Cookies

Well this past week I was asked to make some cookies and other food for a sweet 16 party. I think I am going to ban sweets from our house for a while since I think we ate way too many of the mess up cookies and sweets! I guess someone had to test them out right?

These are the bouquets that they made with the cookies. I think this was one of the last ones they made, that is why there are not as many flowers

Trunk or Treat!

Our Church's trunk or treat party was last Friday. I thought I would post some pictures of the kids. Thomas had his friend Sonoma come with us. They had a blast together! They decorated pumpkin sugar cookies, went around in the costume parade, and then went trunk or treating. Thomas dressed up as a lion and Carter dressed up as a Tiger.

Carving our pumpkin the night before


Look at that bum!

Decorating their cookies at the party


Roar!!! Look at our little Lion


And here is our little Tiger

Apple Picking Time!

Well it's that time of year again... our favorite time of year... Apple picking time! We love this time of year so much that we made Friday an official Nielson Holiday. Ryan took the day off and we headed for the orchards. We had so much fun! Here are some pictures...

Say "cheese"

Thomas checking out the apples

Ryan got quite the arm work out! We could have got an apple picking basket, but thought it would be more fun this way!

This is how Carter spent the morning. All wrapped up...Asleep.

Thomas loved running down the rows of trees. Since we went on a Friday, we had the place to ourselves!

I wish I had sound effects for this picture. For those of you who know, Thomas makes quite a lot of noise when he eats something he likes. So you could always tell where he was by his humming! Our wagon had some issues.

The apple cider and apple cider doughnuts might had been the best part.
This is what we ended up with.

And of course Thomas was way tired after all of that apple picking...


and Carter was just waking up and ready to go

Bath and Bed Time at the Nielson's

Carter has gotten so big over the past few weeks. Here are a few pictures of him and Thomas getting ready for bed. Carter loves taking a bath. It is the one thing that will always calm him down. Thomas loves his glow in the dark Halloween pajamas. When he put them one this one night he begged me to take some pictures of him.

Isn't he so cute!

All bundled up after his bath

Thomas loves trying to get Carter to laugh.

He calls these his stripe pj's.. he does not quite get that they are his bones!

6 weeks!

Wow! The past month has flown by so fast! Carter continues to grow at a very rapid pace. We went to the doctor on Friday the 11th and he was 13 lbs 11 oz. He is now average for his height, in the 99th percentile for weight, and is off the charts for his head size. I think he got his daddy's head. Carter loves to be talked to. He has a big smile and coos a lot. He also has a pretty big set of lungs and is very good at communicating when he is not happy.

Thomas is still doing very well with the baby. Most of the time he does not even acknowledge Carter. On Thursday after we got home from the grocery store, Carter was screaming while I was trying to get the groceries in the house. I looked over and Thomas had his new train next to Carter's car seat playing. He was talking to Carter like they were playing together. It was really cute. Unfortunately, Carter just kept screaming regardless of Thomas' attempts. It was really sweet nonetheless.

We blessed Carter on September 6th. Mimi, Papa V, and Meagan were all able to come for the weekend. During the blessing, Carter was perfect. He did not cry, just looked up at everyone in the circle. It was a very special day. After church we had a big dinner and birthday cake (since it was also my birthday).

Here are some pictures of the past few weeks.

Carter is 4 weeks old in these pictures

The Bat Boys!

September 6th Blessing pictures