Xoxo.

Miss Baby A,

We started working on your nursery this week! It is making us so happy to think that come the end of winter we will be able to actually share it with you! Your dad has been putting together all sorts of furniture for you. He gets everything laid all out and organized, and then takes a deep breath before starting to try and read Swedish instructions (Ikea love). I've been going through picture books, frames, and some little trinkets you have already acquired from family and friends. So many people love you already! 

Ever since you came into the picture this summer you have made my transition into Kansas a little easier. I get to plan weekends and more weekends to come back to Nebraska for baby showers and such to celebrate you! Happiness!

Adam and I always talk about what we might think you be like. Your face, your eyes, your personality! Will you be more like him? me? both? neither? We pray for you daily, thanking God that we have a chance to raise a little girl (God-willing). I am around 23 weeks now...so a little over halfway there! I can finally feel you kicking around! You usually decided to kick a lot when we are reading the Bible before bed. It's so fun because Adam will put his hand on my belly and just wait and wait to feel you kick...sometimes you decide to, other times you make him wait. He gets jealous that I get to feel you throughout the day;)

Keep growing little miss! Xoxo. 

Pink Cake & Precious Bedding!

Always gotta love when the Sapp sisters come together and plan a party for you:) They are amazing. My aunts threw me a baby shower this last weekend with a lil gender reveal mixed in!  It was a quick, but perfect shower as people were coming and going and making their flights! It was fun to have everyone in the same spot for a couple hours celebrating little baby girl Anderson!

Our "vote"...

And it's a girl!!!

The aunts got bedding for our baby girl! & the cutest polka-dot rug. The cutest. 

The "grandmas" to be!

Thanks so much dear aunties!

I felt so blessed after the party as Adam and I were making the drive back to Kansas. I'm so incredibly lucky that my family is so close and likes to spend time together in the midst of everyone's busy schedule. Xoxo family. 

Boy or Girl....???

As most of you know Adam and I are having a baby! Boy or Girl? You shall see...

Adam's 28!

Happy Birthday Sweet Husband! This past week we had a lot going on! And had many reasons to celebrate!

Early last week we found out the gender of our baby babe! I wore pink and blue that day to school. I felt like it was only appropriate. We made a little video announcement that we will be sharing next weekend:)

 The Lion King Broadway Production came to town and so we were able to see that! I have been wanting to see it for a couple of years now, so it was exciting news when I saw that it was coming to Wichita!

Joe came into town from Colorado and spent the weekend with us. We ate lots of fun food,had intense conversation, and gathered by the fire pit a couple of nights. I had four s'mores one night. FOUR PEOPLE. get out.   

Brian met us out for dinner last night at Red Rock. The boys LOVE this place. If you come to town, this might be a stop we have to make.

Adam, I love you! Happy 28th cutie! I am so thankful to have you in my life every single day. You are a great husband. You do the dishes and don't complain. You run out of laundry and don't complain. You don't get nightly "dinners" and don't complain. Thanks for being you and loving me through all my emotional meltdowns that I blame on "pregnancy hormones"...;) You teach me what it means to truly love.

5k

On Saturday Adam and I ran a 5k called the Race For Freedom. A friend from our new bible study was running it and I was immediately interested as my heart feels for girls that have to deal with that on a daily basis:( Heart breaking. Disgusting. That Human Trafficking. And it happens all around. There were a ton of runners there...which was great to see all the support for this particular cause! 

 We ate donuts after.

A Quick Peek

...into my classroom. Where I spend my Monday through Fridays. 

Adam came one day before open house and did a little "art" for me:) I LOVE when he comes to school! And no, not all classrooms have a chalkboard...they are getting me another white board but it "might take awhile"...and I have learned that in this district...that could be a very long while.

The year has started off good! I have two great teammates that help me make it through the transition into a Title 1 school. 

I just found out I only get 6 weeks after I have the precious babe:( I'm kinda bummed...but it's okay, right? I have all summer;) I can make it, I can make it!

Thomas

Thomas is Adam's little brother. He has been through a lot in his life already. A lot. More than the typical 21 year old. He is traveling to Thailand soon to spread the love of God. He is going for about a year.

Below is Savana Riley. Thomas and Savana were engaged and to be married a couple years back. As many of you probably know, precious Savana had a seizure while driving and was in a horrible accident that ended up taking her life. They had her funeral in the park where they were to be married. Thomas played the song he wrote for her when she was to walk down the aisle when they carried her casket down the aisle. The saddest story ever. I know. But since the minute Adam and I had to rush down to the hospital in Lincoln, Thomas has been the strongest person spiritually that I have EVER ran across at such a young age. Hours after the accident, hours after they had just been goofing around in Thomas' grandma's kitchen, here she was with only hours to live. Do you want to know what Thomas prayed? He prayed that the Lord's will be done. He obviously wanted and was desperate for her to stay. DESPERATE for her to stay. But he prayed that if it would bring more people to the Lord by taking his soon-to-be-wife, then let it be done. This may sound like an easy thing to say, especially since you and I are most not likely in that situation at the moment. But to truly mean it....? Put yourself in that position. Your best friend, spouse, in the midst of being taken from you. Could you truly say, Lord, your will be done? Knowing the pain you were and will be going through?

Savana was a faithful servant of God. I remember when I met her I was kind of taken back by her and Thomas' relationship with God and each other. So strong, so strong, for individuals that would usually be entering the "college scene", they were taking missions trips and growing in their faith daily. Saying I love you in the middle of a sentence in front of lots of people. I was impressed, and challenged. 

Years have passed and Savana is now singing praises to the Almighty. We all miss her but know that she is doing better than all of us down here!

Thomas has kept growing and growing. He went to seminary school and is now taking a missions trip to Thailand to tell people about Jesus. Visit his facebook page! He has made some great videos talking about his upcoming adventure! I think he is still waiting on donations to meet the needed financial requirements before he takes off...but when he does, he will have a family that will miss him greatly while he is gone! 

We went to the zoo the other weekend to celebrate Thomas and just be together!

Also...we can't forget Liane! Thomas met the sweetest girl this past year! She is strong as well....because, she will be here for a year waiting for her bf to come back! Her and Thomas constantly smile and enjoy each other! We are so happy for their relationship.

We love you Thomas! We know God has great plans for you in Thailand!

I'm so glad!

I'm so glad the Ehly's came to visit us this weekend! It was soooo great to just hang out with them for a couple of days. Erin is pregnant as well so we talked a lot of "baby talk" and are excited that our little ones will only be a few months apart! 

I saw a commercial about this "peach farm" and thought it might be a little adventure to take the Ehly's on...so we drove up to Newton and explored the costly little peach farm.

After the farm, Alex just had to make peach cobbler that night! He worked very hard on that little creation...;)

We had a taco night. 

Adam's dad bought us a fire pit and the weather was a little cooler that evening so we had to put that baby to use! We had s'mores...and found out that that very day was national s'mores day! Now that is exciting.

 Thanks so much Alex and Erin for taking the drive to come hang out! (Anddd thanks a bunch for helping me cut out lamentation for school Erin!) BCF 4ever!