Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Jonas - 9 months


This little boy is becoming more and more of a mama's boy the older he gets.  I love it.  I took him to the doctor today, and he is 30 inches long (90th percentile) and weighs 21 pounds (75th percentile).  He's lengthening out and has lost most of those adorable baby rolls.  He now has eight teeth and is starting to eat more and more "big people" food.  He is VERY picky.  We don't really know what to do with a picky child since Charlotte would eat anything.
He figured out crawling and has just taken off.  He climbs the stairs, pulls himself up, and gets into everything on his level.  He can also throw, and it makes him happy.

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Thrill Seeker

We took Charlotte to a kiddie amusement park yesterday.  I was a little concerned that she would be too scared to ride any of the rides.  Those concerns were put to rest as soon as she got off the first ride.  She was ecstatic. Jumping up and down.  Giggling.  Hugging my legs.  Squealing.  Begging to go on another.  Smiling so wide her cheeks had to hurt.  She even put her hands up on the roller coaster...something I've never been brave enough to do.



We went with our good friends who are moving away in a couple weeks. We're really bummed about that!

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Kicking off Summer

This past weekend we went camping with some friends to officially begin summer.  It has been SO rainy here all spring.  There was a chance it would rain this weekend, but we went anyway...hoping our boldness would deter Mother Nature.  It didn't.  We saw rain for about an hour on Friday evening, and it left our campsite a muddy mess.  We still had fun though (I'm sure for Charlotte the mud made it more fun).
We celebrated a birthday.

We played with built a fire.

We set up our tent.
We relaxed.



We played.
And we got really dirty.

I think everyone had a great time eating the yummy food, having good conversation and enjoying nature (except Jonas).  He was a grump.

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Graduation

This past Friday Adam graduated from The Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine.  As we were driving to his graduation at The Palace Theater I couldn't help but think how surreal this all seemed.  When we first started school it seemed like it would last for ages.  When I look back now, I see how quickly time has passed.  So much has changed for us in the past four years. We were blessed with two children.  We've learned a lot about each other and finding balance in life.  Overall, I think what we've most come to understand is how much our Heavenly Father cares about us and how keeping an eternal perspective makes hard things easier.

The emotions have been running strong this past week.  They were very strong at graduation.  I am so proud of my husband.  He has sacrificed so much and worked so hard these past four years.  It was difficult to hold back the tears as they called his name at the ceremony.
We took some pictures after, but Jonas was asleep in Aunt Lippy's arms.  We were thrilled to have Adam's family come out and celebrate with us. (More posts to come about that later.)
Afterward we went back to the school for a reception.  It was a bittersweet time celebrating accomplishments and saying goodbye to friends.
We  were heading out the same time as the Britt's and decided we needed to snap a "family" picture really quick.  These guys have been our neighbors for the past four years and have become like family.  It's so hard to see them move away.
Well, here's to Daniel Adam Nelson, D.P.M. (That means he's a doctor!)

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Indians Game

Last night we went to the Indians game with some friends.  It was the first time we've been to a game without kids since Charlotte was born.  It was a great date night!

The game was pretty intense during the 9th inning.  Indians were losing.  The guys felt it was necessary to pull out the rally caps...and it worked!  The Indians won with a walkoff homerun.
 Between great company, dollar hotdogs, fireworks, and good seats...it was a night to remember!

"You Keep Using that Word.

I don't think it means what you think it means."
                                     ~The Princess Bride

The other evening when I was giving Charlotte a bath I pulled out some soap.  She didn't want me to wash her off and she said, "You can't wash me off.  It's too adorable when you do that."

Then this morning I was trying to convince her that she wanted fruit salad for breakfast.  Her response, "I don't like salad.  It's too adorable for me."
Hmmm...I think she's too adorable. period.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Quirks

It's amazing to me how different C and J are.  They most definitely came with their own personalities.  Here are a couple of videos showing some of Jonas's quirks and tendencies. He is mostly a really happy and content baby, but when something doesn't go the way he wants...he's not shy about letting us know he's heartbroken.

Also, he's done this weird stiffening of his arms since he was itty bitty.  We had to get it on video because it's so "Jonas."

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Warm

It reached 80 degrees today, and there was no rain!  We haven't had this great of weather yet this year.  So, we delayed naps to go play at the park.