5 months!

Yes, it's true! Our little princess is 5 months already! I'm pretty sure I say that every month, but I just can't get over how quickly time is passing! Liddy Costen continues to be such a happy little baby. She is a voracious eater, loves to grab anything and everything, can completely roll over, and has even spent her first night sleeping on her tummy! I think it freaked her out a bit when she rolled over, but she seemed to sleep well that night! She's still working on eating cereal from a spoon--she is so interested in what is going on at the table she can't keep her head still for a minute. She continues to be very vocal. Loves to be talked to and replies back. And she is always ready with that heart-melting smile, which she must have been keeping to herself today during picture time! Please forgive the multitude of pictures...I just think she's so darn precious! 

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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

As we all know, I love a parade. So I get excited when it's time for the Raleigh Christmas Parade, even though it is the weekend before Thanksgiving. I like to make sure Thanksgiving gets its own spotlight as a holiday, before we break out the tinsel and carols, but I love parades enough to forgive Raleigh for this breach of my holiday beliefs. It was a chilly, gorgeous day, and my family humored me long enough to see Santa...2 hours after the start of the parade. Yes, a little long when trying to entertain a 2 year old who was only interested in sticks and the marching bands.

my first parade... I love it!

Grammy kept Olson entertained, as usual

Best seat in the house...when he would actually stay there

Fun with mommy

This is a lot for me to take in!

Olson would not put his sticks down for a minute

That's right, I love my sticks!

I even danced with my sticks when the marching bands came by

Fun family outing

Parades are soooo tiring

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Guess who is rolling over!?

So exciting! She is such an active little thing. Loves her jumperoo. Loves to stand up. Loves to kick in the tub. Such a love. 

Off to the Raleigh Christmas parade tomorrow! Can't believe it is that time already. And this will be Olson's THIRD parade. Yikes!

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Happy Halloween!

After the success of the hamburger and hot dog costumes of last year, I wasn't quite sure how I was going to coordinate a 2 year old and 4 month old (I decided to let poor Lilly off the hook this year). It turned out to be much easier than I thought, especially since neither one has a say in what kind of costume they prefer. So our little monkey and banana made their Halloween debut at our neighborhood party! Unfortunately, they are both also at ages they don't want to cooperate for photos, so we weren't able to get many! 

Daddy keeping the banana safe from the hungry primate

Mommy sporting her witch headband, which is hard to see in the dark.

We spotted the monkey in his natural habitat, clutching his fresh kill. Poor Woofie.

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4 months!

Monday was, of course, Olson's 2nd birthday, but it was also another very important occasion--Liddy Costen's 4 month birthday! There was not  quite the fanfare that there was for Olson, but we did manage to squeeze in her photo shoot when we weren't fawning over the birthday boy. We even got a few of the two of them together!

Yup, I'm 4 months!

I'm getting so big! 12 lbs 14 oz and 23 1/4 inches

My bunny is shrinking!

Look how well I can sit on my own!

How can I possibly be 4 months already? 

Happy baby!

Daddy's little girl

Having fun with my brother.

I think I just discovered my foot!

It's kind of hard to concentrate on the book when I have such a fascinating foot.

Happy 4 months, Liddy Costen!

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Happy 2nd Birthday, Olson!

My little baby is 2. How is that possible? It seems like we were just listening to his little hungry cry and wrapping him up like a burrito. He is such a little boy now. And all boy. Climbing, loving anything with wheels, starting to talk. *sigh* Growing up so fast. And I know time will just continue to fly by. 

We had a fun "cake party" to celebrate his birthday. Olson started this birthday not really understanding what it all meant, but he definitely was clued in by the time it was all over. He grinned whenever we sang "Happy Birthday" to him, learned how to open presents (and to identify them by wrapping paper), and was particularly enamored with the balloons. So much fun.

Balloons! Yay!

Grandma Cat enjoying Liddy Costen

Olson never met a tractor he didn't like. Thank you GaGa!!

He enjoyed the card from Grandma Cat and Unc...it barked when he opened it!

Olson's newest obsession...stacking. Added to a tractor? Heaven on earth.

Pulling the tractor with stacked blocks? No problem!

The birthday table. Yes, 2 cakes.

Yes, mommy actually made this!

Climbing on the table to get to the cake before I even had the candle lit.

Hmmmm, that's all mine?

No problem. 

Yummmmm

This is fun!

Just chillin' holding my balloons

And for his actual birthday...

Clementines I sent to school for a birthday treat for Olson's class

Can't wait to see what the next year brings. I love you, Olson! 

xoxo the nelms