Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo

It's rodeo time in Houston, which is a huge deal!  There are tons of big performers and events.  Today, we took Anderson to the Livestock Show.  There were tons of animals and events for the kids. Anderson was not a fan at all of the pigs and goats or really any of the petting zoo animals, but he LOVED the chickens and rabbits.  It was pretty fun to also watch all of the people going to the rodeo tonight.  The Jonas Brothers are the rodeo performer tonight, so there were tons of "Future Mrs. Jonas" and "I love Joe" t-shirt wearers and signs.  

Anderson's Hip Issue

A few weeks ago, Anderson's teacher at school noticed that Anderson was not putting weight on his right leg.  We had not noticed it at home, and he definitely did not seem affected by this at all.  He was still running around and playing like normal.  Then over the weekend, we noticed that Anderson would not put weight on his right leg when we would put him down from being held, but once he was down, he would pull himself up and walk around again.  Weird, right?  So I called the doctor on Monday, fully expecting them to tell us not to worry about it, but they wanted us to bring him in.  In two seconds, Dr. Killinger knew that it was "irritable hip syndrome." Apparently, it is fairly common when a kid has recently been sick (Anderson had an ear infection about 3 weeks earlier).  The virus will migrate to the joints and cause inflammation.  So the cure was no walking for 3 days, which is not an easy task for a highly active 11-month old boy! But within three days, Anderson was back to being 100%.  It was a rough couple of days for all of us, but we are all doing great now. 

More time at the park

We recently joined the YMCA. So far Anderson's favorite thing there is the park.  The park there has an awesome jeep for the kids to play on.  Anderson is a Jeep man, just like his dad!

Picnic Lunch

In the last few weeks, the weather here has become wonderful!  It's been sunny and in the 70's.  We took advantage of the great weather with a picnic at the park.  Mike and Anderson picked me up from work, and we headed up to Evergreen park.  Anderson has just recently started to really love the park.  His favorite thing to do is the slide, and eat the sand/rocks (of course!).  He is starting to dig the swing too, but the slide is still his favorite. 

Valentine's Day

This was Anderson's first Valentine's Day!  We went to a little party with our SS class.  There were tons of kids and lots of great food.  Anderson did not quite understand the craft events, but definitely enjoyed playing and running around.

One Small Step for Man...

Anderson is officially walking...a little.  He walks a while and then usually takes a good fall and then goes again.  He falls and falls but keeps getting up and going at it again.  Here is a video of him walking.

Ten Months Old!

On the 16th Anderson was officially a ten month old!  I can not believe that he is already ten months old.  Time has just flown by.  We are just having a great time and look forward to what Anderson has in store for us this year. 

Anderson has started walking a little bit this week.  We are amazed at how fearless and persistent he is!  He has fallen down many times, and each times pulls himself back up and goes at it again.  He is definitely determined to get walking soon.  He is getting bruised a little from all of his accidents, but is still smiling! 

We did have a little bit of excitement this week at school.  Anderson came home from school with his first "incident" report.  At first hearing of it, I was really worried that Anderson had bitten someone.  He is teething a bit right now, and he is biting everything (except people).  So I was worried that he had started biting people.  Instead, he was actually on the receiving end of the bites.  One of the unidentified kids in his class bit him on his chubby cheek and then on his hand.  Anderson's teacher said that he was not happy at all about the biting.  Luckily, it appears to have been a limited incident.  He had a little bruise on his cheek, but otherwise seems very unaffected by it.  He still loves going to school everyday, and we have been really happy with his school and teachers.  It's been a great place for us!