Anna James is ROLLING OVER!!!

Yeah!! Anna James is now rolling over. Acutally she has be able to do that for about 3 weeks now. She is very proud of herself. The first night she rolled over, she did it over and over while Matt and I cheered her on. It was pretty cute. She is now a pro and can roll from front to back and back to front, to the left and to the right. We just watch in amazement. It is funny how little things like that are so entertaining these days.

I still love the bathtime pictures when she is all wrapped up.

This is pretty much what Anna James wants to do all the time now. She loves playihng with toys and holding things in her hands. She is so interested in everything and grabs at anything within her reach. She cannot crawl yet, but can scoot to her toys if they are not too far out of her reach.

Christmas 2008

Merry Christmas from the Hutsenpillers. This year we did Christmas in phases. The weekend before Christmas, we went to Dothan to spend Christmas with Brooke's family. It was alot of fun. We opened gifts and Anna James got an exersaucer, which she loves and uses everyday. She also got lots of toys, videos, clothes, and lots of other things. It was awesome spending our first Christmas with our baby girl. What a beautiful gift from God she is...

Hanging out with Aunt Christie and Uncle Brad!!! They make me smile!!

And I make my mommy smile!!!

Anna James loved all the paper she got for Christmas!!!

...On Christmas day, we got up to see that Santa had come and brought Anna James a wagon, lots of toys, and some new shoes. We read the Christmas story in the Bible and played with her new toys...

Birdee liked the wagon too.

...Later on, Nonni, Papa, Aunt Christie, and Uncle Brad arrived. Anna James took a nap with Papa. She was tired from all the Christmas exitement. We had a bowling competition on the Wii that Matt had gotten for Chritmas. The girls won!!! We ate some soup and had a great time...

...The week after Christmas, we went to Mimi and Poppy's house. We opened more gifts and had a great time with Aunt Shell, Uncle Rob, Emma, Ian, and Granny. Mimi and Poppy got Anna James a table high chair that she will enjoy sitting in when she gets bigger. She also got some toys from Aunt Shell and Uncle Rob that she loves to play with now that she is reaching for and interested in everything.

My cousins, the superheroes

It was an amazing Christmas. We continue to be amazed by God's love and graciousness. He has blessed us beyond our imagination with wonderful friends and family. In 2008, God immensely blessed us with the birth of our first child. She is the love of our life, and we are so thankful to have her. We thank God for such an awesome gift of his love and look forward to watching her grow in the years to come. Happy New Year!!!!

Thanksgiving 2008

We spent Thanksgiving this year at Matt's parents house in Jasper, Georgia. Every year, we go to the farm for Thanksgiving, and Matt's dad, Bill, takes us on a hayride. Matt's mom, Kathryn, cooks a delicious meal for Thanksgiving, and we have a great time with Michelle and Rob and our niece and nephew, Emma and Ian.

Hanging out with Poppi

Smile, Mimi

Chillin with my cousins

Anna James really loves this exercise mat.

...and her swing too.

Anna James and Birdee

Having fun on the hayride, a Thanksgiving tradition

Hayball fight