Play date

As many of you know my 2 best friends Nikki and Rachelle along with their kids and Nelson and I get together every Thursday. I always forget to take pictures but today I remembered! The kids are so cute and I love watching them grow up together.

On the stairs

We have been trying to tell Nelson not to go up or down the stairs with out help. Today I found her on the stairs and when I asked what she was doing she smiled very proudly.

A BIG problem

I came home to find this in our bedroom. I have been telling Shayne for months that the t.v. was going to fall off the wall. It just didn't look stable to me. I hate to say it but once again I was right!!! There is sheet rock chunks everywhere and the wall has ripped off.

Catching up!

Our computer got the April fools day virus. Thanks to my good friend Natalie we are now up and running! I wasn't unable to document the binks withdrawal period but I am happy to say that there are no more binks in our house and Nelson is doing GREAT! It was not nearly as bad as I had thought. I have confirmation that she was ready because I was easily able to explain to her that her binks was "broken" and she understood.

Sadly she's quickly growing out of her 2T jeans. She's growing so fast and is speaking all sorts of words. Today she wanted a "smoovy" (smoothie) so here are a couple of pictures of her enjoying it. She prefers hers in a bowl with a spoon instead of a cup.

Saying goodbye to BINKS!

We are officially saying goodbye to our old friend "Binks" on next Wednesday. We have started our goodbyes by cutting the ends off of several of them and telling Nellie that they are broken. She then throws them away. Today we cut the tips off of 2 binks and she was not too happy. Ill continue to submit pictures of the de-binks process. I have next Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday off work and I'm hoping to get us through these difficult times in those 4 days. We'll keep you posted!!

A big girl bed for a big girl!

Last night I put Nelson to bed in her big girl bed. We got the foam bumpers that go under her sheets and they seem to work pretty good. I did learn that you have to have them all the way up on the mattress. At 2am I heard a thud and sure enough she had squirmed out the top where her pillow was. Luckily she landed on the pillow that had fallen on the floor. She said "momma" and I put her back to bed without any further complaints. She also took her nap in the bed today. She was most proud to call Elise and tell her about her big girl experience. The crib is going away this weekend!!

I found some boots!

Nelson thinks its pretty funny that she can put Daddy's new boots on. They go up past her knees and she can't walk in them but she certainly tries. She thinks it's funny when I say "oh my goodness......... what are you wearing". That's why you see the big smile!

A couple of visitors this week

We had a couple of visitors this week. The first one was sighted in the green space in the back yard. We watched him eat frogs and hang out for quite a while. The second one was our favorite new cousin Rowan. She came to visit for a few hours while her mom went to see a play. We enjoyed having her.