Good Bye 2010.. Hello 2011

Where as the time gone..  we have been so busy ..  After Halloween we went to Arkansas to visit Craig's grandmother and aunts.  That was such a fun trip and the boys loved it....  We went on a drive thru safari and went into a cave.  We are going to make it an annual trip for our family.  Especially for our boys, so that as they get older they can have memories of going on road trips to visit their great grandmother.  She is an incredible women she has such a strong testimony of the gospel and her faith is unwavering.  I am honored to be her granddaughter in law. I love talking to Craig's aunts as well.  I have never met a smarter group of women. Then we took family pictures thanks to Lindsay McBride. Check out her website at http://lindsaydephotography.blogspot.com/ .  Then my SIL twin sisters came in town from AZ and we went on a swamp tour with Bryan Champagne. It was a blast and it was soo beautiful.  They were so fun to have. Christmas was fun ..  Christmas Eve was of course with the Nelsons, starting with breakfast at La Madeline's, then presents, we stayed until 9:00 pm playing Kinect with the Catrons, talk about FUN...  then Santa finally made it here....  Christmas morning was sooo fun .....the boys were so into it.   Then off to Liberty, MS for more fun.. then back to Momo and PoPs house for Throckmorton family fun and Santa actually came.  My Papa dressed up has Santa and all the boys were soo excited to see him, but it did not take Myron anytime to realize it was Papa, he is getting to smart to fool.  LOL.  Then Christmas night Ethan and Blane both started running fevers.  Fun, I know, and Blane is still sick.  Well here is a little recap  of 2010 for the Nelson household:
* We celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary
* The Saints won the Superbowl!!!
* Myron turned 4
* Ethan turned the big 3 and potty trained himself ( no more diapers)
* Was called to be the second counselor in Primary the best part my mom is President she is amazing
   (I LOVE LOVE MY CALLING!!!!!!!!)
* Daniel was born ( my nephew)
* The boys played T-Ball
* Eden was born ( my neice)
* I became a mother for the third time( Blane Ryan 7/6/2010)
* We bought a Toyota Sienna
* Kyle and Kerri now live here
* Went on a family Vacation with all the Throckmortons to Pensacola had a great time.
* Ethan started going to preschool with Myron
* Blane started crawling two days after he turned 5 months
* Got to be with Grandpa Myron , Uncle Brian and Aunt Doris for Thanksgiving
* Craig and I celebrated our 29 and 28 bdays in December.
 One sad thing is my Uncle Lyn passed away in October. 
With that note my Father gave Uncle Lyn's eulogy and he told of a time that he went to visit dear Brother Haley in Gonzales ward , he asked Brother Haley how long has it been since you been in the rolling hills of Tennessee?  He looked at my dad and said " Richard it has been but a blink" and in my birthday card my dad wrote "Wow 29 years Leanne, It has been a blink. "Yes life is a blink.  It goes to fast, already another year gone!!  But I cant wait to see what this year brings for the Nelson family
*Myron starts big school
*Blane will be one
*I will turn 30( I know I know)

Halloween !

 So here is Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow from GI Joe

Blane Holding his head up at 2 1/2 months

taking pictures at the park ( learning  my camera)

Blanes Blessing and already 2 months

We had a great Labor day weekend.  Pizza, Jambalaya ( thanks Shane it was sooo good) < LSU FOOTBALL,playing games and Blessing Blane.  It was so fun to have Grandma Nelson and Aunt Marg come from Arkansas for Blane's blessing.  Craig did such a good job.  He could barely even start the blessing.  Esp. saying Blane Ryan.  Saturday night Craig and I stayed up talking and I asked him, you think Ryan will be there in spirit?  He looked at me and said I never really thought about it.  I said I think your brother will be there right on the side of you as you bless Blane.  I think he was there with all the boys blessings.  I know that the spirits of those we love are here. They are busy at work, but they are here among us.  Cheering us on, praying for us, strengthening us.  I am so grateful for PoPo and Pops and Blane's uncles who stood in the circle. I am thankful for the priesthood and the power it gives men on this earth. I am thankful for the priesthood in my home.  I am thankful for families and how they are and can be together forever.  I recently came on a blog and when I read it i cried I am still crying.  SO beware if you link to it, to have tissue at arms reach.  All I have to say that this night my testimony was once again strengthened.  The blog is http://patrickandashley.blogspot.com/ you will  look on the side to read the story of their 18 month old little girl. 

I love this gospel and for the strength it is to me.

Here are a few pictures to enjoy.......

Myron holding Blane and patting his back trying to put him to sleep

it worked Blane was out.  My heart took a picture that night.

MY MENS

Blane is ONE MONTH WOW

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 I can not believe that Blane is ONE MONTH already!!!! Where does the time go? We are going to bless him on September 5th one day shy of him being 2 months.  I have been thinking a lot of about him and truly how blessed I am to have him. I know sometimes being a mother can take a toll on a person and yes it is the hardest job on the planet.  We wear so many different hats: chef,playmate,accountant, maid,chauffeur,wife,sister,daughter,etc.that some days we lose ourselves.  I know that some days I want just 5 minutes of me time to do what I want.  Then recently a few events have taken place that reassured to me of my role as a mother.  How divine the calling truly is and my calling as a mother is ETERNAL! Two families that I don't know personally have lost their babies, one was three months old, the other 2 hours. The three month old lost his life to SIDS she put him down for a nap and she went to check on him and he suffocated in his sleep.    The one that lived just for two hours worked with my younger brother at his hotel, they are married in the temple and tried for 5 months to get pregnant, finally they got pregnant.  They were going to have their first baby girl two weeks after Blane arrived.  Then one Friday this young women went to the Dr because she was not feeling the baby move.  They end up taken the baby via emergency C section and she was not breathing, they revive her and those sweet parents get TWO TWO hours of to see their daughter alive, she passed away right after.  OH how sweet those two hours must of been.  The other night as Blane was a bit fussy and I got a little worn down, I looked down at him and thought how grateful I should be why do I complain when some nights get hard.  I know both those mothers wish they could hear the cry of their babies, the warmth of their skin, the smell of them and yearning for those lost years. I think about Blane and his middle name Ryan, he was named after his uncle.  Craig lost a brother, He was my in-laws first child and yes a darling BOY!!  He lived for only eight hours.  We have talked about Ryan with my in laws, how hard it was.  I could only imagine the pain that all this mothers feel, the coming home to empty cribs, no crys, sleepless nights not due to feedings but sobs from a broken heart.  I am so privileged to be given Blane the middle name of Ryan, how exciting it will be when this life is over and I will have to chance to be in his presence.  How blessed I am to have the gospel that seals families forever, where babies are brought back to HIM.  On my cousin's grave who died as an infant bears her name and underneath a simple but beautiful phrase " The crown without the conflict"  how true is that.  Some mothers my feel unappreciated, worn down , and has a list of things they wish they should of done before the kids had come.  Push it aside and live in the present.  Not the past.  Discover the world with your children, see the world has they see it.  There is  a poem I have and keep it where I can read it especially on hard days 
The title
IF I HAD MY CHILD TO RAISE OVER AGAIN
If I had my child to raise over again,
I'd finger paint more and point the finger less.
I'd do less correcting and more connecting.
I'd take my eyes off my watch and watch with my eyes.
I would care to know less and know to care more.
I'd take more hikes and fly more kites.
I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play.
I'd run through more fields and gaze at more stars.
I'd do more hugging and less tugging.
I would be firm less often and affirm much more.
I'd build self-esteem first, and the house later.
I'd teach less about the love of power and more about the power of love.
Diane Loomans.


I am so grateful for 3 healthy children, I am grateful for the hard days and the sleepless nights.  For runny noses, and dirty faces.  I am grateful for days where there is crying.  I am grateful to be a MOTHER. 

Cousins and Labor story

Here are the cousins born 3 months apart.  Daniel is 3 months and Blane 5 days old!!! Yes Daniel is our chunker monker!!! ( that is what I call him).  Things are going great!!  It feels as if Blane has been here forever.  He is such a good baby.  Craig always asks in the morning did Blane wake up.  I just laugh, yeah Craig he did.  He does not cry and is just so content.  I swear he was meant to be the third child, with Ethan constantly I mean constantly kissing him and then Myron and Ethan playing LOUD and he does not even move or flinch those eyes.  I still do not know who he looks like.  I do know one thing I love him to death.  I am so glad he is here. 

The labor story:

Easy...  went in at 6:00 am kissed my sleeping babies good bye( the hardest part) got to room around 6:45, got potcin i was only 2 cm.  Contractions started coming Blane's heart rate kept going down which the nurse was telling me that I might be having a C section.  Got epidural , then My doctor came in and broke my water I was at 5 cm.  Mom finally got there, then dad came up , then Kathy came with boys.  Nurse kept asking me if I feel pressure told her I don't think so see checked me I was at a 7 cm, then 20 minutes later I had a contraction and I felt the pressure nurse came in checked his head was right there.  Called doctor she came in and I started pushing. 

My mom and Kathy are in the corner of the room, my mom hates being in there but she comes in  anyway , she get s so nervous, but i laugh my head off while I am pushing cause I can hear my mom " push Leanne good job, then my mom saying man I am about to push something out I don't know what it is but something....  I start laughing cause my mom is literally pushing with me.  haha

Then Blane had the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck 4 times yes 4 times. But all went well and he was officially here at 10:06 am on My grandfather's birthday. He would have been 87 years old on that day. 

Oh Blane we love you so much.  I cant help but thank My Father in Heaven for blessing me and allowing me the opportunity to be your Mother!!! I love you my Blaners!!!

Blane Pictures

My friend Erika was soo sooo soooooooooooo  sweet to do these wonderful pictures for me.  She did an amazing job!!!  Erika thanks so much for doing them.  WE LOVE THEM!!!
Check out the pictures here http://www.dryink.org/ and look around at her amazing work!!!!

THANKS AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Blane Ryan Nelson

BLANE RYAN NELSON

JULY 6, 2010 AT 10:06 A.M.

7 POUNDS 6.5 OUNCES

20 INCHES

I AM IN LOVE AGAIN!!!!!!