The Nelson Family

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Enjoying Where We Live

We live in such a great area. There are TONS of things to explore and things to do. This afternoon, my husband was able to come home early, so we took that time to see a local attraction; Mt. Vernon! I did not know what to expect here, but this place is SO great! I really loved it, and hope to go back again!

Friday, June 10, 2011

It Tugs At My Heart

Our oldest was in a preschool in NY, and we had to pull him out early to move. He made some really good little friends, and his teachers were amazing. It made me sad to have to take him out early because it was such an amazing place.

His class took pictures before he moved, and they mailed the picture to us this past week. We put it in a special frame, and this past Sunday he sat on his bedroom floor for close to an hour just staring at his picture and naming all the people he missed from the picture.

We need to find this kid some new friends!

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Akin Family Pictures-Moab 2011

Finally Getting Settled

Last I posted, we had just moved from New York and we were enjoying a lovely vacation with my side of the family in southern Utah before we moved to the DC area. Well, vacation is over and we have successfully completed our first full week of life here.

Our vacation was beyond lovely. (I will post pictures later) My entire family was there, and it was just perfect having all of us there. I hate living so far from family. They are just the greatest!

Greg started his job this past Tuesday, and so far so good! Having him done with school is beyond great. He technically doing an internship, so we really could go anywhere at the end of the summer if a different job opens up. At this point, we are totally open to whatever, so I am excited to see what will happen!

I like our actual apartment and the immediate area around it, but you don't have to go to far from our place before it starts to get a little scary. We only have a 3 month lease, so we are seriously considering finding a new place to move after the internship is over. We will just have to see where a job takes us!

We have only had one car for the past few weeks (we sold our durango the week we moved) so I have been kind of stranded here since Greg has been driving to work. (We live kind of far from a metro, so it is actually faster for him to drive since he leaves before 6:30 in the morning.) Like I said before though, the area around us get kind scary so I don't really like walking too far from our place which makes the kids and I pretty much stranded. Not that fun! Well today we bought a car! We found a car on craigslist that was used, with relatively low mileage, and was being sold for a great price! Now my options for exploring the area are endless, and I am excited to see more of the area with the kids.

Life is so different here, but it is good. It will just take some getting use to. Some things I am not sure I will ever get us to though. Like the traffic and the hot and humid summers. But it is all part of the experience right!?

Right.

Greg the Graduate!-May 2011

Greg's Parents Visit-May 2011

Kids do and say the darndest things...

I don't want to forget all the cute things that my children have said or will say, so check back often to see what the Nelson family has to say!

March 26, 2013

Kayden: Do I still have my eyeballs or are they still at Grandma and Grandpa's house?

Me: I never knew they were there...

January 8, 2011

I was tired this afternoon, and I needed to nurse Kayden. I felt too tired to go pick up Kayden from where he was, so jokingly I asked Deagan if he would go change Kayden's diaper, nurse him, and then put him down for a nap.

He took it seriously, and said, "I have little boobies mommy! But do I have milk?"

Me: "No you don't have milk. I was just kidding."

Deagan: "But do I have water in my boobies?"

Needless to say, he did not follow through with what I said:)

January 6, 2009

*We went to Olive Garden for dinner tonight, and after the waitress brought us our breadsticks my son yelled after her, "Thank you lady!"

*My oldest loves to bring toys with him to bed. Tonight he had a couple of toy dinosaurs that he got for Christmas. The rule we have of bringing toys in bed is that the toys can't play, they have to sleep too. Tonight, he was having a hard time just letting his toys sleep, so I kept asking him to stop playing with the dinosaurs so he could go to sleep. He was getting really frustrated at me because of this and towards the end he started saying, "I am very mad at you!" It was so hard for me not to laugh at that.

January 4, 2009

He has done this for a while now, but whenever we are in the car he will ask, "Where are we going?" in a annoyed kind of voice. Later on he will ask really sadly, "Where did my house go?"

October 29, 2009

My oldest woke up really early this morning, and was whiny and impossible to please. At this point, I am dreading the day ahead and it is only 7 a.m. My oldest was sitting on his play table coloring and playing with his paint box (that was empty). He dropped the paint box, and began whining for me to pick it up. The conversation went something like this:

D: "Pick it up Mommy!"

Me: "It is right by you, you pick it up."

**Pause from Deagan**

D: "Michelle! Pick it up!"

I couldn't help but smile when he called me Michelle. Maybe this day will be better then I am expecting.

September 6, 2009

I think that wanting your privacy while going potty is a natural instinct that we are all born with and that develops over time. D is beginning to show signs that this privacy is a very important time when going to the bathroom. This afternoon I was making dinner and came in to the living room to check on him. As I walked into the room, he held out his hand and yelled, "No Mom! Go back!" I can always tell when he is done by him allowing me to stay in the same room with him.

August 30, 2009

D wants me to always watch what he is doing regardless of what it is. His new favorite thing to say is, "WATCH MOM!" over and over.

July 11, 2009

I was taking a bath, and locked D in the bathroom with me while I did so so I could keep an eye on him. During this process, D was very interested in his old nursing buddies (if you get my drift) and kept saying "Yummy!" "Yummy?" I asked him. "What did it taste like?" "HOT DOGS!" He replied!

July 8, 2009

D is a big help around the house. He puts things away when I ask him to, sometimes. He helps me fold the laundry, by that I mean he lays in the laundry. He is just a great help. One of his new things is to throw away his diapers after I am done changing him. After a diaper change this afternoon, he proceeded to pick up the diaper and head to the trash. His normal trash that he uses was out of reach, so I told him to go into the bathroom right off of the kitchen and to put the diaper in the trash right next to the toilet. I think all he heard from that was, "Put it in the....toilet." because that is where he put it. Like I said, very helpful! :)