Marna

A fun photo of James' grandma, Marna

McDonalds

Andersons!

Missing Charlotte

This is a silly photo we took at the Batchelor Thanksgiving at our house. Unfortunately, Charlotte was already in the bed.

Our Sweet Nieces

I can't wait until Charlotte is old enough to join in the antics.

Pretty Girl

Love

Baby MAN!!!

The Lord has blessed us again with a son. We're so excited!

Beach

We are driving to the beach for some r&r. Abel is singing, "Jesus help me get the blood." There are a lot of words in the song like "and I don't have spots on me and I'm a super owl, and they know why."

The wait is over!

Last labor day weekend we put our house on the market. This labor day weekend we got our new place. Praise the Lord!

He's Curious

POTATOES!

Last week Abel had his first official sleep over at grandma's house (my mom). He did a great job without us. The next morning he took part in his first potato harvest. Gramps (my grandpa) has a large garden with lots of potatoes to collect. Abel had a great time working hard and getting dirty as you can see. Collecting potatoes in his bucket with gramps.
Plowing up the potatoes on the "little red tractor"
The fruits of his labor.

Putting the potatoes in the pack house with gramps.

This is my favorite pic of Abel taking a little brake on the steering wheel of the golf cart after a long, hard morning :-)

Boston

As you can tell I am trying to catch up on some blogging from our recent Boston trip. This is the view from our "Duck Tour" boat. I hope to put some video up of it soon to give you a sneak peak inside the tours. We had a great time in Boston.

Swan Boat

3-D Grandma

Taking a rest in Boston

Fenway

On top of the green monster.

Boston Trip

It's hard to believe from the photo, but I ended up winning the
fight...and I ate his brother :-)

MARTA

CHARLOTTE!!!!!

Abel's first ride

Tank Update

Here are some close-up shots of the corals in my tank. Thanks to JJ
for the photos.

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First ride on the tractor

We all had fun at Grams and Gramps' house on Wednesday. Abel even rode
around the field with Gramps on the tractor.

ONE YEAR!!!!

God has given us a wonderful year with sweet (and sharky) Charlotte. She has had an interesting first year. When she was 5 months old we sold our house in Garner and moved to Durham. For the past 7 months (we were "sure" it would only be a few weeks) she has been sleeping in our non-walk-in closet. She is quite happy in her den and sleeps best at "home" but I fear she maybe out growing the pack-n-play.

Charlotte definitely has a distinctive personality. She is sooo sweet, snugly and lovable but will also so let you know when she is unhappy and wants something different (this is her sharky side - known as Sharky Charlotte). Charlotte has learned to hold her own (unfortunately) with Abel and will hit at him with an open hand or give him a loud yell if he is bothering her. She continues to be quick to fuss but also easy to sooth. She sucks her thumb only when sleepy or sleeping so this is a great indicator for us.

We love our pretty little thing so much and are looking forward to many more exciting years of growing.

Sleepy Charlotte

I liked this pic because you can really see her interesting eye color