Baby Bode

We are all so in love with this little guy! I could hold and rock him forever, even in the early, early hours of the morning (just don't mention that to my husband :)).

Isn't he a little doll? Charlotte thinks so! Whenever he whimpers, she immediately drops whatever she is doing and runs to his 'rescue' with kisses after kisses, 'soft' pats after pats and one big under duck in the swing! And, he bares her steam rollers with minimal or no cries! I think they will be great friends just like big bro and big sis. "BFF's" as Bella Reese calls them!
We love you so much Baby Bode!

Rise n' Shine

In the morning I usually wake up to this handsome face!

But today was different, I got this little sleeper!

This "little" guy is growning up way too fast, he is already 12 1/2lbs at 5 weeks!

Lunch Time

Today Charlotte tried her first gogurt, a Nelson staple in our household. Tristan and Bella had fun watching her eat it and try to get it into her mouth. :)

Baby Bode slept through it all!

Just like Charlotte

I haven't ventured out for five weeks with all the children by myself yet. But, today I felt lucky and thought I would chance a visit to my children's pediatrician's for baby Bode. Everyone did very well and I could not have been able to do so without my two oldest, they are troopers. When I finally pulled into the driveway, however, this is how I felt.

Just like Charlotte...exhausted!

My Baby is 1

Charlotte turned 1 in January and I thought I better get some more pictures done of her since she has changed so much! My friend Crystal took the pictures and she does a great job! She is so creative and did I mention Patient! We had fun, however Charlotte didn't know if she should smile or cry so she thought she would compromise and do something in the middle:)

Bode Blake Nelson

It has been ten days since this little guy came into our lives and it has been Heaven ever since! There is something special about babies when they are first born, but even more so with this one. Bode Blake was born February 1st at 12:22pm in the afternoon, weighing in at 9lbs 2oz and 22 inches long. This little (or should I say BIG)baby was a surprise from the beginning until the very end! I went to the doctors the end of August thinking I was 6 weeks along only to be surprised by really being 17 plus weeks along. Also, we thought we would leave finding out if this little baby was a girl or a boy until the end, (well I guess only I, out of the "we", was on board). Blake called my doctors office and asked to know the sex of the baby and someone told him it was a girl. So to his very big surprise it was a boy instead of a girl. It was the best surprise ever! and I loved not knowing.

The most fun about our trip to the hospital is that my sister-in-law Emily delivered her baby the day before. A beautiful baby girl named Rebecca Nola Nelson. Here they are a day apart.

Does any mother get that intuition with what they are having while expecting? I have with all my children and this one especially. While packing my bag to go to the hospital, it was hard to put any pink in.

Anyway, I am so grateful for this little guy, he brings the spirit into our crazy, loud house and I can barely put him down! And grandma too!

No Longer Zero!

I can't believe how fast a year goes by! It feels like yesterday we were holding this bundle of joy in our arms and now I'm doing all I can just to keep her there. She is the most active little girl I know for her age. Miss B was always so content with either her blanket or baby with her, Charlotte on the other hand is into and onto everything! She loves to help with the dishes in the dish washer and feels it is better to stand on top rather then by the side. She climbs stairs, says momma, dadda, will only eat table food (she skipped right over the baby cereal/food and went right for the good stuff), loves loves loves her dad and only wants him, claps, waves, blows kisses (half kisses), will dance when you ask her and has a special hiding spot in the "no touch room". She knows the sound of my moose when I get it ready for her hair and its all i can do to quickly pull away before it gets into her mouth, but now she has learned to put it in her own hair. She loves my product cabinet and has a blast taking everything out and trying it in her own hair, and have I mentioned she loves to talk on the phone? I am one of those annoying moms who talk, talk, talk about their children but really I could go on forever! She brings smiles to our faces every day, I couldn't imagine life without her.
The other day I reminded the two oldest that Charlotte would be turning 1 soon and Bella replied, "Ya T, don't you know she is only zero and not 1 yet?" Tristan, "Oh ya I forgot she's only zero!"
From Zero to one, this little doll has grown up too fast, I guess she had no choice as baby brother came soon after.
Daddy was out of town on a "business trip" (aka a golf trip:)), so I thought instead of boring dinner we would go out to eat. And so to the Brick Oven we went and we had so much fun! However, we did get a lot of stares with a very expectant mom and three small kids alone at a sit down restaurant, but, we had a blast and at the end they sang Happy Birthday to Charlotte and the kids got chocolate cake! We finished off the night with a movie and popcorn and all had a "sleepover" in mom & dad's bed.


Root Beer and Cheese bread, always a hit!

Big Sister, always willing to help feed Charlotte, even with a mouth full!