HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

Happy Mother's Day!!!

Today was my 3rd Mother's Day and I feel so blessed to be called a mother. I have had a few great people in my life that have taught me how to be a good mother, including my mom and my grandmother. So, Happy Mother's day to them!

Today was also Anderson's first visit to church AND the first time I've seen him REALLY smile! (meaning, not because he was gassy!)

Here are my two reasons for celebrating this day!

Our little boy is 2!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRADY!!!

May 2 was Brady's 2nd birthday and we had a small party with family and Brady's friend Ethan. We grilled out and played in the backyard. Brady's big surprise from us was this sand/water table. He and Ethan played for a long time and we ended up with a sand/water mixture by the end of the party!

Opening presents!

Brady LOVES M&M's so we made a cake and topped it with them. He started picking them off and eating them before we started singing Happy Birthday!

Our family...minus Anderson, he was sleeping in someone's lap I'm sure!

His Mamaw gave him this bubble mower and that is all he talks about! He loves watching Daddy mow the grass and so now he can help! EVERYDAY we get the mower out and play!

My boys! This was a rare moment that we got Brady to sit still long enough to take a picture, much less smile too!

















Brady really tries to "help" with Anderson's baths and thinks it's really funny to see Anderson pee pee in the water!

Priceless

I can't even begin to describe how this picture makes me feel. The Lord has blessed us with 2 healthy children and we are so thankful. I wondered how a mom could love another child after your precious first baby, but you just do, and it is amazing! Seeing Brady with Anderson is the sweetest thing, as he is in this picture. He loves giving kisses to everyone and always includes Anderson. He is a wonderful big brother!

Party time!

Anderson is such a sweet, easy baby....except for the first 2 nights! The first night was pretty rough, but our second night home, Eric had to stay at the hospital for a delivery, so my mom said she would stay in the room with me to help. Little did she know that Anderson AND Brady wanted to have a slumber party! Anderson didn't really sleep until 4:30am or so and Brady woke up at 2:00 am! She was such a good sport and we ended up laughing most of the night and having snacks just like a slumber party!
Luckily the 3rd night he slept most of the night and I even had to wake him up to feed him at one point! Since then he has slept great and we have too!

Going Home!

Anderson was born on tax day, so my mom (Nana) found this onesie that fit the day perfect! It was also my dad's (Gramply) birthday on the 15th!













He was all ready to go home! He looked SO SMALL in the carseat.











Brady was so excited to see Anderson and show him our house!

Anderson Cole is here!

Anderson Cole arrived on April 15th at 11:22 am! I was supposed to be induced that morning, but the day before started having contractions and decided to go to the hospital. Luckily they just let me stay instead of sending me home for a few hours. My doctor broke my water around 6:30 am, had my epidural and started pushing at 11:17. 3 pushes later he was here! Praise the Lord for epidurals!!! Eric decided at the last minute that he DID want to deliver, and he did fantastic!



















A few minutes later Brady was able to come in and meet his new baby brother. He was so sweet and gave him several kisses and even offered Anderson some of his snack. We were able to go home on Wednesday afternoon and enjoy our new family of 4! Thanks for all the prayers during all of this. We feel extremely blessed to have 2 healthy children.