Family Update.

So there really hasn't been much going on with us lately. Shawn started yet another semester. He's taking 15 credit hours and working still full time. This is a hard semester, and I think the rest are going to be hard as well. When I say hard I mean I never get to see him anymore. Every night he either gets home at 7:15 or 8:40. So Keely and I have some long days ahead of us. Shawn's classes are getting tougher though as well and so they are long days for him. We just keep counting down the weeks for the end of another semester... Shawn is still trying to sell his motorcycle, so if anyone knows someone who wants to buy a good looking motorcycle, just let me know.... :)

Keely had a little accident last Sunday the 26th of Jan . We were about to leave for church, and I got a necklace out of my jewlry box that hangs on the wall. Keely saw me and deciced she wanted one too. So she climb up on my vanity while I was in the other room, and my curling iron was still on. She knelt down right on top of it, and it burned her pretty bad. I felt so bad because I should have been watching her around it. Hence we didn't make it to sacrament meeting, since we were trying to soothe Keely and keep her calm. She was wearing a knee length skirt so the first layer of skin just came off with the curling iron. I feel so bad for her. It was such a tramatic experience and it still is when we change the bandages. Below is a picture of the ugly thing. It looks really bad. I just hope it doens't get infected and doensn't scar. It was a good learning experice for me though with having to deal with a major wound. I just hope I am taking care of it correctly.

The pregnancy is going well. I feel great, I did with Keely so hopeful I am just lucky. Except my tail bone hurts so badly this time. I never experienced that with Keely. I guess it's just the way this baby is positioned. I am hoping it doesn't get worse when I get bigger. I haven't been doing much besides working while Keely naps and trying to find fun things for Keely and I to do together.

Since Shawn and I got married we have been using a tiny little 4 drawer dresser that I used growing up. Ya its pretty small. So we decided it was time to get a new one since the baby is coming, and Keely could have our old dresser. So we headed over to DI to see what they had (my first experience with DI, and I absolutely love that store!) and we found a really nice dresser. It needed a little work, but we bought it. I wish I took a before picture, but this is what my little project has been over the last couple days. We have like double the space now, and it is so nice not to jam pack shirts and underware in our drawers anymore.

It's a Girl!!!

So today we found out what little baby we will bring in this world and yes it is another girl. We are really excited. Keely will have a little sister and it will be much easier because I already have everything, so it will be more simple. It is so funny; in Shawn's family there are 5 kids and the first 4 have had 2 girls first. So it was pretty inevitable that we woudl have a girl. Shawn's younger brother's wife is pregnant as well and of course she is having a girl too. As far as names go, we are thinking of the name Lydia, so we will see if that one sticks.

The Zipper Dress...

A while ago I said I was going to make Keely a Christmas dress with some fabric my mom gave me, and it turned out pretty well. I don't know what it was with this dress, but I felt like I took it apart a hundred times, to get it right. Also it was my first zipper dress... I don't know why I picked to do this dress, because I have never done a zipper. So a big thanks to my mother in law I was able to do it! Thanks again Jennifer. Now I just have to remember the steps for the next zipper I do. But lets all clap for Sharla because I think she did a great job:)

Here is Keely with her big "cheese" smile.

Happy Birthday!!

Today is my sweet Keely's birthday! December 17th. We celebrated on Monday because Shawn had night class on Tuesday and Wednesday night. Today Grandma Nelson took Keely out to lunch and McDonalds to get a happy meal, which Keely I am sure had fun just being with her Grandma. When we ask her how old she is, she holds up all her fingers and says "toot".

I am so thankful to have such a sweet special girl in our family. Where ever she goes she brightens everyone's day with her smile and personality. She seems to always have a little sparkle in her eye, and I sure hope she knows how much her mom and dad love her. Happy Birthday Keely!

Grandma and Papa got Keely a kitchen for her birthday and she absolutly loves it.

Here is the cake I made for her. It is supposed to be Cuirous George. She liked it so that's all that mattered.

Here comes Number Two!! :)

So Shawn and I have some news.... we are expecting another baby! Yahoo!! I am 14 weeks along and my due date is June 3rd. I have been waiting to tell people till after I went and saw the doctor and to hear a heartbeat, and I just saw her yesterday, and everything is great! We did an ultra sound and it was sucking it's thumb, it was so cute. I am on the fence post to be able to distinguish the sex but it was covering itself up so she couldn't tell us. But we find out what we are having Dec 30th. Shawn and I are so excited to see what the Lord has in store for us next. I have a hard time picturing anything but a Keely, so it is going to be fun seeing what child we will welcome into our family.
It seems that there are so many people pregnant. My sister in law is May 27th, my cousin is May 9th, my brother Ben's wife is due early July, I am due June 3rd, and my friend is due June 17th. So I know of five within a month or so apart. Crazy huh?

Thanksgiving and Getting Ready

So it has been about a month since I last posted. I just haven't really had anything to talk or post about. So I am going to do better trying to find something to post about from now on.

Anyway, we got to go up to Heber for Thanksgiving this year. It was so good to see my family. It was a little different this year because only four of us 8 kids were able to be there for the meal. Us, Ginger, Sam, and Ernie. We all sat at one table to eat instead of 2 or 3. It was kinda weird not having a huge houseful of people. Of course my mom made a great meal and of course too much food to feed only 8 adults; left overs are always good though. I am so thankful for my mother and the hard work she puts into showing her love for her children. I am so thankful for a wonderful husband and little girl that I have been blessed with. Especially in these hard time I am grateful for a roof over my head and food to put on the table.

Kelly loved being up there. She is talking so much more and she loves to say "Papa" and "Abby" (Ben's little girl Keely's age). They had so much fun together.

Friday we helped my mom put up her Christmas lights, because that is the only way it will get done, and it didn't take us long at all. I was suprised with how quickly we worked. I should have taken a picture of the final product but I forgot. Keely loved being outside helping us get all the lights out. Here is a picture of her....

On Saturday we went like we do every year to "Greg's tree farm" and got our Christmas tree. I call it Gregs tree farm becuase he took us to this place on the rim where nobody goes and there are just tons of Christmas trees. It is so much fun finding a tree and cutting it down ourselves. And $15 is a whole lot better than $40 if we bought it at a store or something. It was really cold this year on the rim though. There was snow and Keely loved playing in it, and trying to throw "snowballs" at us.

Keely and Macey


Now I am so ready for Christmas to get here! Well not specifically Christmas day but just the wonderful season of it. I think most of us feel that way. This year is going to be really fun with Keely older. Everytime she sees Santa or anything Christmas like, she says "Ho Ho Ho. " It's so cute. I hope everyone had a good and safe Thanksgiving!
We tried to get a family picture but Keely wouldn't have that. She would rather be playing in the snow, so this is what we got. :)

Halloween Fun and Other

We did a pumpkin this year, well Keely and I did a pumpkin, Shawn just watched. I decided to do something fun, so Keely could appreciate the pumpkin more, so I did Elmo. I was a little nervous, but it turned out really good I think. I was proud of myself. I was hoping she would say "Elmo"and recognize him, but all she could concentrate on is how "hot" it was. That's all right.

Don't you think it turned out good? I am so proud.
It was fun having Keely being older this year for Halloween. She understood a little and even tried to say "Trick or Treat." We only took her to Shawn's parents house and hung out. Well she went to their neighbors as well and got scared by other trick or treaters that were there. She is so funny. I borrowed a costume that my sister Kelli made for her little girl a couple years ago. I didn't feel like paying money for one, or making one so she was Strawberry Shortcake and she was so dang cute....


Here is Keely with Shawn and his motorcycle. She calls it a "horse" I think she knows the difference between the two, but motorcycle is such a hard word that it just comes out as horse. She's so funny, everywhere we go and there is motorcycle she gets so excited and yells out "dad" and points. Anyway, Shawn is sad. We have to sell the motorcycle. He has to move out to Ahwatukee to go to work now, and it is just too long of a drive everyday to be on a motorcycle, and kind of dangerous to be on the road like that for long periods of time. The chance of him getting in an accident goes way up. So we are selling it to get another car. He is sad now, but he will have the opportunity to get another someday.