Zoo Trip

Around Christmas time Shawn and I decided to get a zoo pass since we like going and it is worth it to get a pass if you are going to the zoo at least once. I am so glad that we did. We have gone about 3 times since then, and it is so nice to get out in the cool weather and to just walk around and look at the animals. Well about 2 weeks ago, my friends Courtney and Amanda all took our kids to the zoo for a day, and it was so much fun to hang out and see them. Of course the kids had fun and it was a beautiful day. I took like two pictures.....

Keely, Madden and Jaxon playing in the water.The three by the giraffes..

Thanks again girls for coming out to hang out with me. We will definatly have to do it again. :)

South Mountian

So this past Monday for Presidents Day Shawn didn't have school, so he took work off as well. Well we decided to get out of the house and go on a hike. Haha ya you are wondering "with a two year old?" Well Shawn remembered going on an easy hike when he was younger with his family to South Mountain, the Mormon Trail. Haha ya and it ended up being harder than he remembered. Well it was pretty easy for us, but with a two year old it was a little difficult. But I must say I was really suprised with how well Keely did! She hiked pretty much the whole way up, about a mile distance. She wouldn't let us help her most of the time, she wanted to climb the rocks by herself (she is so independent). So it took us a really long time to get to the top. Sometimes I would try to carry her so that we could move a little faster, and let me tell ya, being six months pregnant carring a two year old on your back is quite a work out.

We ate lunch, and rested for a bit, then when it was time to go, we decided Shawn should carry her all the way down, becuase it took too long in the first place to get up there. So he carried her (thanks honey!) while we cruised down the mountian and she ended up falling asleep on his shoulder, she was so exhausted. It was a beautiful day and it was so nice to get out and do something different than just sit around the house all day. Next time we decide to go on a hike we will wait till Keely is a little older and an easier trail. :)

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?