The Nelson Family: April 2009

Monday, April 20, 2009

That's news to me!

In preparation for our move this weekend, we went to Deagan's pediatrician to get his medical records for when we go to his new doctor out east. I was reading over it on our way home from IF, and it said, "Birth history: spontaneous vaginal delivery; no complications."

Huh. Well that is news to me!

Deagan was born via c-section after 24 hours of labor and 2 hours of pushing. I am beginning to realize that my doctor never really heard what I said at our appointments.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Our new apartment!!

We found out yesterday that we got the apartment that we wanted! The picture below is the complex that we will be moving into! It is three stories with a full basement and it is relatively cheap! We are going to be living in Manlius, NY, a suburb of Syracuse, but we really loved the area more there than right in Syracuse. We are getting our moving truck a week from today, and will be leaving on April 27th! We are going with an ABF moving truck which we won't have to drive. A semi pulls it so we can all be together in our car! I don't think I could handle the drive if we didn't have both of us there. The trip will take about 33 hours according to mapquest. Greg has been mapping out our days, how long we will drive, places we will see, etc. I am not looking forward to that long of a drive, but I think that it will be fun with all that we have planned! One part of our trip we are going to be going through Omaha and they have one of the world's greatest zoos that we are going to check out! Hopefully spending a few hours there will give Deagan a good break to continue driving! To all of our Rexburg pals, we want to see you before we leave!!

Sunday, April 12, 2009

I hate goodbyes!

Our families were in town this past weekend to celebrate graduation and now everyone is gone. It was such a sad weekend to me because who knows when we will see our families again with us moving so far away soon. I have learned that the greatest growth comes from change, so I hope that I grow a lot from moving! I am so grateful for our families and everything they do for us!

For now though, I am sad and I just hope that everyone knows how much we love them!

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Today is the day!!

Today is the day!! I graduate from COLLEGE! Crazy! I am MORE than ready to be done with this whole school thing! I am ready to be a full-time stay at home mom! I really feel that this has been so hard on Deagan this semester with me being gone so much with school and work, so I am REALLY REALLY REALLY looking forward to being able to stay at home ALL-DAY with him! I never really thought I would graduate with my bachelor's. I got my associates last summer because I was done, but I felt like I should keep going and it has finally paid off! I really owe being able to finish to Greg. Without his support, there is NO way I would have been able to do this. Thanks sweetheart!! Oh bless the maker for this wonderful day!!

Kids do and say the darndest things...

I don't want to forget all the cute things that my children have said or will say, so check back often to see what the Nelson family has to say!

March 26, 2013

Kayden: Do I still have my eyeballs or are they still at Grandma and Grandpa's house?

Me: I never knew they were there...

January 8, 2011

I was tired this afternoon, and I needed to nurse Kayden. I felt too tired to go pick up Kayden from where he was, so jokingly I asked Deagan if he would go change Kayden's diaper, nurse him, and then put him down for a nap.

He took it seriously, and said, "I have little boobies mommy! But do I have milk?"

Me: "No you don't have milk. I was just kidding."

Deagan: "But do I have water in my boobies?"

Needless to say, he did not follow through with what I said:)

January 6, 2009

*We went to Olive Garden for dinner tonight, and after the waitress brought us our breadsticks my son yelled after her, "Thank you lady!"

*My oldest loves to bring toys with him to bed. Tonight he had a couple of toy dinosaurs that he got for Christmas. The rule we have of bringing toys in bed is that the toys can't play, they have to sleep too. Tonight, he was having a hard time just letting his toys sleep, so I kept asking him to stop playing with the dinosaurs so he could go to sleep. He was getting really frustrated at me because of this and towards the end he started saying, "I am very mad at you!" It was so hard for me not to laugh at that.

January 4, 2009

He has done this for a while now, but whenever we are in the car he will ask, "Where are we going?" in a annoyed kind of voice. Later on he will ask really sadly, "Where did my house go?"

October 29, 2009

My oldest woke up really early this morning, and was whiny and impossible to please. At this point, I am dreading the day ahead and it is only 7 a.m. My oldest was sitting on his play table coloring and playing with his paint box (that was empty). He dropped the paint box, and began whining for me to pick it up. The conversation went something like this:

D: "Pick it up Mommy!"

Me: "It is right by you, you pick it up."

**Pause from Deagan**

D: "Michelle! Pick it up!"

I couldn't help but smile when he called me Michelle. Maybe this day will be better then I am expecting.

September 6, 2009

I think that wanting your privacy while going potty is a natural instinct that we are all born with and that develops over time. D is beginning to show signs that this privacy is a very important time when going to the bathroom. This afternoon I was making dinner and came in to the living room to check on him. As I walked into the room, he held out his hand and yelled, "No Mom! Go back!" I can always tell when he is done by him allowing me to stay in the same room with him.

August 30, 2009

D wants me to always watch what he is doing regardless of what it is. His new favorite thing to say is, "WATCH MOM!" over and over.

July 11, 2009

I was taking a bath, and locked D in the bathroom with me while I did so so I could keep an eye on him. During this process, D was very interested in his old nursing buddies (if you get my drift) and kept saying "Yummy!" "Yummy?" I asked him. "What did it taste like?" "HOT DOGS!" He replied!

July 8, 2009

D is a big help around the house. He puts things away when I ask him to, sometimes. He helps me fold the laundry, by that I mean he lays in the laundry. He is just a great help. One of his new things is to throw away his diapers after I am done changing him. After a diaper change this afternoon, he proceeded to pick up the diaper and head to the trash. His normal trash that he uses was out of reach, so I told him to go into the bathroom right off of the kitchen and to put the diaper in the trash right next to the toilet. I think all he heard from that was, "Put it in the....toilet." because that is where he put it. Like I said, very helpful! :)