The Anders Family

far too long since i posted....here are some recent pics

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say cheese!
visit from Emma and family

at the creation museum

pretty funny...

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Thank you to Gramma and Papa

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Eating peas

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I am making up for not having posted in a while...enjoy!

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Notice his shirt

In their easter outfits from Gramma

They play well together

He's almost crawling

Olivia helping Daddy wash the car, she is such a great helper

yummy

With all her pony's she loves playing with them!

Video from a couple months ago at the Fresno zoo

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I am sorry that I have not posted in a while, my card reader is having problems so I cannot download new pics right now. I will try to so

Brother and sister

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We miss our Gramma, Papa, Papi, Aunts, Uncles, and cousins! Love you all!

this is olivia

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Levi's bath

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Olivia being helpful

What a smile!!

Watching kids during our churches cantata practice

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my sweet boy

Update

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I'd like to give a little update. Levi is sitting up great now, that's not to say he doesn't fall over every now and then, but he's doing great. He also gets on all fours and rocks back and forth, I think he'll be crawling soon. His top two front teeth have broken through so he's got 4 visible teeth now. He's a sweet baby with a sweet smile.
Olivia is so much fun! She loves being sweet with Levi, she'll bring him toys, lay with him on a blanket and anything I do with her like tickle her or something fun, she wants me to do it to Levi too, she'll say, "Levi's turn!" She loves singing lately, she sings the ABC's, Jesus Loves Me, Deep and Wide, and Zacheus-those are the favorites. She can sing every line of Jesus loves me without messing up, I'll have to tape her and post it. What a blessing our kids are!

Our kiddos

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Levi sitting up all by himself

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Our sweet baby boy, already 6 months old

Olivia shares so well with him, she likes to say, "Levi is my brother and my friend."

Learning to play ball with her daddy

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right before she hits the ball...

Recent pictures

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We feel so beyond blessed for the wonderful children God has lent to us to train up for His glory. Olivia is more fun than ever, learning each day and talking so much. Levi is almost sitting up on his own for a good while, he gives us the cutest smiles all day long and Olivia loves him so much. (so do we of course) People comment so often how much they look alike, I gotta agree that they do look a lot alike.

Many new pics of our time in California

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At the zoo

Papi and Emma

Levi and Mommy

Trying to get Emma to enjoy the slide

Papi with his grandson Levi

cousins

The attack of the squirrels

Taking a walk with Papi

Gramma, Papa, and Levi

Papa and Levi

The cousins

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Being sillyAngie and Emma Levi and Olivia

Looking cute in their matching dresses

Olivia with her cousin Caitlyn

Eating a lemon Papi gave her

Levi and Caitlyn

Our two kiddos playing

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Olivia is very sweet and loves her little brother

At a wedding of friends from church

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Levi sleeping with a true Grandpa at heart from our church
Mr. Groomsman

Playing with her friend Beth

Bath time

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Levi can really pick up his head now
Olivia making a funny face at Levi

In their Christmas outfits from Gramma

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I realized later after I'd taken the pics that his little tie should have gone inside his vest, oh well, he still looked adorable

Brother and sister

A bit late but some pics taken Thanksgiving

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Playing Dr. with her friend Kieran

I love his smile!

Update

2008-12-14T14:38:00.003-05:00

Well, again I must apologize for not having more pictures on here, We do have a camera now but I can't figure out where to stick the memory card in my laptop, I don't know if my laptop has a place for it. So I am posting a picture from several weeks back to at least put something on here. I will continue to try to be succesful at getting pics on here. Levi is changing everyday and people tell me all the time how cute he is, I must say that I agree. He smiles all the time and coos and even laughs. He still naps a lot but he doesn't cry as much now, he's more aware of his surroundings. He recognizes my voice and will turn his head to find my face and will do the same for Olivia.
Olivia is as precious as ever. She is very sweet to her brother and loves to help me take care of him. Sometimes when he wakes up and cries she will look at me and say, "Mommy go get him!" She understand that I need to feed Levi several times throughout the day and does not get jealous. Olivia is learning so much and she surprises me everyday with how well she remembers things. She can count to ten although sometimes she gets the order mixed up, she recognizes several letters of the alphabet, like A B C O (O because it's in her name) she absolutley loves her Boz movie (thank you uncle Joshy and Auntie Valerie) she will watch that thing just about everyday and she sings along the best she can with the songs.
One of the things I love the most is to listen to her pray. Before we would have her repeat after us in prayer, and we still do, but we also let her pray on her own and she will thank God for Papa, Gramma, Joshy, Valerie, Braiden, Max, Auntie, Pape, Yaya, Boz, Boppy (her bear) Levi, her Pipo (Pillow)...and so forth, it is precious.
Well, although I don't have many pics yet to post I at least wanted to update you on the kids lives. That is all for now...

Levi

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Here is a recent picture of Levi, we took this Thanksgiving day. The reason I have not posted in quite a while is that I accidentaly broke our camera. This picture was taken by a friend. I have a few others but they do not want to download right now. I will try to post more soon.

she's on a roll...

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This is twice in the last week that Olivia has done the sort of thing I guess 2 year old's do when no one is watching...the sort of stories you tell your friends that begins with "you won't believe what..."

Olivia was supposed to be taking a nap and I could hear her talking in bed and she knows she's not allowed to get out of bed once down for a nap or for the night, well, how much damage can she do if she can't even get out of bed? I think the video says it all...

Not as innocent as she looks....

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Olivia's new room

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Here they are playing with the baby dolls putting them to sleep
This picture is from inside her room, we moved the furniture and if you look closely, I put up some pics of Olivia on the wall, they need to be updated though

This one is a little dark but this is from the doorway, see her cute new toddler bed, she loves it

Cheese!

Smiling for the camera

More pics...

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close up
I can see the resemblance to eachother in this picture

"Now you listen here Olivia... "

In her pretty Sunday dress

For some reason all the pics doubles and I don't know how to erase them...so here they are again...

Our kids

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In her new beautiful, warm coat
Olivia being sweet to Levi

Olivia being not so sweet to Levi

She reminds me of a little ecuadorian girl, she picked her hat and shoes for this outfit

Cute smile

Congrats on your marathon run Matthew!

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Look at the medal!
New hairdo

Bath time

Some pictures of our families visit

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Our children

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I thought her face looked cute in this picture
God has truly blessed us
Olivia looks happy, Levi...well...I think his face says it all...

Olivia's Birthday

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Our little princess

Look at the expression of excitement on her face
We got her a little bike, she loves it

Livi-Lou Turns 2!

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Hi All!

This is Auntie Stephie (AKA Auntie) Sheila asked that I post these on her blog. Man do I love this little girl!

Wish we were there to spend your special day with you princess!

Happy 2nd Birthday Olivia Grace!!!

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Today is Olivia's 2nd birthday. Time has gone by both slowly and quickly if that makes sense...she has grown quickly and it seems like just yesterday she was little like Levi, but when I think about it, she is only 2 years old...
Today Olivia actually went to Sunday School, not just the nusery, it was a big moment for me, that really made me feel like my little girl was growing up. She is talking so much, she says things like, "I love you, here you go, there it is, my birthday, Levi sleeping, Levi crying, Levi eating (the only three things Levi seems to do...) and so much more, she expresses herself very well and is just such a joy to us. She is a sweet big sister to Levi, gives him hugs and kisses and helps Mommy take care of him. I will post pictures later of her little birthday party we'll do for her.

more pics

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Visit from Auntie Steph and Max

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Our kiddos

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Our little Levi

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More of Levi

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Meet...Levi Joseph Anders

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Baby Boy Anders Is Here! (or the "man child" as Matthew called him)

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CONGRATULATIONS MOMMY,DADDY AND BIG SISTER OLIVIA!!!

Levi Joseph Anders arrived KY time August 31st, 2008 @ 5:46 am he weighed 7 pounds 12 ounces and was 20 inches long. He as a lot of hair his daddy says and he looks a lot like Olivia! Once I get a picutre I will post one for you. He is adorable. Mommy is doing well. And GO Sheila all again with NO DRUGS! She is one strong woman. We love you all and are so thrilled. We wish we were there tonight to share in your joy. But we are so thank-ful that for cell phones and text messages!!! All our love!

Papa and Gramma

Uncle Bret, Auntie Stephie and Max

Uncle Joshie, Auntie Valerie and Braiden

Baby Boy Anders...

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IS ON HIS WAY!!!!!!!!!

Hi this is Auntie Stephie in California! And Auntie La-La and Uncle Matthew as of 3:00am KY time 12:00am CA time are headed to the hospital in Indiana because La-La's water has broke! :) We are so excited to meet and FINALLY get the name of our new little nephew/grandson. We are all dying to see him and know his name. We love you guys and can not wait to meet this little guy! You are going to make a geat big sister Livi-Lou! (Once I get a picture I will post it on her blog for you. My blog is also linked on here as The Weniger Family)

Fun in the yard with Daddy and Mommy

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Cuddle time with Daddy after her bath

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So in love with our little girl

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Video of Olivia saying hi to Gramma, Papa, and cousins...enjoy!

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She also enjoys Father Abraham ; )

At McDonald's after church

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The Kentucky State Fair

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Olivia didn't quite like the big pigs too much, this is her face
when she was around the pigs, she did enjoy looking at the animals though

Olivia playing around the house

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Recent pics

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I know it's been forever since I've posted, sorry, here are some recent pics

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Video of Matthew's pitch, sorry it's a bit far away

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At the bats game, Matthew is the one in the white shirt, white and red hat with kakhi pants (the good lookin one)

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Random pics of this week

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Our little girl is growing up

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In her cute outfit from Auntie Stephie, she found a pacifier this morning and wanted to play with it...she's watching cartoons in these pics

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A day at the pool

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4th of July vacation at the lake house

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More pics

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Here is a recent pic of me. Honestly, I look bigger in the picture than in real life I think.

Bath time

Playing with Olivia

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Matthew playing with Olivia

Cute little girl

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Our family

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On an outing to the zoo with staff children

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Surprise baby shower from our teens

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Our teens, at Matthew's suggestion, put together a surprise baby shower for me. I had NO clue!
We came home from having just been browsing around Lowe's and when I opened the door there they all were and yelled, Surprise! I let out a little scream and shut the door. I was so surprised and it was a great blessing! Thank you to all the teens and my loving husband!

I thought this one was cute, they put a pink baloon, just in case it is not a man child! They've all heard about Stephanie's story!

Being silly

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Olivia

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In mommy's shoes

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She found my shoes and put them on, she likes to do that, it's cute. It's funny to see her walk in them

I love this dress on her...

Out for a walk around the neighborhood

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Fun little girl

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I love to see her laugh

Braiden and Max, come see me soon, I want to play with you!

Piggy tails

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I've put her in pig tails the last couple days and I love the way they look on her, it makes her look like a bigger girl.

At the zoo with friends

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I went to the zoo with two friends from church and our kiddos, it was fun and the kids loved it!

Olivia, Mazerick, Javan, Andrea, Ben, and Beth
Olivia looking at the animals
Playing in the playground
Her favorite thing by far was the slide, she must have gone down the slide 20 times in a row, she loves the slide and she'll climb up the stairs by herself and go down all by herself, she does a great job.
In our new van...I'll have to post a picture of our new van, I love having a van and Olivia likes it better too I think, she is higher up and she can see out the window.

With friends

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Chloe and Olivia in a car grocery cart, these are friends of ours that live in IN, Chloe is 4 days younger than Olivia

This is Olivia's face as she looked at a caterpillar another kid was holding in her hand
She didn't want to hold it, it gave her the willies
Swinging at the zoo

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Playing outside with her doll
Laying on her stuffed animal

5 months along

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Olivia giving her friend Beth a big hug

Fun in the sun!

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Olivia would try to wipe sand off her mouth with a hand that was full of sand and put more in her mouth....

The beach is so much fun!!

Posing for the camera

A day at the beach

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Matching bathing suits

More pictures of our trip

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Cute little Emma
Olivia with a highlighting cap on
I love this dress on her
Playing together

Pictures from our Pensacola trip

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Olivia Grace and Emma Rose
Me and my sister with our little darlings

Going on vacation!

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We are leaving for the Pensacola College days trip with 7 teens tomorrow morning. It'll be a long ride but we are excited!
Olivia and I will be staying a bit longer, we will be visiting with my parents and Angie and Emma. Pray that our trip goes well and that the teens enjoy the college.

See you in a couple weeks!!

Playing with Daddy and in her easter dress

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Olivia in her adorable lavender dress with jean jacket that her auntie Stephie gave to her when she was but a wee little baby

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Hi! Thanks Auntie Stephie for the cute dress!

Some fun pics

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In her cute outfit
She looks like a big girl to me in this picture

Just being silly

more pics

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This is a picture of today at the teen activity
This is from tonight when we got the gifts from Papa and Gramma...thanks so much!
loves her flute

About 16 weeks

In her mini mouse hat

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Olivia was playing with her doll, giving her her old pacifier and she wanted to wear her little mini mouse hat that papa and gramma got her from Disneyland.

Video with singing

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Playing

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Look at all my teeth
Gotcha!
This is so much fun

Big smile

More snow!

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Our house
Olivia loves to play with the snow, she'll pick up little pieces of snow and throw them

Our car...I think

Cute smile

Out in our front yard

Here is a picture our baby #2, I know it is not clear and very difficult to see. I'm going to try to explain..the babies bottom is actually up in the air, to the right top are his/her feet and legs and the babies head is at the bottom of the picture. Well, I hope it is somewhat clearer now.

playing

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sweet girl

Making faces

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We make little frowny faces at eachother and then laugh, she looks so cute when she does it.

Playing in the front yard

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Smile for the camera Olivia!
Our little snow man

Random recent pics of Olivia

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