July is flying by!

It seems like July just got here, and now it's almost August! Where is the summer going? We've been keeping busy with beaching, birthdays, weddings, and a whole lot of Charley chasing :) Here's a little slide show of what Charley has been up to lately:

Getting ready for the beach.

Happy Birthday Grammie!

Some pool time with Dad and Uncle Matt.

Good thing Charley left the pool before things got crazy...

Getting a horsey ride in Montrose

Charley snacking on his toes...


Charley was my pre-wedding date while John-Paul was hanging out with Eric and the groomsmen.

John-Paul and I on the way to Eric and Rose's wedding.

Announcing A Newer Nelson

When we started this blog, we called it The Newest Nelson instead of Charley's Blog because we had a strong feeling he wasn't always going to be the newest Nelson in our family. Although Charley James has held the title of The Newest Nelson for just over one year (his 1st birthday was on June 22nd), as many of you may already know, Charley is going to have a sibling in late October or early November. We decided to find out if it is a boy or a girl this time since it will make proper planning a lot easier, so without further ado, we'd like to present the first official photos of Charley's soon-to-be little brother! We will refer to him as Baby Bean from now on since we have no idea what we're going to name him yet.

Yes, we're sure he's a boy!

His "cute" little face

In the meantime, since Charley James is technically still the boy of the household and we don't want him to feel left out, here are some pictures from his 1st birthday party and his first vacation with Aunt Angela, Uncle Matt, Cousin Braden, Aunt Maria, and Uncle Billy. We stole these pictures from Braden's blog because Braden's Mom is such a talented photographer!