just a couple of thoughts

Since 50% of my children won't go to sleep I thought I would write a little bit about our lives these couple of weeks. I'm laying in bed cuddling with little Rebeca and Jordan's little netbook is great when it comes to typing in bed with a baby in between. It's been almost 8 weeks since we became parents for the 2nd time and I can't say it has been easy but I sure am enjoying it. Massey seems to love his little sister everyday more and more. Every morning she is the 2nd person he asks for after he calls for papi (which means daddy in spanish). I was really worried that he would be mean to her when she was first born, but he has never been mean to her. It took him about 2 weeks to get used to the idea though. He would hit me and try to bite me when I would nurse her and I just did not know how to react. But after doing some research, talking to family members and lots of praying I finally learned of ways to give him the attention he was desperately asking for. I tried not to force him to love his little sister instead I tried to make him feel like she needed him so that he would feel like a big brother. And now I can honestly say that I can handle things better and have things under control. Our apartment has never been messier but most of the day I'm able to have 2 happy kids. I've also learned that I MUST nap when they're both sleeping so that I can function better and feel happy when Jordan comes home. All this probably sounds like common sense but believe me there were days that I though I was going to go mad and I just couldn't think right.
I also have to admit that having both of our families so close to us helps A LOT! I don't know how many times I had to call my mom to send my sisters over so they could play with Massey. In just a few weeks from now, we're going to be in Portland and my mom won't be there. I still can't believe it.
Just about a year ago it all seemed like an eternity and it wasn't even a sure thing. But now, it's really happening and even though I'm a bit scared and sad, I'm pretty excited. Just a few weeks ago my relief socitety president came to see the baby and she wasn't the first person to tell me this but the way she said it really hit me. She said that it was important for our family to make this change, she said that moving away from our families was going to strenghten our marriage and I know and feel that she is right. Jordan and I have been taught well and have a firm testimony of the gospel and we know that if we stay close to the church, the Lord will help us no matter where we go.
I'm just glad for all the things that are happening to us right now. M assey and Rebeca are truly blessings in our lives. They are teaching us, especially me, not just about life but about me. I'm starting to discover talents that I didn't even know I had. For example, I always though I hated cooking, because I never really cooked when I lived at home, I was always in school or working, anyways, just the these last couple of days I've noticed that I've been cooking a lot, (sometimes it takes me all day), but I've been trying different recipes which sisters and friends from church have shared with me and I have been enjoying it so much! It makes me feel so happy when Jordan compliments my food and I can tell when Massey likes it too, he says "mmmm...mmm" like a thousand times.
I've also found that I can control the atmosphere of my home and Massey's mood (sometimes) by the way I react to things. Anyway, I can go on and on and on.
I'm just grateful for the opportunity that I have to be at home and see my kids grow and not miss any of it. Maybe someday I'll be able to make cute things like all of my amazing sisters-in-law, who I don't know how they find the time to make all these cute things since sometimes I feel like all I do is play with Massey all day and feed this baby who I'm still nursing in bed, oh, and change poopy diapers...
well here are some more pictures I took of my kids which I though were super cute. Enjoy and thanks for reading.

My dear friend Rachael and her son
Caleb just enjoying the baby

Time for Rebeca's blessing

Our daughter Rebeca was blessed on sunday September 6th at the Kings Row chapel and it was a wonderful day. Both of our families were able to come and we can't thank them enough for their love and support. Here are some pictures of this memorable day.
Este pasado domingo 6 de Septiembre, tuvimos la oportunidad de bendecir a nuestra hija Rebeca. Fue un dia muy memorable y especial ya que ambas de nuestras familias pudieron asistir, no hay palabras para expresar todo agradecimiento por su amor y apoyo. Aqui hay algunas de las fotos que tomamos.

More pics of our kids

Estas son algunas fotos que tomamos esta semana pasada. El tiempo va pasando muy rapido y no puedo creer lo mucho que la bebe esta cambiando, segun su pediatra esta muy saludable y subiendo de peso. Para Massey aun es novedad tener una bebe en casa, el me avisa cuando llora su hermanita y me ayuda a tirar los pañales sucios a la basura. Aun no puedo bañar a Rebequita cuando Massey esta derpierto porque quiere meterse con ella, asi que tengo que esperar a se duerma primero.
These are some pictures I took last week of our kids, they just keep growing way too fast and I feel like I don't want to miss anything. Rebeca is pretty healthy according to her pediatrician and is gaining weight, she weighs now 8.3lbs. Massey is still pretty excited about having a baby at home and is such a good helper when he's in a good mood...he'll tell me when the baby cries and puts the dirty diapers in the trash. I still can't give Rebeca a bath when Massey is awake because he tries to get in the baby tub with her.

A clean baby after getting a bath...I love my beautiful mexican looking baby

Aqui acababa de bañar a Rebequita, aun parece Mexicanita

We went to Hot August Nights last saturday, my mom and my younger sisters came. Raquel was so crazy...she wouldn't stop making faces the entire time we were there...it was hilarious.
El sabado pasado fuimos a un evento aqui en la ciudad llamado
"las noches calientes de agosto" en donde hay una exposicion
de carros antiguos y fuimos a verlos con mi mama, Estercita y la
safadita de Raquelita.I love sleeping babies.
otra foto de cerquitas de nuestra bebe..
me encanta cuando duermen.Sometimes I feel like all I do all day is nurse
this baby and change poppy diapers :)
yo dandole de comer a la tragonsitaMassey showing Mommy how much he loves his little sister
Massey demostrandome que quiere mucho a su hermanita

I can't even describe how much I love saying that I have 2 kids. Jordan and I can say that we have "children"...that's just crazy but awesome at the same time. It makes me feel so happy seeing how much Massey loves his little sister, he won't stop kissing her! He's still pretty rough and has tried to share his food with her but other than that, he's being pretty good so far. It's now being almost 12 days since she was born and even though we're loving the whole experience we're starting to feel the effects of not getting very much sleep. It's definitely a LOT more work, and boy have we had some rough nights. These last couple of days I've thought a lot about how Olivia had 6 kids and my mom 8...and I just can't imagine what that would've being like.
They're just amazing women and I hope to be like them some day.

Here are some picture we took at Stone Hill since we decided to spend the weekend at grandma and grandpa Andersons' house to get out of the heat (we don't have AC in our apt) and it was great! Grandma Anderson feed us really yummy food and simply let us hang out.

Here is a picture of Massey being as happy as he can be after keeping his parents up for most of the night.

I love this pictures of Massey kissing his baby
sister while uncle Rudy holds her

Bsby Rebeca wearing her new outfit after getting her first bath

Massey waiting for daddy to go to church

My two handsome boys

Rebeca's first week

This is Ruth giving Rebeca her 1st bath. She is such a good, quiet baby. She hardly cried while Ruth was giving her a bath and she loved having her hair washed. Just like Massey did!

You can see that Massey was a little anxious to see what was happening up in the sink.

Here is Massey working in the garden in front of our apartments.

Here's a great picture of mommy, baby and Massey just as he was coming in from a hard day's plantin'.

Our 2nd bundle of joy

Well, our family continues to grow. Our daughter Rebeca Olivia Anderson was born on Sunday, July 19th at 7:52am. There are no words to express how happy we feel right now. Massey couldn't be a better big brother, he totally loves his little sister. Everyday I feel better physically and it helps that I have a wonderful husband who is willing to do all the house chores for me. Thanks to everyone who has called and offered help. Thanks to our families who have been amazingly supportive in all aspects, we will be eternally grateful for everything you've done for us.

Pues nuestra familia continua creciendo. Nuestra hija Rebeca Olivia Anderson nacio el dia domingo 19 de de Julio a las 7:52am. No hay palabras para expresar la felicidad que sentimos en estos momentos. Massey quiere mucho a su hermanita.

Cada dia me siento mejor fisicamente y el hecho de tener a un marido super bueno que me hace todos los quehaceres del hogar ayuda bastante.

Gracias a nuestra familias en especial por todo el apoyo que nos han brindado, les estaremos eternamente agradecidos por todo lo que han hecho por nosotros.

Here are some pictures we took at the hospital.

Pues aqui hay fotos que tomamos en el hospital.

Abuelita Garcia

check out how hairy this girl is

miren lo peluda que salio esta bebe

Grandpa and Grandma Anderson meeting Rebeca for the 1st time

Los Abuelos Anderson llegan a conocer a la nueva nieta por 1ra vez

Massey was fascinated with his new sister

Massey esta fascinado con su nueva hermanita

She's got lots of hair and it's really really dark

Tiene mucho cabello y bien oscuro

Welcome Baby Rebeca

Today, July 19, 2009 Rebeca Anderson was born at 7:52 am here in Reno at Saint Mary's hospital. Last night we went to see Harry Potter with Micah and Camille and about half way through the movie Ruth had a couple of pretty good contractions, but we didn't think much of it. With Massey she had tons of contractions for days before he was born so we thought we still had a long time before Rebeca would be born.

At about 5:30 this morning Ruth woke me up because she was having more contractions. I had already been woken up lots of times in the night by Massey. We were going to just leave him with Ruth's parents on Saturday night (they were babysitting him for us while we went to the movie) but got a call at about 11pm letting us know that Massey wasn't sleeping and he was crying for mom. I went and picked him up and all of last night he didn't sleep well. Maybe he knew something was coming today.

We got to the hospital at about 6:20am and everything just fell into place. The doctor showed up almost immediatly and the surgery started about an hour after we got here. Here are some pictures/video of the birth. She weighted 7.1 lbs and was 19.5 inches long

Now we are just hanging out in room 250 in Post-partum getting visitors. Thank you to everyone who has helped us physically, or with prayers.