Pictures from the last few weeks

Schroeder with a stolen ziploc bag.

Showing off his bag that now has playdough in it.

Mackenzie on her boppy.

Schroeder looking like he could have used a longer nap.

He's starting to feel better.

Now he feels good.

Schroeder loves to help his baby sister do stuff She was laying on this boppy and he decided to try and put the blanket on her.

She's not so sure about it.

She's beginning to worry.

She's made her peace with it.

He still thinks she needs something.

Mackenzie smiles all the time now, but I cannot get her to smile for the camera. She will look right at the camera, but she won't smile. One day, I hope to get a smile caught on camera.

Almost a smile

She's ready to dance!!

Sitting with Mama

I'm happy, but apparently she is not.

Playing catch up - pics of Schroeder from the fall

Looking cute

For Halloween, we dressed Schroeder as a greaser. He had his black comb, rolled up jeans, white shirt, and of course slicked back hair.

This was the best photo we could get of him with his outfit because he wouldn't stop running around.

The morning after hair. It took a lot of washing and several days to get all of the hair gel out of his hair.

We went to Corpus to see my mom and we took Schroeder to Cole Park. It's a massive park that is downtown along the water. The neatest part is that when they were building the park, Tamara and I were a part of it. They were asking for volunteers and my mom took the three of us down there. Thanks Mom!

You can't see it, but Schroeder is piling up the tire mulch on top of the deck and then knocking it off to start all over again.

Loving the slide

Enjoying the swing, but itching to get back down and play with the tire mulch.



Down at the water there is always an ample supply of seagulls. I wanted Schroeder to have the experience of feeding the seagulls. He loves birds and I thought he would get a kick out of seeing so many birds in one place. In this picture, you can see the seagulls mean no harm and Schroeder doesn't looked scared or frightened of the birds at all.In this picture, look at Ryan's and my mom's shoulders. They are scared the birds are going to get them. I nearly fell down laughing when I took the picture because the adults are petrified of those gulls, yet Schroeder is just enjoying the moment.


The supper before I went to the hospital, we were at Chili's with Schroeder. My son has many, many food allergies, so it's hard to find food he not only likes but is able to eat without having any allergic reactions. One thing we've found he enjoys is lemons. He likes to suck them dry until nothing is left. He managed to eat about 3 lemons along with drinking a cup and a half of lemonade all before he ate his supper. These are a few of the better pictures with him eating the lemons.

Taking a break from the lemon to drink the lemonade.

Mackenzie

A weary daddy determined to hold his new daughterShe's making herself comfortable.

Grandad and Mama looking at sweet Mackenzie

Big brother Schroeder checking out Mackenzie

Grandad and Mackenzie

Getting picture with her eyes open

One of Ryan's good friends Dave got married the first weekend in January. With my original due date, we would have missed their wedding. Lucky for us, she came early, so we took our 3 week old to her first wedding.
Christine, the bride holding Mackenzie
Dave, the groom, holding Mackenzie

Our first wedding with Mackenzie

New Baby Girl

I wrote this 2 weeks ago and am just getting around to posting it. This week was my first week by myself with no extra help. Of course, Schroeder is sick again, but Mackenzie is starting to sleep in her bed more than a few minutes at a time, yay, and I am finally beginning to feel like a person again. I will try to update more pictures soon.

Mackenzie Elizabeth Nelson arrived on Sunday, December 14, 2008 at 12:19am. She had tried to come the Tuesday before, but the doctor at the hospital decided it was too early and gave me medicine to stop the contractions. I was able to get another ultrasound and the technician said the due date looked more like Christmas Day instead of my January 6 due date, which is what the ultrasound technician said at my 32 week ultrasound.

On Saturday, I was determined to do what I could to get her to come on out because though the medicine from Sunday slowed down my contractions, it didn't stop them and I thought she would make a great Christmas present. I went shopping by myself Saturday morning and I kept feeling strange sensations, but kept going for as long as I could. I came home and Ryan and Schroeder got home from their shopping and we decided we would go have an early supper. We went to Chili's and I had two refills of Dr.Pepper(lots of caffeine) and we orderd the Molten Chocolate Lava cake (more caffeine). On the way home I noticed my contractions were starting to feel more pressurized and different from earlier. By 6:30, I was calling my mom saying Iwas having contractions. By 8:30, Schroeder had been picked up by a friend, my contractions were a minute apart, and we were heading to the hospital.

My dr. has never remembered that I was going to have a C-section. I had so many complications with my epidural, Schroeder's collarbone and other issues last time that I decided to do a Csection. They hooked me up at the hospital and then the dr. said to walk for an hour. After walking 30 minutes we let teh nurses know we were having a csection and they wondered why we were walking. They called the dr and within a few minutes they started getting me ready for a Csection.

Once I had the Csection, the dr. came by and said we would've ended up doing a Csection anyways because her cord had been wrapped around her head and it would have been too dangerous for me to push. I'm so glad I had her early and that I had planned on a Csection.

I don't have as many pictures yet, because Schroeder has been sick with a cold and upset tummy all week, I had a fever and migraines on top of the recovery for several days, and Mackenzie had been very congested.

Here are the pictures I have so far. We are all starting to feel much better, so I can't wait to take more pictures and post them. She is so little that she is only fitting in preemie clothes, so I don't have very many different outfits.