Gobble Gobble

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Here are just few pics (we took all our family Xmas card pics, so there are HUNDREDS, so these are all I am putting up for now - lol). We had my parents and Jodi & Mike & the kids & Grandma out. It was the first Thanksgiving Eric and I ever put on for everyone - and I think we did pretty good. Eric did AWESOME on the Turkey - it was YUMMY and LOTS left over......we love left over turkey!! :)

We are also loving K's new daycare more and more...activities, friends, he does awesome, and has to say buh bye to all his friends everyday! Here is a pic of him in his turkey hat the kids all made. When Eric picked him up he and all the kids were walking around gobbling. SO yep - our little turkey is an official gobbler, and the cutest!! Hope everyone enjoyed their holiday!


Hmm...Thanksgiving you say...


Gobble Gobble!


Eric's yummy turkey!


Did someone see a Turkey running around here??

From the Mouth of Babes

So I coach roughly 125 dancers. You know the saying...kids say the darnedest things?? Well - it was proven last night. And the best part is, this particular girl is quite "outspoken," not shy, and really somewhat of a pain some days. She is in KINDERGARTEN mind you. My assistant, Erin, and I were chatting while the kids were doing stretches, and cute lil' dancer says "YOUR BELLY IS FAT, ARE YOU HAVING A BABY AGAIN?" I just looked at Erin - b/c ironically Erin and I had discussed who would be the first to ask and she was who we both said. :) LOL I replied to cute lil' dancer, "Yes, actually I am." Only to have 2 other dancers scream NO YOU AREN'T. B/c yes - they would know. Yep - so many reasons I love my job!

So in 4 short months this FAT BELLY will produce a cute lil' baby girl that will (with my luck) probably ask the same question to some poor soul some day.

What a Mouthful!

Guess what we did this week? We got a mouthful of teeth! Tuesday - the 8th tooth popped through. No molar, we were still waiting for molars until I checked on Friday - boom, Molar #1, tooth #9, thought for the fun of it I'd check yesterday - bang, Molar #2, tooth #10. He now has 2 molars, both on top - one on each side. Some one's got his name on a turkey leg for Thursday! Here are some pics from this week! Enjoy!


OUCH - molars hurt!


Just doing a little playing

AH MAN - look Mom, I put them all together!

My favorite lil' boy! Could he be any cuter? I am bias :)

Hmmm...someone's up to something!

We love to play with blocks...

And to play w/ our Mommy! I love you Kayden!

Bumps & Bruises

So Kayden has had an eventful last 24 hours. Here they are in a nutshell.

6:00 last night - Kayden decides he's a hot shot and stands up on his 4-wheeler, Daddy tells Kayden NO and walks over to get him. Kayden laughs and lets go. He falls backwards onto the entertainment center.....Owie #1 = scratch and goose egg on the back of his head

7:45 last night - Daddy and K get home from K's haircut and Kayden walks into the car door. Owies #2 & #3 = bumps on our forehead. And where does Kayden insist to make sure he always hits his head? Right on the scar from his stitches.

10:00 this morning - Mommy tells K to grab his "B" (blanket) and nuk so we can have a nap. He thinks this is funny and throws the blanket over his head, AND WALKS into the corner of the cupboard. Owie #4 = goose egg on his forehead, yep SAME SPOT.

Poor guy. He's fine, don't think he cried any of these times. But guess we'll wait a day or two before trying to take Christmas card pictures!

Baby #2....IT'S A GIRL!

As all of our blog readers know...we are having another baby. And we just found out this week that Baby #2 is going to be a GIRL! We are very excited, and Eric says I can stop trying to put Kayden in dance now...I'll have my own dancer. But come on, you've seen K - he has moves!! Here are some pictures of K in his Big Brother shirt and our first pictures of his LITTLE SISTER!


So there is going to be another baby around here...I guess that's cool.


Excuse me...did you just say it's a GIRL?


Really...a girl?

GRRRR - yummy!

Here - get this outta here, I want a snack!

Thumbs Up Dudes!

Future Dancer Feet!

Family Get Together

This weekend our California Family came for a visit. My cousins, and my Aunt all came from CA for a wedding on the other side of the family, and lucky Mr. Kayden had his first and most favorite house guests. (In fact everytime we walk by the door since they left he gives us this sad face and says "buh-bye??") When the boys were putting their shoes on to say good-bye, K sat there and waited for someone to put his shoes on. :) Next time Bubba!

They were all able to come over last night to our house for an impromtu Nelson family get-together, we were just missing a few cousins and we would have had everyone! The kids made the basement a fun little romper room and really enjoyed themselves. We got pictures of Grandma w/ all of her Great Grandkids, too! It was a really fun night. They just left today, but we miss them already! Love all you guys!


Kayden & his buds! Mason & Logan


The big kids playing downstairs.
Logan, Brooke, Connor, Sage, & Mason


They concentrate hard when playing the Wii

Linda & Mary

Kayden & Claire playing

Great-Grandma and ALL her Great-Grandkids

Grandma & her CA girls
Denise, Deanna, & Sara

Grandma with Paul, Coralie, and Linda

Our Trip to Como Zoo

Since Eric got the day off, and I happen to have today off - we decided to take advantage of the nice, warm, 60 degree November weather! We took Kayden to Como Zoo...upon recommendation from the VanLaere clan. :) I had never been there before and Eric went in 6th grade for a field trip. I never got field trips b/c we were the class of 2000 and there were too many of us...stupid cheap school. Oh well, that's another blog within itself. We love Como - except I am still pretty upset that the Polar Bears are on "vacation" at the Detroit Zoo...I really wanted to see them. :( Here's some pics from our day! The fresh air definitely helped K and I feel better! Wahoo!


Watching the Mommy & new baby


One huge Gorilla...eating his own puke, it was DISGUSTING!


OMG - look at those "kitties"

Watching the wolf

Hi Mr. Wolf...you look like a nice puppy!

Pretty Kitty

The great stare down...this lion was seriously staring at something...WOW - too close for me!

Hey - Lion...come back!

Kayden and Sparky

Pretty Flowers

Cute Little Bib Butt

Mommy & Kayden being silly!