Stitches

Yesterday I was feeding Andrew when I heard a loud Thud in my bedroom followed by a loud cry. Bodell ran to see what had happened. She carried Brigham into me crying. When I looked at him there was blood running down his face and a nice gash around his eye. I guess he was trying to reach his balloon that was on the ceiling. He climbed on Josh's nighstand. Fell off and hit his eye on the way down. I immediately called Josh at the clinic and told him I thought we were going to need some stitches. At that point we had to run to take Bodell to piano. We ran into Nicole Ivans, Stephanie Ivans, Danelle Shumway and of course Callie Randall. They all got in the van to see Andrew. Then they saw Brigham. He looked pretty pathetic. I hadn't taken much time to clean him up because we were late. So there he is sitting with a swollen eye, blood still coming out, blood stains on his face and shirt and chocolate all over his face from some pumpkin bread he had eaten just before the accident. All I could do was laugh at the poor child. When Josh came home he stitched him up. I wanted to take pictures of the process, but it took both my arms AND my legs to restrain Brigham so that he wouldn't move while Josh was stitching him around his eye. Brigham was histerical!!! We finally got him sewn back up and now Brigham is quite proud of his stitches. He also has a nice little shiner to go with it.

Andrew is 1 week old!

Andrew is now 1 week old. He is still such a little bundle of joy! Right now about the only thing he does is SLEEP! The kids keep asking when he is going to wake up. He has his days and nights mixed up, so about the only time that he is awake is around midnight for a couple of hours. Saturday night I was changing his diaper. Josh and I were watching a tv program so I wasn't paying very close attention to what I was doing. I lifted Andrew's bum to place the new diaper underneath and he started peeing. It was a perfect rainbow that shot over a yard, over Andrew's head, and sprayed all over Josh. I thought it was hilarious! Josh didn't think it was quite as funny as I did.


Here are a few pictures with Andrew's eye's open. It is a rare moment.

What is he thinking here?

Bodell is a great helper and LOVES to hold Andrew.

Shae, where did you get that pose?

Announcing the Arrival....

Announcing the arrival of the newest family member:
ANDREW JENSEN NIELSON
6 lbs. 10 oz.
19 1/4 inches

Andrew was born yesterday. Delivery was nice and quick. It has been so fun to bring a new baby home. The kids have just giggled at every little squeek and move that he makes. They are all so proud of him!




What a cutie!

Can you tell that Brigham was bored with the hospital? Bodell and Shae were VERY EXCITED about the arrival of their new brother.

The whole family. WOW-- FOUR kids!

I always think newborns look so funny in their big carseats!

Picnic at Comb

We decided to take advantage of the beautiful spring weather in January on Saturday. We packed a lunch and headed for Comb. The kids had a great time climbing the trees and playing in the dirt. At one point we realized that we hadn't seen Brigham for a while. When we found him he had stripped down and was playing naked in the soft dirt. When he saw Josh coming he quickly jumped face forward in the dirt (still naked) and did a reverse snow angel. It was quite a funny site. Brigham could have stayed out there all day.

Brigham after the naked escapade.

Sydney posing in one of the many trees she climbed.

The rest of the kids, not quite as brave as Sydney.

My First Professional Gig

I was asked to play in a community concert. I needed to prepare enough pieces to play for about 25 minutes. I have been dreading the event. Last night was the concert. I was very relieved when it was over. The event coordinators gave me an envelope when I was there. I thought it was probably a thank you card. When I opened it, it was a check. I guess I am now a professional pianist!

We did not take pictures at the concert. Here I am at home showing off my prize money. I guess I have no more pride if I am displaying my picture when I am nine months pregnant.

Balloon Festival

We went to the Bluff Balloon Festival this weekend. It was beautiful watching the balloon along the red rocks. The kids liked predicting which balloon was going to be up first. Although they liked watching all the balloons in the sky, I think their favorite part was the hot chocolate and breakfast at Twin Rocks.

Design on a Dime

My project last week was to re-do Brigham's room to get it ready for the baby. Brigham was still sleeping in a crib because I didn't want to add another bed to the small room until I absolutely had to. Here is my re-creation of the boys' room:

BEFORE:

There wasn't much to this room before.


BORING!

AFTER:

This is our re-design on a budget. We didn't buy any new furniture. That bed came from Josh's house. He slept on it when he was a kid. In any other room, I think it would look horrible, but I think it looks great with the cowboy theme. It is hard to tell from these pictures, but we painted the walls and added a window seal (I did that window seal myself!) Brigham has been so proud to sleep in his BIG BOY bed! The girls are quite jealous of the room makeover. Now they are begging me to start on theirs.

I have been itching to use my new scroll saw that I got for Christmas, so I decided to cut out the
"Howdy" from wood. I was happy with the result!

Just a side note: We have had this new bedding on for a week. Brigham has already thrown-up on it. I can't remember the last time he threw up. I guess he was just waiting for some brand new bedding! It has been properly broken in!