Baby Talon

Baby Talon finally made his arrival on April 6, 2011 at 3:39 p.m. I had a scheduled induction at 9:00, but by the time everything got going, it was almost 11 a.m. Dr. Anderson broke my water at 11:15 and I got my epidural by 12:15. At this point, Talon's heart beat kept dropping with every contraction I had. We couldn't increase the pitocin to speed up delivery or Talon wouldn't have had enough time to recover between contractions. Dr. Anderson said it is like holding your breath for 30 seconds every 2 minutes. It is doable, but you get tired after a while. We, along with all the nurses, were getting really worried about this. Our head nurse said she thought for sure the cord was wrapped around some part of his body. If you have ever had this happen to you while delivering, you know it is the scariest thing to watch your babies heart beat drop out of the normal parameters. Fortunately, Talon did react to the nurse each time she would check me and feel his head so we felt like that was a good sign. At around 2:30, the nurse said she needed us to have this baby soon so she could relax. At about 3:15, they called Dr. Anderson and prepped the room.

By the time they got me ready to go, the nurse noticed Talon was already coming out without me doing anything. Dr. Anderson had to hurry over and get ready to deliver him. They had me do a half push and got Talon's head all the way out. That is when they noticed the cord wrapped twice, tightly around his little neck. Then when they had me do another half push, he came out with the cord also wrapped around one arm. At this point, Dr. Anderson was able to pull him out. This whole process took about a minute. I thank my Heavenly Father that Talon's delivery was easy considering the strain the cord wrapped around his neck was doing to him. I have never been so scared in my life as I was during this time. When I heard Talon's first cry, I have never felt so much relief. I could finally relax and be excited to have my little boy. Now, I have to get Cohen used to his little brother which hasn't been as easy task so far!

Apparently, Cohen thought he was the patient. He took over my bed along with the TV and my water.

Talon Tyler Nelson

April 6, 2011

7 lbs 9 oz

21 inches long

3:39 p.m.

St. George

I love when March finally comes and we head down to the Sunshine Baseball Tournament. This year was especially fun because Cohen loved going to the games to see his "Papa" coach. For most of the trip, Cohen talked of nothing more than riding the bus with Papa. After one of the games on Friday, he finally was able to ride the school bus and loved every minute of it.

The Dons played two games on Friday and Cohen ran the entire time during both of them. I could hardly keep up with him being 8 1/2 months pregnant. Luckily, Tyler and many others helped with keeping track of our runner. Unfortunately, Saturday came around and it was apparent Cohen wasn't feeling well. He had a fever over 102. We debated about going to games this day, but finally decided to go after we got his fever under control.

Even though Cohen didn't feel as well on Saturday, he had a blast being at the ball park. He loved watching the boys play baseball. Cohen was constantly yelling "hit ball", "homerun" and "catch ball" to the players. One of his favorite things was to try and take the bats out of the dugout. He succeeded a few times, but we luckily caught him before anyone knew they were missing!

These pictures are of Cohen a few nights before our "trip". He was so excited to go that he put on his backpack (filled with balls, a mitt, and a bat), got another bat and grab his tee to head out the door. He had a hard time understanding our trip wasn't that night. He kept telling Tyler, "Dad I wanna go bye bye." Throughout the next few nights, we caught Cohen sleeping with his backpack because he wanted to be ready to go for his "trip".

My sister's mother-in-law made Cohen the cutest little Dons outfit for him to wear to the games. He loved wearing his "uniform" like the big boys.

Hey Batter Batter...

Swing....

After swinging right handed, Cohen had to take a few cuts left handed.

Cohen loading to get a big hit...

HOMERUN! Apparently whenever you get a hit, then it is a homerun in Cohen's book!

Cohen loves to squat down like a catcher. The only problem is he also likes to try to hit from this position.

Here are all the Nelson Grandkids that were at the Sunshine Tournament with Grandma Gloria.

Wow..

...where has time gone the last two months. I haven't had any time to update my blog between sub plans, preparing for Talon's arrival, teaching and Cohen. I am hoping in the next few weeks things will settle down.

About a month ago, we took Cohen on his last Nelson Family Cabin trip before the cabin is sold. He had a ball sledding, playing in the snow and entertaining the rest of us. I think one of his favorite parts of the trip was pulling the sled up and down the hill; he even didn't mind pulling his cousin around. Unfortunately, little boys can't stay outside forever and Cohen didn't enjoy going in the house.

After January is over and February begins, I always get anxious for spring time. This year I found some aviator sunglasses and a hat for Cohen that I had to buy. He loves wearing them around the house and in the car, but if anyone draws attention to the sunglasses or his hat, then he takes them right off!

The other night Cohen came to me and told me he wanted his picture taken. He doesn't usually do this so I thought I better take him up on the offer. Here is Cohen cheesing the camera!

Christmas Break!!!

We had a great Christmas Break. Christmas Eve started with an early party at my Grandpa Barney's with yummy turkey and ham. Then on to Grandma Gloria's for some tasty prime rib. We definitely didn't go home hungry to wait anxiously for Santa to come visit Cohen.

Cohen is waiting patiently for his turn to open his present. This only lasted about 30 seconds, then he lost interest, and headed downstairs!

Christmas Morning before Cohen woke up. By the looks of it, he was a pretty good boy this year.

Cohen slept in until about 7:00 on Christmas morning. As he walked into the family room and saw his presents, I don't think he thought much about it because we have had a few presents under the tree all month. It took him a minute to finally realize it was okay to open them now and he wouldn't be sent to "time out" for it. I guess we were a little strict with him earlier in the month about touching the presents! Cohen loved opening his first present, but then he didn't want to open any more. He was more interested in playing with his new toy. It took a while, but eventually he opened all his presents from Santa and then was off. By the time we opened our family gifts, he was on his new bed playing with his cars.

Cohen with his new toys and toddler bed! I can't believe he sleeps in that now.

After we opened presents, which took much longer than Tyler and I thought, we headed to the Nelson's for breakfast. Cohen was so excited to go see his "Papa" and could hardly wait until they could go outside to play. He didn't care to open any presents; we could barley get him to hold still long enough to see what he got from his Grandparents and Brock.

Grandma Gloria decided to tease Cohen and take his hat. Cohen didn't care too much because he stole Nolan's new phone. I guess he figured if someone takes something from him then it is okay to take his cousin's toy.

Cohen opening one of his gifts and playing with Lilly's new toy.

Once all the presents were opened, Cohen finally talked his Papa into taking him outside. I think this was his favorite part of the whole day. He took all the baseball bats out of the garage and put them in the snow. Then he proceeded to throw snowballs at everyone's cars.

I love this picture with Cohen wearing Brock's helmet. It is too cute!

After some tears from having to stop playing outside, we headed to my sister's house to open more presents. Cohen was so exhausted from the long day and fell asleep in the car. I was hoping for a nap from him, but as soon as he saw all his "big" cousins, he had to wake up to play. Cohen had a ball running around the house and following the big kids. As he was playing, he rounded up a few wooden bats, Tigger, and a chair to hang out in.

Cohen with all the toys he found!

Over Christmas Break, Cohen spent as much time outside as possible. If it wasn't for the red hands and face, I don't know if he would have ever came in the house. He loved riding his new jeep with Papa and throwing snow balls.

Cohen and Papa throwing snowballs at his jeep!