Saturday, November 08, 2008

A Very Special Thankful Thursday

No, this week's Thankful Thursday is not about not drinking or abuse or something like that, I just borrowed the tagline "A Very Special" from old school TV shows because I think it's funny. Some of you may have worried that I had given up after only one Thankful Thursday. Luckily, no I am still at it. I've just been super busy. A lot of that business, in fact, is due to the subject of today's Thankful Thursday
Yes, today's Thankful Thursday is all about my new son, Theodore Zann Anderson. Isn't he cute? I'll be skipping the two categories today and just focusing on Teddy for all of my gratitude, because there's a lot of it. What a wonderful blessing it is to have this sweet little boy in our family!! I am so grateful for him. From way back when I was excited to be a daddy and I knew that I would love him and be glad to have him, but I had no idea just how much I would love this little guy.
From the second he was born I loved him so deeply it was amazing to me. I sat there and looked at him and put my hand on his little chest (and tummy, he's a long baby but he's still a baby...) and I was so proud to be a dad and so happy to have him here with us. He has brought such a sweet spirit into our lives and our home (don't worry, we did have the Spirit before).
It's been amazing to me how much we have come to know him and learn about who he is and what his personality is. As I'm writing this, he's just going on 120 hours old, yet you can tell that there's much more to him than that. Babies make the veil so thin and we can just catch a glimpse of where they came from and where we're headed.
I love this little guy so much. I had to go back to work again on Thursday so I can support our family now that I'm the (almost) sole breadwinner. I didn't want to leave and I'm always so excited to see him and hold him when I get home. He already seems to know who his Mommy and Daddy are and he absolutely loves his grandparents as well. He is such a wonderful little boy and I don't think I could possibly be happier to have him here and that he is ours.
I hope that this wasn't too disjointed. I'm pretty much out of words to describe how I feel about our little Teddy, so to sum it all up, I'll just say this: He's wonderful.

8 comments:

Kellie said...

Yay! I get the first comment! That was such a sweet post, Zann! Teddy is seriously the cutest baby--ever. Nathan agrees that he's dang cute, too. He interrupted Megan's bedtime story to make a point of telling me just how cute he thinks Teddy is! How are both of y'all doing? Sleeping at all?

Missy W. said...
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Bec said...

Sweet. And yes, it feels like your heart will explode, doesn't it? It doesn't change... except maybe to get stronger!

Alicia Steere said...

So sweet! Isn't it so amazing how much your love grows!? Congrats guys! How is Amber doing!?

Shawn said...

He is dang cute, we are so excited for you!

Jennifer said...

He sure is cute, guys. And that sure was a cute post.

Anonymous said...

He is adorable. Congratulations you two!
-katie

Dana said...

Wow! I am so excited for you guys! The feelings that come when you are a parent are really indescibable. They are really such blessings from heaven! Congrats!