First Lost Tooth!

Big event happened in the Nelson house this past weekend-Fisher lost his first tooth! The dentist told us in August that it was loose, so we've been on "tooth watch" for the past few months. A few weeks ago, F woke up at 0545 to tell us that his tooth was loose! I'll admit it, I cried. 

We've paid very close attention to it since then, and it was finally ready to come out on Friday. We tried the whole dental floss around the tooth and slam the door, but the floss kept slipping off his little tooth. Finally, I grabbed it with some toilet paper and yanked it out! F was a trooper, and barely even fussed! We celebrated the momentous occasion with pizza and ice cream. 

The Tooth Fairy didn't come visit on Friday night, only because the tooth has to travel to school first so F can get in the treasure box for losing a tooth, so I think she'll be able to come on Monday night. He's very excited! I love this snaggle tooth little boy!

Birthday parties, Pumpkins, and Outside Fun

We've so enjoyed the last couple of weeks! The boys have loved this surprise fall weather and I'm going to be really sad when we're cooped up inside all winter. 

Just because it's funny-Fisher's tattletale note on Asher. What he failed to mention is that he hit Asher first. F was quite insistent that he write Jamie a note so she knew what Asher did to him ha

Asher turned 5 in mid October! We celebrated with an alligator party and a bounce house. 

Aunt Jodie is awesome! She made this out of cupcakes!

the three amigos

Some pictures of the fun we've been having outside lately. The boys are enjoying having picnics in their play house.

messy eater

My dinner helper last week. He helped me make homemade macaroni and then refused to even try it. sigh.

Annual pumpkin patch picture with YaYa. The outtakes were hilarious-it's hard getting 5 boys five and under to all cooperate at the same time!

Open house at preschool was this past week. The boys loved showing me their rooms and art work that they've been working on lately.

More outside fun! This boy loves dirt!

Fall Fun

Playing catchup once again! Here are some pictures from life over the past few weeks. 

we love taking car ride selfies!

hat day at school!

we you match your cousin and aren't happy about it! 

just a little boy playin in the dirt

I made a bean sensory bin. The boys love it! Well, the older two love playing in it, and Baker loves eating the beans. Can anything happen if one consumes a multiptude of uncooked pinto beans?!

We made our annual trip to the pumpkin patch this week!

attempt #12698536 at a decent picture. sigh. at least they're cute, even when they can't all look the same direction at the same time. 

happy anniversary to us! 9 years!

he quickly realized that didn't taste very good

a painful cheese from a boy who was tired of taking pictures and just wanted to play in the dirt 

same emotion here as his brother

Playtime, Pumpkins, and Parties

Like what I did with my alliteration? Here's some pictures from the past few weeks!

I was trying to get ready and the boys all decided they needed to be in the bathroom with me. Good thing there's plenty of room!

We decorated pumpkins last week. The boys loved gluing tissue paper on them!

He loves wearing bicycle helmets!

picture before school last week 

Daddy recently taught him the "rock and roll" sign, so now F loves to pose like this!

our new climbing dome! It was an early Christmas present from Gama and the boys love it!

it's really dark, but S is napping right up against me. 

I guess he wasn't ready to get up yet 

nursing school buddies!!

Emily (in the plaid) is one of my good friends from nursing school that is moving to D.C. We had her goodbye dinner last week. Love these people!

So proud of my sweet boy for having a great week at school! He's been struggling, but this week was a victory for us!

Baker is 12 Months Old!

* Baker weighs 18 lbs 1 oz (3rd percentile), and is 29 1/4 inches tall (25th percentile). 
* He wears size 6-9/6-12/9/12 month clothes, and he wears one size cloth diapers and size 3/4 disposable diapers. 
*He's an excellent napper and night time sleeper. He takes a short nap in the morning, and all the boys sleep at the same time in afternoon. He usually goes down for the night around 7:30, and wakes up around 6:30-7:30. He does still occasionally wake up once during the night.
*He loves to climb up the stairs or into the fireplace. He also enjoys climbing into his walker and getting stuck 
* He's a great nurser and he loves it!
*He is rotten to the core. He is so spoiled by me! He fusses as soon as he sees me and generally doesn't want anyone else to do anything with him .
*He loves to clap, wave, and point at everything.
*Food:he loves all fruit, but pears are his favorite still. He enjoys peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, turkey, yogurt...he'll eat almost anything!
 *He is walking! He's still pretty wobbly, but is getting better at moving around. He still prefers to crawl because it's faster. 
*He has 8 teeth-4 on top and 4 on bottom. 
*He says "mama", "dada", and "byebye" ("dyedye"), and "na-na", which I think is like "no no". He also says something that sounds like "YaYa" and he makes tons of noises and sounds. 
*He is so rotten! He loves to be held and lets you know (very loudly) that he doesn't like it when he gets put down. 
* The older boys are still madly in love with him! 
* I can't believe that he's already a year old! This past year has flown by, and we've enjoyed every minute of it (mostly). I can't imagine our lives without this sweet little boy, and I am so thankful that God chose to bless us with him!* Nicknames: Baker Baby, Bubby, Baby, Baker Boo Bear

Trash Treasures and Donuts

Weird title, but oh well! Pictures from the rest of our week...

This boy. Since we've moved, and haven't finished all of our renovations, our trash can is now easily accessible for those who care. Well, this little boy cares! I have to redirect him away from it multiple times a day. I found him eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and dumping my diet coke remains on the floor. Oh well!

I love watching Fisher's imagination at work! He made his magnetic blocks into a phone! I had to tell him he couldn't have it at the table-ha! He only wants to call his mama on it, which is ok with me.

We made it to the new Krispy Kreme this week. The boys were so excited! It was rather crowded and they didn't have high chairs, which makes things a little difficult. Baker doesn't eat donuts yet, so I got to hold him and eat mine at this same time. But, we made it!

he loved wearing his hat!

cheese!

I watched all the boys one morning while my sister worked. We had fun in the backyard!

tool time!

posing before school

More imagining at work. My mom has some post its around her house with notes on it of things that need to be done. Fisher noticed them and has become enamored with making lists. I bought him his own post it supply and let him go to town! Here he's made a calendar and he wrote the corresponding numbers that go with the month. Along with a lot of scribbles. He was perfectly happy to do this instead of napping, so it was a win win situation for me.