Multiple Nelsons

This Christmas was nice and relaxing/hectic and busy. For Christmas Eve we stayed home and were invited over to another family's home (The Strate Family) for dinner. The dinner was excellent and the company was great! They have 7 kids, ages 5-18 and mostly girls. Our kids had a blast with everything and the excitement, but it didn't last long b/c the twins started to get cranky. We then headed home to start our family traditions.   One family tradition that I have carried on from the Bartholomew side is... Opening presents on Christmas Eve. I have always loved opening up presents on Christmas Eve. Then in the morning Santa comes and you get the "big" present (not wrapped). The twins lasted about half way through opening presents and then went to bed. Missa absolutely LOVED IT. We were able to celebrate at home with just our own family.   Christmas morning we got ready and headed up to Troy's parent's home. We opened presents that after...

 

So today we went in for the twins 15 month appt. They are doing great and are healthy. Here are the stats for them: "Jare Bear": Weight: 20.86 lbs (6%) Length: 31.1 in (45%) Head Cir: 17.6 in (3 %) "Jacolina" Weight: 20.19 lbs (10%) Length: 30.51 in (47%) Head Cir: 17.4 (10%) Both of them are supposed to be wearing glasses... Jacolina (& Missa) wear the glasses with success. Jare Bear usually rips them off within 2 seconds. We keep trying!

  I also got a haircut too but haven't gotten a picture yet. She looks so cute. A friend of ours in the church works at a really nice salon and she discounted her prices in half for the Holiday Season. She did an awesome job. It was really hard to find someone as good as Laura Alvarez AND a comparable price! Thank you Heather!  

  We needed to upgrade in carseats for Jacolina and so here it is. Also the other night for FHE we went to Target. I took pictures of the kids b/c all we had to do was walk to the car and into Target but it was sooooo COLD that I wasn't going to chance them being miserable. Here are my little kiddos all dressed like snowman. Jare Bear is FINALLY WALKING!!!! He has been doing 2-3 steps for the last week or so but then this week he just started to walk across the room. The funny thing about him... is.... he gets really excited and then falls with a HUGE smile on his face. I was not at all worried about him walking later than the girls b/c he will catch up to them. So here is when my kids have started walking (so I don't forget): Missa - 12 months Jacolina- 12.5 months Jare Bear - 15 months

  Troy and I went downtown to see the Christmas lights in the Village near the government building. We went last weekend also with Rachel... but my kids weren't dressed warm enough. So last night the YM and YW in our ward went as their activity. Since Troy is in the YM Presidency we went as a family. It was COLDDDDDD>>>>> less than 25 degrees. As you can see our kids were dressed appropiate this time. :)   Here is our BIG Three Year OLD!!! We went to the doctor for her Well Checkup and she is very healthy. Side note: She is picking out her bows now to put in her hair. lol Missa's Stats: Height: 37.2 inches (54%) and Weight: 33.5 lbs (76%) and BMI 17.0 (84%)