The Sanders

Monday, January 16, 2012

The Harper's Visit

We were so excited Scott, Peg, and Michael cam to see us! They came to visit the 1st weekend in August. It was hot but we still had fun! As always, visits are too short! We went to the Aquarium restaurant downtown and just spent time together!

Michael loves his "Anna Weeze"

Posing on the train.

Anna Louise doing what she does best! Poor thing it was so hot!

The Children's museum was busy but fun! Brandon was right at home!

Peg getting some luv!

We can't wait until Anna Louise can have as much fun as the rest of us!

Anna Louise's Baptism

Anna Louise was baptized July 2nd at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Fr. Paul Zoghby baptized her. He also married us. He is a very special person in our lives.

Fr. Zoghby saying a prayer over little Anna Louise. Uncle Drew is her godfather.

Proud Papa!!!

No words can express how precious she is to us!

Maw Maw and Grandma Henriksen aka Mi Mi

The happy little family!

Erica, Anna Louise's godmother...we are so honored Anna Louise has such amazing Godparents!

Brandon's First Father's Day

This year was Brandon's first Father's Day. It was not as eventful as Mother's Day, the day we brought Anna Louise home. He spent the morning playing with her and drinking his coffee...surprise! Surprise!

Anna Louise gave him a couple of pictures of her and the family.

Oscar was in on it too!

We couldn't have had a better Father's Day. Brandon had doughnuts in bed and we all just relaxed ALL morning! Anna Louise napped and we did too! Brandon spent all day loving on and taking care of his little girl. We both couldn't be happier! Parenthood suits us very well.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Bath Time!

Anna Louise LOVES taking a bath!!! She could be squalling, but when she hits that water she calms right down. She is also picky about the lotion we use on her. She much prefers the lavender lotion that Aunt Mary gave her. She cries when we use the pink kind...picky picky, just like her Mama!!!

These are some pictures of one of her baths. We use the turtle cloth that Aunt Leigh Leigh gave her to keep her warm. It is not only her favorite part of the day, but mine as well!

We are one month old!!! Yes I am late getting the pictures up, but at least I TOOK the picture when she was officially one month! She is such a happy baby! She also loves cuddling!

She is quite a long little girl. She has already out-grown her newborn outfits and is pretty much wearing 0-3 and 3 month outfits depending on the designer (Carters, Gerber etc.) She is eating more and more and is on a 3 hour schedule. We are still trying to nail down which hours they are, but it is pretty consistent.

Tummy Time!

We bought Anna Louise a mat for "tummy time" she had a hard time with it at first, but after a week or two on it, she is picking up her head more and more and crying less and less! Oscar thinks its play time for him too. He goes and grabs a toy and we play fetch while I play with her...a totally new way of multitasking!

Oscar never knows how to handle the all out screaming when she has had enough.

Seriously, do I really have to live like this????

Its okay, Mom, I've got it under control!

Sucking on her fingers...not cool!

She likes the butterfly because it makes a tinkling sound.

She is doing great focusing on objects!

Now...if we can just get her to like spending time ON her tummy!!!

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Anna Louise

Now that our precious Anna Louise is here, I hope that our family and friends can watch our family through our blog. I will try to do my best to keep it updated with her milestones and pictures as much as possible. Here are a few pictures of her first month with us. (These are the same ones as on Facebook)