Kaelyn's First Sledding Experience!

Kaelyn got to test out her new snow pants and boots that she got for Christmas from her Grammie and Grandpie Sutton the day after Christmas. She did a bit of whining on the way down but always signed "More" when we made it down. All in all, it was a great first sledding experience for K. She might just take after her daddy when it comes to doing crazy things!

Time with Family

My cousin Nick Nelson got married in October and we traveled to South Eastern Ohio for the wedding and got to see some family we hadn't seen in a while. Some of them Jer actually had never met before!

Jer, K and I with my cousin Elizabeth and Kurt, their 2 kids Andrea and Nathan, and my cousin Jefferson and Jamie and their daughter Adaline. (Left to Right)

Aunt Rachie walking with Kaelyn

Andrea, Kaelyn and Adaline hangin' out. Beautiful girls!

Kaelyn and I with Great Grandma and Grandpa Nelson and cousin Andrea. We were happy to see them and spend a little time with them, this was actually the last time we got to see my Grandma before she passed away.

Rachel and I with our cousin Katie, the youngest of the Nelson cousins, she is 10.

12 of the 16 Nelson cousins were at the wedding. The most of us that have been together in one place in a very long time.

My Grandma Nelson passed away the day before Thanksgiving, so after being with Jer's family for T-day, we went to Ohio to see family and attend her funeral. It was so good to see so many family members twice in two months, especially because some we hadn't seen in years. My Grandma and Grandpa's favorite color is red, so many people, especially the great grandkids, wore red in honor of Red Grandma.

Grammie, Kaelyn, me and Great Grandpa Nelson

All 16 of the Nelson cousins together, ranging in age from 34 to 10!

And all 9 of the Nelson Great Grandchildren together for the first time. They range in age from 6 years to 10 months. Bailey, Kaelyn, Nathan, Andrea, Gracie, Toryn, Ellison, Adaline, and Jaden (left to right), 7 girls and 2 boys. My cousin Elizabeth is expecting too, so we have great grandbabies #10 and #11 on the way! Man it was hard to get them all sitting still and somewhat looking at the camera. Kaelyn kept trying to escape and scoot down off of the chair!

My sisters and cousin Megan (on the left). Doesn't she look like she could be one of our sisters too!?

With Megan and Kaelyn and Toryn, Megan's daughter, who is exactly two months older than K.

We will miss Grandma Nelson, but are so thankful for all of the great memories that we have and the strong family that she helped to build.

Turkey Day and Getting our Tree!

We spent Thanksgiving Day in town with Jer's family. We had a nice leisurely morning at at home and then headed to Grammie and Grandpy McClements' house in the afternoon for Thanksgiving Dinner. We enjoyed just being able to hang around home and relax. And for the first time since Jer and I have been together, he didn't have to work the day after Thanksgiving!!! It was amazing to have so much family time! :)

Daddy and Kaelyn hanging out watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Kaelyn was fascinated by the big balloons and floats and loved when they had performances, she would dance along to the music!

Kaelyn dancing and wishing she could touch one of the balloons.
Kaelyn and her first yummy Thanksgiving Dinner! :) She was very excited about it!!

And no toddler eating picture is complete without an "After". Food all over her tray, all over the floor, all in her hair! But, she enjoyed it!

We went to a place in Michigan called Butler Tree Farm to get our Christmas Tree. It was a really neat place to get a tree. They had a petting zoo area, which of course Kaelyn loved! Dogs, llamas, horses and even a deer!

Crazy Uncle Nate came with us and helped us find the perfect tree! (And helped Jer cut it, drag it, and tie it up on the car which was really nice because then I didn't have to!!)

The Fam with our Tree

Kaelyn has something to tell you....

I hope you can read that well enough... if not Kaelyn wants you to know that she is going to be a big sister!! Mommy is expecting baby #2 in June!

I am about 12 1/2 weeks along and my official due date is June 19th. This is the reason I have not been keeping up with the blog as well as I would have liked to lately. Although I have been lucky not to have extreme morning sickness, or nausea in general, I have been extremely tired, especially after chasing around a 13 month old all day! :) But, as I am nearing the end of my first trimester, I am starting to feel more like my normal self again.

Watch for belly pics soon - I'm planning to take my first ones this week, and we'll keep you updated as things move along! We are excited for this new blessing, and ask for your prayers that the baby would grow healthy and strong.

Fall Fun and Halloween

Okay, so I'm still working on catching up from this fall. These pics are from when we were at Em's parents house for Kaelyn's birthday and we played outside in the leaves. We don't have any trees in our yard at home, so this was really the only time that K got to experience leaves this fall. She was not a huge fan; she cried when we tried to sit her in the pile of leaves, but she liked to pick them up one by one and throw them into the wind!

Jer and my dad picking rasberries. Yum!!

Kaelyn was a little monster for Halloween, and if I do say so myself, she was the cutest monster I have ever seen! Her costume had this built in pot-belly and it was so funny! By then end of the night she even started patting herself on the belly. She thought trick-or-treating meant that we were going to visit all of the doggies at the different houses, because the first house we went to had a little dog that greated her. So, as we would walk up to each house she would say "Hi doggie, hi doggie". It was pretty cute. But, she quickly figured out where the good stuff was, in the candy bowl, and would help herself to a handful at the houses where we trick-or-treated.

With Grammy and Grandpy McClements

With Mommy and Daddy
Finding the good stuff!!

How many can I fit in my hands?

Yum, it's all mine!

I'm outta here!!

Walking up to a house with Daddy...

and with mommy and grammie.

Birthday Fun 2!!

Okay, here are the last pics from K's birthday! Finally!!

Reading with Grammy

Birthday Cake! Yum!!

Family Picture

Walk to the beach! Beautiful!!

The Big 1!!!

The End!!!