Bye Bye Christmas!!

I am also so sad when Christmas leaves. We wait with anticipation for like a month and then it comes and is gone just like that. We Nelsons had a good Christmas this year as every year. Last year we were blessed with a beautiful baby girl, and it will alway continue as we watch her grow and experience new things that life brings. It was so good to be with family these past couple of days. Last year we missed the Barnett traditional gumbo because I had just barely had Keely, and I was so excited to eat shrimp gumbo that my Maumau prepares. It was really good this year too, as always. Christmas morning was fun to see Keely opening presents (well really just playing with the paper). She got Little People Zoo from Santa which she loves and a Little Mermaid cell phone!


I suprised Shawn good this year. He had no idea what I got him. Every year that we have been married prior he has either seen his gift of he knew was I was getting him. This year I got him a shot gun, and my brother in law bought it in Show Low and just kept it in Heber until we got there. It was really fun being sneaky.


Here are some pictures of our day, Oh and Keely's bottom. I coudln't resist. She ran away from me when I was changing her diaper to go play with her leap frog table. :) So cute.

How do you like my dad's hat? I love Christmas Morning.

Keely and her Mermaid phone

Playing with her cousing Macey

The Nelson Clan

We are so very grateful for our family and friends. We love them so much!

Happy Birthday Keely

Happy Birthday to my sweet little baby Keely! I can't believe that she is one year old, and I have been a mom for a year now. It feels like just yesterday that my water broke and I was delivering her in the hospital, I swear the memories are still so fresh in my mind.


We had a party for Keely on Saturday with family and friends at Freestone park. It would have been nice to do it at our home, but it is just too small to fit anyone in here, so we did it at the park. It turned out good. The kids were running around and having fun; Kelli brought a pinata which was fun for the kids. I am glad it is over though, I don't know why I stress so much. I know it drives Shawn crazy. Here are some pictures of the day....

I had a lot of fun making this cake.

Keely was crawling around everywhere. She got so dirty.

Keely and her pinata. She got really mad when the kids broke him apart.

Keely eating her cake. MMM good.

Her messy face. She was so tired. She was ready for a nap.

Here is a slideshow of Keely's first year. She is not a baby any longer..... :(

Elfing around :)

So we got sent an email last night with this fun thing. Haha I couldn't stop laughing at it. I wanted to post the video, but all I can post is the link. So click on this link and laugh. You have to make one for yourself as well. Haha I think it is so funny. Enjoy, Merry Christmas!
http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1169230826

Thanksgiving

Well this Thanksgiving, we went up to Heber to spend it with my family. It was so nice to be up there for the cool weather and enjoy family for the weekend. I love my family so much; it is so much fun when we get together. Everyone was able to make it excpet for Travis's Family and Ernie's family, but we still had a crowd. My mom made a wonderful meal, I have never seen Shawn pick at a turkey like he did. We played scum, rummy, and phase 10 that night, which is always so much fun. Keely had fun playing with her cousins, especially Ben and Emma's Abigal. She is like exactly one month younger and they were just following each other around. Here are some pictures.....

Aren't they so cute?

The day after Thanksgiving was my mom's birthday, and we made her a cake and sang to her. I am so grateful for my family and the love that they have for me and my little family. I don't know where I would be with out them.

I love this picture. That is Ben my brother, he is such a goof ball sometimes, and is usually the life of the party.

The day after Thanksgiving we went out to hunt for our Christmas Tree. Can't beat getting a permit for 10 bucks. My family has been going to the same spot for the past 3 years or so now, so we have made it kind of a tradition. It is so fun to get bundled up and cut down your own tree. We got a really good tree, small but good. We strapped it to our Jetta and took it back with us.

This is Keely's new thing - walking with your fingers. It seems that all she wants to do lately. She gets so made when you don't do it with her. It will be so nice when she will start walking.

This is Hailey, Kelli's girl. She loves to hold Keely.

Well that was our Thanksgiving weekend in a nutshell. Now it's time for Christmas. I love the holiday season. :)

The Zoo and a Suprise!

This past Saturday Shawn and I went to the Phoenix Zoo. I had never been and Shawn's sister gave us some tickets, so we decided to go on Saturday. It was really fun. It was so nice to get out and walk around and enjoy the weather. It got hot in the afternoon but the morning was really nice. Keely really didn't show any emotion towards the animals, except the turkeys by the petting zoo. Probably because we could get right up close to the cage. The petting zoo wasn't open for some reason. I think they were doing som renovations, but I was curious to see how Keely would react to the goats and sheep. Saturday was also her 11th month birthday, she will be one year in a month. Here are some pictures of our day.

This is Keely with the turkeys.

I don't know if you can see the giraffes in this picture, but that's where we were.

Keely with her sippy cup. She is still learning how to use it.

On another note, that same day, my mom came down to bring my Grandma down for Thanksgiving and also to pick up some groceries. She came by to see Keely about 3:00 and then left to get her grocery's. She called me about 10:00 at night and said "I forgot to give you something, so I will be by in about 5 minutes" And I was wondering why she was still out and about when she should be in bed and relaxing from her busy day. Well when I open the door for her out popped my sister Ginger!! She has been in Conneticuit for 8 months and wasn't going to return until next month just before Christmas, but she got to come home early! It was the biggest suprise I have ever had. I was so confused when I saw her. My mom and her had been planning to suprise everyone since September. Not even my dad knew she was coming home for good. They are so funny. But it is so good to have my sister back home and safe. I have missed her so much. Welcome home Giner!! :)

Lack of Things to Say....

It has been a while since I have last posted something. I guess we are pretty boring and nothing is going on. Shawn is still busy busy going to school and working full time. He is such a good worker. Monday, Tuesdays and Wednesdays he doesn't get home till 9:00, which makes my days so long. I find the only thing to do those nights is to work, which means I am getting a lot done, so I guess that is good. I am getting so excited for the holidays, I think that is all I think about (now if the weather would cool down it would feel more like the holidays were coming). I am making stocking right now, getting our Christmas cards all ready, and I am making Keely some pj's for her to open Christmas Eve. I even worked on my background last night to make it in the holiday spirit (thanks again Taralee!).

Keely is almost one I can't believe it! She will turn one on Dec. 17th. We weighed her on Sunday and she was 19 pounds even. She is such a small girl. Last week when shopping for groceries I was asked if she was about 6 months old. I was like "no, she is almost one actually" and then when we went out to dinner, this old man asked if she was 4 months old. Now honestly, does she look 4 months? I don't think so. It was kind of an insult to me. I worry about her weight as it is, and people go and say things like that. Geez. Haha it's okay, I know she is healthy and fine. Today she waved goodbye to Shawn for the first time. I have been trying to get her to do that forever! She can stand by herself for like 3 seconds, and then when she realizes what is going on, she will fall. Hmm what else is she doing lately that's fun? I don't know, but she is learning so much everyday, and it is so strange that she will be walking and talking and feeding herself before I know it. Here are some pictures of her lately.

These are very special moments when Keely lays with you.

She's really playing with her toys

Helping me do laundry:)

Wow that's all I have. I haven't really been taking pictures lately. Maybe because I know we have a ton. haha. We will have some next week I am sure because it is Thanksgiving!!! Wahoo turkey and Heber here we come :) Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Halloween!!

I used to love Halloween when I was little, but the last couple of years I haven't been in to it, but it all changed when I had a baby to play with :) It was really fun to dress Keely up in a costume and take pictures. Keely insited dressing up as a giraffe. I couldn't help buying it, she was just too darn cute in it. Amanda was kind enough to have Courtney and I over to take pictures and eat some desserts. Madden was bee and Jaxon was a chicken. Those two boys are so cute. It was fun going over there to take pictures. Us moms probably looked so funny trying to get those three to smile and flashing our cameras like crazy. I think you could totally tell that we are all first time moms. :)

I was suprised that Keely didn't really mind her costume. She is so silly. Next year I think Keely will enjoy Halloween more when she knows what is going on, and can actually go trick or treating. But anyway that was our Halloween, I hope everyone else had a good one too!