6 in 6

Carter is a great baby!  He eats well, sleeps well, and gives us lots of smiles every day.  The best part is he loves to travel (or at least he tolerates it well!).  By 6 weeks of life, Carter has been to 6 states- MA, CA, UT, NJ, NY, and CT.  This is a picture from our final leg of travel and the little guy was really tuckered out.

We went to the pediatrician on Friday and Carter now weighs 10 lbs and is 22 inches long!    He's growing so quickly and changing every day.  We love him so much!

Announcing Carter Mark Kellett's Arrival!

Baby Carter is officially here!  He came a week late on April 5, 2011 and weighed in at 8 lbs, 2 ozs and 20 inches long.  We are all doing well and loving this boy more and more each day.

Here's our first family photo outside the house.

Top 10 of 2010

Some highlights from this year...here's to an exciting 2011!

10. MBA Graduation

9. Red Sox Games in the summer

8. 4th of July on the Charles

 7.Rockport, MA and delicious salt water taffy

6.The Common

5. Parents & brother visit on Labor Day

4. Adding a sister to the fam!

3. Christmas Time in NYC

2. Cruise to Jamaica & the Bahamas

 1. Finding out about baby Carter!

Hope your 2010 was a great one!

Family Holiday Picture 2010

I'd like to make it a family tradition to take pictures each year at Christmas time.  We did it last year, which was our first Kellett family Christmas, so I figured I'd do my best to keep the streak alive.  We found a great photographer in Cambridge named Seth Wood and he took our pictures in one of my favorite spots in the Boston/Cambridge area right outside Harvard Square by the Charles River.  I was worried about looking huge and pregnant in the pictures as I have not fully embraced the bump, but I think we disguised it well.  Here's a couple to share:

Christmas Cheer

The Kelletts are huge fans of Christmas.  We love it so much, we even put up our awesome tree in the middle of November. 

The best part about this time of year is re-celebrating Christmas traditions.  One that is a Nelson family favorite is baking tons of cookies to bring to neighbors and friends.  While I never fully appreciated this tradition and all my mom's hard work growing up, I have found that baking is somewhat relaxing these days and I love to bring Christmas cheer to others in the form of delicious treats.  My favorite is the Monster Cookie- or, the "monstah" cookie as we've come to call it in Boston.   Yes it is delicous and yes you can only eat one or two because they have about a zillion calories in each one.  The base is peanut butter and oatmeal, so I try to pretend they're sort of healthy, but in reality they're not, so I only make them once or twice a year.

Along with the monster cookies we made some sugar cookies and peanut butter blossoms (it turns out we're obsessed with peanut butter too.)

Beyond the Christmas tree, cookie making, and other holiday festivities, I also enjoy the gift giving (and receiving).  I can't wait to open this little guy that was recently spotted under the tree....

Merry Christmas all!  We hope you have a great holiday with your friends and family.  We'll be cruising in the Bahamas and thinking of you...

The Big News!

We found out on Friday that our baby is a boy!  We are really excited and looking forward to getting all of the baby necessities over the next few months.  I honestly was surprised because I had convinced myself it was a girl, but I'm really excited for a little boy.  We're thinking Carter Mark for the name.  Carter is a Nelson family name and Mark is a Kellett name.  I just can't believe we're almost halfway through the pregnancy.  I'm still in my normal clothes, but they are definitely getting tighter by the day.  I'm sure the baby bump will be tough to hide in the near future. 

College Football???

As many of you know, Chris loves his alma mater Cornell.  This love for a university is a bit extreme and he often does resemble Andy from the office, but I am told this type of behavior is pretty typical for Cornellians.  So today the Cornell football team was in town to play Harvard and we decided we would go.  As we headed to the game I asked him, "Are you sure we'll get in?  What if it's sold out?"  Little did I know IVY league football is nothing like football at BYU or anywhere else on the planet for that matter.  We walked in 10 minutes before the game started, got great seats on the 50 yard line a few rows back from the field, and we were so close, we could literally here the QB saying hike.  Wow.

The level of athleticism was impressive- if it had been a high school football game, but we had a great time and watched Harvard roll over the Big Red :(.  Fortunately for Chris, he can claim Harvard as well, so he was a winner no matter what.