The Nelson Family: March 2012

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Safe and sound

The kids and I are safe and sound in Wyoming. We arrived on March 14th, and have slowly been adjusting. It is so great to be with family right now. I am so grateful for them!

Greg arrived in Afghanistan last week after a grueling 4 days of travel. The time while he was traveling was stressful, but now that he is getting settled I feel better. We are able to Skype every morning which is really great! He seems to be doing well!

It is not easy being apart as a family right now, but we are being blessed so we are surviving. I am grateful for all the people in my life right now!

Friday, March 9, 2012

North Carolina Trip

This past weekend we went to Atlantic Beach, NC for family vacation before the kids and I leave this upcoming Wednesday. It was the first time we have taken a vacation like this, and we just had the best time. Of course not every moment was perfect, but we were together as a family for 4 whole days with no plans other than to spend time together and that was wonderful. We stayed in a hotel that was a 3 minute walk away from the beach, so we were at the beach everyday. The weather was never really nice while we were there, but we made sure to go to the beach every day regardless because how many times are you that close to the beach?

Other things we did was visit an aquarium where Greg and I touched a sting ray and we saw some sharks!, ate local sea food (Greg, not me), ran on the beach, visited Fort Macon (an old military fort that was used during the Civil War through WWII), played on the beach, collected sea shells, went to a movie, went swimming at our hotel pool, and saw dolphins swimming in the ocean! By the time it was time to come home we were exhausted by being on the go so much, but it was so worth it!

I fell in love with the ocean, and I can't wait to go back some day. I will never swim in it though because of my intense fear of sharks, but I will admire it from a far. Deagan and Greg shared in my love of the ocean, but Kayden refused to go near it. He kept saying "The ocean gonna get me!" The plus side to that though is that I never had to worry about him getting too close to the water.

We made the goal to not stress about moving while were on vacation, and I think we did a good job at that. We made so many fun memories that I hope will sustain us while we are apart.

We are home now and stress is in full force. Wish us luck!

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! :)