The Nelson Family: February 2011

Monday, February 28, 2011

Overcoming Fears

Some of you may know that I have a very silly but real fear of open water. In fact, it is pretty pathetic just how scared I am on it. It is embarrassing, but true.

I have another blog, where I write about my passion for all things fitness and nutrition, and I posted on there that I have a goal to do a sprint triathlon. The biking and running part of that I have no problem with, but it is the swimming part that terrifies me. Our local gym has a training program set up, and I went to a swim clinic tonight. I was in a level that was way too advanced me for, and I felt very embarrassed and insecure surrounded by other people who were MUCH more advanced than me, but despite that I found out that I am not half as bad as I thought. I am going to try another level so I am with people who are more at my level, but I really want to do this. I want to get better!

I know that swimming in a pool is TOTALLY different than swimming in a lake, but this is a first step in the right direction right? I really just want to get over this silly fear of mine!

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Days like this are the best!

Today was such a good day! Saturdays can be stressful for me because I try to get too many things done before Sunday, but today was just fun. We didn't do anything extra special or different, but I got to be with my family. Life can be so crazy, so it is nice to be able to spend time with the people you love don't you think?!

I looked at my boys today and they both seemed to have doubled in age overnight. They are both growing up so fast and developing their own unique personalities. They are so fun.

Cool sunglasses dude!

Looking at our neighbor's dog outside (which you can't see in the picture)

Looking up to his big brother

Daddy and Kayden

I love the look Kayden seems to be giving Greg

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Teaching him how to play the drums

He loved it!

Saturday Morning

I got a little picture happy this morning, and I think we got a lot of cute pictures of the boys.

Enjoy!

Funny facial expression

Perfect smile!

Telling me the names of all the cars he is holding

He stole one of Deagan's cars and seems quite content with it

Trying to put on the 3D classes

Almost!

He came pretty close don't you think?

Playing with his cars on his car mat

Lining up the cars

Perfectly in a line...

Happily playing on his activity table

I love this next sequence...

Kayden goes in to take a car...

He gets it! But Deagan is not happy...

Deagan grabs the car from Kayden...

And warns Kayden to never take it again

Kayden reaching to get it back

Lunging for it!

Kayden goes in to grab it, but Deagan protects the car!

Almost got it!

Deagan telling Kayden he can have a different car

...

Both of them holding up their cars!

Now they are playing together

How cute is that?:)

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

As of late..

I feel like a broke record, but we are struggling with Kadyen and his sleep again. It seems that our boys are exactly alike in this area, and that seriously makes me sick to my stomach because we struggled so much with Deagan. I don't know if I can handle this again, but I will have to. I don't know what to do.

There has to be some explanation to why we are struggling so much right now; teething maybe? I took him to the Dr last week to check out a possible ear infection, and there is nothing like that wrong. But he is just not sleeping well!

I feel defeated.

Despite that, I wanted to post some pictures of our boys to remind me of how blessed I am despite how challenging things feel right now. It seems like good therapy.

New haircut! Doesn't he look so much older!

Blue eyed boy! I think he was just getting over being sick in this picture, so he looks really pale. But maybe he is always that color? Our boys have fair skin like their momma!

Playing together on a Sunday afternoon. I love how they are starting to play together!

Neither one of them are willing to let the other on the car.

Cheese!

Caught him mid blink. Still a cute picture!

Look at that smile. He is up to something!

These next few pictures are so cute to me. He looks so chunky! I just love his smile!

Deagan pretending that the computer charger cord is a rope:

He stole Deagan's smoothie straw! He is getting so good at drinking from a straw.

Dancing to "Cat in the Hat"

Just too darn cute to stay upset at!

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! :)