The Anderson Clan: G's 2nd Birthday, Easter, and Sesame Street Live

So, it feels like it's been awhile since I've updated our blog. Of course, I have a ton of pictures to share. As for a few updates, we have had a lot of sickness this year already...more than our fair share! Just over the last month, both boys got Strep Throat, then Griffin got an ear infection and Maxwell got an infection in his lungs. However, we're still plugging away! Griffin turned 2 on April 8th. He cracks us up on a daily basis. He's starting to say a lot of words and he's still constantly on the go. This morning I got in out of his room and he had somehow got a screw out of his door and was scraping it across the door. I asked him where he got it and he pointed to the door stopper. Let me tell you, there is no such thing as child proofing in our house, it's called Griffin proofing. We've realized the age 2 is hard and challenging, but it's also fun. We have been doing crafts and this year he LOVED coloring eggs and doing egg hunts. Two of my favorite things to hear him say are, "yellow" and "thank you." Maxwell will turn 10 months on Saturday. He's still the sweetest, happiest baby I've ever known. He rarely stops smiling! However, over the last couple of weeks, we have seen him get a little crazier. He is obsessed with 3 things at our house and those are this little plastic figure of Elmo, a plastic Little People person, and this cheapo Recorder (you'll see a picture below). He will throw a fit when you try to take those away from him if we're going to eat or leave the house. Speaking of eating, he has started table food and he is loving it. He's been interested in our food for awhile, so this past week we started. Sadly, he's still not sleeping through the night which is a killer for Mom and Dad, but thankfully he wakes up with a huge smile on his face and you can't resist being mad for the lack of sleep. I am now 16 weeks pregnant with Baby #3. This pregnancy has definitely been different than the last 2. One difference is I've been feeling sick to my stomach now and I'm past the 1st trimester where I had no problems. It's more of I need to eat as soon as I feel hungry or else...My belly has popped out for sure over this last week, too. Other than that, it's really been an easy pregnancy. I think God knew I needed that since I'm trying to keep up with 2 VERY active little boys. Nate is for sure staying busy at work with his new position. I think most days he's enjoying it, but other days he misses having a cubicle. I know that sounds strange---to miss a cubicle, but he spends most of his hours a week in a conference room with I think 6-8 other guys and they are packed in there like sardines. I think that's all for now...thanks for taking the time to keep up to date on our family!
Love,

Joy, Nate, Griffin, Maxwell, and Baby #3

Griffin's 2nd birthday and the theme was MONSTERS! :)

Ok, so he was having a rough time and we gave in and let him have his paci (he only gets it at nighttime)...he was at Urgent Care the night before with an ear infection and you can see he still isn't feeling so well. :(

Wouldn't be a party if we didn't have The Wiggles playing in the background!

Opening his gift from Nate and Liz...it was another Wiggles DVD and an Elmo gardening set. They know him well! Two of his favorites!!!

Admiring his new DVD

Daddy lighting G's birthday cupcake

Rosey cheek boy didn't feel well and he wasn't sure what to think when we were all singing to him.

Not too sick for his cupcake though!

Ice cream!

Griff and Emma into concentrating on their ice cream

Dangerous!

Why I love this kid...he HAD to have this sprinkling can in his bed with him.

And why I love this kid...so sweet!

Maxwell was napping so G and I had craft time. We made the pig, though he popped it probably 15 minutes later. Now he's into his glue...he LOVES glue!

And onto PlayDoh

First time coloring Easter eggs---I think this calls for a kiss!

Obviously we were both too distracted for a picture!

Fun stuff!

Maxwell was supervising all of us...he's obsessed with this recorder

Practing his Easter egg huntin' skills! Don't you just love the attire?!

So, the story behind this picture is...I kept smelling chocolate and peanut butter on Max. I kept smelling his breath and face and couldn't figure it out. Nate said the same thing. It wasn't but half an hour later I went to put his PJs on and found that he had somehow stashed a Reese Cup egg between his 2 layered shirt! Needless to say, his body temperate melted it! We laughed the rest of the night about this!

Easter EGGstravaganza at our church...Elizabeth Hultz did an amazing job planning this. Max is checking out Griff's eggs and Griff is making sure Max doesn't steal any!

My friend, Heather with her twin boys, Ashton and Austin and her mom

Lovin' the golf! Like father like son!

He couldn't get the beanbags tossed into the hole, so he came up with this little trick on his own!

Sand sculpture that is created every year...it's always so awesome!

Easter morning. Griff got Elmo and cones and Max got a book and a bubble blower, but wouldn't ya know, they both want this little light up cheapo bunny I paid maybe $1.50 for. :)

Just a little laundry to fold!

First bike ride together! They are too precious!

Easter egg hunt at Grandma and Grandpa Anderson's

Part of the gang

Right after this picture, he took off running and was losing eggs but had no idea. He was too worried about finding more.

Looks like they both are distracted...Kara and Grady

This is Trevor aka T-Bone...he's 7 months younger than Griffin, but the same size

All the grandboys!

I don't know what kind of caption to put on this picture...If you notice Nate has a butterfly bandaid on his eye...he hit himself with a wrench earlier in the day working on the car.