Good Times...

May has been an eventful month! A weekend in Palm Springs for Chelsea and Shawn's wedding, a mother of all mother's day shows with Ellen De"generous", followed by my first camping trip with Beck. Not to mention some good times with visiting house guests, family, and friends.

Chelsea and Shawn's Wedding:

"They used to say pigs would fly when a Black man would be elected president: behold 100 days into President Obama's presidency... swine flu!" What was meant to be a wonderful weekend in Mexico for Chelsea and Shawn's wedding, turned into a swine flu panic and a last minute change to Palm Springs. The weekend in Palm Springs turned out to be a blast.

The Bride's Maids.

The Groom's Men.

My girls.

That one sexy couple.

The bridal P,A,R,T,-Y? (cause we got to...)

Nat's Bros and Sisters. (Nat, Richie, Chelsea, Trav, and Rachael)

Strike a pose.

The Fam.

Fun in the pool. I predict Beck will be swimming in the not too distant future... it will be our summer project.

Lucy lounging under the cabana.

Ellen DeGeneres' Mother of all Mother day Show!!

Nat and her friend Stephanie (who is a 1st time expecting mother), got ahold of tickets to Ellen's Mother day show where all the audience members are showered will all sorts of gifts and prizes. Nat came home will a car load of things and is most excited for her new high-techy uppa baby vista stroller (which trumps the previously esteemed bugaboo) and 6 months of free diapers!!!. yee haw. Thank you Ellen!... and Stephanie and Anthony for including us in your good fortune!

Father and Son's Campout:

Camping with Beck was awesome. He is really turning into my favorite side-kick. We played hard, ate good food, stayed up late playing with fire, and fell asleep eating oreos.

crafty me.

People have been bugging me about my one lone post while on bedrest. I thought for sure I'd have all the time in the world to post away... nothing could distract me this time. But once my doctor let me sit up I got busy doing all sorts of crafts for my Lucy girl and wanting to blog went back to the bottom of my list. Of course now I'll take the time to do a brag post- everything turned out exactly how I wanted (and that isn't easy!).

We are using this darling old crib that Clark's mom has saved from when she was raising her babies. I wish I could take credit for making the bedding, but I still have never learned to sew, and always end up having to beg people to make things for me. After ordering all sorts of fabric swatches, I settled on Heather Bailey's pop garden fabrics and found a fabulous lady on etsy to make me the bedding just how I wanted. She did a FANTASTIC job (and even made the little toy bag next to the crib with the extra scraps.) Lucy can't get enough of all the bright colors and bold designs.

Lucy is getting huge! That is a 3-6 month outfit she is in already! (at 5 weeks!)

This mobile is my pride and joy. It seriously took me forever to make, but I had time on my hands so I enjoyed it. I used a simple crossstich hoop (only like 2 bucks at the craft store), went to town with the yellow yarn, painted some wooden balls, had someone crochet me flowers, attached anthropologie ornaments and presto! A perfect mobile to go with my bedding. Fairly inexpensive, but it really took quite a while to finish.

I love love love that Lucy looks up and coos at the mobile that I worked so hard on for her.

This chandelier I found on Ebay and bought for about 30 bucks. No its not a lovely bronze color, it is coated with rust. I would have thought it was found on the bottom of the ocean if the electricity still didn't work. I painstakingly removed all the rust from every nook and cranny and then rewired it with a swag cord (so I didn't have to install it into the ceiling).

Then I spraypainted it the most amazing turquoise color! I am a HUGE fan of spraypainting after this experience. Everything comes out sooooo smooth.
You have no idea how hard it is to track down turquoise and yellow crystals. The turquoise drops actually match perfectly, but my prehistoric camera picked up different shades when I took the picture.

Trusty Ikea dresser with knobs that I covered in an adorable red with white pin dots fabric. 'Brown eyes why are you blue?' This picture has been hanging in my room since I was a little girl, and also hung in my mother's room when she was growing up. I love that its now on its 3rd generation and is just as adorable as ever.

And that is it! A room made with a lot of love from a mama with a lot of time on her hands.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter from the Nelsons! Clark, Natalie, Beckett and Lucy. (Its a rare occasion we can all sit for a picture together... thank goodness for the camera timer.)








Like hearding cats.

Lucy Blair Nelson

Lucy Blair Nelson. Born March 8, 2009. 3:20am (after daylight savings change). 7 lbs 2.2 Ounces. 20 inches long.



The Timeline...

March 7, 10:05 pm: Nat decides that she wants to take a picture of her belly. (actual picture seen above)

Water brakes at 10:25 pm.

11:00 pm: Checked in, ready to party.


3:20 am: Mom and Dad meet little Lucy.


Beck meets lil' sis.

Great Gma Allene, Grandma Kimmy, and Lucy.

Aunt Chelsea and Uncle (to be) Shawn.

Danielle.

Aunt Jen and Uncle Andrew

One proud Dad.

Now I know how the birds must feel.

Clark has been doing a great job keeping up on our blog-a pasttime I had long given up. However, looks like things will be turning around...
I've been ordered on bedrest for the next 5 weeks! We are talking laying down IN BED alllll day long bedrest. So with Clark's trusty old laptop by the side of my bed, I think I'll attempt to reconnect with blogger.
No need for worry, the baby and I are just fine as of right now. I have been diagnosed as preterm labor and have been progressing at a rapid pace. So to keep the baby inside as long as possible, I have to move as little as possible. I'm 31 weeks along right now, and our goal is to make it to 36 weeks- 5 weeks of bedrest will not be the end of the world. It is awfully boring though.
I'm accepting visitors at all times of the day, I'm a good listener, and if anyone needs anything researched on the computer- let me do it. Please. Plus if anyone has good movie or book recommendations let me know!
So to all those birds out there who have to sit on their eggs for weeks on end... I totally feel ya.