Welcome to the World, Baby Rowan!

I want to officially welcome my newest nephew - Rowan Scott Nelson - to the world! He was born just a few hours ago. Mom and baby are doing extremely well.

More to come on him later (I can't wait to see photos!)

In the meantime, here are a few photos from last weekend. Thank you, Nancy, for taking them and getting them to me! We went to a park to get in some swinging time...

I think Jacob had fun, don't you?

So Much To Do!

Sorry it's been so long since I've posted. We've been very busy the past few weeks.

I have to get photos of Steve's hole that he's digging in our "way back" area. It started off as a project to create a garden by digging out all the current weeds. However, Steve has taken it very seriously and it's now a personal vendetta against all weeds and their entire root systems. We may have a garden by next year. One or the other of us goes out digging every night after work (unless it's raining...grrr) and on weekends.

Jacob's been working to get rid of all but 1 of his naps so he's been a bit tired in the evenings after his dinner. But he still loves bathtime and can usually cope well with that added energy-drainer on bath nights.

Things at work have been very busy, too. I have a big project that I'm lucky to be part of that will take the entire summer.

So, on to what you're all here for...photos of Jacob! He's learned to take this half-step backwards and now doesn't even hesitate to turn around when he gets to it. He's so proud of himself!

The other weekend started off cool one morning but was going to get hot. So...I stuck Jacob in his baby leg warmers (thank you, Aunt Betsy!).
We had good friends Ron and Barb over for dinner the other weekend (what fun!) and while Jacob was leary of Ron and his facial hair, he and Barb hit it right off!

Jacob is still the king of drool, but still looks great in this cool T-shirt from Aunt Sandy and Uncle Jason.

On the Big News front, Jacob took his first steps yesterday (I don't really count it when he takes one step and then collapses)! When I picked him up at daycare he took 5 very excited steps toward me and was sooooo proud of himself. Of course I was so proud of him that I burst into Happy Tears. No photos of it yet, but we'll get some!