Everyone here has a brand new title; one is just brand new, period.
It seems like for a while no one came to visit, then all of a sudden, it seems like we've had different family members visiting every weekend! Not a bad thing! Most recently, it was my brother, Chad, my dad, my cousin, Christina, and my aunt and uncle, Vicki and Tex.
Aunt Christina's first visit! (Really second cousin, but how fun is that?)
Introducing, for the first time ever- Uncle Chad!
Great Aunt Vicki and Uncle Tex (my dad's brother)
This is quite possibly the most perfect picture ever! It has everyone on my dad's side of the family except Grandma Reed.
The three cousins with Anderson
Silly boys:
Accomplishment of the month: We made it to church for the first time! It was a casual red, white, and blue day for Fourth of July.
He was so good during the service! He loved to look around at all the new sights! Mammaw and Pappaw Acklin were glad to have us back in the pew!
Last weekend, we all went to a Memphis Redbirds' game with the Hays family!
Anderson loves his Uncle Chad.
Great Grandma Hays!
Worn out! At least the Redbirds won.
Anderson's newest thing is his precious smile!!! It is so fun when he reacts to us with a great big smile! Sometimes, he smiles at his toys. His favorite is the ladybug from Mr. and Mrs. Barber, our neighbors. He gets mesmerized by it, and will just stare at it and kick. He loves to look at dots and stripes.
Anderson has been sleeping through the night!! He goes to sleep between 10 and 10:30 and wakes up between 5:30 and 6:00! This morning he slept until 6:45 and it scared me!
I'm going back to work in about a month, so now I'm just trying to pump, pump, pump as much as I can. It's really important to me to breastfeed Anderson exclusively for at least 6 months. I'm not dreading going back to work as much as I thought I would. For one thing, I like my co workers (who, by the way, are AWESOME, and STILL bringing us dinners twice a week! I am so lucky!), and the biggest thing that I think helps is knowing that his Mammaw Acklin will be caring for and teaching him!!
We are sooo blessed and God has been sooo good to us. I was daydreaming yesterday about the day Anderson asks Jesus into his heart, and thinking how that would just be such a joyous day that he will know Him personally.
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope, and a future." Jeremiah 29:11
