraffe?!?"

April 18, 2008
Despite the fact that Aniston is running away, she was actually very excited to see the mommy and baby giraffe.

Aniston LOVED sitting on the tiger....Raaarrrrrr!

Here's our little monkey. I tell you what, she will climb/swing off anything she can.
Aniston's normal apple juice in her normal sippy cup was more than sub-standard compared to grandma's awesome juice boxes.

April 12, 2008 - I couldn't figure out why I was having such a hard time putting her jammies on....I guess she is not a mermaid after all.

April 12, 2008 - The many hats of Aniston and Daddy

April 12, 2008 - We are in the process of growing out the bangs so this is the look that Aniston will be sporting for the next couple of months. She is not in to keeping clips in her hair, so we just let it go where it falls. I don't think it matters a whole lot, she is still cute no matter what.
April 12, 2008 - Aniston just tried to go through the doggy door and found Libby waiting anxiously on the other side.
April 12, 2008 - Best buds!

April 9, 2008 - We came into the baby's room to find Aniston relaxing.
April 9, 2008 - Mommy's little helper. I know that pins probably aren't the safest "toy" for a toddler, buy she was fully supervised and had no injuries. The "nesting" phase of pregnancy has more than set in and I was quite set on getting the curtains for the girls' rooms complete. I must say that I am quite pleased with my "crafty" work and it could not have been done without the help of my special helper.
April 8, 2008 - When we got to Grandma and Grandpa's house, Aniston was so excited to run over to the blooming flowers to take a whiff.

April 6, 2008 - We love our new potty! We have found that our new big-girl potty is great for hiding things in and a make-shift stepping stool. I suppose it will take some time to really get into it...the idea of using it for its intended purpose that is. Honestly, I have no real intention of placing a lot of emphasis on using the potty until after little sister arrives...Mommy just doesn't have the energy required to see through every time.


April 6, 2008 - Ansiton and Ethan are really good friends. Occasionally we find the two of them sitting quietly next to each other or quietly kneeling with folded arms ready to pray.