Introducing Molly Sue Nelson!

We are happy to finally announce the birth of Molly! I say finally because it seemed like that last week or so of my pregnancy took forever! I felt continually let down with not going into labor, so I am so happy that it's over and she is here safe and sound. My doctor induced me two days before my due date for reasons unknown, except that it was convinient for her, so when she gave me the out of being induced I took it! So I still don't know what it's like to go to the hospital on my own, oh well. I was induced 10:30 pm and delivered Molly at 10:59 pm on September 28th. She weighed in at a whopping 8 lbs 10 oz! She is by far our biggest baby by a pound and a half. Kelly and Lydia were both 7.3. and 7.4. So we were shocked to say the least. Now we know why I was so darn big! The girls can't seem to get enough of her and want to hold her all the time. They are helpful and love to see Molly awake. Molly has been a pretty good baby so far. She is sleeping alright. I forgot how fun it is to have a new baby in the home. Sure the sleep isn't that great, but there's something about a newborn that I can't get enough of.

Before Molly came I was really nervous about having three children. I kept wondering if I will be capable of doing this. But now I feel like I can do this! After about a week by myself, I am proud to say I have kept my cool, and am getting things done. I haven't gone grocery shopping with them yet, or I haven't cooked dinner yet, but I feel like we have a good system here. That will probably all change I am sure when Molly gets older.

My pictures are out of order for some reason, and I don't want to switch them around.

Lydia and Molly. I love this picture.

Our three girls!

After her first bath, sun bathing under the hot lamp. Don't you love the hat the hospital has now? So creative.

First new family picture. Ugg I looke nice.....

My wonderful doctor and I. I sure love her. She has delivered all three of my girls. She makes sure she is there for me. She treats me good, except when she breaks my water. That hurts!

A Lot to Catch up On...

So I have a lot to catch up on. I honestly don't know where the time goes. Is this how it is always going to be? The older you get, time just passes you by? Well it's weird that it's already Septmenber that's all I have to say. I will start with the oldest event that I haven't blogged about first. Lydia's Birthday. She turned 2 on May 22nd, and we were so happy to celebrate her life. What we would do without Lydia, I don't know. She is our little comedian, and is always, always making us laugh. She is shy around strangers, but when she gets home she talks and talks and talks. She loves Keely, and will copy everything that she does, but she also likes to tease and torment her as well. They both do I guess. Will they ever get completely along and be friends? I hope so soon. The fighting needs to end! Anyway, she had a good day. Her birthday was a Sunday, so after church we went to Grandma Nelson's house and had cake. I made a bunny cake. I took her to the doctor for her two well check and she is in the 90th percentile for her height and 50th for her weight. She is so tall! Everywhere we go, people comment on how tall she is. We sure love her! I will try to post more tomorrow....we've had a busy summer and a lot I need to document.

The Picture

Isn't that picture so adorable? I thought so when I picked it up at Saver's a month ago. When I was looking at it, I thought "Hmm should I get it to put in Keely's room? This baby may not be another girl" Anyway I got it. 2 weeks later, I had my ultra sound and guess what? We are having another girl! We are excited. Shawn was a little bummed of course, but he loves his girls. I have everything I could possibly need, it will be easy. The day of my ultrasound, I did Keely's hair in french braids. They didn't look too hot. I told my doctor, I need to get better at doing hair. I am going to have a lot of hair on my hands. Do they have classes for doing hair? If so sign me up, cuz I need some work. Poor Keely is my guinea pig. :)

So now, this picture is perfect! Shawn thinks I jinx us, by buying it 2 weeks before my ultrasound. Silly man. Three little sisters will be good friends... hopefully. :)

Oh, Baby.

I guess I should announce on my neglected blog that we are expecting baby #3 on September 30th! We are really excited. Suprised, but excited. The plan was to wait till Shawn was done with school, but the Lord had different plans for us, which is just fine. I am 16 weeks already, and this pregnancy has been different than the girls were. At the beginning I was sick. Not throwing up sick, but just lay on the couch sick. Other things have been different, so maybe it's a boy? I don't know, I keep getting this feeling like it's another girl. We find out on May 5th, so we will see. I won't post a belly shot, because I feel like I am way bigger than I should be. I just feel gross. Oh well, such is life. My sister Kim just had a baby girl in January. Ginger is pregnant with a girl; due July 9th; Kelli is pregnant with a boy; due August 27th, and I am due Sept. 30th. All four of us sisters will have a baby within 9 months of each other. Crazy huh? Ya for babies!

EAT!

A couple days ago, Keely and Shawn were laying on our bed just talking about random stuff, and Shawn started asking Keely what a cow says, what a dog says, what a lion says ans so forth. Well he asked "Keely, what does mom say?" Keely thought about it and said "Eat!" Haha!
Hmmm I guess I really do say that a lot. It's a major word in my vocabulary. Maybe I should just cut her some slack? But if you saw this girl eat, you would know what I mean. She just gets so darn distracted. You would yell "EAT" too.
And then when Shawn asked her what dad says, she relpied "Dad says Love you!"
She knows I love her too right? :)

Keely's New Best Friend

Her name is Minnie, and Lydai and Keely love her. We got her about three weeks ago. When we got her I had a lot of second thoughts, I really wanted to give her away, but as the weeks have passed, I am really glad we got her. Keely and the puppy will play for hours, and Lydia will pretend to take care of her. It's just been a lot of fun. It's a good distraction, and gives them something to do.

This is one of my favorite pictures. The dog was playing tug a war with Lydia's most beloved blanket. She was not too happy.

"I think I like my hair short, Mom"

That is what Keely said to me anyway when coming down the stairs after playing quietly for a while. I didn't think anything of it, I just said, "Oh you do?" And about 5 minutes later, I realized why she said that.......

She cut her hair! See how short she cut her bangs. She knew she was in trouble, this was the first time she went to her room willingly and cried silently for about half an hour. After she came out, she said "sorry mom, it will grow back" and I just hugged her and said, "yes, Keely you are right, it will grow back" So I know she won't be doing that again. But the saddest thing is she cut Lydia's hair too! The poor girl doesn't have any hair as it is, and now she has like 3 bald spots. Just an innocent mystanderd. I can't do anything to fix it. I tried to get a picture, but it

was so hard to see with the flash, I couldn't get a picture, but she cut a lot off Lydia's hair.So Keely has a new look. Short hair, and short bangs. She's cute no matter what. I think her daddy is the saddest of all. All apart of growing up. :)