Lots of Movement!!

Little Scout,
Just so you know, you are already making me laugh. Can't wait to actually meet you so I can have many more laughs with you. Dad is convinced that you don't like him, but I know better. You already love him. Yesterday while in sacrament you were kicking like crazy. Dad even saw you kick me. Little scout you can already kick me pretty hard, please don't hurt me when you get bigger in my bell;y :) Deal? Dad would put his hand on mom's stomach and you wouldn't move a muscle. I laughed for a while about that one. It still cracks me up, but Dad doesn't think it's funny. I have a feeling that you and dad are going to be VERY close, which I am ok with because I got to carry you for nine months and that is everything to me. Your dad deserves someone to be close with, and I am more than willing to let him have a "real" relationship with his son. I can't speak for your dad, but I know he loves you more than life itself already. He can't wait to see you. He is more excited than me at times. Time sure has slowed down recently. It feels like March is never going to come. With the upcoming holidays I am hoping that that will keep me busy and not watching time tick by. Just so you know, you already went to your first BYU game this past weekend. You went with dad, mom, Andrew, Bryn, Megann and Mitch. BYU won of course. You didn't move much during the game, in fact, while I laid in bed Saturday night I got a little woried because I hadn't felt you move all day. Maybe you were just enjoying your first BYU game and you had to take it all in. Grandma Bennion is already planning on buying you a BYU football outfit for Halloween so you and aunt Blair can go as a Football player and cheerleader...how cute will that be? You also will get to enjoy your first BYU vs UTAH rivarly game this week. Football has been filling up our schedules these past few weeks, but we're just preparing you for this wild journey. It has been fun to enjoy some football games with your dad. He gets into the games and I have a feeling you'll take after him. Another event that happened this past weekend is that Jimmie Johnson won the Sprint Cup Championship. That makes 4 in a row for him. Dad was so happy about that!! He can't wait til you get here because he has figured out that you will only miss two or three races depending on when you arrive...he can't wait to watch the races with you. How time needs to speed up just a little bit, can't wait to meet you little scout.
Tons of Love,
Your Mom

P.S.
We get to see you tomorrow at our doctors appointment...can't wait :)

Are you a fan?

To all our peeps out there. Ben has started up a Facebook page for Walker Cinemas. We are going to keep showtimes updated for all four theatres, and keep people updated about Walker Cinemas. At times, we will also be giving out passes. If you have a Facebook account please head on over and be our friend. We would love to see all of you on our friends list :)

Halloween Craft

I've wanted to do this craft ever since the beginning of October. Well here is it the 6th of November and I am finally finishing the Halloween Craft I set out to do. I finally finished it today, and am now going to put away with all of my other Halloween decorations. At least we'll get to enjoy it next year. I am also thinking about doing the same type of thing for Christmas but with the letters JOY, and some added embelishments. Maybe, I 'll finish that project by the time New Years comes around :)I am now going to attempt to etch glass for a bridal shower I am going to tomorrow. Wish me luck :)

The Latest

Life is changing around the Anderson home. The baby isn't here yet, but changes are already happening that are making me believe more and more that we will have a baby soon. It is amazing to think that in just 4 1/2 months little scout will be here. For Family Home Evening on Monday night we decided to clean out "The Nursery". It's amazing how much stuff we had in there. We definietly took advantage of the extra space. We now have everything moved into the other bedroom and I love it. It is clean and somewhat organized. It's been fun to gather some ideas of how we want to decorate the nursery, but nothing has really stuck. It is hard for me to decide things like that because kids change so much and what I like now probably won't be the same in just three months. Little man's closet is bare now, but I know grandma's are already shopping for him. These are things that Ben and I have bought before we knew if we were having a boy or girl. I am grateful that my intuition of having a boy was right, because we had alot more boys stuff than girls stuff.

Cherokee is loving having this clean bedroom to go in and sprawl out and eat her bone. She isn't going to know what to do when we actually start getting things in there. We still LOVE having Cherokee around. Sounds silly because I know that my dog wouldn't kill a fly but when she is home and Ben is not I feel safer having her here. I know she watches out for me and Ben all of the time. She knows when I am sick and not feeling well. She would sit on the side of me whenever I had to run to the bathroom to throw up. She is going to be a great sister to this little guy. Ben and I are still thinking that she will sleep in the hallway when the baby comes that way she will be in between us and the baby. For the first couple of months though we will all be in the same bedroom so that will be a fun experience.

Ben is being a good husband and has told me that he will help out around the house seeing that my energy level has gone down. I am grateful for his hard work and dedication to our little family. He seems to love the body pillow we bought for me so that I can sleep at night. Well...one night I came home from work to find him like this....
And as for myself, I am not as tired as I use to be, and I am feeling good. It's time to go and buy some maternity pants because I have an ever growing baby bump...


Life is GOOD!!!!
We hope everyone has a

Baby Boy Anderson

Dear Baby BOY Anderson,
We had our ultrasound today early in the morning, so that your dad could be there. Mom is grateful for dad's boss for letting dad come to all of these appointments. It took a while to get back into the ultrasound room, but we finally made it back. The Ultrasound Tech asked if we knew what we were having and mom said..."I think it's a boy, but who knows?" It didn't take too long for us to see you in all of your glory. You had no problem showing us "your stuff". You were not shy at all. Mom and Dad both laughed when you put yourself all out there. The Tech said that you look healthy, and that you are a very "manly" child. You made her laugh alot, and that reassures us that you are your dad's child...Dad loves to make people laugh. You've got feet, toes, arms, fingers, cute head, and a round belly. You are right on schedule to arrive in this crazy world on March 13, 2010. Oh how we can't wait to meet you. The Tech could NOT get you to move your head, she was pushing on mom's belly for a while determined to get a good face profile of you. Again, you are an Anderson...Anderson's hate getting their pictures taken, they'd rather go to the dentist. Seems that you already have those same characteristics. By far, the best thing that you did today was give us the "Rock On" symbol with your hand. Once again, you are your dad's child. Dad loves music and we feel that you are going to follow right in his footsteps. Dad promises to get some headphones so that you can listen to music while you are still in the womb. Mom is ecsatic to finally be able to get some shopping done. Grandma's,Grandpa's, aunts, uncles, and many more are all so excited as well. Although your not here yet, and I only feel you once in a while (for now) I love you. I love you more than life itself, words can't express the tremendous joy I feel knowing that the Lord has entrusted your dad and I with one of his own. We feel blessed and honored to be your parents. We love you little scout!

Temple Square Mutual Activity

I need your input...and yes, this means YOU! I made mention at a mutual planning committee about skipping out on Temple Square this December. I didn't realize that the youth LOVE this activity. They freaked when I mentioned that maybe we should do something else. As Leaders, we feel that the youth get nothing out of this acitivy. We get to Salt Lake, walk around the temple grounds, and the youth are hyper as ever and then it is time to go back to the car and head home. So, as Leaders we told the youth that we could go to Temple Square as long as we can do something else besides walking around. We feel that it needs to be a little more on the spiritual side, and something that will be more meaningful to everyone. So, my question to you is...is there any ideas that you have out there that we could use?? Maybe something you did as a youth at Temple Square than the usual walking around???

Out with the old, in with the new.

Don't fall out of your chairs people. Yes, this is Ben writting this blog. Now that I have your attention, I want to tell you all what happened to me this past week. Wednesday September 30 was a normal day. Went to work and Scouts. Didn't really think what the next week would have in store for me. Thursday, I believe, I get a phone call from Dan Sheer, our wards Executive Secretary and one of my home teaching families. He totally threw me a left hook asking if I would meet with the bishop at 6:30pm the upcomming Wednesday. I said yes, and the whole week leading to that appointment, i was nurveous, almost to the extent of becoming sick. Wednesday comes around, and I get ready. I had mutual right after so i had to go in the Bishop's office in my scout uniform. I got there a little early because I remember my mission president, President Branwell, say that when he met with President Packer, he had to be 15 minutes early because President Packer always says "if you're 10 minutes early, your 5 minutes late". So I was 20 minutes early. Well, I pull into the church parking lot and see Brother Fenton, the 2nd counselor in the Young Men's, walking up to the door. Then all the emotions came, but not to the extent of crying. My thoughts were flying every direction. It almost reminded me when i got released as a full time missionary, but not as extreme.
Finally it was my turn to go in and then the small talk starts. I'm the type of person that hates small talk. I'm upfront and to the point. There is no reason to keep me more in suspense. Then Bishop says that they are going to release me as the 1st counselor in the Young Mens. Deep down inside, i knew it was going to happen. I was more scared what they were going to call me into. Since KoriAnn and I have been married, I have been in Young Men's, Scouts or both at the same time.
After my release, he then goes on and says we won't keep you in limbo for to long, we would like to call you as the: (Drum Roll.................)

I'm selfish to say that this is what I wanted. I love working with this age group (14-15 year olds). It's going to be a lot of fun and hard work. Plus the new 1st Counselor, the advisor and Ast. Team Coach, is going to be great too. We are going to take this Team to heights it's never been before. I am very excited.
So for all those who were worried about my facebook post last week, this was the reason.