Nolanson

Grandma Donna came to visit us tonight and had goodies for us from her trip to China.  Donna went on a missionary trip to China to deliver Bibles to the good people of China.  Donna shared her pictures with us and brought back some pretty cool souvenirs.  Donna brought me a beautiful white silk scarf from the silk factory, Bill and Nolan matching Polo's, a red Chinese outfit for Nolan, and our names written in Chinese on paper. Grandma Donna, couldn't wait to be back from China so she could see her little man!! 16 days is way too long!!

 

Grandma Donna brought Nolan a red Chinese outfit.  Bill and I both thought of the movie "The Karate Kid" right away. Hence, the title of the blog, Nolanson!!  I can picture Nolan trying to chop 2x4s in half in this outfit, only to end up breaking his arm! Oh goodness, what adventures lie ahead with a little boy.

Donna asked what I would like from China.  I have always wanted to see what my name would look like written in Chinese.  I asked Donna to have someone write, my name, Bill's name, Nolan's name, and Purcell in Chinese.  Here are the end results.  Too cool! I cannot wait to put them in frames and hang them up.

 Jenna

 William

 Nolan

Purcell

And the little one said: "Roll Over!! Roll Over!!"

Nolan Henson has been rolling over from his back to his belly for a couples of weeks now!  The first official "roll over" was May 9th at Nana and Papa T's house.  I knew it was coming soon, because every night when I place Nolan in his crib he turns completely onto his side and teeters back and forth.  Finally, Nollie teetered over to his belly and he was excited!!  I snapped a few pictures of him as he perfected his rolling technique.

Nolan may have gotten all of his daddy's good looks, but one thing he did get from me are my long eyelashes!! Nollie is going to be a little heartbreaker with those brown eyes and long eyelashes.

At least we know Nolan has a back-up plan if school doesn't work out.  Wheel of Fortune!!!  Wartch out Pat, Nolan will have your job.

Nolan now enjoys tummy time a lot more than he used to.  I think it is because he can hold himself up higher off of the floor.  Pooter also found his toes.  He did this May 10th, after a meltdown waiting for his bottle.  I stuck his foot up in his face to distract him and he calmed down right away.  Now he is always looking for his toes.  It is too cute.

Nolan has a nickname, Pooter or Poot for short, that has really stuck.  My family, Bill, and I call him Poot or Pooter on a daily basis.  I think it will be fun to see how long his nickname will stick.  If I refer to Poot or Pooter on the blog, it is in reference to Nolan!

Poot looks more and more like Bill everyday.  His hair is starting to become kinky exactly like Bill's!!

Happy Mother's Day!!

It is strange to think this time two years ago, May 9, 2009, Bill and I became husband and wife.  Even stranger to think this time last year, May 9, 2010, Bill and I announced to our families we were expecting a little bundle of joy.  And finally this year, May 8, 2011, I can officially celebrate Mother's Day with  my beautiful son and husband.

I am truly blessed to have such a wonderful boy in my life to whom I can call my son, Nolan Henson.  Becoming a mom has been one of the single greatest joys in my life.  The love I feel towards Nolan can never be expressed in words or actions.  He is such an amazing little boy and I cannot wait for him to grow into an amazing young man.  Well, I can wait for a little while because he is growing too quickly already! ;)

I love you  Nolan Henson!!!  You bring so much joy and love into mine and your daddy's lives.

This morning I awoke to a baby boy banging me on the head with a "Happy Mother's Day" balloon.  Nolan's arm was assisted by Bill's hand of course.  Bill being his romantic self, "I LOVE YOU BOO", had gotten me a dozen yellow roses and a delicious ice cream cake!! Bill and Nolan even cooked a fantastic breakfast. I am too spoiled by these silly boys.

I forgot to take a picture of the cake before it was demolished!

Funny story, Bill went through the DQ Drive-Thru and ordered the ice cream cake.  Bill said the workers laughed at him when he pulled up to pay.  Bill apparently thought, it was a common thing for people to order ice cream cake in the Drive-Thru.  The workers even customized the cake and asked him if he wanted a heart shaped one because it was mother's day.  I must give a shout out to the Glen Carbon DQ workers!! lol

The three of us got ready and went to church for the first time as a family.  Nolan did a great job.  After church, we went and ate at La Casa Mexicana......YUMMY!!  Since we at so much food, we came back and sat around the house.  Nana, Papa T, and Aunt Kelby came to pick up Nolan and stayed for some pictures and some ice cream cake.  Before Nana, Papa T, and Kelby left to head back home, we all of jumped in the car and made a trip to the AT&T Store, so Papa T could buy Nana her Mother's Day present.  A NEW iPHONE!! Now Nana can FaceTime chat with Bill or I and see Nollie whenever she wants.

Momma,
You're the most kindest, caring, loving person I know.  I am truly blessed to have you for a mother.  When I was growing up, I looked up to you in more ways than you can imagine and I still continue to look up to you.  As a a young girl, you always told me you could never know the love you have for me until I have a child of my own.  I now know the love you have for me is unconditional because of the love I feel for Nolan.  I look at being a mother with the utmost confidence because I know I was raised by the best.  You continue to amaze me everyday with the gentle and loving heart you have.  You're not only an amazing mother and nana, but an amazing woman!! I love you more than you know.  Thanks for being my best friend and momma.

Love,
Jenna

Naked Jaybird!!

I haven't taken any naked pictures of Nolan since he was first born, so I decided to have a little photo shoot before his bath today.  I was worried he might pee all over the place, but we lucked out and he didn't.  I think these pictures turned out really cool.  I edited them on a website called Picnik.  The great thing about this website is it's FREE!!! 

Every time I put Nolan on his belly he would roll over, so he is kind of twisted in his belly pictures.  He is such a good boy.  Hopefully, he will continue to like having his picture taken as he becomes older.  I doubt this will happen though.

Ain't Life a Peach?

Nolan has been doing great with eating cereal out of his bottle.  We haven't attempted spoon feeding the cereal to Nolan since our last blog post.  We decided it was time to attempt the inevitable once more.  I made the cereal thicker this time, so Nollie would get used to eating baby food.  Needless to say, having the cereal thicker didn't go so well.  He REALLY disliked the texture.  He gagged and then spit it out!!  The faces Nolan made were priceless.  Bill was enjoying Nolan's reactions a little too much.

Bill and I thought since the texture of the cereal didn't go over so well with Nolan, we would try some fruit.  GiGi and Grandpa Chesser bought Nolan banana, apple, and peach baby food for his Easter basket.  Since bananas and rice cereal tend to constipate babies we didn't want the combination of the two together.  I chose peaches.  WRONG CHOICE!! Man is that stuff sour......  Nolan did NOT like the peaches at all.  His reaction was way worse than the cereal.  We will be sticking with cereal and breast milk until six months from here on out.