My Three Sons!!

I am still is shock that I have another son. It seems like just yesterday that I was a "girls" mom. Now I have these cute energetic boys, I am so blessed!!! I tried to get some pictures of them right after Roy was born... it proved to be difficult! Here is the littlest brother, our cute baby Roy (he is just under two weeks in this photo).

Wally is so concerned... it is ok baby! Nelson is oblivious!
New baby? What new baby?!
Uh, mom could you take him? Cool new sunglasses!!

This was the best shot I could get. My "Big Bros" and the "little brother." I am truly so blessed!

Feast or Famine! ... and Happy Birthday/Happy New Year!

Well, it seems that blogging for me is either feast or famine. Life has been so busy for me. Birthday parties, Valentines parties, teacher appreciation week, parent teacher conferences, a new baby... the list goes on and on! I am hoping that things are now going to slow down a bit so that I can catch up on all the things that we have been doing. I have some fun pictures that I want to share! I wasn't sure where to start so I decided to start where I left off and work my way to today!! So .... here is Nelson's birthday post!!!

My sweet little er.. I mean BIG boy was born four years ago on New Years Day! I can't believe how much he has grown. He is a great helper with his little brothers. He loves Legos and playing with his sisters. He is generally an easy going kid but lately has been bugging his sisters a little more!

He was so excited to have his Meme here for his birthday, and his Grandpa Nelson came in time for his party with his friends. This year he wanted dinosaurs for his cake. This surprised me because he has been really into batman and spider man lately. On his actual birthday Meme brought home cupcakes for him, we jazzed them up a bit with some of his plastic dinos!

This was first thing in the morning. At our house you get to pick the breakfast and dinner on your birthday. Nelson wanted Waffles and sausage!

Of course he enjoyed opening presents. His main gifts were legos (which everyone in our house is enjoying!)
A few days later he had some friends over for a small party. These are his cupcakes!

Roy's 1st bath

The entire family crowded into the bathroom the other day to watch Roy get his first official bath. It was a cozy time and the room was very warm. At first Roy really enjoyed the water and was very relaxed and mellow.

Then, when I started to wash him and move him around, he started to get a little angry.

He continued to be upset until I got his clothes back on him. It was a great family activity and the kids really enjoyed watching. The big disappointment was that he didn't pee in the tub like all of the others had!!!

Stocking Stuffer

As you all know we recieved the most wonderful gift for Christmas this year. Baby Roy was given a stocking at the hospital to celebrate his arrival. We decided to take a few pictures of him with it.

Meme asking baby Roy if he'd like to participate in a photo shoot!
"This isn't exactly what I expected!"
Cute Christmas Baby
"Aren't I adorable!"
Another random shot for viewing pleasure.... I love my new baby brother!

"Lights"

After Roy was born we had to take him back to the hospital to have his bilirubin levels checked. He was high and we had to keep going to the hospital to get his levels checked. While at home he had to be on special lights to help him break down the bilirubin in his system. Here are a few pictures...

A Building Beyond Measure

For Christmas this year Wally gave Nelson a huge box of Lincoln Logs. They have had lots of fun playing with them. Here they are together "measuring" the building with their new tape measures that Santa brought for them!

Here they are with Deric (who is doing most of the building). They are still measuring!

The finished product (Wally didn't want his pic taken). It was so fun to watch Deric and the boys "building" together.

Carrie was also busy making her own little house. Meme decided to pose with her!!

And here is a random picture of Roy for your viewing pleasure!

Christmas Crafts!!

This year, as always, we did lots of fun Christmas crafts and homemade gifts. I wasn't on the ball enough to take a lot of pictures but here are a few.

Jess showed all of the kids how to make reindeer candy canes and they got creative and made up some others including a Santa and an angel.

I was able to get a bunch of tree trimmings from a neighbor and made a homemade wreath... I LOVE to make wreaths!
I also (with some help from the kids) made some swags to deliver to all of our neighbors. Then the kids went to deliver them.
We made peanut brittle again this year as well as muddie buddies and candy cane popcorn. This was for teachers and friends as well as family. We made homemade wooden ornaments for all of the cousins too but I forgot to take a picture. We hope you had fun making things for others this year, we sure did!!