Easter and such!

Hello family and friends! We have lots of new pictures posted. Our little family is doing well. I'm now 7 months pregnant. I feel more uncomfortable now than what I felt with Griffin at this stage. But no major complaints! We've been asked if baby boy #2 has a name yet and honestly, he does not! Nate and I have tossed around some different names, but haven't quite agreed yet on one. I think baby boy #2 could have a name depending on who you ask...if you asked me, it'd be one name and if you asked Nate, it'd be another name. :) But...we still have 3 more months to figure it out. Nate said we could wait until he is born to decide, but I'm not sure I'll be in the mood to argue at that point if we still can't come to an agreement. :) So...his name is still baby boy #2.

Griffin turns 1 year on this Thursday, April 8th! Where in the world has time gone? Cleaning up spit up, changing diapers, doing lots of laundry, washing food out of hair, picking up toys, getting up and down a thousand times to redirect (plants and outlets are very interesting at this point), running, playing, chasing, laughing, smiling, and loving...that's where the time has went!!! Nate and I couldn't be happier. Griffin has been such an absolute miracle and such a blessing in our lives. We adore that crazy kiddo with all that we are. He has developed a personality for sure. He can be quite ornery yet very sweet. He now has a mean face he is happy to share with anyone. He will scowl and then smile at you and laugh. He loves getting a reaction out of people. We say he could very well be the class clown already! At times if all of your attention isn't on him, he'll lean over and look at you like, "Here I am! Why aren't you looking at me?" He has been loving the outdoors. We've been on lots of walks and have played in the yard a lot.

This Saturday we'll have his 1st birthday party. We're so excited! I'm sure we'll have lots of pictures to post of our lil' monkey (hence the theme is monkeys).

Enjoy all the new pictures!

Love,

The Anderson Family

Cousin, Anderson and Griffin playing the drums together

Meghan making Bailey smile for a "treat"

Griffin with some of his birthday gifts from Grandma and Grandpa Anderson and Aunt Kara and Uncle Mike

The aftermath of his first birthday cupcake!

A little for my hair!

This is his "I forgot my dentures" look

Making sure to get it all in his mouth!

What, Mom? I'm just eating it?

Yum!

Just getting started!

Celebrating birthdays

Momma and G

This is a glimpse of Griffin's new "mean face" look

An attempt for a family picture on Easter

I thought you were suppose to eat eggs, not hunt them?

Off for his 1st Easter egg hunt

Our sweet bunny

Hugging his bunny from our friend, Jess (she got it for him when he was born last year---4 days before Easter)

This picture cracks us up!

Go Buckeyes!

Sharing a Twizzler with Dad

Future basketball player? Momma hopes so!

Hey Uncle Scott, I can help you!

Aunt Kara let Griffin share Lucy's cakeThis is good!

Going back for more!

Loving the balloons!Who needs a vacuum when you have a Beagle (Our niece, Lucy's 1st Birthday)My sister, Kara and I met up halfway between our houses and the kids got to play at McDonalds...Lucy and Griffin hanging out

Giving kisses

What a ham!

Hopefully you can get a glimpse of his crazy teeth

CousinsCelebrating John's birthday...Griffin and him are shaking handsWho likes to be weighed naked out in the hallway in front of others??? NOT ME! 20 pounds and 29 1/2 inches long of cuteness!

50 weeks old

Daddy and Griffin playing on the trampoline

Wahoo! This is fun!

Momma and her sweet boy

Our little monkey!

49 weeks old

Our little boy gets a big haircut!

Getting ready for bed...like my new haircut? All done! Right after his haircut! He can smile now! :) "Dad, what is she doing to me?!"

Hhmmm...
I'm okay...as long as Momma is close by!
"Don't worry! I'm not sunburnt, it's just lasagna!" Last night we had lasagna for dinner and this was the end result! We thought it went over really well with Griffin! :)
Thanks for cookin' this up, Mom!

This supper rocks!

My boss and I at our bowling fundraiser this past weekend...we had a picture of us like this last year since I was pregnant this time last year! This year I was 24 weeks pregnant with Baby Boy #2...last year I was 37 weeks pregnant with Griffin!

3-14-10 (24 weeks pregnant withBaby Boy #2)

3-15-09 (37 weeks pregnant with Griffin)

Well today Griffin got his first haircut! He was growing quite the mullet. I was a bit sad to schedule my little baby's first haircut, but I talked to several other parents and they said their little boys got haircuts around this age, too. So, I sucked it up and followed through with it. I have to say, he does look quite handsome! Griffin was absolutely perfect during his haircut, too! He had quite the grip on Momma, but managed to stay interested in staring at all the other ladies in the salon. Dad snapped a few pictures and took a short video clip. We were so proud! Tomorrow Griffin and I are looking to a fun day outside! The weather is suppose to be gorgeous! That's all for now! Need to run upstairs to make sure Griffin fell asleep. He was in his crib jumping on his mattress when I last checked on him! What a boy! and a boy that we adore and love!

Love,

Joy, Nate, Griffin, and Baby Boy #2