It's The Little Things :-)

First off- thanks for keeping my mom and our family in your prayers. I'll share more about those things when we have more information, and when I'm ready. But we definitely felt your prayers, and Emily and I had a wonderful time spending time with our mom over the weekend. It was quality time well-spent.

So, to catch up to speed around the Anderson home, we have a huge "first".......

Tyler's first pee-pee in the potty! And it happened twice!I know you can't see it very well in the picture, but its in there! We've been slowly trying to introduce him to the potty by having him try sitting on it a couple times a day. We've had no luck so far, but the other day we sat him down...and he went!

"Maybe it was a fluke?" we thought...

But then the next day, he did it again! We probably scared the boogers out of him because we starting clapping and cheering like wild people. Poor Tyler...he just wanted to tinkle in peace :-) So at least that's a start....I dream about the day where I have no more diapers to change! Heaven!

And the cutest part about the first pee-pee attempt was that he first stood over by his potty and started to tinkle on the floor....then he sat down and finished going potty. You can see in this picture how close he was...but still so far!Like I've said before- we will have to keep our carpet cleaner handy for a while.

And in other family news- our little girl is turning 4 tomorrow!!! Oh my goodness, how did that happen?! She is such a beautiful blessing to our family, and we thank God every day for our little Isabella. Last night I worked, so John and Bella had some father-daughter time by making cupcakes for her to take to school today. We are taking her to do something fun tomorrow, so she's celebrating her birthday in her class today. Bella picked out rainbow cake mix with pink frosting (would you expect anything else??). They did an excellent job baking and decorating together, and here is Bella showing off her special treat

And also showing us how old she will be tomorrow....

I just adore being her mom!! Stay tuned for more posts coming up about her birthday celebration, some fun times with friends, Bella's 4-year old pictures and more...

Lots going on in the Anderson household- but it's a happy one indeed!