The park

One of Nelle's favorite places is the park. She loves the people, especially the little kids, and she loves the jungle jim thingys. We take her all the time and this peticular time we went and fed the ducks and got some really good pictures.

Nelle's favorite activity

We have always read to Nelle a lot in the past but could get away with not for just one day. Now that's not an option at all. To be read to is by far her favorite thing. There is always story time before bed and then during the day she is constantly bringing you a book to read to her. She will go play in her room and 15 minutes later she will walk..yes I said walk!!...out to you with a book in hand. Then she proceeds to shove it at you till you read it to her. Then once you read it she wants you to read it again, and again.

Tracy Aviary again...

Now that Nelle is a little older we decided to take her to Tracy Aviary again. Thankfully this time we had great sunny weather opposed to last time when it POURED! Nelle absolutely loved it. She pointed out almost every bird that she saw, even some we didn't think she would see. She is also walking all the time so she got to walk around the aviary which she was very proud about.

Happy Mothers Day

Happy Mothers Day means more than flowers and gifts. It means saying thank you and saying I love you. It means I truly appreciate you! To my mom, who is not only my mother but also my friend. You are the greatest and I thank you and love you for shaping me to be the best mom I can be. To my step-mom, Mel. You have always been there for me and I thank you. To my mother in law, Terrill. Jake would not be the man he is today if it wern't for you. I thank you for that and we love you. To Jakes step-mom, Paula. You have been such an inspirtation to me and because of you I am a better mom. And thank you for being such a great mimi to Nelle, that is is the best gift I will receive for mothers day! Finally, to all of the wonderful mothers...Today is your day!

The cutest pose ever

The other day Jake and I decided to plant our garden. To avoid Nelle getting totally dirty when were outside I sometimes put her on a chair to sit. You would think she would just climb off and go play in the dirt but for whatever reason she doesn't. She just sits in the chair and climbs around. So this particular time she was just doing the cutest poses and I managed to get pictures!

Happy 1st Birthday Nelle!!!

Yesterday, May 2nd was Nelle's 1st birthday! I know, I cant believe it either. Its crazy to me to think LAST year we were in the hospital with a new baby. So much has changed with her. Its just amazing how much babies learn in the first year. I just love watching her learn new things.

We decided for her 1st birthday we were gonna throw her a little party. The original plan was to have a BBQ out in our back yard. Well of course...it rained all day Saturday! It worked out tho, we just moved the party inside. We had to fully re-arrange our house. The couches were out on the front patio, the kitchen table and chairs were in our room, and various other things were piled where ever they would fit. There were 20 people crammed into our little house and we still managed to do the BBQ. Dad manned the BBQ and made great food as well as there was tons of other food. Nelle got lots of great toys and clothes, and she absolutely loved opening them all up. We also gave her a piece of birthday cake to smear all over her self and maybe eat. Surprisingly, she didn't get as much all over her self as I had thought she would. It was a great party and most importantly Nelle had fun! Thank you all so much for coming and celebrating Nelle's first birthday!