Happy Third Birthday Nelson!!

I can't believe my little man is THREE now! It seems like only yesterday when he was born. It was such a happy, exciting but scarey time. I can hardly believe how much joy and happiness he has brought to our lives these past three years. It's really hard to fathom. I can't imagine my life wthout him.... but yet we lived without him for so long!

We had a big day on the day of his birthday. Lots of family came over (we have a huge family!) and a great time was had by all.

Nelson and Caleb (or as Nelson says "Cabey")


Birthday Boy


He got WAY too many gifts!


Our happy little family...


Nelson and all the cousins....


That same week we had his Three year pictures done. I thought they turned out great. Here a few of my faves...




We are going to Gatlinburg and Dollywood this weekend (staying w/ my great Aunt Helen) so I will have lots more of pics to share!!!

"Because... I killed a fish."

Yeah. This is Nelson's new phrase. He says it several times during the day. He'll say, "Mama!!" and I"ll say, "Yes, baby?" and he'll say, "Uhhmm... uhmmmm... uhmm.... Because I killed a fish."

Hmm.... okay, Nelson. ??? Who knows??? LOL

He's also learned, "I'm sorry." and it's so cute and sweet! Any time he gets in trouble, he'll cry, lay his head over on me, and say "I sawwwwy." It just melts my heart!

Oh and a new one he just learned Wednesday night, "I'm happy!!!" He usually says it twice, "I happy happy!" LOL. Who knows where he's getting all this or where he's picking it up. But it sure is cute!

Our big Halloween weekend

I never could have imagined that Nelson would have as much fun as he did. He absolutely LOVED Halloween! ha! He was so cute. He just loved going up to all of the houses and saying "Trick or Treat!"... although it did sound more like "Twick Tweet" it was still so cute! He went all up and down my parents street and our street. By the end his pumpkin was so heavy he was having me carry it. I can't believe how much he got! And now I want it gone because I'm eating it!! We put him back in his costume to take him to our church's Fall Festival on Saturday. When we left our house he started pointing to all of the houses as we passed and was saying, "Daddy! Stop!" LOL - he was wanting to trick or treat again! Here are some pics from this weekend...

Helping Daddy carve the pumpkin Thursday night...



With the finished product... he was so proud!!



My little cowboy (at Cracker Barrell - we went there for some supper before starting out on our trick or treating journey)



Mammaw and Papaw's house was our first stop...



The three of us...


Giving Murphy some love while we were thre... (this poor cat really has to endure! LOL)



His cousins Ryan, Hayden and Josie then stopped by for pics and then we all made our journey down Mammaw and Papaw's street for some goodies...



But first Daddy wanted to pose for a very gruesome pic with Murphy.... again, poor Murphy...



After we left Mammaw and Papaw's we then traveled back to our street and "twick tweeted" there... Here's Nelson at the end of the night w/all of the loot.... He looks so happy!



And Saturday morning he woke up and still remembered it all. As soon as he hopped out of bed, he went and put his cowboy boots back on!!!

It's been a while....

Well, it's been a while. I really need to do better at this... I know I always say that! LOL. I think this blog will be neat to have to look back on and read and see how much things have changed around here... and especially how much Nelson has changed.

And boy has he changed and grown! I can't believe it sometimes. I'll say it again... I just soooo love this age!!! In the past few months we've done so many fun things. In August we went to Kings Island in Ohio (we were there for a fmaily reunion anyway and thought we'd get some fun activities in). Nelson had a ball. In the beginning of October we went to the Smokey Mountains (Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge). We went to the aquarium, Dixie Stampede, and Dollywood that weekend. Nelson had a blast!!! He's still talking about fish all the time, LOL.

Then last weekend (I think it was last weekend? LOL) we went to a local farm where they had a pumpkin patch. Oh My Gosh he loved it! He is still going on and on about all of the animals he saw! He'll start blabbering on about chickys, cows, ducks... it's so cute! There was a goat there that was eating out of his hand and he thought it was just the funniest thing! Oh and he just loved seeing all the pumpkins.... or I should say punkies. That's what he calls them.

Let's see... let me find some pics from the past few months....

He had his face painted as a puppy at Kings Isalnd. He loved it and thought it was the coolest thing.... but it wasn't long before the puppy pooped out. LOL


The whole little family there...


Daddy turned 30 on Sept 30th. We threw him a surprise party (and he was actually REALLY surprised!!)


At the aquarium in Gatlinburg w/ Mommy


And Daddy...


We met our friends from Jennifer and Katie Beth from Virginia there (it's half way for both of us). Sean had some hunting to do and he couldn't come! LOL. Here's Nelson and his pretty little girlfriend, Katie Beth...


With all the pretty pumpkins at Dollywood...


At the pumpkin patch on a great big punky!!


He had so much fun looking for them!!


Well, that's all for now. Tomorrow is Halloween and I know I'll have lots more pics to share of my little COWBOY!!!

I JUST LOVE THIS AGE!!!

Things are just so fun these days around here. I just love love love this age Nelson's at now. There's definitely never a dull moment and he's doing/saying new things every day. He listens so closely to his PBS educational shows that he watches and then he'll try and repeat just about everything they say. He's constantly trying to count things (although he never goes over two, LOL). One, two, one, two, one, two.... Then him trying to say his ABC's is just hilarious! He sings this (to the exact tune of the ABC song, "T, B, C, B, C, B, C.... " it cracks me up.
Something funny he did today... this morning he and I were eating breakfast. Boring old eggs and turkey sausage for me... but he was having pancakes. I finished mine and reached over w/ my fork and took one single bite of his pancakes. He looked at me real stern w/ his eyes all squinted and he said, "Heeeeey, you!"
This morning I got him out of his crib and put him in the bed w/ me for a little while before time to get up. There is a big painting to the left of our bed of this woman in victorian type clothing sitting on a chair. Well, just about any woman w/ dark hair and makeup in a picture is "Momma" to him. He was lying there and pointed up to the painting and said, "Momma!". I said, "Nope, that's not Momma." Then he said, "That's Jill!" I laughed and told him no that wasn't Jill either!
I told Steven last night that he now has to offically call me "Momma" all the time and not Jill - because I know Nelson has heard him calling me that! When I was putting Nelson to bed he kept pointing to my chest and saying, "You're Jill". I would tell him, "No! I'm Momma!" and he kept saying, "You're Jill!" Finally he called me Momma. I said, "Yeah, I'm Momma... not Jill." Then I poked my lip out like I was sad and said, "Momma doesn't like it when you call her Jill." THEN this stinker proceeds to hug me, pat my back, and say, "Awwww... Jill... you okay?."
LITTLE STINKER!!!

time for some new pictures...

I just noticed I haven't put any pics on here since Christmas and boy has Nelson changed since then!!!

In May we went to Disney World and here are a few pics from there:





Here's the big TWO YEAR OLD party!



Father's Day picture:



Professional Two year pics:




Thanks for letting me share!!

I'm back!!!

Okay, I've once again been a terrible blogger. And once again... I'll try and do better! Keeping up w/ a two year old is hard work!!! Who'da thunk it?? LOL

Nelson is doing so many new things now it's hard to keep up! He's talking up a storm and is just sharp as a tack. And oh boy, is this kid funny! He's getting more and more independant. If I try to help him w/ something and he doesn't want help, he'll point away and say "Go!". Okay, Mr. Boss Man!! He loves the movie Cars. If I let him, he would watch it all day long! A few weeks ago we bought him the complete set of cars from the movie at the Disney store (on sale of course!) and he loves those things. He sits and plays with them ALL the time. He talks about them as soon as he gets up in the morning. He says "I want a bitey" and then "I want cucks". Kucks = cars or trucks. He combines the two words. It's funny how he really is starting to tell you what he wants now. If he wants to go outside he says, "Momma, weeeee-weeeeeee...... outshide." This means he wants to go play on his swing set outside (it's so cute how he says outshide w/ an H!). Last night we were at Chili's and a waitress walks up to him and says, "How are you?" Apparently he thought she said how OLD are you because he held up two fingers and said, "I TWO!!!" He's always so proud of how old he is. Then she says, "What's your name?" and he points to himself and says very loudly, "I BAY-BAY!!" This means 'I'm the baby'. I've told him that one too many times, I guess. LOL. We need to work on Nelson, not baby, I guess.

I'm working from home now doing medical transcription for an Oncology group in Nashville (Tennessee Oncology). It's going really great and we're finally seeing a light at the end of the tunnel as far as moneywise. Working at home w/ a two year old running around is not always a piece of cake. Speaking of cake... I have another story for you. The other day, out of the blue, Nelson starts screaming and I do mean SCREAMING.... here as our conversation:

NELSON: "Momma!"
ME: "What baby?"
NELSON: "I want cake-cake!" (this is how he says cake... says it double!)
ME: "Honey,we don't have any cake."
NELSON: "Momma! I want cake-cake!"
ME: "Nelson, we do not have any cake in this house!"

this went on a few more times... then he changed strategies...

NELSON: "Momma!"
ME: "What honey?"
NELSON: " I want a cookie!"

Uggggh! I don't know what the obsession is w/ cake and cookies all the sudden. You would think I fed him that stuff all the time... but I don't! I don't even keep that kind of stuff in the house! Not even a Little Debbie around these parts. Fruit or graham crackers is the sweetest thing you're gonna get around here. Maybe some sugar free jello or sugar free pudding.LOL.

He finally gave up on me and quit asking.... but then a few minutes later I heard the back door open (Steven got home) and it started all over again.

NELSON: "Daddy!"
DADDY: "What baby?"
NELSON: "I want cake-cake!"

Oh yeah..... the joys of a two year old boy............