My 3 month Trend

So I've been making a bad habit out of going three months in between posts! Sorry! (not that anyone probably cares, but I should be better about for my own personal memories) Anyway, many new things have been happening. Ryan started nursing school in January (and turned 27 this year!), Shelby is now potty trained (hallelujah!), and our little Liam is changing so much! I swear that he is growing and changing so much faster than Shelby did when she was a baby. I blinked my eyes and he's already six months. Just today I got video of him scooting his little self around the floor for the first time. I know he's just gearing up for some serious crawling. My recent mindset of "there's no way I'm having anymore kids!", has already started to change, and in my heart I know I'm so not done! But for a while, I'm good....
I'm so excited for all the fun things that spring and summer will bring, and after that it's crazy to think that Shelby will be starting preschool (eeek!). And I'm so proud of my hubby for all the hard work he puts into school and taking care of us. He still has a looong road before school is completely over, but we're learning to enjoy the journey and our little family.
Here's some cute little snapshots of us the last few months...
She looves crawling into bed with him and playing. His eyes light up when he sees her, its soo cute! I better enjoy this, cause I know that wont last forever!

5 months

My boys in their Sunday best

Liam and mommy after bath time :)

Aggghh, how on earth can I resist this face?!?!

Shelby in her new rainboots. She's lives for the outdoors, I wish for her we were farmers lol!

Oogway, our little backyard dweller decided to pop his head out after sleeping all winter. Shelby was so excited!


Shelby in her St. Patty's day garb. My mom gets her holiday outfits every year.


A rare photo of the four of us.

6 months

The Last 3 Months

Okay, so I have officially been a horrible blogger. 12 weeks, no updates. Oh well, newborn babies tend to throw me off my groove. Things are finally getting on a schedule, and I've had a whole week of uninterrupted sleep! (Halleluiah!) I cannot believe that it has been 3 months since our little Liam was born! So much has changed, included our Shelby girl. She has become so much more independent. Maybe a little jealous at times, yes, but overall she has really done so well. We are so enjoying this time in our lives, and the fact that Ryan has 5 weeks off from school has been awesome! NOTE: Sorry for the ridiculous amount of pictures below. Three months worth jammed packed into one post right here!


4 Days Old


One Month



Halloween at Bonnie Springs. Shelby's first "horsie" ride on a little pony named butter. She LOVED it! No fear with that child when it comes to animals.

My little tigger boy

Miss Minnie


2 Months


Liam's first Thanksgiving

The turkey thief
Liam's Baby Blessing
Always finding an excuse to sleep, even if it means sleeping in Shelby's bed. Poor guy!

Auntie Courtney making him giggle!



Baby powder fiasco. See Facebook page for more info.



3 Months


Gingerbread building

Snow leftover in Ryan's truck from snowboarding that day.

Always so happy :)

Liam's Arrival!

Well... turns out I had to be induced...again! I guess i'm just not ever going to go into labor on my own! September 9, 2011 was the magical day for me, which happened to be Liam's actual due date :) I do have to say it was nice to have it scheduled, I felt like I could plan better for myself and for Shelby. My wonderful mother-in-law took the day off to watch my girl, which made me feel MUCH better. So all I had to do was show up to the hospital and let the medicine do it's thing! We finally decided (shook hands on it actually) on Liam Colt as his name the night before he was born. I really fought for Liam, and Ryan eventually agreed. He really liked the name but he has a family member with the same name and he felt like he was stealing lol! But he did pick out the middle name, which I myself thinks sound pretty studdly!

This was me the day before my induction. Man was I Oh-So-Pregnant! I remember feeling soo done!! What I hated most at the end was the pain in my ribs when I sat down or bent over. not fun! Oh and sleeping was pretty rough too! Ya know the typical things we preggos complain about. Other than that I have no complaints, I had a great and easy pregnancy with no complications and I'm so very grateful for that.

Two days before my induction my doc informed me I was still only at 2cm dilated :( He said it was still enough to break my water, but I couldn't imagine that it would feel very pleasant! However, when I got to the hospital I was at a 4! Woo Hoo! This is me very happy that I could get my epidural right when I got the pitocin. Unfortunately, the epidural wasn't working on one area on my side, so I pretty much felt every contraction. It wasn't so bad at first, but when I got to 8,9,and 10 cm I thought I would die! And I could only feel it in one area! I don't know how women do it w/out medicine...
Luckily for me though my labor was only 5 hours long. Thank goodness! Shelby was 11 hours, so it was really nice to be out of pain in such a short period of time
In a matter of minutes we went from "having another baby" to being parents again! When they handed him to me I couldn't stop crying. In fact the nurse kept asking me if I was okay cause she thought I was in pain lol! I'm getting teary-eyed just thinking about it. I'll never forget that moment. It was beautiful, it was perfect. Liam Colt Nelson was born at 2:00 pm on Friday September 9th, 2011. He weighed 7lbs, 11oz and was 20.5in long. It was love at first sight.
I was so happy just to finally hold him.
Very proud parents :)
My wonderful husband and his new little buddy!

Shelby came with grandma and grandpa later on and got to see "baby brother" for the first time. She was very sweet and gentle with him. But I got to be honest, she wasn't all that interested. There were too many tubes and buttons around to play with!
Even though it had only been a few hours I was still so happy to see my Shelby Brooke!


We love you Liam! You have made our love grow that much more. We are so blessed to have you as our child. And we are so grateful to be your parents, and for you to be apart of our family! Every time I look at my children I am reminded that families can be together forever.. what a beautiful blessing.

Shower Time!

My sister-in-laws were kind enough to throw a shower for me and our little guy (nope... no name yet!) They went all out with delicious Cafe Rio salad and awesome treats (Linz you know that cream cheese apple dip was to die for! I won't tell anyone where you got the idea (wink wink!)) I really appreciate them for doing this even though one lives in Provo, UT and the other has to take care of twins on a daily basis! Love you guys!! Here's some pics (thanks to Desi for taking all the pics, you were so busy I didn't get any of you lol!)


Grey and yellow elephant theme.. so cute!


Me and my honey. I love him, and I love our totally fake smiles in this pic! We never quite got the hang of the fake smile thing!

"moose bottom" newborn outfit. Thanks court!


Some goodies from my grandma and aunt!

Friends and family that were there...... Lindsi and Bostyn

Julie, Tana and grandma Nelson (aka grandma kitty)


Ryan's aunts and cousins. I LOVE the enthusiasm on their faces haha! Nothin' like being dragged to a family function to watch someone else open gifts lol! I love that they came and supported me anyway!

Courtney and Gina

My grandma, aunt, and my brother's girlfriend Claire

My gal pals Kayla and Brianne. I seriously love these two!!
Amy and Wendy!!! Thanks soo much for making time to come see me! I love you both soo much! I hope the Geo treated you well on the way home!

Thanks to everyone that came to my shower! I know how sacred weekends can be and you all made me feel so happy! Also thanks for the gifts, they were great! I promise thank you cards are in the works lol! I just can't wait to meet this little baby and have him use all the stuff he got!