6 months!

Can't believe our little munchkin is 6 months old. Highlights of the last month include sitting up by himself (for a limited time), eating solid foods (so far we've tried prunes, carrots, bananas and sweet potatoes--all delicious!) and grabbing things and putting them directly in his mouth. He is such a happy little guy--we are truly blessed!

No smiling, I'm tired.

Seriously? More pictures?

Olson's month birthdays need to start falling on weekends so we can get some decent pictures! I'm not sure who is more tired at this point in the day--Olson or Mommy!

That's it! No more, I'm sleepy!!

xoxo the nelms

Thanks Easter Bunny!

After our long drive back to Raleigh from Naples, we were all a little tired on Easter. But Olson rallied and let us put on his cute outfit and take some pictures! Fortunately one last azalea bush held out to help make our photos perfect!

Where's the candy??

I love Easter!

Wait, what's that...

Oh, yeah, those neat feet!! Photo shoot is over!

Ok, one more with mommy

Coming soon...a photo recap of our fun trip to see Grammy in Naples!

xoxo the nelms

 

Feet and fashion

Olson has discovered his feet! It is so fun to watch him grab at them and hold them. He hasn't tried to put them in his mouth yet, but I'm thinking it is because he has a "slight" belly in his way. Sorry for the red-eyed baby--not our best effort. But you get the point.

Just hanging out in the pack-n-play...

Oh, wait. What are these?

Look, Mom, feet!

And just for cute's sake--this is what I came home to tonight...

Quite the get-up, but how cute is that?

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Visitors from St Louis!

We had a fun-filled weekend with Grandma and Grandpa Carson. We were so happy they made the trek from St. Louis, and they were excited to see little Olson!

Enjoying Duke Gardens

Olson checking out his Grandpa

Olson loved talking to his Grandma!

It was a beautiful day, so we drove to Durham and enjoyed walking around Duke Gardens! It was gorgeous with all of the flowers and blooming trees.

Such a fun day!

Family photo (minus Lilly)

Enjoying a refreshing drink while admiring the scenery

Of course there was some jumping involved...

We all went to the farm for Sunday lunch, and Olson had a fun time playing with Uncle Mike!

And some cuteness for good measure

 We love you, Grandpa and Grandma! Thanks for visiting, and we look forward to seeing you in St. Louis in June!

xoxo the nelms

5 months!

Another month is behind us, and for some reason this month seemed longer than the others! I'm kind of thankful for that, as I can't believe our little boy is 5 months old already! Our birthday shoot was another tired one, as I had to work late and we had a small window between dinner and bed to work with. He's still a cutie, though!

I think he's trying to read his sign

He has that glazed "ready for bed" look

We had a fun visitor tonight--mommy's friend Tina! She was visiting family in the area and was kind enough to stop by and enjoy our cereal time and photo shoot! Last time she was in town Olson was barely a baby bump. We were happy to have her here!

Olson and Tina

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Catching Up

Now that I'm back at work, we've settled into a bit of a routine. A rather boring routine that does not lend itself to many photo opportunities! I take a picture here and there, don't update the blog, then all of a sudden realize I have quite a few to share. So hopefully this will get us up to speed...

Friday I was off of work for a rare vacation day, so Olson and I had a fun Mommy/Olson day! We didn't do much, but we did have some tummy time and made it downtown to visit Daddy at work and go to lunch!

Tummy time

Olson's first trip to Moonlight Pizza!

  

All of that activity was tiring!

Other highlights since our last post...

We had a fun visit with Mimi

 Uncle David visited from Texas!

 

We had some GREAT weather and were able to hang out on the patio 

My cool new shoes from Miss Nancy helped me jump like crazy!

And my favorite...

Bouncing is hard work

xoxo the nelms

Weekend fun

Grammy made her way up to Raleigh for a few days last week and she couldn't believe how big her boy has gotten! They had so much fun playing--he was exhausted after a day with Grammy! He slept from 7:45 pm until 5 am! What a treat. Of course he has only done that once since, but maybe we're on the road to long sleeps at night. At least mommy hopes so! Here are some highlights from the weekend:

Grammy and her boy

Playing at the farm

Fussy Olson with 2 of his grandmas

Olson's favorite playmate, Aunt Carlette

Olson LOVES Unk

So sweet

What? I can't hear you...

Our favorite shirt from cousin Lauren

Mommy's sweet boy

xoxo the nelms