Awwww Sunday

So Sunday mornings are always a little hectic at our house trying to get all of us ready and  to church by 11:00. Tyson always has meetings at 8:00 and usually has to make phone calls after his meeting so he isnt available to help us get ready a lot of times. When we finally get to church it is always hard for us to keep our 2 under 2 quiet during sacrament meeting. The baby always cries about half way through because she thinks she is hungry or something. Despite several poopie diapers and trips to the mothers lounge we were able to stay through all three meetings. We came home to make an early dinner and then take a late nap. After all of that Tyson had to leave us to do visits with the Elders Quorum  presidency, we weren't able to go for our daily because  the wind was too strong. It was a satisfactory Sunday! Tah tah

We just love our weekends together!

Today started out with Tyson mowing the lawn while I did my Jillian Michaels workout video. Aurora loves to watch me workout and she tries to do some of the moves too (such a cutie).
Then we decided to go yard-saling, (we love to do this together on Saturdays)
After spending too much money on baby clothes and hunting stuff we came home, ate lunch and laid down for a  nap. Every time I am just about asleep the baby decides she is no longer tired so we always end up sleeping next to eachother cause she sleeps better that way.
When we woke up we got ready and went to the gun range. Tyson has been trying to get me to go with him to site in his new 9mm handgun for a few weeks now. Of course he wants me to shoot it to get used to using it and so I did. It wasn't too bad considering I am afraid to even hold a bullet by itself.
Then we went to the furniture store to look at king-size bedroom sets (we have definitely out-grown our queen size bed now that we have two kids). We must have looked really ghetto after being at the shooting range cause not one of the sales reps even came up to us which was nice and unusual. We just wanted to price some mattresses and such, so we did come home empty handed which is also unusual.
We decided to go get a papa murphys take and bake pizza for dinner.
When we were done with dinner we decided to go for our usual walk but ended up walking to McDonalds and got McFlurry's (so much for our walk and for our diets).
After we got home from our "walk" we got the kids to sleep and watched a movie. Then off to bed for us.
All in all it was a really fun day spent together as a cute little family! Hope yours was nice as well!

Friday

Today wasn't anything especially exciting, but I will make a post anyway for the grandparents......

It started out with Tyson getting home from work at 9:30 am which was exciting and unexpected. After he got home we got to spend time as a family hanging out and eating lunch together. Then after Aurora and Harper went down for a nap I went to my doctors appointment while Tyson stayed with the girls. I painfully and successfully got my IUD placed and then came home. After which, my babies and myself went to our neighbor friends' house for a play date, when we got home from that we all went out to eat at a, not very satisfying, Mexican restaurant in town. After going for a walk we came home and grudgingly got Aurora to bed. Before we went to bed we watched the movie  "Date Night" that we had rented (which was incredibly funny and I would recommend it to anyone in need of a laugh). Like I said, Just another normal day in the life the Andersen'S. Hope you all got some entertainment out of our boring but Happy day!

Harper is over 2 months now.......where does the time go?

Today we went to the dr. for Harper's two month check up and to our surprise she weighs 13.01 lbs now and is in the 84 percentile. "Growing like a weed" they say. For height she is in the 78% and for Head she is in the 26%. When he was checking to see if her hips pop out it took him longer than normal because in his words "she has really strong legs". I already new this, however, because when I was pregnant with her I swore she was gonna break my ribs. Unfortunately, during this appointment she had to get her first set of vaccines and I couldn't even watch and her cries were heartbreaking, but I know it is for the better! He also checked her herniated belly-button and told us it is a very large hernia but that most surgeons wont do anything until the age of 3 because the risks of the surgery are greater than the hernia itself. He also looked at her skin, which they told me last time had eczema, but he said it wasn't very bad and that it was probably just dry skin. He did order us some Eucerine to use on it though.
While we were there we asked the Doctor check Aurora's ears because she had been tugging at them lately and waking in the night screaming but he said her ears look great.......Thank goodness no antibiotics(being that she is allergic to penicillin it makes it more difficult). Now the question is why is she waking up so unhappy every night, could be nightmares/scared of the dark, or she may be getting her canine teeth which haven't reared their ugly heads yet. I am gonna go buy her a nightlight to see if that may solve the problem. Anyhow, we have happy healthy kids and we are so blessed!
 Also while we were at the clinic I had to get a blood pregnancy test done because tomorrow I am having an IUD placed and the 24 hour before pregnancy test is standard. Fun fun we get to spend time at the clinic again tomorrow.

Fortunately, I have a very helpful husband who took time out of his busy work schedule to come to the clinic and help me with the kids.......two under two can be very difficult in public (or anywhere for that matter). Thanks, honey!

So far our day hasn't brought any other events worth mentioning, so we will be on to let you know what our day brings tomorrow! See you soon!

Introduction to the fam!

We are an LDS, military family of four and we also have a daughter waiting to greet us in heaven. Tyson and I (both 26) are high-school sweethearts and have been married for 8 years. We were both 20 when we lost our first daughter, Piper, at 30 weeks gestation. Our daughter Aurora is almost 21 months and baby Harper is 2 and 1/2 months. We are stationed at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho and being from Preston, Idaho are not far from home. We love to spend time together as a family camping, going for walks, eating, playing in the yard, and enjoying the company of family and friends. Tyson just made Tech. Sgt. in the AirForce and is a dedicated provider. "Daddy" enjoys playing video games, hunting, woodworking and fishing! I, Jamie, am a stay-at-home mom and homemaker who enjoys scrapbooking, cooking, reading and doing crafts. Aurora loves to look at books, play with dolls, play with other children and she loves to kiss her sister Harper. Harper loves to be held, loves her bath and will coo when you talk to her. For the most part we are a Happy, Eternal family with the goal of inviting more children into our family and starting/completing a higher education. All are welcome to join in our fun!