ANDREW CHRISTIAN ANDERSON
8 lbs. 3 oz. 20 in.
PERFECT!!
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Saturday, May 15, 2010
FYI- Do Not Use Magic Eraser on Skin!
So you have all heard about my good intentions of trying to clean my child of messy stain on her skin with bad results. Well, my friends, it has happened once more. It seems I am a slow learner on how to effectively and safely clean my child and poor Delia is unfortunately my guinea pig!
Lately I have been finding so many "marks" on the wall made by mostly her and have gotten into a Magic Eraser frenzy! The thing really is magic when needing to clean surfaces of your home that are hard to get out. She got into the dry erase markers out of my church bag and colored all over her leg, coloring on herself is something she has done a hundres times. So I got this brilliant idea to use a magic eraser to get the marker out instead of scrubbing for ten minutes trying to get it out. I didn't scrub for very long and it came out great! Then about 15-20 mins. later she comes to me with make-up on and says "mom, I look gorgeous!" oh goodness! She attempted to put on mascara and lipstick! But this time I couldn't get to mad at her because it was kind of funny and cute at the same time and she was just innocently trying to "look like mommy" so I used some make-up remover to take it off. She then tells me she has on "owie" on her leg. the only thing I see is a slight mascara mark and figuered she has kind of scraped her leg with it, but it looked fine to me. She still kept coming up to me asking for a bandaid for her leg and I assumed she was just trying to find another excuse to get a bandaid, something she has been doing lately. Then finally she was getting really irrated by it, so I checked it again and saw a large red rash! What the?? So I figured that she was having some kind of allergic reaction to something because 20 mins. ago it wasn't there. So I put a little antibiotic ointment on it and a bandaid to make her feel better. Told her she could now get her shoes on and go outside with daddy, but she started crying and just wanted me to hold her. Hmmm...this must really hurt her when she doesn't want to go outside. Then a second "rash" appears on her lower leg. So now she has one on her thigh and her leg. What is going on? I tried for about 30 mins to figure out what it was that she came in contact with that is causing her to breakout ibn this rash. Then it finally dawned on me. she had colored on herself with markers, but that couldn't be it..oh, no!!! The magic eraser!! I hurried to the pantry to see what ingredients were in it..aparently none. But there is a warning that says to not use on skin, it will cause abrasions!! What! Why didn't I realize that before? It apparently has the same effect as steel wool when used on skin. Why do I not think of these things especially when it will hurt my child? So yes, I scratched the heck out of her leg..which is something I was really trying to avoid. Goodness!. So she has more medicine on and some cloth bandages to keep it covered for a bit and to make Delia feel better.
So just in case you're like me and think that a Magic eraser can be use on anyting..that's wrong.
***Note to self: always read instructions on something before using it anywhere especially your child!!
hopefully andrew will not have to suffer from my neglect of thinking before doing!
Lately I have been finding so many "marks" on the wall made by mostly her and have gotten into a Magic Eraser frenzy! The thing really is magic when needing to clean surfaces of your home that are hard to get out. She got into the dry erase markers out of my church bag and colored all over her leg, coloring on herself is something she has done a hundres times. So I got this brilliant idea to use a magic eraser to get the marker out instead of scrubbing for ten minutes trying to get it out. I didn't scrub for very long and it came out great! Then about 15-20 mins. later she comes to me with make-up on and says "mom, I look gorgeous!" oh goodness! She attempted to put on mascara and lipstick! But this time I couldn't get to mad at her because it was kind of funny and cute at the same time and she was just innocently trying to "look like mommy" so I used some make-up remover to take it off. She then tells me she has on "owie" on her leg. the only thing I see is a slight mascara mark and figuered she has kind of scraped her leg with it, but it looked fine to me. She still kept coming up to me asking for a bandaid for her leg and I assumed she was just trying to find another excuse to get a bandaid, something she has been doing lately. Then finally she was getting really irrated by it, so I checked it again and saw a large red rash! What the?? So I figured that she was having some kind of allergic reaction to something because 20 mins. ago it wasn't there. So I put a little antibiotic ointment on it and a bandaid to make her feel better. Told her she could now get her shoes on and go outside with daddy, but she started crying and just wanted me to hold her. Hmmm...this must really hurt her when she doesn't want to go outside. Then a second "rash" appears on her lower leg. So now she has one on her thigh and her leg. What is going on? I tried for about 30 mins to figure out what it was that she came in contact with that is causing her to breakout ibn this rash. Then it finally dawned on me. she had colored on herself with markers, but that couldn't be it..oh, no!!! The magic eraser!! I hurried to the pantry to see what ingredients were in it..aparently none. But there is a warning that says to not use on skin, it will cause abrasions!! What! Why didn't I realize that before? It apparently has the same effect as steel wool when used on skin. Why do I not think of these things especially when it will hurt my child? So yes, I scratched the heck out of her leg..which is something I was really trying to avoid. Goodness!. So she has more medicine on and some cloth bandages to keep it covered for a bit and to make Delia feel better.
So just in case you're like me and think that a Magic eraser can be use on anyting..that's wrong.
***Note to self: always read instructions on something before using it anywhere especially your child!!
hopefully andrew will not have to suffer from my neglect of thinking before doing!
Monday, May 10, 2010
7 Years and Counting
We have been married for 7 years now and I can't believe how fast the time has gone! We have been through so much together. Moved to 4 different cities. 2 Houses. Have had a beautiful daughter and now a son due any day now! We have traveled to many different places: Hawaii, Florida, Cancun Mexico, Chicago, Nauvoo, Tennesee, Missisppi, and of course the places we have lived: Utah, California, Kentucky, Colorado and New Mexico! It has been a fun journey and I look forward to many more with my wonderful Husband! He works so hard for this family and I appriciate and love all that he does. I cannot imagine my life without him, it would be empty! I love you, babe and look forward to the next 7 years!! Happy Anniversary!
When we were Dating
My Wedding Shower
Our Wedding Day: May 9, 2003
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Baby Updates!
So yes, I am still pregnant and probably will be forever! okay, so maybe not forever, but I have a feeling this one too is going to be over due and large like Delia was but the difference from other prego moms is that I will be delivering naturally(with the help of an epidural of course) my appt. last Friday at 37 wks 5 days. I was not dilating yet and was only 20% efaced. Now now one week later I will hopefully get some news that I am progressing, if only a little bit. We find out tomorrow if there are any changes. But to make matter more escalated, Christian leaves tonight until Sunday morning to go on a rafting trip that he has had planned before we even got pregnant...soooo. My father in law is out here helping out with things that need to be done(organizing the garage, replacing the mail box, etc.) so that has been nice. I told christian that the chances of this baby coming while he is gone is slim to none, however I did tell him he needed to decide what to name him before he left just in case I do have this baby while he is gone, and we did!! Yes, finally! ANDREW CHRISTIAN is going to be his name. and considering it was his great-grandfather's name from all the way back to the civil war(which we just found out last night) that seemed to be the deciding factor for him. funny how we have choosen names that are family names!! This time is so excting for babies because christian's cousin and her husband are adopting a little boy that is due 1 week after Andrew and Christian's sister is pregnant with her second due in Oct. So we are all excited about babies!! Well I will keep everyone posted on the progress of this pregnancy..I am sooo ready!
Sunday, April 11, 2010
A Nursery Mishap...and other Enlightenments!
So Sunday started out a pretty good day. Delia was dressed up cute in her new pink dress and I curled her hair. We were slightly late for church but we were not able to find an empty seat! So we sat out in the foyer..better for my behind anyway! Delia did pretty good although she still has a hard time sitting still. Later a couple of primary boys came and were standing out in the foyer because all the chairs were taken..this was during sacrament. They started rough housing a little, but it was just play. Delia however looked up at me and said, "that's not nice, mommy!" and of course I just say, "yep" because she says this a lot lately. Anytime she sees something that is "not nice" she lets me know, so now when she says it it's nothing spectacular anymore. So later while in nursery, about 5 min. before church is about over, someone is standing at the door of the cultural hall with Delia. This has never happened before, but figured it probably would since I ave been potty training Delia. So I just assumed she had an "accident" and was grateful church was over anyway. When I got to the door to pick her up, the primary president had told me that there was an incident in nursery and a little boy had bitten Delia's finger! What? Okay, wasn't expecting that. She said it had bled pretty bad but had finally stopped. Delia looked a little melancholly and sad, but wasn't crying and seemed fairly fine. She felt so bad and kept apologizing, but I was fine. I was just a little humored actually because little kids bite other kids all the time I just never expected it to happen to mine. I was just thankful that it wasn't delia who had done the biting.
Everyone was so concerned for her. Even the bishop called to make sure was fine and the 1st councselor stopped by to do the same thing. Never expected anyone to apologize really, it was no one's fault. But made me appriciate what good people we have in our ward and their true concerns for everyone. Makes me feel lucky to be a part of that. But they are 2. They are still learning what is okay to do and what is not. No matter how much their parents may have taught them or how good their parents are, little kids are going to do things that will make our heads spin. I can't be upset at a 2 year old child as if he were 16, or 25. I know better than that. that got me thinking.
Doesn't Christ do the same thing with us. Even when we are grown and know right from wrong, yet we still do them. We still disappoint our heavenly father and not necessarily intentionally. We are human and we are always going to make mistakes. That is why I am so grateful for my saviour and his sacrifice for us so we can be forgiven of our mistakes. So if Christ can forgive us of our mistakes shouldn't we forgive our own children for theirs? Whether we are teaching them not to bite or to avoid drugs and alcohol the same principle applies. We constantly need to be taught whether by our earthly parents or our Heavenly Father. And even so, we will still make those mistakes.
Just as there are those that do bad against us, we too do bad against others. We are not perfect. We need to make sure that we continue to be reminded about what is right and what is wrong, even in our adult years. It could have easily had been Delia who had done the biting because 2 year olds (and preschoolers) get frustrated and are still "experimenting" with how to portray that and get their message across. This is where we take these opportunities to teach our children, not if something happens, but because things like this are going to happen it is just a matter of when the teaching opportunity arises.
This made me grateful to think that my child is not the only misbehaved child, that I may not afterall be a bad parent, and that I need to reflect a little differently on what I have taught them when I see the good effects of it. When I get frustrated I need to step back and decide the best course of action rather than "acting out" without thinking which could have nasty consequences when Delia picks up on them as "acceptable" behavior. (this has happened on multiple occasions) But that doesn't if we are always the best example in front of our kids that they are going to be perfect either.
Because of my savior and the love he has for me to have scarificed for everything I have done wrong and will do wrong in my life I can look at situations like these and not even think about harbouring any bad feelings toward anyone especially those who are my friends. I am grateful that in the book of bad things that can happen to your child, this would be toward the back. I know Delia has been in much more peril because of my lack of parentship than a kid biting her finger! I took this as a personal learning experience for me and as a parent. Things are going to happen whether they happen to us or we happen to someone else, we need to be prepared on how to handle it and what better teacher is there than Jesus Christ to show us how!
The best part about all of this is how strong and tuff Delia is. She is still just as loving as she is with tantrums. She still asks, "a go to church a morrow?" She loves church and hopefully always will! If getting your finger bitten isn't the worst thing that can happen at church, we are on the right path!
Everyone was so concerned for her. Even the bishop called to make sure was fine and the 1st councselor stopped by to do the same thing. Never expected anyone to apologize really, it was no one's fault. But made me appriciate what good people we have in our ward and their true concerns for everyone. Makes me feel lucky to be a part of that. But they are 2. They are still learning what is okay to do and what is not. No matter how much their parents may have taught them or how good their parents are, little kids are going to do things that will make our heads spin. I can't be upset at a 2 year old child as if he were 16, or 25. I know better than that. that got me thinking.
Doesn't Christ do the same thing with us. Even when we are grown and know right from wrong, yet we still do them. We still disappoint our heavenly father and not necessarily intentionally. We are human and we are always going to make mistakes. That is why I am so grateful for my saviour and his sacrifice for us so we can be forgiven of our mistakes. So if Christ can forgive us of our mistakes shouldn't we forgive our own children for theirs? Whether we are teaching them not to bite or to avoid drugs and alcohol the same principle applies. We constantly need to be taught whether by our earthly parents or our Heavenly Father. And even so, we will still make those mistakes.
Just as there are those that do bad against us, we too do bad against others. We are not perfect. We need to make sure that we continue to be reminded about what is right and what is wrong, even in our adult years. It could have easily had been Delia who had done the biting because 2 year olds (and preschoolers) get frustrated and are still "experimenting" with how to portray that and get their message across. This is where we take these opportunities to teach our children, not if something happens, but because things like this are going to happen it is just a matter of when the teaching opportunity arises.
This made me grateful to think that my child is not the only misbehaved child, that I may not afterall be a bad parent, and that I need to reflect a little differently on what I have taught them when I see the good effects of it. When I get frustrated I need to step back and decide the best course of action rather than "acting out" without thinking which could have nasty consequences when Delia picks up on them as "acceptable" behavior. (this has happened on multiple occasions) But that doesn't if we are always the best example in front of our kids that they are going to be perfect either.
Because of my savior and the love he has for me to have scarificed for everything I have done wrong and will do wrong in my life I can look at situations like these and not even think about harbouring any bad feelings toward anyone especially those who are my friends. I am grateful that in the book of bad things that can happen to your child, this would be toward the back. I know Delia has been in much more peril because of my lack of parentship than a kid biting her finger! I took this as a personal learning experience for me and as a parent. Things are going to happen whether they happen to us or we happen to someone else, we need to be prepared on how to handle it and what better teacher is there than Jesus Christ to show us how!
The best part about all of this is how strong and tuff Delia is. She is still just as loving as she is with tantrums. She still asks, "a go to church a morrow?" She loves church and hopefully always will! If getting your finger bitten isn't the worst thing that can happen at church, we are on the right path!
Monday, April 5, 2010
34 weeks!! 6 more to go!
Here I am! I have finally gotten around to posting another picture of my growing belly and it has definitely gotten bigger since my last belly post! I don't look that glamourous because, 1) nothing fits, even my maternity close don't fit right becuase of how I carry. 2) I have no one to take pictures of me and I feel kind of silly asking some one to do it. 3) my camera is certainly not the best and dream one day have having one 10x better, but that is far in the future! So this is the best I can do. and may be the last you see until he is here.
Easter 2010
This year Easter was so much fun! The weather was much better than last year was and Delia is older so she got the concept of "finding eggs" much better also! I decided to make her dress more special this year rather than the usual "walmart" dress. I found a pretty purple one online and was also able to buy our little guy's blessing outfit too! I made a bow to match her dress and spent 40 mins curling her hair. Delia was pretty good at letting me do it and she looked so pretty afterwards! We taped conference so we could spend some time with some friends. We had an Easter egg hunt at the Country Club and this year they divided the ages, so it was a little easier for Delia, plus they were all just scattered about the grass and covering a large area, much different than last year so she got quite a few eggs. Then afterward we went with our friends, the Frank's and their daughter Ava to do our own egg hunt at a nearby park. The girls were pretty distracted playing on the slides while we hid some more eggs. they had a lot of fun finding them and on multiple occasionsran for the same egg. I tried to take some posing pictures of delia with some flowers, but that was not going to happen and I just wanted her to have a fun day to play. Delia got to see the Easter bunny multiple times. She even got to choose 2 prizes, which she ended up taking 2 jump ropes! We had brunch/lunch at the Country Club and it was really good! Then we came home, put delia down for a nap and watched conference. It was a nice day. Thank you Josh and Misty, we had a very fun time!
Saturday, March 13, 2010
One day of Nice Weather!!
It reached 60 degrees on Sat. So we decided to go to the park with Daddy and have a picnic!! It was so nice to be able to enjoy nice weather. It never seems to come fast enough. Delia was so excited to go play she only ate 1/2 her snadwich! She loves playing at the park. I can't wait until we have grass in our back yard so she can go out and play to her hearts content! unfortunately the weather for the month of March is going to be a roller coaster going up and down in temp. It is supposed to snow 1 inch sunday night. I hope they are wrong!
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
My Birthday and V-day Gift is here!!!
So I have really been wanting this stroller, the Tike Tech City X3 Double in black, since we were anticipating having another child. once I actually became pregnant, I knew I would be needing it soon. But the unexpected early announcement that we were indeed having a baby came at a very inconvenient financial time!! that's how life works I guess. Lucky for us though, Christian still has a good job. We are buying into a new practice that was built in Bloomfield, NM, part of the other two dental offices christian works for. It is official now, but now we have an extra loan to pay that is twice the cost of our mortgage!! Yikes!! So thus here we are starting essentially at the bottom with a 2nd child on the way...and it's a boy, so many new things need to be purchased. I told christian that is is what I really wanted to be able to get active again after the baby is born. He really wanted me to get it, but we just couldn't afford it, at least at that time. Even after Christmas we still were not in a place to spend so much for a stroller..(yes..it costs $420) I have never wanted to splurge on a specific item before. Nothing we own except a new house, couch and TV downstairs has ever been really nice or cost much and never been put on credit..expcept for the mortgage of course. I looked all over the internet tryng to find a better deal on this stroller and didn't want to settle for a different one that was much less. I told Christian that for my birthday, V-day, and anniversary even, that I wanted this stoller, but smiled and said to wait and see how the next months look. Sooooo..
On my birthday I wanted to do something fun. So I walked to the office to get the car and pick up chicken salads for dinner since I knew he wouldn't have time afterwards to go and get something, he rarely does. After I got back, christian had walked home and we were getting ready to eat when he told me that he tried to get away at lunch to go and get me something, but was too busy(as usual) so he was going to go after work, but then I showed up to get dinner and that he was sorry and told me he could give me a hug! Awww..how sweet! Just that he was tinking about me the whole day was enough for me! I told him that I still wanted that stoller and that would be a fabulous gift! So therefore kept looking. Then after coming across a website that sold it which you wouldn't think would sell something like that, I came up with a plan!
The website was Bed Bath & Beyond! My parents had given me a $75 gift card there for chirstmas, of course which I couldn't use enless used online or next time I was in Utah again and my sister works there and gets a 20% discount. So I would be able to save a lot with what I had. There was a shipping and tax fee, but still was better than paying full price somewhere else. Also 1 week before coming up with this plan we received a check in the mail for $180 for a doctor refund, which we were not expecting, and Christian said I could put it towards the "stroller fund" so once all was said and done, we only ended up paying $130 for it!! So excitied. Christian couldn't argue with that! And I have just recieved it today! I can't wait to get outside in this beautifu weather and try it out! Yeah!
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