Summertime

Swimming, swimming, and more swimming. That's what we've been up to the last few weeks :)

Emma and I did a two week swimming class together and she did fabulous! She is such a little fish and she's getting more and more brave in the water.

BABY SHOWER - JUNE 23, 2012

My mom, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law threw me a baby shower and it was so much fun. How cute are the decorations and the cake! 

Yummy food, games, and great friends and family :)

We spent the 4th of July up in Pine at our friends' family cabin. We had so much fun!

 Out for a morning walk - the weather was beautiful

Emma is so patriotic :)

 The never-ending horseshoe tournament

 A little wiffle ball

The girls, Lucy and Emma, in their matching tanks

 Quality daddy-daughter time on the swings

The crew at dinner

 Happy 4th of July!!

 Our good friends, Chad and Carissa, are moving to Missouri for med school and last weekend was the last time we got to hang out with them before they left. They have been such good friends and we are sad to see them move but we're excited for them to start their med school adventure!

I love, love, LOVE homemade jam. I had a bunch of frozen strawberries stored in our freezer so I decided to try to make some. It was a success! There's something about homemade jam that just makes me smile and reminds me of growing up - my mom always had homemade jam in the fridge :)

So I've been going through all of our old baby stuff getting ready for this little guy to come. We got down this bouncy seat and Emma thinks that she's small enough to sit in it (yes, I realize it is pink - don't judge. Even though he'll have some pink baby stuff, our son will NOT be girly - Thomas will make sure of that).

It reminded my of some pictures I took of her in it as a baby. This one was taken almost exactly two years ago. I can't believe she used to be that little! 

But fatha, I just want to sing, fatha...

Happy Father's Day DADDY!

When it comes to my dad I don't even know where to begin. From the time I was little I always looked up to him in so many ways. He is loving, thoughtful, extremely friendly, hilarious, confident, hard working, passionate (about food), and an avid BYU fan :). I think I was his biggest audience as a kid because he could do just about anything remotely funny or stupid and I would laugh with him for hours. He is such an amazing person and example to me and I feel so blessed to have him as my father. Thanks for being such a wonderful person, daddy. I love you.

Blessed

This week we had another ultrasound to check on our little guy's growth and thanks to all the many prayers and fasting from family and friends he has shown a great improvement in his growth and there are no major concerns thus far! We are sooo grateful to have had our prayers answered and I know Heavenly Father is watching over us and our baby. Thank you to all of you who have been praying for us. We truly appreciate it.

34 weeks

We're keeping our fingers crossed that everything goes well with the delivery in only 5 more weeks!! We are watching my blood pressure and keeping an eye out for any other signs of preeclampsia. So far, so good :) (The last thing we want is a replay of my delivery with Emma...)

Cabin Trip 2012

A couple weeks ago we had our Nelson Family reunion at the cabin in Sundance, UT.

To sum it up: SO. MUCH. FUN.

We ended up being there for 10 days and we enjoyed every second of it!

Emily was a champ and cut ALL the boys' hair!

Making survival bracelets 

 Playing at the playground

Eating at Burger Supreme

Went to Park City

Emma LOVED the airplane ride. She went on it twice and bawled when she couldn't do it again.

A little mini golf while waiting for the big kids to finish the big kid rides

Airplane ride again, check.

The trip wouldn't be complete without a visit to the BYU Bookstore.

 Playing with cousin Stella

I got to visit two of my lovely cousins who are both pregnant! Heidi (pic on the top) is due in Sept. and Jami (pic on the bottom) is due this month. All of us are having boys - so fun!!

Emma had fun beating up on playing nicely with Jami's daughter Taylor

While I was visiting my cousins, the rest of the crew hiked up to the Timpanogos Caves. 

Playing night games (boys)

Playing night games (girls)

*The game obsession of the trip was Bohnanza. We literally played it for hours every night! 

Emma and Ben had a love/hate relationship during the whole trip. They would be friends one minute and then enemies the next. They always got along when they watched Team UmiZoomi episodes together though :)

Monte L. Bean Museum - always a hit with the kids

We were lucky to be there when they brought out this tortoise to play with, although Emma wanted nothing to do with him and got over it after 30 seconds.

Lots of ladder ball tournaments

 Sundance Resort for lunch. Mmmm

We had planned to stay until Tuesday but Emma got really sick on Saturday. So on Sunday we decided to cut our trip short and head for home. We got to split up the trip both ways by spending the night in Cedar City which made it so much easier on me, being so large and uncomfortable! We are so spoiled to have Emily and Jared live in Cedar to let us stay there! Thanks guys!!!