How Anderson has been...

A few weeks ago, Anderson's teacher told me that they were talking about the calendar and she asked what month comes after April. Anderson answered, "May comes next and that is when I get my baby!"

Everyone keeps asking about how Anderson is doing during this transition and I have to admit that he is acting pretty great as a big brother. It's the rest of him that is not pretty great...Seriously, the newborn is pretty easy; it is the 3 year old who is kicking my butt. In his defense, he is really just acting like a super high energy/non sleeping/curious/super high energy toddler terrorist 3 year old. He is SO sweet to Max, which is what matters the most!

 This really awesome looking picture is one that I sent Brandon during the first time that it was just the 3 of us. I think it was the day I came home from the hospital because Brandon was going to get a haircut and run some errands and the plan was that he would take A, but he wanted to stay with me, so of course I wanted him there, too!

First morning home. I looked into the living room and Anderson was holding his hand. Precious.

Then, later that day, he was pretending like the snake was eating him. Ah, brothers. 

He really is so sweet with him.

Ha ha! Anderson was putting all of the toys around Max & then proceeded to tell me that Max's bed is not as bouncy as his is. I found this hilarious. 

A lot of time is spent like this, with just the 3 of us hanging out. Anderson was building a fort to protect him & then he found this little police hat & told me it was Max's. 

Anderson goes to school 2 days a week, which is one of the main reasons that I am surviving this baby addition. I am SO lucky that I have an older kid who is entertained 2 full days so I can just hang out with this baby & actually get some things done occasionally. (And, the grandmas being so close is a very sweet gig, as well.) Anderson is a great kid, duh, but he is, like all 3 year old who don't require sleep, pretty exhausting at times. Let's just say that I texted Nicole the other day and said, "I don't know how you do this every day." It was 8am.

I love Anderson's school for a lot of reasons, but they put this little sign up to congratulate Anderson on being a big brother, which just made me happy! It was hard to get a pic with the 2 of them and the sign in it, so ignore the awesome quality of this one. He also brought cupcakes to celebrate being a big brother and Sam's put Xs on them because the letter of the week was X and the new brother has an X in his name! perfect! It was pajama day that day, hence the Ninja Turtle pjs, by the way.

Lots of cars/helicopters using Max as a road/landing pad. He is a pretty useful little thing.

Mostly, though, Anderson is still...Anderson. He is crazy, energetic, curious and hilarious (and exhausting...just a tad bit exhausting)

One of the many excursions with Noni resulted in a butterfly (lunar moth) landing on him! Proof that he can be still!

"Can I go play in my sandbox?" is asked HUNDREDS of times a day. The fact that it was raining for a month straight did not help, but I did promise him if slept all night in his bed he could play in the sand in the rain. I will take pneumonia over 2 kids getting up all night. 

Look at my boy! A cute pic from Bobble Cole. I keep waiting for his biological mother to show up and claim him because clearly I was just the surrogate.

We have had a few more patch battles lately due to the fact that he sweats all of the time, is 3 years old and, apparently, super heroes don't wear eyepatches.

I.love.boys. During a trip to Sam's, I picked up a box to carry stuff in & Anderson took it and said, "Thanks, Bobble" and proceeded to make it a rocket ship. Also, we never leave the house without the fireman boots, which also makes me happy. (Until Gabbi ate them yesterday. I typed this last week and now I am sad to see them in their glory)

Found this preciousness one afternoon. They were both exhausted. (possibly because they have been feeding a newborn all night? Oh, wait...that's me:) Anderson was promptly woken up because I was not staying up until midnight with him that night, but it was a sweet pic. 

Love these guys!