Baby Shacklett

Dear Baby Shacklett,

You may not know for a while but your big brother already loves you. Tonight as we got ready for bed, I asked Andrew about you. "Andrew, do you want a brother or a sister?"

He thought for a moment and turned in my lap to look in my eyes. He very quietly said, "Mommy, I just want the baby. I want to hold the baby like this." He cradled his arms around his Lovie to show me that he was ready for you.

You are going to have a wonderful big brother. He can't wait to meet you.

:)

Anne

Hello Summer! Hello Foodie?

I don't know if the moon is in alignment with Jupiter or what, but I don't care. A new side of my son... a foodie side of my son has emerged. I know what you're thinking, "A foodie, that can't be!". I agree. I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes.

So here's the run down of new foods since mid-May:

1. Kiwi

2. Strawberries

3. Apricots

4. Donuts (not exactly a health food, but a new food... who cares)

5. French Toast- the real deal. It was homemade, mushy, and covered in eggy goodness. He ate 2 full pieces!!

6. Peanut Butter- that was about 15 minutes ago, and I was able to snap some shots of the newly crowned foodie in action. He started out cautiously with little tastes on his finger... then he took my whole spoon...and another...and another!

:) Here's to trying new things and loving them!

Anne

PS: I know Aunt Bre will be happy that her little guy is becoming a foodie! Maybe he'll try something new with her in San Antonio!!

Introducing...

Introducing the newest addition to the Shacklett family. Baby Shacklett is scheduled to make an appearance on December 7. If you can't tell, this is a video of my latest sonogram. It starts out slow, but then you can see little arms, legs, a big noggin, and a big belly...Also, at around 30 seconds, you can hear the sweet heartbeat!! The doctor estimates the baby is about the size of a peach! We are so excited, and Andrew is already practicing how he will rock the baby!

:)

Anne (+1)

PS: Lady can't wait either!

The Dining Board?

Oh how quickly the toddler mind changes! Last weekend we could barely get Andrew to splash on the shallow end steps... Yesterday he was a water bug all over the shallow end...

Today, Andrew announces, "I jump the dining board" as he points to diving board way at the other end of the pool. Hmmm. Am I ready for this? I decided I was as long as Andrew had some sort of floatation devise.

After some explaining/persuading, Andrew let us put on some sweet Spiderman floaties, and off he went. Here's a video of boy wonder on his 50th trip off the "dining board".

It's going to be a fun summer!

:)
Anne

Andrew's first ice cream cone

Andrew enjoyed his first ice cream cone at Souper Salads yesterday. It actually went pretty well! I only put a tiny bit in the cone to minimize the mess. He would take a few licks and set the cone on the table (germs? Nah.)... Then he would remember it was there and go back it! (In the last picture on the right, he's "cheesing" because he realized I was taking pictures.)

Earlier this month he also developed quite a liking of corn dogs. (For those of you who know my son's pickiness, this is a huge surprise!) Now he can't get enough. Here's a picture of him going to town on a FOOT LONG corn dog from Cottonwood. The plan was to share, but Andrew must have missed the memo.

The past month and a half has been super busy because of my recent Star teacher award, but I hope to get back in the swing of posting soon! I got an iPhone for Mother's Day, so hopefully i can figure out how to post from it.

So, double yays: yay to iPhones and yay to babies who eat stuff!

:)

Anne

Easter Fun

Although seemingly well-adjusted, Andrew is remarkably spoiled and loving every minute of it. He got to have two Easter egg hunts. Lucky!


The Easter Bunny hopped his way to Grandma Sharon and Paw-Paw's house the weekend before Easter. Andrew was super excited! He kept trying to hold the eggs in his had while picking up new ones. Then his basket began to overflow. He dropped several and became frustrated quickly. I know what you're thinking, "A two year old? Quickly frustrated? Never...." The grown-ups learned to quickly to scoop up the dropped eggs and hold them out of sight, so he had could blissfully search for more eggs.

Once inside, Andrew had to open each egg and inspect the contents. About half of them had coins for his piggy bank, some had foil wrapped chocolates, and the others were filled with marshmallows. For the coins and the foil wrapped candies, he just pushed those aside... With the marshmallows, it was a different story. He just kept saying, "I need more. I need more." Or at least that's what we think he was saying through the 10 marshmallows already in his mouth. Yeesh.

It was a fun morning, and we all ate our weight in sugar! The Easter Bunny also found his way to our house on Easter morning, and I will share those soon... as soon as I can figure out the camera. (Anne vs. The Digital Camera- a saga continues.)

:)

Anne

Forgot to mention...

I forgot to mention the old friend we ran into at our resort! Here he is in all his tropical glory!That's right... It's Izzer! Some people thought I had sent him to certain death in our backyard, but he was free. He finally got to do the traveling he always dreamed of. Nice tan, Izzer.



Who knows where we will see him next?


:)
Anne