IT TRULY IS "A WONDERFUL LIFE"

Well, it's been 3 months since my last post... Needless to say it has been a busy Fall/Winter & Holiday Season.  But, soooo much fun!!!  The "Beans" are changing from our babies into toddlers right before our eyes!

With Halloween & Turkey Day fast approaching we thought it might be fun to take the Twins to a Pumpkin Patch!!  I think they were totally in awe of all of the "big, orange things"!  Jett tried to crawl right through them while Delilah was busy making her way through the whole Patch via the HAY!!  I'm pretty sure Rich & I enjoyed this outing the most.

For Halloween I decided it would be fun for the whole Family to participate... So, I borrowed an idea from Dr. Seuss's "A Cat in the Hat".  Jett & Delilah were Thing 1 & Thing 2; I was Thing Mom: & Rich totally ROCKED the costume of The Cat in the Hat!!! 

We had an awesome evening!  We ordered in pizza (in the shape of a pumpkin, no doubt:); Grandy came over to join in the fun; & then we hit the streets with our friends & neighbors, The Strottners.  Once again, I think it was Mommy & Daddy that had more fun!

 

For Thanksgiving I wanted to make Jett & Delilah something cute to wear.  So, with the little help from a website called Pintrist (my new addiction) I made them Turkey-Onesies.  We packed up everything, including Homer-Dog & headed to Bayou Vista to see Grandaddy.  The kiddos had fun sitting & reading in Grandaddy's lap; eating their very first Turkey Day meal (which did not go over very well... I'm assuming that since Goldfish were not on the menu); and took several trips to the neighborhood park to swing & slide on the slides!  It was a wonderful weekend!

This Christmas Season was the type of holiday that Rich & I had dreamt of our whole lives!  The kids were at an age where they could enjoy it, too (maybe not understand the true meaning or even about Santa Clause but it was still amazing).  We took our annual Family Christmas photo... what an experience:)  While they did wonderful meeting Santa for the very first time, our portrait session left a lot to be desired!

As with Thanksgiving, I got in to the Crafty-mood & made a few different shirts for Jett & Delilah to wear throughout the month.  Rich said he was just happy that I ran out of time or HE would've been walking around in a reindeer & snowman shirt, too!! LOL!

Trying to make the most of the Special Season we watched Frosty the Snowman; went to see the spectacular Christmas light display in Johnson City; had portraits done; helped Grandy decorate her tree & let the Twins eat much more "junk" than we should've:)

  





Christmas Eve was nice & quiet... We just hung out with the babies all day, playing.  Then, that evening Clarence, Milagros, Grandy & Dora came over to visit & play a few games of Dominoes (our new favorite game:)

Bright & early Christmas morning Grandy & Grandpa came over & we all snuck upstairs to wake up the Twins... we bust into their room singing "We wish you a Merry Christmas"!  They had no idea what was going on but so happy to see every ones faces:)  Under the tree Jett & Delilah found that Santa had left them a matching set of "big-boy/girl chairs" & a bright red wagon for 2!!  They were so cute... smiling from ear to ear as we took them for a spin around the kitchen.

Later in the afternoon Clarence & Milagros joined us & we spent the rest of the day playing; eating tons of pizza (the new Anderson tradition:); visiting & playing games. 

 

 It was truly a magical day with many memories made!  We know that with each passing year, Christmas will be even more special as the Anderson's fill each Season with love & laughter.  We are truly blessed!

THE "BEANS" TURN ONE!

A whole year has come & gone since my beautiful Twins, Jett & Delilah, entered this world.  It's been a year filled with happiness, trials, joy, anxiousness, love & amazing miracles.  Watching my two babies grow & learn & be transformed into little people IS a true miracle.

I guess you could say I went a tad overboard on the whole celebration thing.  I wanted this day to be so fun, so perfect, so special.  As most of you know, we have called the Twins the "Beans" since our very first sonogram.  That's what they looked like... little beans.  So, Rich had the wonderful idea to use that as our theme for their very first birthday.

We did all of the decorations ourselves which included a zillion balloons (just ask Clarence & Milagros... they helped me blow them up); baby heads (pics to follow); "poofs" for over the tables; jelly bean cut-outs; a jelly bean wreathe; balloons lining the driveway; jelly bean shaped cookies; jelly bean bark/candy; cupcakes w/ jelly beans on top; party hats with jelly beans glued on  & centerpieces for both tables made from jelly beans & twizzler candy.  As party favors for the kids to take home after the party I spray painted flower pots in red or purple, made cookie-pops & filled the pots with the pops & jelly beans.  We also served pizza, Chris brought a beautiful fruit tray & Sarah Krug brought over some yummy chips & dips.  The Twins had an absolute ball playing & visiting with everyone that helped us celebrate their day... family, friends, our firefighter-family & neighbors.  We played a couple of games (one of which was "pin the bean in the jar"), opened gifts & let Jett & Delilah chow down on their very first b-day cupcake...

Since the party was the weekend prior to their actual birthday I wanted to make sure that we also celebrated on the 30th!  So, the night before I snuck into their room & covered the floor in colorful balloons.  They were sooo excited to see them & they absolutely loved playing in them.

Next, it was time for breakfast... I took them for a stroll around the block so we could wait for Daddy to get home from work.  Then, I made them pancakes & topped it w/ a sparkler candle & we sang happy birthday.

After a morning of pancakes & playing the Twins took a little nap then we headed off to Bullis County Park.  They got to play on the swings for the very 1st time & wore themselves out giggling!

After a big day at the park we still had one more surprise for them... Swings of their very own to hang in our backyard!!

While we are a little sad to see their first year come to a close we are anxiously awaiting all of the new memories & milestones that this next year is sure to bring!