Laughing in pictures

Daddy was playing with our dog, Tess and Nelle thought it was just hilarious!

Playtime

We took Nelle over to our friends Park and Kim's house to play with their grand daughter, Bella a few days ago. Nelle found Bella to be very fascinating. Unfortunately she hasn't learned to share yet.

Look what I did

This is Nelle's favorite activity. She pulls out the bottom 3 rows of the DVD's at least 3 times a day. Oh the joys of being a parent!

At the park

Yesterday was such a nice day out we decided to get Nelle out of the house and take her to the park. She really loves being outside and she really liked playing on the platforms at the park. And of course she also enjoyed eating a wood chip off the ground!!

First tooth

Nelle finally has her first tooth! Jake was feeling her gums on my birthday and sure enough there was a sharp little tooth in there on the bottom. There hasn't really been much of a change in her, really you wouldn't even no. We got lucky for this one, hopefully we get just as lucky with the rest.This is my hand at the whole photography thing

Happy Valentines Day

I don't pretend to know what love is for everyone, but I can tell you what it is for me; love is knowing all about someone, and still wanting to be with them more than any other person, love is trusting them enough to tell them everything about yourself, including the things you might be ashamed of, love is feeling comfortable and safe with someone, but still getting weak knees when they walk into a room and smile at you. Happy Valentines day!

Happy Birthday... To Me!

Today I turn 22 years old. By no stretch of the imagination am I old, however I keep thinking to myself, where did the time go? Especially this last year! So much has happened since my last birthday. And who would have thought 10 years ago I would be a mom to the cutest little baby ever. I guess I just got lucky. Especially so with Jake! He got me really a nice digital camera but the best thing I got was my gift from Nelle. Jake layed out a poster board and put paints down on it and let Nelle play in it. She splatted, and rubbed, and crawled all over it to make me the prettiest piece of art. It's priceless and gorgeous and is now hanging on the wall above the couch. (Jake did so good with this) Thanks to everyone for everything and Happy Birthday to me!

Just a few

These were taken over at Papa and Mimi's house last night. She just has such a fun time over there.

9 Months

A few days ago Nelle had her 9 month check up with Dr. Jed. She has gotten an inch and a half taller measuring in at 27 and half inches tall. She has lost 2 ounces putting her at 15 pounds which puts her in the 2nd percentile. She is tiny! He said that her weight is nothing to worry about though especially with the amount of food she eats. He also told us that we should start switching her from baby food to adult food now which should be a life saver with money. Her first "meal" was mac n cheese and hot dogs and she really seemed to like it. She is just growing up so fast.