our Boy is 1

I cant believe its been a year! 

I was thinking back to when Trace was born and thought I'd give a few details:

Trace was 2 weeks late..ha ha that stands out in my mind! Mom and Dad came up to UT to be there when he, or she;) was born. On the 4th I was determined to have him because its always been one of my favorite holidays! I did the whole caster oil(awful), blue cohash, strip the membranes, balloon dilation thing(the worst), walking, showers and all..  needless to say that 4th was memorable, but not in a good way :) Finally 4 days later I had my 1st pain at 2:45am.. walked up and down the Nelsons long driveway over and over  to see Chris in the hay field, while Mom timed my contractions. 12 min, 7 min, 5 min, 10 min.. contractions all day but nothing consistent. At 6:30 that evening we had an appointment. They said go home, eat and try and sleep, haha that wasn't happinin'. We were living in Wallsburg, 30 minutes away. We had to jump back in the car right when we got home because my contractions were now 3 min apart. Mom was gettin' scared. I had read 2 midwife books on birthing and heard crazy stories from my sisters.. so I was prepared, but man was I nervous! Got to the Birthing Center at 8:45, the contractions were pretty bad but I thought, 'I can handle this'. Chris and Mom were doing most of the work anyway haha, they were rubbin' the heck out of my hip and back bones. I remember looking at the clock at about 11:45 and thinking, 'wow were did the time go, and why am I not done yet?' The contractions were now bad enough that I started thinking thoughts like; 'If there was a way to give up right now, I would!' And 'What was I thinking trying to do this natural?!' Anyway not good things to be thinkin', ya know. I knew I wasn't going to give up.  They asked if I wanted them to brake my water so the baby would come faster and boy was that the kicker! Whatever I was doing not to 'die' wasn't working so I got into the hot tub. At 1:15 they said I was ready to push and asked if I wanted to get out of the tub? I didn't want to have a water birth but I said; 'Im not movin'. I'd only pushed a little while, but for a second they couldn't find his lil heart beat so they really kicked me into gear! Trace McGregor Nelson was born at 1:45, THANK HEAVENS! He was 7.2 lbs, 22in. Good thing Mom and Chris were there thru the whole thing, I would have died without them. Im being honest. My Dad was out in the front room and when we brought the baby out he was wiping the tears away. These are the things Ill never forget. 

Trace is now: 

Walking!! 

Can throw a ball AND catch!

1st word: WOW, wowow to everything

So good at cuddling me to sleep :)

Favorite Foods: Watermelon, refried beans and fishies(eats anything we give him)

Has 4 Teeth, couple more are comin!

Holds up his own bottle!

Laughs his hardest when: Daddy is holding him and I chase them

Some funny things:

At about 6 months-When Trace was in the bath he would always try and stand up, so we would say NO NO! Well days later he was reaching to unplug my computer and I said NO NO, and he sat right down haha!

I thought I was brilliant when Trace was in the stage of putting EVERYTHING in his mouth, to teach him to throw it instead.. it worked a little to well.. he then happily went through a stage where he would  throw everything and eat nothing :)  

Gowin' to fast!

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