Anna James' Baby Dedication

On February 22, 2009, we had baby dedication at our church, Hunter Street Baptist Church. We are delighted and humbled with the responsibility of raising Anna James in a Christian home, teaching her about Jesus Christ, pushing her toward God, and praying for her salvation. We ask our friends and family to pray for us and Anna James and hold us accountable as parents to teaching her what she needs to know and doing all we can to help her understand the grace God has offered us through his son, Jesus. These are the most important things we can teach her. This was a very special day with lots of family and friends joining us in this celebration. We are so blessed with such and awesome support system.




I like her smile in this picture.

Our friends, Heather and Jeff, also dedicated their children, Charlotte and Ryan.

Matt's parents: Mimi and Poppi

Brooke's parents: Nonni and Papa

Aunt Mary Knox and Uncle Charles, Matt's God-parents. Mary Knox made this beautiful dress for Anna James. Thank you so much. It is gorgeous and so special.

Playing with my cousins, Emma and Ian

Some silly pictures. Anna James loves her tongue and loves to stick it out right now.

So long and skinny...

She is spitting in this picture. It is really cute when she does this. The picture does not do her justice.

SIX MONTHS OLD!!!!!

HAPPY SIX MONTH BIRTHDAY, ANNA JAMES!!!!!!!

It has been six months since the birth of our daughter, Anna James. I can't believe how fast it has flown by. We are having so much fun with her and she has blessed our lives more than I could have ever imagined. She has developed such a sweet personality and getting to know the world around her. She loves Birdee and playing with her toys and wants to hold everything (and put everything in her mouth). She is eating baby food now and seems to like it. We can't wait to see what all she will do, but, for now, we just want to take it all in and enjoy her being our baby girl.

Anna James is very interested in Birdee and wants to pet her and grab at her. Sometimes Birdee lets her, but sometimes she runs away.

I try to avoid this, but it happens...


Anna James is enjoying eating her baby food in her Bumbo seat. She started out with rice cereal and has also had sweet potatoes and peaches, and a little pudding that daddy gave her. She actually loved the pudding and seems to like eating the fruit and veggies too.

Sweet potatoes are so yummy.......mmmmmmmmm!!!

Anna James now has enough hair that she can wear small hairbows.

Anna James cannot yet set up on her own, but she can sit up with pillows propped behind her. She has so much fun sitting and playing with her toys. I love watching her have fun!!!!!

Here she is actually looking at Birdee, wondering why she is barking.

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!!!!