New people mover...!!!

Well, it's been an interesting week!
Our Oldsmobile has given us nothing but trouble for the last year and a half but we have just been too scared to look at purchasing a new car. Well, this week we had had enough! In the last 6 months this car has cost us more than what the car is worth and we had to decide if we were done pouring money into this car.
We had been given a great offer on a bigger family 8 seater car, and were quite excited about it, but after crunching numbers and figuring for gas and insurance decided this 'bigger' car wasn't worth it just yet as we don't need the space!
We were getting so confused! While we felt it was time for a new car, nothing was working out for us! Until yesterday! I had gone into a dealership looking at used cars and pricing and such when it was brought to my attention that the interests rates on brand new cars has dropped to nothing! (Thanks Toyota for making sticky gas pedals!) So after crunching more numbers found that we could get a BRAND NEW car for cheaper than a used because of the interest rate! We were approved and finally felt that things were working out for us!
We are going to the dealership to get our new car today!
It's amazing how even though we may not see the final result, Heavenly Father knows exactly what we need, when we need it! We are so grateful that this opportunity came up for us and are very excited to have a nice reliable car!
Now just to get better at driving a stick!!

New Year Snew Year...

Well, the New Year hasn't been too kind to us!
Brant had a bit of a cough but then got better around the 2nd, but I got sick on the 30th with a sore throat and went to the doctor a little late but am on antibiotics. I have never had a cold sore in my life, but this week I have developed... count them... 1...2...3...4...5...6! Yep... S.I.X. cold sores. They hurt soo bad! I've been to the doctor and he gave me some pills (for genital herpes!! But they work for cold sores too! YAY) and now I'm taking 2 prescriptions...
I still feel gross and haven't done much! I feel bad for Colin because he's had to take over a lot of things around the house because I feel like junk. But that means I have the greatest husband ever!
I was also supposed to give a talk in church on Sunday, but called and cancelled because I AM NOT feeling any better yet! I feel bad because I didn't have a hard topic! It would have been easy!
I hope this year starts to look up and that I don't get sick anymore! I don't think I could take another illness! I'm just glad it's me and not Brant! Unfortunately... I can't kiss my little guy!
Brant is still talking and walking lots and he's still making us laugh. He's also almost 13 months!! It's crazy how fast he's growing up and turning into a little boy!!

Brant's Birthday Photo Shoot

Since Brant and I are both home sick, I've decided to try and update this thing.

I forgot to add that on Brant's birthday we did a little photo shoot to document it!

It was cold with LOTS of snow and I even got our car stuck, but it was a great 10 minutes! Since Brant's birthday, we got together with family for Christmas. It was fun. We stayed in a hotel in Edmonton with my family and had dinner at my Grandmother's brother's house. Where.... Brant started walking!! He's not walking all the time but he can walk a lot more than he used to!!

For Christmas we also treated ourselves to a new big tv and a Wii. We got a great deal on both and were really excited to set them up! We didn't own anything like this and Colin was tired of watching movies on my 19 inch. But... if he complains now there will be problems!! 42 inches is HUGE!!!

But now it's on to a New Year and we are writing out our resolutions and plans to help stay on course!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and that everyone has a wonderful New Year!

~The Andersons

Merry Christmas and more...

Hello all!!
Merry Christmas!!
Today has been a wonderful day! It started with Colin, Brant and I at home enjoying gift openings by ourselves and then we headed up to Edmonton for dinner with my family!
It's always nice to see everyone and catch up! And who could forget the yearly `Tacky Tourist`gift pool!
It was a nice Christmas! BUT --- the most exciting news is that we have a full fledged walker on our hands! Brant must have decided that he was sick of crawling and just started walkin!
He`s a little shaky, but he`s goin!!! It`s soo cute watching him go! And it brings tears to my eyes to think that this time last year I had a newborn! Awww... I miss him when he was so little!
All in all Santa was good to us this year! Good food, good friends and we`re sad it`s over!
Hope everyone had a great Christmas!
~The Andersons

First Haircut!

This morning I walked in to get Brant out of bed and broke down and went to get his hair cut! We wanted to get it done on his birthday, but he was a cranky kid and we were so busy!

So today it was! He was pretty good but too little to sit in a car by himself to get his hair cut so he sat on my lap!

I think it's pretty amazing how these hair dressers can work so fast! I guess they would have to with how much these kids move!

Brant thought it was pretty fun, and I just about cried through most of it! Watching them cut off his cute blonde-red hair! But he looks so 'stylin' now!

Brant is getting look more like a little boy every day!

Oh oh where has my baby gone!!! :(

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRANT!!!

Today we celebrated Brant's First Birthday! His actual birthday was on the Thursday the 10th, but we decided to throw a little party on Saturday!

On his actual birthday, we didn't really do anything special. Colin worked and studied and Brant was a monster all day. I did, however, manage to get out for a bit and buy 3 cupcakes to have a little family celebration at home. But we then went out to a High School choir and band concert later that evening.

Today we had a breakfast for those who came. There were presents, cupcakes and balloons too!

Needless to say, Brant was more entertained by the balloons than anything else... even his little friends!

It's hard to say how Colin and I feel about our little guy turning 1!! It was a big week for us! I keep saying it's a miracle he survived... (or that we did!!!!) but we are so lucky to have this little fella in our home! He's so happy all the time (well, most of the time) and has taught us a lot!

It's been so interesting to watch him grow and progress over the last year. Just remembering him as a little tiny baby just a year ago, to this huge (almost) walking , talking and learning kid!

We have sure enjoyed having this little boy in our lives and are excited to see what this next year brings!

Sure, Come on in... H1N1

Brant woke up Wednesday morning with the sneezies. I hadn't thought too much about it considering he didn't have a fever and was completely happy!

As the day progressed he got worse and worse, but still no temperature. We was getting cranky and didn't sleep well that night.

When he woke up, he was burning and flushed! We took his temperature and it was around 101. We called HealthLink (even at 630 in the morning had to wait 45 minutes!!) and were told to get him checked out by a doctor.

We had him checked out and were told there was a good chance it was H1N1, although he can't conclusively say it is Swine Flu until a swab is done, but that would take 2 weeks and by then he would probably be over it.

We have been given anti-viral drugs for him and keeping him medicated with Tylenol. He still seems in pretty good spirits, still crawling all over and giggling, but still running a slight fever!

We have been told to monitor his breathing to make sure it doesn't become laboured and if it does to take him to the Emergency room! Which we hope doesn't happen!

Colin and I haven't been affected yet, but I'm not too entirely sure we won't be sick in the near future. I'm quite sure because of our closeness with Brant, chances are we will get it!

As for now, Brant's crawling around like crazy and even enjoyed a little time in his jumper!
Well, time for a bum change and a temperature check!
See you all soon!

Colin, Meghan & Brant!