Our Little Fish

Keely has turned into a little swimmer this summer. It is the cutest thing, and also very weird to see her so grown up and independant. She swims around the whole pool with her floaties on and just loves it. Sometimes she asks to take them off, and then she doesn't want us to touch her, she will sink to the bottom and kick her legs. It's halarious because you can hear her laughing under the water, her eyes are open and she is kicking away. i will leave her under for a few seconds, pull her up and then she will get mad that I am hanging on to her. It freaks me out that she doesn't get scared that she just sinks to the bottom and can't get up. Our place is so close to the pool that Keely and I go swimming and I take the monitor when Lydia is sleeping. It makes it really nice. She is so much fun, I love that girl.

We are Alive....

Yes we are here and alive, well I am barely. Haha, it's been an exhausting 3 weeks so far. I haven't gotten more than a 3 hour stretch of sleep in 3 weeks. Literally. Nobody told me that having a newborn would be so exhausting. Haha, okay, so I have heard rumors that babies don't sleep throught the night, but I thought that all my babies would. :) Keely was such an angel sleeper, when we brought her home from the hospital, she was already sleeping 5 hour spans at night. I am hoping that Lydia will start sleeping more for me here soon at least by week 5. She has got to be tired too right? So as of now we are just taking one day at a time.

Lydia is such a sweet little girl though, and Keely just loves her so much. Everytime, Lydia is lying on the floor, Keely is either "playing" with her by sharing her toys, reading to her, tickling or laying down by her. It is so cute. I failed to mention, the first day that we brought Lydia home, the first thing Keely did was give Lydia her care bear. And if anyone knows Keely they know that her care bear is her world. She takes it everywhere, and has this weird fedish comfort thing of rubbing it's hand on her nose. So you know she really likes you when she gives you her care bear. :)

Keely loves to cuddle with her daddy, so when Lydia was doing it, Keely just snuggled right in. They are so sweet, and don't let Shawn fool you, he loves his little girls, even though one is obsessed with Princesses. :)

I also wanted to say what wonderful family Shawn and I have been blessed with, especially our mothers. My mom came down to help us during her most busiest time of the school year, which I know was a big sacrifice for her. Shawn's mom is also so wonderful. I don't know what I would do without her living so close to us. What would we do without family? Shawn and I are so blessed.

Suprise, I'm Here!

Yes Lydia Gene Nelson is here weighing in at 7lbs 4 ounces, 19.5 inches long. She was born on May 22nd 2009 at 3:34 P.M. She was about 2 weeks early, but healthy and perfect. We love her so much and are so happy she is here safe to join our family. On Wednesday, the 21st, I had my doctors appointment, and when they took my blood pressure it was really high, for me anyway. I have always had really good readings. So my doc sent me to triage to do some blood work, and the results came back that my blood count wasn't good and they found protien in my urine, so I guess that meant that I was at risk for preeclamcia. My doctor decided that I needed to be induced to get the baby here. Well I wasn't dialated at all, so it took about 24 hours just to get me to a 3. So the next morning my doctor saw me at about 11 AM and broke my water. The contractions really started coming hard, and we had Lydia at 3:34. The delivery went very well, a lot better than the delivery with Keely, and I am feeling 100% more better than I did recoverying with Keely. It's true what they say that the 2nd one is so much easier than the 1st child.
I was so glad when they release me 24 hours after having her. I did not want to stay another night there. I hope I never have to be induced again, it was such a long process. Keely was so glad to have me come home from the hospital, and she is so happy to have a baby in the house. She wants to hold her all the time, and give her kisses and take care of her. Every morning she wakes up and say's "baby" and runs into our bedroom to look at her. I think she is feeling a little left out, but it will just take some time to get used to things around here and have a schedule again. Shawn and I feel so blessed to have 2 healthly beautiful little girls. I have to admit, I am a little overwhelmed with being a mom to two. I hope I can manage okay and nuture both of them the way they need to be. We will get along alright. :)

Don't you just love how satisfied babies look after eating?

First family picture with Lydia.

In some ways she looks a lot like Keely did.

First time Keely saw Lydia, she acted really weird, and din't want anything to do with her. And she kept asking "Mommy okay? Mommy Okay? Baby Okay?" She was very concerned for us. The second time Keely came to see Lydia, she was really excited and wanted to hold her, and kiss her. She is going to be such a good big sister.

Diamondbacks and Light Rail

On Friday the 8th, we went to the D Backs game to see them lose to the worst team in the league (the Nationals). They aren't doing very well at all, and Shawn and I are kind of bummed that they got rid of their manager Bob Melvin. We really liked him. Anyway, we decided to take the light rail out to the stadium, becuase we haven't been on it yet. And it was pretty neat, it just took too long to get there. It took us about an hour from Dobson area to the stadium, but it was nice we didn't have to worry about paying and looking for parking. Of course my camera died after taking one picture on the train. I really wanted to get Keely at the game, but what can you do?
Keely's cheesy smile....Of course she had to take her bear.
Keely didn't really care much for the game, she just wanted to walk all by herself on the main level. Shawn was tired of trying to contain her in our seats so we just stayed about 5 innings of the game and left.

Lydia's almost here!!

It has been quite a while since I last posted and I was looking at my countdown till Lydia gets here, and she is almost here! I can't believe I only have just 2 to 3 more weeks left. This preganancy has been going by really fast. Then I got to thinking, that I am pretty darn nervous for her to get here. When I was about ready to have Keely, I was very ignorant of what the aftermath was going to be, but know I have full knowledge of what a new baby means - a lot of work and soreness. Am I really ready to go through labor again? Am I really really to embrace another baby and wake every 3 hours of the night for feeding? I guess I don't really have a choice in the matter. Although I am done with being pregnant, and I can't wait to see Lydia, I am a little nervous for a new baby. I know we will get through that first month, and everything will be fine. The anxiety is always worse than the acutal reality of the situation. I am sure we will be just fine. I really can't wait to see her. I will definatly post when she gets here.

Happy Brithday!

May 9th was Shawn's birthday, so this is a little late. He is now 27 years old. He will be 30 before we know it. Dang he is getting old, just kidding honey. I just wanted him to know how much I love and appreciate him. He works so hard for our family and makes us so happy. He is always helping me see when I am in a bad mood and making me a better person.

He is such a good daddy to Keely. She is always asking for him to come home when he has his late classes, and always wants to wrestle. I hope you had a good birthday Shawn, with many more to come. We love you! :) Here are some pictures of Shawn

Wasn't he a cute baby?Shawn at 21 on his mission.

She Did It!! Hooray!!

In January, I started potty training Keely, and things didn't go so well. So I decided to put it off. So I just started it up again on Tuesday and she did it!! I was so proud of her. She actually ran to the potty to go pee! She just kept yelling "I did it, I did it!" It was so cute.
My biggest concern about starting the potty training process was her going poo on the toilet, becuase she runs around and acts crazy when she has to go, and it takes her like 30 minutes. But on Tuesday she went poo on the potty! I was so amazed. Things have been going pretty good today. She had two accidents, one right after her nap, but other than that she has done so good. I hope it continues to go well. We will see.... wish me luck :)