"Sandy" Diego

In March, Jeremy had to work in San Diego (or as Bailey kept calling it "Sandy Diego"). We decided to go along and make a 10 day vacation out of it!  I was worried we have to stop to feed Gus all the time so I devised a plan to bring my breast pump, and pump while Jeremy drove, then feed him a bottle. Ha! What a joke. Not only was I trying to cover up so truck drivers wouldn't get a sneak peak, I was trying to not spill, then he acted like I was choking him and wouldn't take it! Good thing he snoozed most of the way :)

 ...And of course, while Jeremy worked we played. For the girls 5th birthday, we got a 3 day pass to Sea World.  Its been about 10 years since I have been there, and we had SO much fun, It wasn't very crowed and the weather was perfect! And, I learned the girls were dare devils. They LOVED the thrill rides. I was so excited and can't wait to take them to more theme parks!

 Over the weekend, we stayed in La Jolla where Wayne and Melissa drove up to play with us. Here the girls are at Balboa park.

 Hodads.  BEST BURGERS EVER!

 Beach time with the cousins ;)

 The lights of Tijuana, Mexico. That how close our hotel was. Kinda cool. Kinda creepy.

California Baby Shower

I just got the pictures from my cute baby shower held on January 7, 2012 (less than 3 short weeks before my little guy came into this world)

Anyways, my two cute sisters-in-law and mother-in-law threw me this super nice shower!

I picked out the fabric below for the table runner which would become my crib bumper.

The fab 4! Don't mind the REALLY dark skin. I thought it would be a really good idea to gt a spray tan 2 days before my shower. Just blame it on my pregnancy hormones.

The shower was really low key and really fun with a popcorn machine, lots of great gifts, and wonderful friends!



A few first photos

Our sweet friend Erica is a photographer and took our little man's newborn pictures.

Needless to say that we love them!

First Month and a 1/2 (aka LOTS of Firsts!)

Big sisters help with babies FIRST bath in his little bathtub!

FIRST time hanging out with Granny

FIRST Valentine's Day (My 2 love birds and my Hershey's kiss)

 

 FIRST time rolling over (at ONLY 3 weeks..... this boy is sure keeping us on our toes!)

FIRST month!

FIRST Bottle Feeding courtesy of Bailey and Kennedy (too bad he wont take a bottle now *sigh*)

FIRST time meeting cousin Holt

FIRST male pattern baldness signs

(Confirmation that he IS Jeremy's son!)

FIRST time "playing" with cousin Kinley

.....and FIRST St. Patricks Day!

He's Here....

*Excerpt from my journal on Jan 29, 2012 (my 29th "golden" birthday)

"Today is my 29th birthday! Soooooo happy baby came while I was still 28 years old (makes me feel younger)

BIRTH STORY:

At about 3:00 am on January 26th, I had a contraction that woke me up, so I went to the bathroom and it went away. Then at 5:00, I woke up again. This time the pain was bad enough that I couldn't go back to sleep. I took a shower and then started cleaning the house thinking activity would stop the pain. When the contractions kept coming, I woke up Jeremy to tell him I think we should go to the hospital. By this time, Kennedy was awake and hanging out with me while I was blow drying my hair. Not thinking we were in a super big hurry, Jeremy started shaving his head, and I had Kennedy call Sally to see if she would come down and be with the girls and teach preschool for the day (yes, I was still working and planning on teaching that morning!) While talking to Sally/blow drying my hair, my water broke. I told Jeremy who sped up his head shaving/shower so we could get going. I started making breakfast (hey! I was starving), but decided against it. On the way to the hospital we stopped by McDonald's (gross, I know!), and of course it took forever because it was new and no one knew what they were doing. By now, the contractions were hurting pretty bad and I asked Jeremy to wheelchair me into the hospital. I had called ahead so they had a room all ready for me. My first question was when could I get something for pain (since I was REALLY hurting by now). The nurse decided to check me and said my pain was probably due to the fact that I was dilated to an 8! Some people would be happy to hear how fast their labor was going - BUT NOT ME! To me, that meant one thing - I was NOT getting an epidural :( I began to panic. I had a c-section with the girls so this was all new to me - I wasn't sure I was going to be able to do it. Yet, sometime between checking in at 7:00 am, my doctor showed up, my second attempt at starting an I.V. was successful, and we had ourselves a new baby boy by 8:17am. I am still not sure why anyone would ever CHOOSE to do childbirth without any pain medications, but now I guess I can say I experienced it, right? I am grateful for a kind doctor and husband who told me I could do it - even when I told them I couldn't breathe, I couldn't push, I just plain couldn't do it. But, I did and now we are blessed with August Nash Nelson, 7lbs 5 oz, and 19 inches of perfection!"

It's the most Wonderful Time of the Year...

In December, we were finishing up our addition. Here is the girls new room with walk and closet and wainscoting!

Had a little family gathering to make cookies for Santa! The girls LOVED it, and so did my tummy ;)

Then, Christmas morning. It was magical. The girls ran out to see THIS bad bad in the living room. They were so happy Santa was able to have his elves make this in time.

Here are the girls with their Christmas stashes. Baby brother even had a pair of blue converse in his stocking. The girls can not wait until he gets to open presents next year.!

What a difference a year makes....

This picture was taken on Thanksgiving. Check out our matching outfits. Yeah, I am dork I know.

I am so GRATEFUL for the family that I have. and ESPECIALLY for the little healthy baby inside of me. Last Thanksgiving, we did not do anything as I was resting from my last IVF. We had a lot of hope, but that was crushed when our test was Negative. I thought our family would not grow anymore. Ever. What a difference a year makes.