LuLee

  I am loving my little LuLee (as Callie calls her).  She is such a happy and sweet baby and loves to smile :)

She is growing so big and is getting so mobile now and is rolling from both front to back and back to front and starting to cruise around a little in her walker too!

Lucy loves to sit and observe the world around her and loves to watch her big sister do ANYTHING!  She is also starting to recognize her mommy and is the happiest when I am holding her.  She is the best sleeper and is very interested in food and gets to start her solids very soon (once we get back from our Utah/Wyoming) trip.  Lucy is also discovering that the outdoors is a great place to be and with the warm days we have been having she has enjoyed all moments outside.

Callie's and her BFF

 Callie has a new BFF-her cousin Porter was it for the first 18 months of her life-but someone new has stepped into that role this past Christmas and ever since.  Aunt Em-il-dee (as Callie calls her) has become the new BFF and really her new favorite person EVER!  She loves  and adores her Aunt Emily!!!  

Aunt Emily and Brock were just visiting a few weeks ago when Kyle got home from his mission and Callie never left her side the whole 4 days they were here.  I know Emily comes home to visit and relax and instead gets stuck with a spunky and adoring toddler who truly spends all her waking moments with her patient Aunt.  I will get Callie out of bed in the morning and she will ask, "Em-il-dee here?" When I tell her yes that Emily is still her she says, "ok- I go get her" and she marches upstairs to Emily's room to go and reunite with her again.  

Thankfully Aunt Emily is so sweet and kind and patient with her pint sized BFF and (hopefully) does not mind being smothered by her, but I did tell Emily that her confidence is defiantly boosted when she comes to visit because the whole time Callie is hugging her and kissing her and saying, 

"Em-il-dee so nice" ,"Em-il-dee so cute".  And when Emily is not here we talk about her everyday, get to talk to her on the phone and facetime, and Callie even remembers her Aunt Emily in all of her prayers!

We love our Aunt Emily and are so happy to have her as part of the Nelson family and I am so thankful that she is so sweet to Callie and such a great role model for her to look up to. 

Lucy's 4 month Dr Apt

 Our Little LucyLu had her 4 month Dr apt and is a very healthy and happy baby girl! 

Callie was a great helper and sat very close and helped Dr Kraft while he checked out Lucy.  Dr Kraft said he was very impressed with Lucy's strength and her neck and shoulder muscles while keeping her head up and her hand control.  She loves her tummy time and is rolling all over. 

Lucy's 4 month stats:
Weight: 12 lbs 12 oz       30%
Height: 24.5 inches         61%
Head: 42 cm                   78%

Lucy's stats are very similar to Callie's stats at the same age-skinny little thing with some height and a big head!

Nelson Family Pictures

Since we were all going to finally all be together as a family after 2 years we decided to get some family pictures.  I think they turned out great!  We have added 4 new family members since our last family picture: Callie, Lucy, Juliette, and Emily!.

Elder Nelson is HOME!!!

Elder Nelson came home on Thursday February 21st from serving 2 years in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.  With Kyle coming home that marked 5 for 5 kids serving missions for my parents-a great accomplishment!  We have all been so anxious and excited to have him come home.  Brock and Emily flew home from Utah as well that same morning and were even able to meet Kyle at the actual airport gate and surprise him!  Having the whole family together for the weekend was so amazing-nothing is better than FAMILY!  

 Grandma, Callie, and Grandpa walking in the airport and ready to meet uncle Kyle

 Lucy and I waiting at the airport

 Elder Nelson, Callie, Lucy and I

 Jared and Kyle

 Group shot (just missing Savannah who was taking the picture)

 Brock and Juliette

 Emily, Callie, and Brock

 I love this picture.  Kyle and Brock walking/chatting together toward the baggage claim

Its crazy to look back at all of things that have happened to us in the last 2 years while Kyle has been gone.  I was talking to Kyle and told him that there have not been to many changes for us while he was away and then I realized that there really have ALOT of changes for us these last 2 years.  
-Shawn graduated BYU, I quit working, I had Callie, we moved to Oregon, Shawn started Dental School and almost hald way through, and we had Lucy!!!  So I think it is safe to say that a new state, new school, and 2 new babies is alot to have happen in 2 years.  
 

Grandpa Nelson

I got nominated to make a photo book for my Grandpa Nelson's 80th birthday with pictures and letters from each of his kids, grand kids, and great grandkids.  It was a little time consuming but actually a very fun time going through old pictures of his life as a young boy, student, father, orthodontist, husband, Servant of the Lord, farmer, world traveler, grandfather.  I also enjoyed reading all of the words from his legacy of loved ones. 
While I spent many days working on this book my little Lady spent her time making messes and getting into things that usually her mother would not let her get into. 

 The weather is warming up so we are trying to get outside alittle and blow bubbles, take walks, and feed the ducks, and jump in mud puddles.  Cant believe it is February and my little Brother is getting home from his mission this week, and Shawn is in the middle of mid-terms and half way done with another semester of school, and Valentines day has come and gone, and we are getting closer to our spring break trip to Utah/Wyoming and my babies get bigger and bigger each day!!!
I truly love spending each and everyday with my two little ladys.  They make my life complete and I would rather spend all day watching them grown then doing anything else in this world.  I consider myself so fortunate to get to stay home with them each day. 

Callie is now thinking she is big enough to blow the bubbles herself.  Which usually means that she is covered in a bubbly mess by the time she is done

 Callie has a new accessory...she has discovered sun glasses and loves them.  She wore them to church last Sunday and thought she was looking pretty good. Good thing they had them in the dollar section of Target and we bought a few pair because they are becoming a permanent in her wardrobe these days. 

 Callie has also discovered the binkies we have for Lucy (although Lucy does not really use the binky besides chewing on it) Callie has become addicted to them and will steal them and hide to suck on them.  So all binkies are gone now!  She never took a binky as a baby and I am not going to have her start now at 20 months.

 Valentines lunch with my 3 valentines at the Dental School

 And my sweet little Lucy Lady.  Such a great little baby.  So happy to have her in our family