Good bye 2011!

Hard to believe 2011 is coming to a close! What a year it has been! But before we bid a final adios, we must recap our festive holiday season! Highlights included:

Helping Mommy wrap presents

Eating my first (and only) sugar cookie

Spending Christmas Eve at the farm and getting my cool present from new baby Laci

 

A yummy Christmas breakfast of blueberries and bananas

Checking out my new clown bear from cousin Will

I let Dad test out my new toys before I joined in

I was captivated by the robot dog from Aunt Carlette

My new play tent from Grandpa & Grandma Carson is awesome

Cool new emergency vehicles from Grammy--love the sirens!

I loved pulling the apples off of the tree

Hanging in my alligator chair

We loved spending Christmas day in Grammy's new house

Yay for Christmas dinner of steak and potatoes!

And of course I loved playing with Uncle Jeff!

What a wonderful Christmas and 2011! We're sorry to see you go, 2011, but can't wait for what 2012 has in store! See you next year!

xoxo the nelms

We have a walker!

December 12 wasn't just our second anniversary this year. It was the day Olson started to walk! Talk about a wonderful present!! Of course in the weeks since he has worked on his gait, and has gotten quite strong. Here's a video taken during the first week he was walking. It's not long, but it certainly shows his skills!

Stay tuned for a future post with his new and improved walking! 

xoxo the nelms

Gobble Gobble!

After a year off, we returned to St Louis for our annual Thanksgiving visit! It was fun to see Olson play with his cousins, and of course great to see the family. The weather was gorgeous, so we were able to enjoy an afternoon at my favorite zoo--the St Louis Zoo! Otherwise we seemed to just spend our time playing and hanging out!

Olson discovered his echo in a sparsely populated area of the airport. He loved it.

Olson and Daddy with Grandpa, Uncle Jeff and Will and John

Olson and Mommy with Grandma, Aunt Lisa and the boys

Grandpa and Grandma love their grandsons!

Olson couldn't get enough of his first Thanksgiving dinner!

We were happy to have nice weather and a tricycle!

Checking out the Reptile House

A photo with our friend, Mr. Camel. Right before he decided to spit on the crowd.

 Thanks for a great visit, Grandma and Grandpa, Aunt Lisa, Will and John! We can't wait to see you again soon!

xoxo the nelms