Happy Aeden, Happy Daddy

Aeden is alive and well. He is really the best baby ever. He eats lots, sleeps lots, and smiles a ton. Eating: During the day he eats and eats. Sometimes he will want to nurse ever 2-3 hours. Which is wonderful. I let him. If he wants it, he will get it. Sleeping: Sometimes during the day, he will be up most of the hours. However, at night, he has been sleeping more into the 7 to 9 hours of sleep. It has been wonderful. I have been able to wake up in the morning and get a lot done, before he even wakes up. Sweet Ben has also even watched him in the mornings so that I could start working out. I ran three times last week, amazing. It felt wonderful. Loved it. Now about smiling. He is starting to smile a lot now. More so in the mornings. He will smile at his daddy and mommy. We just will watch him all day. Aeden is a blessing in our lives.

CHI irons and Make-over

Thanks to Kara Barber, we had a little make over at my home. She worked her magic and helped me with my hair and makeup.
I feel that I have many different talents, but make-up/hair is not one of them. So I am always amazed by people who know how. In fact, growing up, my sister, Sierra, would always help me and do my hair and make-up. She now lives in Utah, so I need help. Thanks to kara, I am hopefully on my way to have a little more style. Plus, the CHI things are amazing. In fact, I am looking to buy one, so if anyone knows a good place, let me know. These are some pictures of the results. Enjoy.

Aeden's Photo Shoot

More fun pictures of Aeden. Enjoy

Happy Easter

Happy Easter everyone. Aeden had his week birthday on Easter Sunday. The Easter Bunny knew that he had been a good boy and brought him lots of wonderful things.



Aeden has been able to meet lots of his friends and family that have been waiting so long for his arrival. It has been a dream come true to have his presents in our home. Grandma Stout was won of the wonderful visitors that helped Aeden and me out. Grandma Stout had to leave today, we will miss her so much and thank you for all your help. We could not have done it without you.

Aeden is happy and healthy. Right now, our main focus is to put some weight onto him. He hasn't been gaining as much as the doctor would have expected so we are trying to feed him more often. However, it is extremely hard to wake this boy up. We will have to change him in order to make him upset, which helps him eat. Also, yesterday, Aeden lost his umbilical cord, so today was the first day for his bath, and surprisingly, he enjoyed it.

Aeden Rock Anderson

Aeden Rock Anderson
March 16, 2008, 9:02 AM
8 pounds, 1 ounce
20 1/2 Inches


Aeden Rock Anderson has made his way into this wonderful world that has been awaiting for him. He is perfect. The labor and delivery was great. Lots of hard work, fun contractions, but come to a wonderful end with an emergency c-section. You do whatever it takes to get your little guy here safely. We are very proud parents and just think the world of him. He are some nice pictures. Even though we look tired, we are as happy as ever. And by the way, Aeden is a happy baby.

broken water

Telia's water has broken. Stay tuned here for updates...

Preparing for our little guy

So...we are having a baby boy in about 2 days. We are making all sorts of preparations. Telia has been feathering the nest with the vigorous instinct of hardwired anticipation...as for me, it is more of a cognitive thing. I KNOW we are having him, but I think I’m going have SEE, hold and smell this little guy before the realization sets in. For the moment, I am content to help Telia and try to stretch my mind like taffy around this life altering change in my own way.

We’re trying to close in on a name. I know I’ve said it a lot lately, but the hard part isn’t coming up with a great name... it’s coming up with a great name that we both agree on. We both like the name Peter. He is my favorite figure in the New Testament save Jesus Himself, but I thought that name was sort off limits. It is my opinion that Peter had more faith and joi d’vivre than any other contemporary of the Savior. I mean, come on... I didn’t see any of the other Apostles getting out of the boat to walk on water ... and, just for the record, the names Peter and Benjamin in the same family is in no way an allusion to Beatrix Potter’s Peter rabbit and Benjamin Bunny. I am pretty sure she was one egg shy of a dozen. I know. I saw the movie (Miss Potter) ... well, half of it.

As part of my preparation, I have begun 2 paintings. Neither is finished. One is found in our “painting” section of this site entitled “unfinished” meant that we are never finished becoming fathers. The second one is WAY more ambitious and symbolic (pictured above). In fact it includes a lot of symbolic imagery that is significant to me at 3 levels. For now, I think it will suffice to say only I hope it is esthetically pleasing and that I finish it within the next 6 months.

Preparing for a child is a spiritual process. It is forcing me to examine who I am and contrasting that person to the father I want to be for my son. Although I cannot clearly see the future or know precisely what the next few years will bring, I am teeming with hope. I don’t know if my body has enough room to hold it all...I have hope coming out of my finger tips, eyes and lips.

If anyone has a suggestion for the painting, names or fatherly advice in general, give me a shout out in the comments section por favor.