Christmas 2008

I am finally finding time to post all of our pictures, so here are the Christmas pictures for this year. Anderson got so many great things and is loving them all! I am so blessed to have such a wonderful husband,son, and family. They got me the most Beautiful necklace it's a heart with diamonds in it, I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world (there's a pic of it in the slideshow) Anderson got tons more elmo stuff and all kinds of other things as well. We all had such a great Christmas. Here are some pics of all Andersons stuff excpet a few more elmo things he had taken off with and a clay set to make his little hand prints. I didn't get to take pics of my christmas tree until Christmas eve night and by then I had already removed half the presents because we do some christmas early and I had to add more stuff that night also so it looks a little bare lol.

Family Pictures

Ok I've had these pics back for a while now, but with everything that has gone on with Anderson I haven't had time to post them. We finally were able to get our family pictures done. We made an appointment forever ago and it finally got here! We did Christmas pictures and she took a few with anderson and the "1" block since we haven't had time to get any bday pics made with him. They turned out so good, and I am so pleased. They're the best pictures we've ever had done as a family and of Anderson. I can't believe how great they turned out considering how sick Anderson was, you can't even tell he felt bad at all!

update on litl man...

we took Anderson to the dr today and they did a chest xray and a throat swab, both came back negative and clear. So he just has a cold... He is still running a fever sadly and all we can do is alternate back and forth between tylenol and motrin and just make sure it doesn't get up too high.
Please just keep praying that his fever will go away and our little boy will be well again

Please keep praying for Anderson

Anderson has been acting and feeling much better. He had a great Christmas and got lots of good stuff. Last night though he started running a low grade fever (he hasn't had a fever since 4 am monday when he was at the hospital) and through the night it got up to 102. 4. I don't think it is related to the viral infection, but I am not sure so we are going to take him to the dr today at 2:30 (the only opening they had). We are thinking he caught a bug from being in the emergency room friday night-saturday morning for 7 hrs. The reason we are thinking this is because my mom (who stayed there 7 hrs with us) is sick with a sore throat, running a fever, congested and losing her voice, I have the same thing and now anderson is congested, running a fever and stopped up it's horrible. So if yall will just pray this is just a little cold and they can give him some anitbiotics and that be all it is this time. I don't want my baby to go through that stuff again.

Please Pray for my baby boy!!!!

Everything was fine... Anderson was acting like he does nothing wrong, no cough, sniffles, sickness nothing. We layed him down around 9 and he went right to sleep around 11:30 we heard him whinning in his bed and he sounded muffled like his face was under a blanket or something. Ralph rushed upstairs because he just kept crying like he coulnd't get air cause he was under something. When ralph got to him he was laying face down in his crib and was limp when ralph picked him up. He had no control of his body, he coulnd't turn his head to breathe in the bed. Ralph stripped his clothes off b/c he was hot and checked his temp it was 103. 5 we gave him some tylenol and then we called the paramedics because he coulnd't hold his head up or move his body. Before they got there he started closing his eyes and his breathing was getting too slow. When the paramedics got there he responded to them, but they wanted us to go straight to childrens Er. We got to the Er at 12:55 friday night ,saturday morning which ever you want to say and werent seen until 2:00 to get his vital signs by then he was still running a fever of 103. They did nothing, but give him motrin. We stayed in the Er for 7 hours and they never saw my baby... even knowing that the paramedics had sent us. I called Anderson's dr from my phone in the er at 8:00am saturday morninng told them what happened and that we were still in the er after 7 hs and hadnt been seen, they told us to come on to the office so they could look at him. They checked his blood, urine, xrayed his chest everything you can think of and all they could find was that his white blood cells were elevated. They gave him a antibiotic shot and sent us home because by this time anderson was running around acting like he felt fine. We got home and he was so sleepy because none of us had any sleep the night before since we stayed in the er all night. He started shaking because of the fever, I told ralph I was going to take a shower and to take Andersons clothes off so I could bathe him while I was in the tub. He was hot so he checked his temp and it was 105.9 ralph tried to give him some tylenol to help the fever while he called the dr, but anderson threw it up. So he quickly brought him to me to try and cool him down. He was crying when I got him in the tub, but I bathed him real quick and was talking to him. I got him and sat him up in my lap so I could run the water over him and all the sudden his face went blank... his pupils got real large and his face turned red, he started drooling out of his mouth and then started having a seizure in my arms. I screamed for Ralph and he called the paramedics, grabbed anderson and tried to dry him off while I was quickly getting dressed. He started having more seizures and throwing up. The paremedics got there and said we gotta go now!!! We got to the Er 12 hrs to the min from when we were there the first time. My baby looked lifeless they were screaming at each other and doing so much to him. They sent us out and to a room down the hall. I coulndn't breathe all I could do was scream. If they would have done their jobs the first time we were there my baby might now would have gone through everything that day. They got him breathing with a venatilator and kept him sedated. It was so sad, but he was alteast breathing. They did a ct scan, and a spinal tap, and everything was clear, the only thing they said was what the drs office had said, which was that his white blood cells were high. Later that evening he was finally taken off the breathing tube and able to breathe on his own. He stayed in PICU until around 11:30 that night when they finally moved him up to Nicu because he was feeling so much better. We stayed here two nights because they wanted to watch him because he was still having a fever of 102 off and on. It is now 12:04 on monday and we are finally being discharged. They're sending him home with a gel that we put in him if he starts having more seizures at home. The gell will stop the seizure so that he will be alright till the paremedics get to him. The only thing they know is that he had a virus and his fever going up so high so quick is what caused the seizures. All his tests were clear so they want us to take him home. Please just pray for our family and my little boy. Weve been through a lot since friday night and we just need your prayers and we hope that he never has to go through any of this again.

My litl Elmo!

My child is obsessed with Elmo. We have everything Elmo you can think of, every book, bath toy, pillow, toy, stuffed animal, towel lol and he never gets tired of him. Here's some pictures of some of the Elmo stuff he got for his birthday, I just haven't gotten around to posting them till now...He was so sleepy after his bath so that was the best picture we could get of him in his towel his little buddies got him. He's so cute in it.

Pictures with Santa!

Anderson wasn't liking being with Santa by himself, so santa told me to sit in his lap and see if he'd be ok and let ralph sit beside us... haha he still wasn't too wild about it, but atleast we got the family photo too!

Poor Baby...

Picture of his stitches the night it happened

Day 3 pictures



Well Anderson has now had his first stitches due to a fall. Anderson was playig at my grandmothers yesterday and was getting sleepy so he was staggering around everywhere. The Ellen show had just come on and he was dancing to the music and turned and fell face first on a sleigh my grandmother has out in her living room for Christmas. I ran over to him because he was crying so hard and realized it had busted his eyebrow open. I quickly got him to the sink to rinse it off and of course he didn't want me to touch it. I had the feeling that it was bad enough we were going to have to see a doctor. So I called ralph and told him and he said go on and call the doctor and see if we can go see them. I called and the nurse told me that his doctor wanted him to go on and go to Childrens Emergency Room since the cut was on his face... if something had to be done he wanted them to go on and do it so it wouldn't scar badly if any. We sat there for atleast three hours before we finally got to get something done and they ended up putting in three stitches. It was horribe...I felt so helpless while they were holding him down and he was screaming...I sat in the corner and cried. He was fine after it was all over, but was extrememly drunk from all the motrin they gave him in the room when we got there. He's doing better today and so far it doesn't seem to be bothering him. I am just thankful it wasn't any worse than it was.

Thankful...

So we went and ate at golden corral tonight because I was craving a salad. We were almost ready to leave, and there was a soldier sitting near us at a table eating. A man out of nowhere getting ready to leave walked up to the man and shook his hand and thanked him for what he did for us and for our country. I about cried just sittig there watching. I have never actually seen someone go up and thank a soldier. I felt the most warm and wonderful feeling as he thanked him. I've always heard emails about needing to thank them, just never have for some reason. It just really made me realize what they go through for us and that they really do not get enough thanks. I hope yall read this and realize what I did tonight. God Bless everyone and thank everyone who has or is serving this country for our Freedom!

Anderson's First Haircut!

We finally got Anderson's hair cut for the first time the other day. He did so well and I am so proud of him. He didn't cry or anything. He sat there like such a big boy and let her do everything she needed to do no problem. He looks so precious now, like a big boy! Sadly some pictures are a little blurry because I didn't have my good camera, but they're still cute.







First Picture after his First Haircut!

Playing in Walmart 11-25-08

Here's some pictures of Anderson playing with the hats at walmart last night. Is he going to be a cowboy...A policeman like his daddy, or a fireman like his brother lol...He looks so cute... Pictures are kinda crappy though because they were from my cell phone, but that's all I had so...

He's So Smart!!!!

So Anderson came walking out of his room the other day to me and he had something in both hands. One hand had the object up against his ear. He came closer and I finally realized that he had gotten his q tips out of his changing table in his room. He is so smart! I wouldn't have thought he would have found them and knew what they were for. He also just cut two new teeth and is about to have two or three more break through, no wonder he's cheewing on everything huh lol. That makes ten teeth that are through so far. He's Growing so fast!

Here's the pictures of him and the Q tips lol

A few pictures I love!

These are Pictures from my Cousin Erins Wedding, some pictures I like of Ralph and I, pictures of Ralph and Anderson looking at the Bunny at the Carnival and some cute pictures of Anderson

1 Year Check up

Anderson went to the doctor for his 1 year checkup. He weighed in at 24 lbs 2 oz and was 31 1/2 inches long. That's almost 3 feet tall! He's growing so fast. He's gonna be a big boy like his daddy. Dr Hale said everything was great and he is growing just the way he should.

I love this time of year, I love Christmas!

I am so excited! I finally got my wondeful husband to bring up my Christmas tree box the other night so I could start putting it up. I was so excited that he brought it up for me that I had to start putting it together that night. I got all of my stockings up and my candles in the window. I also got the lights up on the middle of the tree and the rest of the tree put up with the Angel on top. Yesterday while Anderson and Daddy were napping I was able to get all the lights and ornaments up. I forget about all the sweet ornaments we have until I start getting all of them out and it just really made me feel thankful to take the time to look through all of them by myself. When Anderson woke up and came into the living room he had a fit. He got so excited he was grinning and clapping, I am so excited about Christmas this year because he is really able to get into it this year. This isn't his first Christmas, but since he was only a little over a month old last year it is kinda like it is. I can't wait to take him to see Santa this year, last years picture was easy since he was so tiny, but this year will probably be a different story. I also can't wait to take him to see all the Christmas lights this year! AHH im like a little kid when it comes to Christmas, I just love it all!!! I will post some pics of the decorations and things later.

I am so Blessed!

I just really wanted to write about how blessed I am. Last night Ralph and I went and saw the movie Fireproof(if you haven't seen it,watch it!) and it just really made me see how wonderful I have it. I have the best husband and son a woman could ask for. I have the best family I could ever have. Seeing that movie last night and talking to each other on the way home just really made me see how much Ralph really means to me. So many couples fight all the time and don't make it. I think the movie just really made us both think because we both seemed like completely different people. We wanted to be closer to each other, holding hands, sweet kisses on the hand and cheek... it just showed both of us how much we mean to each other and that every moment we share together is special! I am so thankful that I have a wonderful marriage and that we have each other. My boys mean the world to me and I thank God that he put them both in my life.

I LOVE THESE PICTURES!!!! (ty Ashley for taking them for me!)

Happy First Birthday to My Baby Boy!

Walking down the Hall on His Birthday!!!

Pictures of His First Birthday Party

My Big Boy being Big Stuff!

More Halloween Photos

The rest of the Halloween pictures of Anderson Trick Or Treating!

Anderson's Day at the Park!

Yesterday Anderson and Mommy met up with Ashley and her two children... the kids had a ball playing at the park, it was such a pretty day!