Tidying Up a Bit

I know everyone is saying it but where has 2011 gone? Our year has flown by and it is that time when "we" sit back and remember what the previous 12 months has brought our way. My hope is to catch up with a month by month highlight reel. Here's a little something to occupy those of you waiting at your computer!

Introducing Eloise Grace Nicholson

It's a GIRL! 
 
Ellie arrived on Friday (9/9) at 10:11am weighting 6 lbs, 13 oz, 19.5 inches.
We're all doing well and enjoying the new addition to our family.
 
-Mark, Dani, Charlie, and Ellie

First Christmas

Christmas Day is always exciting! Last year, I was largely pregnant on Christmas and we stayed in the Twin Cities and enjoyed a wonderful meal with friends who also happened to be expecting and without family in town. This year, we woke up with Charlie at home to open a couple of presents. Yes, we had just rolled out of bed!





We had an uneventful drive and enjoyed several days with family. Charlie found this rocking chair (mine when I was his size) and took to it! He also decided that walking would be his main mode of transportation on Christmas Day. He'd had the ability but hadn't fully committed to the practice until we were at Grandma and Grandpa Beauchamp's house!














Charlie received a Radio Flyer wagon from his grandparents. Mark began to put it together as soon as we got home. As soon as it came out of the box, Charlie knew what to do. This wagon continues to bring him much entertainment!

Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year to all! Love, the Nicholsons

Fall Fun

My brother "convinced" us to go halvsies on a pair of Vikings season tickets. It wasn't a hard sell but it went something like this, "this way we will see you guys at least once a month. We'll have to come up." And so it began. A sad season for our Vikes but a ton of fun for the Nicholson and Beauchamp families.

Cory and daughter, Emma

Look Alikes? Charlie, Dani, Maddie (Cory's daughter)

Aamodt's Apple Orchard