Nelson Family: July 2009

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Such a fun Sunday night BBQ with Caroline, Papa Dave, Grandma Jo, Mamaw Kathy, Bryan, Brett & Maggie! Zach had a great time playing in the backyard with everyone...even showed off his ball throwing skills (video below).

Outdoor Fun

We had a great weekend playing outside...went to the pool, park, zoo, had a BBQ...lots of fun outside as a family! Life is good!

Visiting MN Zoo with the Beyler's

One of the many great animals we saw at the zoo. It was great to see a Grizzly Bear up so close...you can see in Molly's expression how truly cool it was!

Baby Cate

Ben & Zach

Baby Molly

Saturday, July 25, 2009

8 months old

Some of the many expressions of Miss Molly...

Wanted to make sure I got a picture of Molly's favorite way to sit...in the splits or a cheerleader pose. She is still our happy little girl..growing so fast. She is already 19 lbs according to Daddy who loves to weigh the kids.

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Swinging Molly

I love how excited kids (well babies) are when they first start to ride in a swing...the excitement is contagious. These aren't the best pics/video as they are from my cell phone...but she was loving it. She loves to get to play with Zach and do some of the things he does rather than just watching him.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Dinner & Playdate at the Kittelson's

This was a few weeks ago now, but I took these pictures from their blog...because they turned out so cute. It was a great evening...and everyone had a "buddy" to hang with. Here are the Dads & babies. Molly is 3 weeks older than Gio.

Zach & Isabella had a great time together too!! She is 9 months older than Zach. And I always enjoy Paula...though we didn't get a picture together.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Weekend with the Patterson's

We had such a wonderful weekend!! Mommy's best friend from college and her family were in town. It was a weekend full of family fun...here are some of the pics from the whole weekend. After the kids were in bed last night, the (big) girls went out for wine & dessert.

Thanks Paul, Marci, Sherilyn & John for a wonderful visit!!

John (4 1/2)

Sherilyn (6)

Though 5 1/2 years apart, they are the best of friends! Sherilyn is the president of Molly's fan club! It is very cute to see them interact!

John loved the park too...and when he slowed down for a break, I finally got a picture of him!

Mommy & Molly

It is so fun to have Stacy living in Minneapolis too! Every time we have a visitor, we automatically have 1/3 of our little group (there are 9 of us from college that are still super close).

Paul, Marci, Sherilyn & Paul Patterson came all the way from Orlando to visit us!! Marci comes here at least once a year but it has been 3 years since the kids have been here.

It is so fun to have all of the kids together to play and continue to know each other.

They will grow up like cousins.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Molly's baptism

Molly was baptized at the 11:00 Service at CPC today by Pastor John Crosby. This is the same church and pastor that married Mommy & Daddy and baptized Zach. He also came to see Molly when she was in the NICU at Children's Hospital. She did a great job...as did Zach standing in front of the whole congregation.

We had a small pre-gathering where I started to take pictures of her with everyone...but got distracted and didn't get many. There was a smaller group but it was really nice. Here she is with Maggie, Brett & Kevin (Poppy). Also in attendance were: Grandpa & Grandma Hawk, Papa Dave & Grandma Jo, Emily with Owen & Olivia, Kathy (Mamaw), Lauren & Bailey, Caroline and Stacy & Jack....and of course, Daddy, Mommy & Zach.

Congratulations Molly Jo!

Friday, July 10, 2009

Grandpa & Grandma Hawk are here!!

With a smile and without...she looks so different but still the most beautiful baby girl in the eyes of her parents!!

We went to Centennial Lakes today and stumbled upon this...miniature boat races. These were the most real life looking boats I have ever seen. Here the sailboat.