Olivia's Announcement

Introducing.....Olivia Grace Anderson

Yay!!!!! She finally came! Olivia Grace Anderson born August 10, 2009 at 11:34 am. She weighed 9 lbs 2 oz and was 18 inches long. I was starting to feel like she would never come, and then that Monday morning before the due date she came into the world and I was so happy! I still am, and can not believe she is 3 weeks old already. It sometimes feels like she has been here much longer than 3 weeks. We are all just absolutely in love with her. The older girls just love her so much, and all three of them do such a great job with her. Here are a bunch of pictures of the last few weeks:







The girls all excited to look at their new baby sister:










Her first bath at home:



Here she is at 2 weeks 5 days old. She is so alert...


...and she is already smiling! She loves to look into people's faces and will start to grin! It is so fun:

She is just so nice to have. We are so grateful for her and so happy she is in our family.

Catch-Up!!!

So we have had an extremely busy last few months here, and I have unfortunately neglected this poor blog. I have just added a few posts of the past few months to catch up. We have recently moved to Calgary! It has been a big move and change for us, but so far we are loving it here. We miss a lot of things about Edmonton, but we love a lot of things here too. I am getting more and more anxious and ready to have this baby. I saw the doctor just today, but he said I will probably not have the baby for a while yet. *sigh* I will just have to be patient, she will come when she comes right?

We had a busy weekend around here. Saturday was our big Mossey Family Reunion here in Calgary and Sunday was my Grandma Herget's 85th birthday celebration down in Magrath. Both were wonderful days spent with family, some of whom I have not seen in years. Both days were extremely hot, which was a little uncomfortable for me, but it was still fun. Isabelle unfortunately got heat stroke on one of the days as she was playing so hard in the hot sun. But nevertheless, it was still great fun. Here are a few pictures of the weekend:

(PS I have figured out how to put the comments back on, it only took me like 8 months! SO feel free to leave comments! Its the only way I know this blog is being read!!!!!)

Grandma Melba Herget, 85 years young:
Garett and Robbie performing a David and Goliath skit:

Goliath:

Rory, Brayden, Izzy, Lily, and Chloe, performing a Jonah and the Whale skit:

Holding the pieces of the whale:

Isabelle and Great Grandma Herget:

Chloe giving hugs:

The Andersons with Grandma Herget:

The "original" Hergets; Brent, Cynthia, Gloria, Melba, Robert, and Delton:

Having a little laugh at something:

The Mossey Reunion in Calgary the day before:

Fun in the sun after the lunch:

Ben helping some of the kids with the pinata:

Chloe and Grandpa and new little Saphina, born July 14, 2009:

Chloe giving big hugs to Great Nana:

Izzy's Grad

Izzy getting her flower and certificate:

Izzy and her teacher Fatima, who she loved! She misses her a lot, but we keep in touch through email. Fatima has since moved back to Spain.

Izzy and her best friend Chloe:

On June 26, Isabelle graduated from Kindergarten! It was a cute little ceremony, the kids all loved it. It was a bitter sweet day for us, as we knew at this point we were moving to Calgary, and it would be the last day for us to see and be with all of these kids from school. We still keep in touch with some of them. Kindergarten was a great year for Izzy, and she is so excited to start Grade one... even in a new school which can be a little scary.

Lily's Playschool Fieldtrip to the Farm

For a special year end treat at Lily's Playschool, they took a fieldtrip out to some farm in Gibbons. Ben was able to take the time to be one of the chaperones, which was a rare opportunity for him indeed. Here are a few pictures of the day. I do have a cute video too, but it won't let me upload it for some reason, so I'll try later. Lily had so much fun, and still talks about the pony she got to ride, as its name was also Lily.


Here Lily is with her good friend, Zya:

FIESTA

I know this happened a long time ago, but I wanted to put it on the blog. Izzy's Escuela Mill Creek puts on an annual Fiesta every year, to raise funds for the school. It was a beautiful sunny day, and the girls had so much fun with face painting, various games like a cake walk, fishing game, winning stuffed animals and so much more. Izzy's class also performed a song titled, "Veo Veo" which she was so proud of.

Fun Soccer 2009

So waaaaay back in May, the girls participated in the second year of Fun Soccer, put on by the generous people of Forest Heights Ward. It was Isabelle's second year playing, and Lily's first. They both did fantastic jobs and had fun. Lily's favorite part was playing "What Time is it Mr Wolf?" with the soccer ball. Isabelle loved to scrimmage and would work her little heart out; she was so excited with the last day, because that was the day she scored 2 goals!!!! We were so proud and happy for her! Here are a couple of video clips I managed to get. Of course, the day Izzy made her goals was the day I forgot the video camera....isn't that the way it always works? Oh well, here are the videos, enjoy!