Arlo and Soley

Arlo is 5 and finishing his first year of Kindergarten. Soley is 2 1/2 and in daycare with Wendy.
Both my children exhaust me and amaze me everyday!
Soley is very smart. Very into doing puzzles and drawing.
Arlo is deep into Minecraft. He loves to be on the computer watching You Tube and playing on the tablet. He builds elaborate houses and castles and even was showing grandpa everything he built in his imaginary world.

8 months

Arlo hit the 8 month mark! He is getting more active each day. Lately he has been rocking from the sitting position to almost the crawling position...not quite there yet, but almost! He discovered splashing in the tub! And is starting to pull on the crib rails to try and stand. Oh boy, look out! The weather has been in the 30's all week and our once white yard is already showing traces of green or brown grass. Fargo is forecasting another flood this year. Hope it is not as bad as last year.

jeepers creepers

Where does the time go? Arlo is on his way to being 8 months. He is a stronger sitter and enjoys trying to pull himself up...though we are not quite there yet. He jabbers a lot. Our favorite time of day is in the morning when we wake up...Arlo does what we call whisper talking. He jabbers quietly to himself, until we are awake to give him hugs and kisses! I am so in love with my little man. I can't believe that he can sit up in his crib and play. That he can grasp onto his bottle. That he jiggles with excitement at the site of food! Life is exciting during these days.

Tuesday

Grandma Kathy's birthday today. Arlo made her a birthday card with my help of course!

It was cold out this morning....something like 10 below with a 25 below wind chill, but it was so sunny and beautiful. I love it when the sun shines and it cancels out all of that other coldness.

Yesterday I drove to Fergus Falls to teach 2 printmaking classes. It was an all day affair.

Roads were a bit icy in the morning, but were dried out by the evening for the trip home. Jes and Kermit drove up to Battle Lake, so Jes drove back to Fargo with me. She is already 4 months pregnant, and has a pretty good baby bump. We got to catch up and talk all things baby. Ordered our favorite, pizza patrol, and were in bed by 10:30...we are officially old.

Arlo has a Birthday Party for Avi today at noon. Pat and Gretch are driving up for the party.

Chris had to go into work for awhile for superbowl stuff.

Snowing outside and driveway needs to be blown out. Fun stuff at the Nelson household.

trek

Arlo and I made our way to Fergus Falls today. Unfortunately the weather is icky...right in between raining and freezing and snow. I have to travel to Fergus tomorrow to teach a printmaking class at the Kaddatz gallery. Chris will spend his first day babysitting Arlo all day!

Jes is coming to visit too! Should be a fun weekend...if the weather cooperates.

Dad left for home this morning...I always love when my Mom and Dad can visit. Every day is a gift, and want to make sure we get as many as we can together.