One Month Old!!

Wally is one month old today. He is such a sweet baby, we are so blessed to have him in our family. There are so many things I have to be thankful for... but family is at the top of my list. Here are a few random pictures of our new little man!!

New Pictures of the kids

Muria is Great about taking pictures every year.

Jessica 9



Samantha 7



Sarah 5



Carrie (Bob) 3



Nelson 22 months



Wally 6 days



Muria has always gone out when she finds out that she is pregnant and buys a stuffed animal for the new baby and this was what she got for Wally

Meme's Visit

This is a little old but I wanted to post some pictures of my mom's visit here.
This first one is of the kids at Chuck E Cheese.

Sarah giving Meme a flower.

We went to a sibling class at the hospital. Here are the kids at the class... you can see Deric and Me in the background.


Carving Pumpkins just before Halloween.

At the "Fun Run"

Playing handball! (Jessica's favorite thing to do!)

Mom took the little ones to the park while the others were at school.

Out at the beach... it was a beautiful day and we spent almost the entire time in the water!

Gotta love the static!!!

We had so much fun with my mom. It was really hard to see her leave... we hope she comes back to visit soon!!

First Bath

Wally had his first "real" bath last week (11/5)
I expected him to not like it... he really dislikes when I change his clothes. To my surprise he LOVED it!! I relaxed and enjoyed the water, and his sisters oooohhing and aaahhhing over him.
This is so nice!!


It's over already!!

OK put my clothes back on!!

I am Thankful for... Turkeys!!

We pulled the "I am thankful for Turkey's" coupon out today. It instructed us to make a turkey craft. This is what we decided to create after looking at many options online. It was a little different, but lots of fun!!

We are also thankful for extended family. Today we met for lunch at Deric's brother's house. We were able to see Deric's cousin and his wife who are here visiting their son who just moved out here. We actually went to their wedding in Boston about two years ago... it was really nice to see them again!

My TWO Sons!

Deric and I have had two boys names picked out since before I was pregnant with out first baby. He wanted to name our first son after my father James Nelson. I loved the idea but insisted that our second son would be named after him, Frederic Wallace! I honestly believed that we would never see the day that we'd have one son, and now we have two. I am so grateful for my boys... may they teach me to "roll with the punches" (probably literally)! Anyway, here they are looking so cute in the shirts that Meme bought for them.

How long do I have to wait until he can play?

Actually Nelson loves his little brother and points him out to everyone. He also asks to hold him often, and insists that you don't hover over him the entire time... but watch out when he says he is done he means it so you'd better be ready to get the baby immediately!!

Our Happy Halloween

We had lots of fun this year getting ready for Halloween. Jess and Sam did a play and used the costumes from the play as their Halloween costumes. Here we all are as we head out for trick-or-treating.

Jess and Wally were ghosts.

Close up of "scary" Wally.


Gorilla Sarah, and Marine Nelson




Our little witches Sam and Carrie.

Our friend Darby came with us also. Here she is as a bumble bee with her classroom (she works with kindergartners) mascot, kinder turtle.

The last house we visited was our own!! Meme, the pirate, met the kids at the door with goodie bags from both her and grampa. Thanks Meme!!!