Nelson Family Blog: "Jemma"

Sunday, March 29, 2015

"Jemma"

This past week has been pretty good overall. Elliott keeps getting better and better. He is getting back to his smiley little self, and boy is his appetite back! Emma is a little spitfire these days, but overall she is very sweet and hilarious. I think John and I laugh at her at least 10 times a day.

On Friday, I had Elliott's 4 month check up. He weighed in at 18 lbs 10 ounces, which is down a little bit from the week before. But, it only makes sense since he's been so sick lately. Otherwise he is looking very good. He is also 281/2 inches long, so he is still off the charts for height and weight.

The doctor gave us the go-ahead to try baby food with Elliott, since he eats like a little monster. He basically ate constantly today. I tried one time to give a little rice cereal today, but it didn't go very well. I'll give it another try later this week.

My poor little buddy also got 4 shots on Friday. He did pretty well with it. He cried really hard when he got them, and was a little fussy during the day. But it's nothing that a little Tylenol and cuddling couldn't fix.

Friday night was pretty fun. My aunts, Julie and Janel, my grandma Elaine, and my cousin Jenna all came to visit. They came for a shopping weekend, and to see us a little bit too. They stayed at the Ramkota Inn, which is very close to us, and has a water park inside. So, we went over in the late afternoon and Emma had a blast hanging out with Jenna and swimming.

While Jenna entertained Emma, the rest of us enjoyed some snacks and wine and visited. Elliott was passed around the table and charmed the pants off of everyone.

Emma and Jenna were pretty adorable together. Emma was pretty much glued to Jenna, and wouldn't do anything without her. That's where the title of this post came from. If you mush Jenna and Emma together (like they were Friday night) you get "Jemma".

By 8:00pm, Emma was exhausted from running around constantly with Jenna for 4 hours straight, and she actually asked for her bed. So, we headed home and put the kids (and ourselves) to bed.

Saturday was pretty low-key. I hit up a huge consignment sale that was going on and got clothes for the kids for the summer months. Then we ate lunch with the Minnesota crew before they headed out. Emma got to sit next to Jenna at the restaurant, so she was in heaven.

Not too much else happened this weekend. We face-timed with my parents today, and both kids and my parents seemed to really enjoy that. Otherwise, we just kinda bummed at home for the weekend, which was nice since next weekend we are heading to Minnesota for Easter. It was pretty nice to have a quiet weekend before we are on the go all next weekend!!